hogwash™ round 67
ucalegon
choose one:
a) to be spiritually uplifted by music
b) a deformity of sheep pasterns seen in newborn lambs
c) the minor diameter of a regular polyhedron
d) algae species that thrives only at the deepest, darkest levels of the sea
e) an irregular closed plane figure of ten sides [decagon], fancifully named by math students at UC/Berkeley, formed by drawing lines on a map connecting the ten institutions of the U.Cal. system
f) ocean gull: a wader
g) a neighbor whose house is burning; from Virgil
h) the uranious sand employed by ancient glass-makers
i) the metric of the helicoplastic membrane at apex.
j) a humorous description of someone who has graduated from the University of California and has immediately retired to the safe haven of further academic study, implying retreat from competitive strife; tt appears to be an original coinage by Dave Eggers in his novel A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.
k) line of verse that cues the chorus to intervene in ancient Greek tragedy.
l) the compound structure of naphthalene, and naphthalene derivative atoms.
m) the name of an award given by each campus of the University of California to the local restaurant considered to serve the best spaghetti Bolognese; the awards are audited by the well known Hungarian gourmet, writer and restaurant guide editor, Egon Ronay.
n) old English word for soapwort, whence brand name Calgon.
o) the residue remaining after boilng away the water from any mixture of substances.
p) (derog.) one educated on the West coast of the United States. (from University California Oregon)
q) a thorny shrub found along the West Coast of Africa
r) a compound of uranium, used in estimating the age of a sample via the carbon-dating process
s) a crucible
t) the original softening bath crystals; from the mineral composition.
u) a mythical animal of Northern European legend, it has: the horn of a unicorn, the body of a caribou, the head of a lynx, the wings of an eagle, and the legs of an onager.
v) rare: a group of three or more baby mice or rats whose tails have become inextricably knotted in the nest
We had a joint statement from the U. of California Dept. of Pleonasm Dept. and the Royal and Ancient Armillary Guild to share with all y’all; but a computer virus ate it. Right. - THE MGMT
...and sung in dactylic hexameter no less.
That O-KAY with you?
(Edit: weird typo corrected)
Well--e sounds wonderfully fanciful--so much so that it might actually be the correct def.; but I'm gonna have to go with
A...with a k added on to the end, of course!
(Hi, Sweet Thing!)
I'm torn between A and S. "Ucalegon" doesn't strike me as an infinitive verb form, so I'm gonna vote S.
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and I am going for C
and I am going for C too.
Whether I'm right or whether I'm wrong
Whether I find a place for this word I'll never be Fong.
It's gotta be E, it's gotta be E.
What else can it be but what if I'm wrong?
I want to win, not merely be right
And I won't give up this light
Of life that keeps me all night.
It's gotta be E, it's gotta be E.
The dream that it's Cee gives me a big fright.
That far-away prize, a word of success
Is waiting for me if I heed the call
I won't settle down, won't settle for less
As long as there's a chance that I can have it all
I'll go it alone, that's how it must be
I might be right for somebody else
But I's not right for me
It's gotta be E, it's gotta be E.
Daring to try, to vote not for I.
It's gotta be E.
I'll say A. Y? I dunno...
I'm going along with Woofy this time: K
B would be believable if I knew what pastern meant.
E is just so enticing, but the armilaceousness of it puts me off ever so slightly.
I is interesting. If I had the slightest idea what it's supposed to mean I'd definitely vote for it.
S has the short criterion down solid.
So, S it is.
Hmm...what to do? I know!
I'll try the Faldage method!
A ~ is adorable
B ~ is so beautiful (in a sad way)
C ~ is a cutie full of charms
D ~ You’re a darling and...
E ~ You’re exciting
F ~ You’re a feather in my arms
G ~ You look good to me and
H ~ You’re so...
WAIT! A feather in my arms! That's it!
Get it..."feather"..."sea gul". Co-incidence? I think not.
Hogmaster, if you please, vote me (milo) a "F".
If it ain't E it oughta be
F-babe! How ya doin', kiddo? Great to see you!
UCAL:
e) an irregular closed plane figure of ten sides [decagon], fancifully named by math students at UC/Berkeley, formed by drawing lines on a map connecting the ten institutions of the U.Cal. system
j) a humorous description of someone who has graduated from the University of California and has immediately retired to the safe haven of further academic study, implying retreat from competitive strife; tt appears to be an original coinage by Dave Eggers in his novel A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.
m) the name of an award given by each campus of the University of California to the local restaurant considered to serve the best spaghetti Bolognese; the awards are audited by the well known Hungarian gourmet, writer and restaurant guide editor, Egon Ronay.
p) (derog.) one educated on the West coast of the United States. (from University California Oregon)
Oh, the perils of a large wash – any one of these might have tempted, but collectively they show their shallow West Coast blondness.
Critters:
d) algae species that thrives only at the deepest, darkest levels of the sea
f) ocean gull: a wader
u) a mythical animal of Northern European legend, it has: the horn of a unicorn, the body of a caribou, the head of a lynx, the wings of an eagle, and the legs of an onager.
v) rare: a group of three or more baby mice or rats whose tails have become inextricably knotted in the nest
Well, Milo, is it an ocean glider or a wader? Or none of the above?
