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Collective Consciousness Hangman
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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")
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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'".
Plausibly
Although I was wondering if it were a word that is frequently said, but never written down.
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.
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.
New one...
[Collective us] Bravo!
A quickie...

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Guess
Is it "Elbow"?
None
OMG - Mornington Dictionary Hangman ! What a challenge.
OK, okay
It's not likely to be Elbow. I withdraw my guess.
So, is it "Xyzzy"?
Too obvious
[MF] I say not . . . . although I have a feeling that S is in it.
S
Indeed there is, the word is infact a plural. _ _ _ _ S It remains to be found what the root is though.
None
Is the collective conciousness sure that there's only one S? My small corner of the collective thinks there is one more .
None
What, you mean it's S---s?
None
Absolutely : S _ _ _ S which makes me think there's an A in there.
My God, it's full of...
Absolutely. S _ A _ S
Positions vacant
Might one of the two be an M?
I think so
Which leaves S _ A M S. I suppose the last letter could be C, E, H, L or P.
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.
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?
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.
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)

None
Let's go for an E then - must be at least one in the two words.
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