#32621
06/18/2001 11:27 AM
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addict
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The correct definition was C: Talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice. Hyla, jimthedog, and squid were right. There's an animal theme happening there. I wonder if their animal instincts enabled them to sniff out the fake definitions? jimthedog gets 2 points, and as non-contributors Hyla and squid get 1 each. paulb and maverick get 3 points each for submitting guesses that were pretty darn close to the exact definition.
Here are the authors of the bluffs and the number of votes each received:
A. To celebrate with boisterous rejoicing.
tsuwm
B. To vex, specifically to cause bristling, as in the hair on the back of a provoked cat.
bridget96
C. Talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice.
CORRECT 3 votes
D. In horticulture, the process of bending the main stem of a flowering vine and keeping it almost horizontal, in order to concentrate the growth hormone on the tip of the plant and not on the side stems.
wordcrazy
E. To flatten a tone in order to produce a different chord.
Jazzoctopus
F. A mythological creature from central Africa.
jimthedog
G. To bewilder, confuse, especially by repeated feints to the head.
Bingley 2 votes
H. The part of a pencil sharpener that holds the pencil in place.
Jackie 1 vote
I. Swing back and forth rapidly, oscillate.
Flatlander
J. MAFFle = to cock-up big time. A very new word from UK's MAFF (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) 's handling of the Foot and Mouth scandal.
rodward 3 votes
K. To wad two dissimilar substances together.
Faldage 1 vote
L. In fashion design, a rectangular or square pleat on a garment for decorative purposes.
WO'N
M. the keystone in a gothic arch.
Geoff 3 votes
THE SCORES
tsuwm......................14
Geoff........................10+3=13
Bingley.................... 10+2=12
Sparteye...................11
paulb........................7+3=10
rodward.....................6+3=9
wordcrazy.................8
Flatlander..................6
maverick....................2+3=5
jimthedog...................2+2=4
Rapunzel...................4
Bridget96...................4
Jazzoctopus..............4
wwh..........................3
fiberbabe....................3
RhubarbCommando.....3
Jackie........................1+1=2
Faldage......................1+1=2
WhitmanO’Neill...........2
Hyla...........................1
squid..........................1
freckled_snout............1
And with that, I pass the Hogwash Hat back to the points leader (but look out behind you!), tsuwm. Thanks for playing, everyone, and good luck.
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#32622
06/18/2001 3:43 PM
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Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 771
old hand
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My roommate has been looking over my shoulder in these rounds, and on maffle, he couldn't help himself but look it up after I had voted... well, the dictionary he looked in didn't have maffle, but it had maffic which is some sort of loud, boisterous party... I thought sure tsuwm would be right on the money after that discovery! Etymology, don't fail us now! 
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#32623
06/18/2001 3:45 PM
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Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 4,757
Carpal Tunnel
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Carpal Tunnel
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Don't know who ate a mology, but I think I just got lucky, since my inspired guess was: To speak unclearly or indistinctly; a composite of mangle and waffle
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