Round 3581 YAGHIES results

[Mike Shefler]

Diseases were popular. Hugo Kornelis is the next dealer with 6 points, just edging
out Johnny Barrs.

1.  [Euphemism] Typhus.
  Submitter: Kornelis                 Votes: 4 & 6        0 + 6 =   6
  Voted for by: Lodge; Mallach; Madnick; Bourne; Embler; Davis

2.  Soiled underwear.
  Submitter: Abell                     Vote: N/V          0 + 1 =   1
  Voted for by: Naylor

3.  An infectious disease of squirrels and other animals, transmitted to
humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if                
prophylactic treatment is not administered.                                  
  Submitter: Naylor                   Votes: 2 & 6        0 + 2 =   2
  Voted for by: Shepherdson; Madnick

4.  A class of travelling poets, musicians, and storytellers who maintain
a tradition of oral history in parts of West Africa.                          
  Submitter: Lodge                    Votes: 1 & 10       0 + 1 =   1
  Voted for by: Kornelis

5.  [Colloq.] The faint remainder of a tattoo left after YAG
(yttrium-aluminum-garnet) laser tattoo removal.                              
  Submitter: Mallach                  Votes: 1 & 6        0 + 0 =   0
  Voted for by:                                                          

6.  Measles.
  Submitter: Keating                   Vote: DQ           DQ + 5 =   5
  Voted for by: Kornelis; Naylor; Mallach; Shepherdson; Davis

7.  Short lines in cartoons, often curved, that indicate movement.
  Submitter: Shepherdson              Votes: 3 & 6        0 + 0 =   0
  Voted for by:                                                          

8.  Loose fragments of wool left behind after shearing, often collected
for use in rustic insulation or pet bedding.                                  
  Submitter: Madnick                  Votes: 1 & 3        0 + 1 =   1
  Voted for by: Boxer

9.  The predominant vegetation in the mountainous areas of southern
Mongolia, consisting largely of larch, with some spruce and pine in          
less exposed areas.                                                          
  Submitter: Bourne                   Votes: 1 & 10       0 + 0 =   0
  Voted for by:                                                          

10.  [Scot.] Fried smoked fish cakes.
  Submitter: Barrs                    Votes: *12* & 13    2 + 4 =   6
  Voted for by: Lodge; Bourne; Embler; Boxer

11.  An alcohol-infused dish served as part of certain Scottish birthday
celebrations “Freedom and whisky gang thegither”.                            
  Submitter: Embler                   Votes: 1 & 10       0 + 0 =   0
  Voted for by:                                                          

12.  The sound caused by the fall of a soft but heavy body.
  Submitter: Dictionary               Vote: N/A                   D1
  Voted for by: Barrs

13.  Grandmother; a very old woman.
  Submitter: Davis                    Votes: 1 & 6        0 + 1 =   1
  Voted for by: Barrs

     No def: Boxer                    Votes: 8 & 10       0 + 0 =   0

[Hugo Kornelis]

Thanks, Mike!

I can't say I didn't see it coming. But I'm still surprised! I usually am happy to get one or two votes, not the most of all!

Let me see if I can find a sufficiently obscure word for you all to define.

Cheers,
Hugo

Op 23-9-2025 om 00:09 schreef 'Mike Shefler' via Dixonary:

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