Thanks for the good and amusing contributions. It was a holiday getting them in and work getting them out.(Sorry Jackie,I have to get this off. You can still do a P.S.- vote for the
one you think deserving and change the score.)

a) Happy nisgul holiday, thePook, 1 point.
b) Moats and canals? tsuwm..
c) Faldage, Malysian nisgul carver. 2 points
d) Father Steve's lovely poetical definition got 1 point.
e) wofahulicdoc's great miracle which is a great laugh. No points but a medal.>> medal
f) Capitol Kiwi, first to bring in the perilous queens of Angmar.
g) inselpeter's alloy got 3 points.
i) Collins 175 years of dictionary publishing DICTIONARY:
n Midland English dialect the smallest and weakest bird in a brood of chickens
h) Jackie.Your definition is to the point : nisgul masters no foreign language.>> medal
j) Annasp, you stitchted yourself 2 points.
k) Fauve, this definition certainly lacks roots. 1 point.
l) Owlbow , distastefully bland.
m) The Fall.Fiend, medieval torture device.
n) twosleepy, I just put you on but alas as Captain Kiwi.
o) Coffebean, musicians are often left unrewarded.

The worst part: counting. Hogmash/mishtress loses 6 points:
to the lovely AnnaStrophic, the equally nasty stuwm , the honorable Father Steve.
Anna leads with 4, Father Steve and Faldage and inselpeter 3, tsuwm 2. thePook 1.


* Dogjob, being hogmaster. I now fully value the ones who did all the former rounds. Though it was fun getting the defs. in. I really missed the voting (nicest part to me). So I hope for a spring chicken to do the next.


a) chosen by WOFAHU
c) by TWOSLEEPY, INSELPETER,FAUVE
d) by THEPOOK
e) by COFFEEBEAN
g) by FALD,CAPT.KIWI, JAVANLUKE
i) by ANNASTRO,TSUWM, FATHER STEVE
j) by ETA,FALL.FIEND
k) by OWLBOW

The comparable original entries are four posts down.
A little additional search.

Branny, maybe I just need another cup of coffee, but I can't tell in your results who submitted the daffynitions and who voted for them?!

And just what does nizgul mean?

Or does that come in some future revelation? Fun though.

if you read very closely, you'll see one of the choices identified as coming from Collins Dictionary. that'd be it, then.

although, here's a variant (spelling and def'n): link

Sorry, I held on to the alphabethical order of the entries. I can copy them here again.

a) - n (Sc. dial.) A holiday marking the winter solstice.
b) a Dutch moat or canal
c) A curved Malaysian knife.
d) The small canoe-shaped seed of a Scandinavian shrub from which licorice-flavoured oil is pressed.
e) - more commonly called a "dreidl" or "svivon," the spinning top used during the holiday of Hanukkah/Chanukah; derives from the letters on the sides of the toy, nun, gimel, hay, and shin, which stand for "Nis Gadol Haya Sham" ("a great miracle happened there")
f) One of the Witch Queens of Angmar. The female counterparts of the Nazgul or Black Riders (see Lord of the Rings).
g) an alloy of nickel and silver principally used in gem settings
h) a person who is unable to comprehend any foreign language
i) - n (Midl. Eng. dial) the smallest and weakest bird in a brood of chickens
j) type of stitch used in Shetland needlework
k) - lacking roots
l) Distastefully bland
m) n. Medieval torture device.
n) Variant of Nazgûl, from the fictional language "Black Speech" created by author JRR Tolkien. Translated, it means "ring wraith", one of the nine dead kings bound to the evil Sauron through the use of one of the nine Rings of Power. Used generically to refer to any supremely evil being.
o) In music, nisgul is the point on a vibrating string where the wave divides itself into parts, producing harmonics.

(I should have chosen highschool bookkeeping for this in stead of reciting poetry)

nisgul for the chick and nisgal for the pig? That's pretty funny.

nuh uh. link and link (look close)
things usually don't get *that specific.

I appreciate it, tho' I do not know how you knew that. In each years' results is a
dictionary reference the answer?

quaintly put.. but yes, each round comprises a definition culled by the hogmaster® from some (hopefully) reliable resource plus the various daffynitions submitted by those that wish to play. you should read the hogwash® rules, which are pinned to the top of the Wordplay and fun forum. (that'd be this very forum)

in the real world this game is known variously under names such as the 'dictionary game' and Balderdash®.. link and link

Dang, I knew there was something I should have been here for! So sorry, Branny; but my attention this week has been focused on Hubby's retirement and his party, which was last night and on into today. Thanks for doing this; hard (and therefore good!) word!

Right,thanks , I see.

I see both of these links are to "Googlebooks" ( a.k.a books.google.com, a recently-launched effort to get the entire world literature, if not digitally available, then at least indexed and located. All kinds of copyright issues in the process of resolution, with a widespread awareness campaign inaugurated today. (See your local Parade Magazine today, and elsewhere.)

I would call to our collective attention the other tab on the page, called "About this book," which has all sorts of intriguing tidbits about who, what, where, maps, references to, bookstores selling, libraries loaning, etc. Just the sort of interesting trivia Our Kind find interesting.

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"Quaintly put", I like that. Read the rules, again, did not make lots of sense until I
participated. Now they make much more. Appreciate your answer.

Thank you BranShea.
That was a good round and well hogged.
Great fakes too.

Do I get any points for having the most talked about submission ?

Yes and why? On waiting for the votes to come in I thought about which one I would have chosen if I had not known the real one. It would have been yours for the worthless noneword that it is. Bland. I'm sure that Jackie will agree to the borrow of her missed vote for your 1.point.

I admire your work as hogmaster.

Yes, thank you for your work. I look forward to next year, and perhaps I will be able to
play it better with one year under my belt.

>I look forward to next year..

however did you come by the notion that this is a yearly occurence??

Thanks for voting for mine wofahulicodoc (what on earth does that mean?). Did you get the bad pun?

nisgul = ni school (nae schule) on a scottish holiday...

Any pun that I don't realize is a pun is a good pun, as far as I'm concerned. Unless, of course, somebody points out to me that it was (intended as) a pun.

I'm sure Jackie would have voted for o !!!

Thanks for hosting this round, Bran. Though I've wanted to, it just seems so complicated.

...yeah i know, if you have to explain it...

An understandable misunderstanding as I labeled it "cleanse for the new year ".

Coffeebean, Hah!With all the strings you pulled and the laugh it produced, I wouldn't have stepped into your coffee flavoured trap.
( can't speak (but could vote)for Jackie)