Collective Consciousness Hangman

From the mind of Projoy via The Banter Page: "One person sets a conventional hangman problem, but only other players are allowed to reveal the letters or add lines to the scaffold. Other players take guesses in turn as to which letters are in the word. The players who arbitrate over what letters are in the word are not allowed to confer. The shape of the word can only emerge through tacit mutual consent - via, in other words, the collective consciousness." (Winning move is "hanged")

• Kayl
  It's risky, but I feel certain this is an awkward one. I'm not going to suggest 'Q': although I do feel there's one in there I'd like to get your views first. A 'Q' would suggest a 'U' unless it has some Arabic origin.
• Martha Farquar - ILOVEU
  Yes, there is a U, and it goes in that place you're thinking of, too. I'll let you do the honours.
• Blob - Still confused
  Er - as Projoy set this, and he reckons there should be two Fs then surely there are two Fs - and in any case restating an already used letter should not incur a penalty - as all instances of the letter should be shown by the hangman at the time.
  BTW Officinal certainly is a valid word, concerned with medicines, especially those that are kept ready for dispensing.
• I Say, Porter! - valid words
  Very amused to hear Ian Wright, commenting on a football match, describe the play as "effervescent, is that a word?"
• Martha Farquar - Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
  [IS,P!] Barry Cryer playing Scrabble:- "I've got A-W... O-R-D... is that a word?"
  [Blob] But Projoy didn't set this, he just wrote out 9 dashes. The Collective Consciousness set it, and only the Collective Consciousness knows what it is. As for the extra F - well, the hangman didn't show two Fs immediately, and I thought the hangman's decision was final (otherwise we could just be changing letters around, or adding and discarding them, which would be a very different, if better, game). Anyway, no possible word exists in the language, even if there are two Fs. Unless it's something like the famed Astaire/Rogers vehicle, "O Funny Gal!"
• Kayl - From Martha, With Thanks
  I play... u. I'll leave the Q for anyone daring enough.
• Raak
  Does the Collective Consciousness consider that OFTOQUIAL might be a word?
• rab - Oftoquial
  I believe it does, but what could it mean?
• Inkspot - Red Tape
  OFTOQUIAL is little known low profile regulator of conversational or infomal spoken english. Its full title would be the Office of Fair Trading of Colloquial, but shortened in the same manner as OFTWAT, OFTTEL and OFTGAS. "Awigh' guv'".
• rab - Plausibly
  Although I was wondering if it were a word that is frequently said, but never written down.
• Martha Farquar - Not quite
  It's actually a seafarer's corruption of "aft-o-keel", the front beam of the ship's hull. "Aft-o-keel-hauling" was the pirate's worst punishment, where they strapped you to the front of the ship and rammed you into whatever galleons happened to be passing.
• Robert Robinson - Baaah
  Would that it were, would that it were. Nay nay nay. So, well, we have a word that's frequently uttered but never writ, a piece of nautical architecture, or a high-profile governmental regulatory unit. So, well, so, across to the other team and a turn of speed if you would.
• blamelewis - New one...
  [Collective us] Bravo!
  A quickie...
  
  _ _ _ _ _
• Martha Farquar - Guess
  Is it "Elbow"?
• Blob
  OMG - Mornington Dictionary Hangman ! What a challenge.
• Martha Farquar - OK, okay
  It's not likely to be Elbow. I withdraw my guess.
  So, is it "Xyzzy"?
• Boolbar - Too obvious
  [MF] I say not . . . . although I have a feeling that S is in it.
• Kayl - S
  Indeed there is, the word is infact a plural. _ _ _ _ S It remains to be found what the root is though.
• Lib
  Is the collective conciousness sure that there's only one S? My small corner of the collective thinks there is one more .
• Martha Farquar
  What, you mean it's S---s?
• rab
  Absolutely : S _ _ _ S which makes me think there's an A in there.
• Projoy - My God, it's full of...
  Absolutely. S _ A _ S
• LotUS - Positions vacant
  Might one of the two be an M?
• JLE - I think so
  Which leaves S _ A M S. I suppose the last letter could be C, E, H, L or P.
• rab - Logic
  Well, logic dictates that at least four of those guesses are wrong, so...
  
  I'll leave it to the conciousness to decide which is right.
• Martha Farquar - Hang on...
  How do we know it's not SNAMS, army codeword for the South Vietnam vets who sat around in Saigon complaining of the lack of sick animals?
• Kayl - C E H L P
  If put into the word, each letter would generate a word found in any accepted dictionary, therefore it can be none of them. I agree with Snams.
• Martha Farquar - Is that a win then?
  So the scores on the doors are:

  Me:   1
  Raak: 1

  Everything to play for as we move into Round 3:

  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (2 words)

• Boolbar
  Let's go for an E then - must be at least one in the two words.
• LotUS - Give us a break
  Shouldn't we know where the break of words is or is that also up to the collective? Do wrong guesses as to the break location lead to a hanging?
• Boolbar - Have a break . . .
  I would imagine that the break will make itself known given time.
• CdM - Good guess!
  There is indeed at least one E. In fact there are four!
  
  _ E _ E _ _ _ _ _ E E _
  
• Raak
  Does the latter part have at least one T-shaped hole in it?
• Martha Farquar - Close.
  
• Lib
  Is there an S?
• Raak
  _ E _ E S S _ _ _ E E _     T

  I'll make a guess at the word division: is it (6,6)?

• Projoy
  Any C's?
• Kayl - Chemistry
  I get the feeling this is one of those trick scientific words. I believe a digit is required here, bordered by dashes. I therefore propose -4-.
• Inkspot - optional
  T (6,6) -4-

  Hemmed in here a bit by early multiple letter answers but I'll try for a full guess.

  CELESSIC FEEL
  A modern day tv audiece condition, brought on by overdosing on 'Celebrity TV'. As the empathy between the viewer and celeb increases, the veils of status disappear till the viewer mistaken with delusion begins to feel that anyone these days can be a celebrity.

• Projoy - What else?
  That seems like a prefectly good definition to me. And, I think, with the scaffold silent in the breeze it's probably time to put this game in a cupboard where it can mature a while until the next time Hitler can be hanged.

  

• Audience
  *shouts, screams, generally goes wild for Projoy*

This is the end of the line. There is no more.