3077 BOMBINATE results CORRECTED

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Ryan McGill

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Jun 3, 2020, 4:42:55 PM6/3/20
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Hey all,

I really messed up the scores. This is the corrected version. The real def scored the most votes. Lodge is still Da Winnah and next dealer. Barrs is still runner-up.

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1. Having a spherical symmetry. — defined by Abell, who voted for 11 & 14, scoring a natural 1.
Voted for by Bourne.

2. Subject to arbitrary bureaucracy, regulations or rules. — defined by Shepherdson, who voted for 10 & 16, scoring a natural 2.
Voted for by Embler & Leckenby.

3. (slang) A portmanteau of the words bomb and dominate. — defined by Leckenby, who voted for 2 & 13, scoring a natural 0.
Voted for by no one.

4. To agree. — defined by Embler, who voted for 2 & 5, scoring a natural 1.
Voted for by Lodge.

5. [Cryptography] To attack a cipher by brute force, usually with a dictionary of common words and derivatives. — defined by Widdis, who was DQ, scoring a natural 2.
Voted for by Embler & Naylor.

6. To dislike, to seek to destroy [altered from abominate, infl. by bomb]. — defined by Keating, who voted for , scoring a natural 0.
Voted for by no one.

7. To displace from one's native or accustomed environment. — defined by Madnick, who voted for 8 & 9, scoring a natural 1.
Voted for by Barrs.

8. To dominate a conversation or to speak very loudly. — defined by Shefler, who voted for 8 & 16, scoring a natural 2.
Voted for by Madnick; Mallach, A.; & Shefler.

9. To express oneself in a hyperbolic or vainglorious manner. — defined by Mallach, A., who voted for 8 & 14, scoring a natural 1.
Voted for by Madnick.

10. To gallop. — defined by Mallach, E., who voted for 11 & 16, scoring an aberrant 4.
Voted for by Naylor & Shepherdson.

11. To make a buzzing noise. — defined by Oxford Online, which cannot vote, scoring a D5.
Voted for by Abell, Barrs, Carson, Lodge, & Mallach, E.

12. (slang) To play music loudly while driving. — defined by Naylor, who voted for 10 & 16, scoring a natural 0.
Voted for by no one.

13. To rebuke or criticize loudly or angrily. — defined by Carson, who voted for 11 & 16, scoring an aberrant 3.
Voted for by Leckenby.

14. To speak in a puffed up or self important manner. — defined by Barrs, who voted for 7 & 11, scoring an aberrant 5.
Voted for by Abell, Bourne, & Mallach, A.

15. To state in an arrogant manner. — defined by Bourne, who voted for 1 & 14, scoring a natural 0.
Voted for by no one.

16. To wander aimlessly. — defined by Lodge, who voted for 4 & 11, scoring an aberrant 6.
Voted for by Carson; Mallach, E.; Shefler; & Shepherdson.
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