Math(s):
c) the minor diameter of a regular polyhedron
i) the metric of the helicoplastic membrane at apex.
Doesn’t add up for me.
Chemistry:
o) the residue remaining after boilng away the water from any mixture of substances.
h) the uranious sand employed by ancient glass-makers
l) the compound structure of naphthalene, and naphthalene derivative atoms.
r) a compound of uranium, used in estimating the age of a sample via the carbon-dating process
s) a crucible
t) the original softening bath crystals; from the mineral composition.
As Fong says the brevity of (s) tempts. No, I hate Stinks. Sorry, Doctors!
Phonic booms:
b) a deformity of sheep pasterns seen in newborn lambs
n) old English word for soapwort, whence brand name Calgon.
Sounds like leg? – pull the udder one! OE+US brand name = no thanks ;]
Greeks:
g) a neighbor whose house is burning; from Virgil
k) line of verse that cues the chorus to intervene in ancient Greek tragedy.
Don’t remember ever coming across that in studying tragedy. I’ve never read any Virgil but it seems too improbable – hm, tsuwm’s kind of word, even.
So that leaves a choice of two:
a) to be spiritually uplifted by music
q) a thorny shrub found along the West Coast of Africa
I don’t fancy either – it doesn’t sound very likely for any WA language I know about, and (being a perverse maverick) choice (a) is already too popular – though whoever made that deserves the accolade. It still sounds more Greek to me – oh, dear, maybe (a) is genuine after all. No, I’ll back my faulty memory and go with (k) – hi, wofa and J!
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I’ll back my faulty memory and go with (k) – hi, wofa and J!
Tragically or comically, I also voted for K. 
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"Well, Milo, is it an ocean glider or a wader?
They can't be both."
I know that Maverick, I just didn't remember it.
But I also know that Hogmasterwashers play games.
I find it odd that "Ocean gull: a wader" is almost an anagram
of "ucalegon + AWADer". Don't you?
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I find it odd that "Ocean gull: a wader" is almost an anagram
of "ucalegon + AWADer". Don't you?
I would think that would be a vote against it. Such mannerism is not a sign of a true definition.
Lots of great stuff, the kind you want to vote for just to honor the chuckles and/or weirdness. But K struck me as the only really tangible offer, even though, like mav, I never encounterd that term in any of my theatre studies, until...I got to V which struck me as being entirely too strange, too out there, to be contrived, but, I'll have to reign-in those mouse-tails and heave-ho with K , 'kay?
I don't have the slightest idea.
I vote
n but it's prob. v or e or r or
It's the pirate in me that is compelled to vote "R".
Oh, wotthehell - I'll vote for G
fewer than 32 hrs. later and only a handful of players haven't voted; but want not, a new pig is afoot.
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I’ll back my faulty memory and go with (k) – hi, wofa and J!
Tragically or comically, I also voted for K.
... thus proving my thesis about my apalling memory if nothing else, since it wasn't wofa and J at all atall, but rather wofa and AsP! 
Sorry for the lack of care
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want not, a new pig is afoot.
Speaking of which [discreet-cough-e]
Speak up, max, we can't hear you up here
I don't play this game here (or do much else, for that matter); but if I did, it would go something like this:
a) too euphonious for such a cacophonious word
b) what Faldage said about pasterns
c) Do regular polyhedrons
have minor diameters??
d) That would be a
very(!) unique algae!
e) UCal #1
f) what Faldage said about wading gulls
g) A neighbor whose house is burning!?
h) What the heck is
uranious sand?
i) What the bloody hell is the helicoplastic membrane?
j) UCal #2
k) Very deft, even grabbed some theatre types who didn't recognize it.
l) Calgon #1
m) UCal #3
n) Calgon #2
o) hmmm..
p) UCal #4
q) a thorny definition
r) ucalegon.. uranium.. nah.
s) Occam rears his shaven head.
t) Calgon #3
u) ucalegon.. unicorn.. nah.
v) rare.
z) none of the above. (That was just to get zed in there, milo.)
Well, this is why I don't play this game here. Playing the dictionary game in Reality gives you more information, from the dialectic of the table.
U Cal bell: ". . . some of you might know this." Or Mav could be right.
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fewer than 32 hrs. later and only a handful of players haven't voted; but want not, a new pig is afoot.
well, I seem to have put the kibosh on further voting.
belM? dxb? consuelo? ..
I'm feeling fanciful today, so I'll vote for U , whomever U may be.
Unveil the denouement, pretty please?
for those <ahem> who haven't the patience to wait a full week, google ucalegon jazzbeau.
and thanx to uncle jim for recusing himself, or for ignoring us, one.
Closing my eyes and pressing on a key because I don't have a clue.
n
Is there an N definition...I have to close this window and go check.
Uck, CALGON, that's a bad choice. Bad guessing-finger, bad, bad guessing-finger.
Did I hear you say that there must be catch?
Ah! Knew the song; had forgotten the performer! Thanks!