[Fictionary] Real Def wins the Contest, plus 3-way tie. What to do? Help!

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ANTWACKY  BALLOT--Responses and Answers Revealed-------  Lucky Thirteen ----- May, 2014The words look preposterous, and so do most of the definitions.  Excellent!  JJLots of people focused on the “wacky” part of the word.  Y’all are very silly people.  I’m surprised     to see so few adjectives.  Jim It feels like this should be an adjective (now that I have submitted my noun fiction-ition), so that’s the way I’m voting.  HutchThis word attracted a very clever and diverse set of defs.  Elliott1)      antwacky, n. (fr. Hungarian Midwestern Dial.) – A member of a crime syndicate employed by a union to enforce a picket line during a strike.David Randall, one point from JC RavageI know only a little Hungarian, but this doesn’t look Hungarian to me. JJWhack. Elliott2)      antwacky, n.  A boat used by sponge divers in the Adam’s Bridge area.Pierre, One point.Doesn’t really sound Tamil. Matt.One point.  David Randall3)      Antwacky: an acknowledgment of a receipt of a paper for submission to a Belgian academic journal.David Van Stone.  0 points.Antwerp plus…Acknowledgement?  Elliott
 Ah, yes, the Antwerp –Acknowledgement.  JJ4)      antwacky, n. A sticky paste used to affix ribbons to maypoles.Nicolas, 2 points. One from Pierre.Works much better than non-sticky varieties of paste.  JJTacky. I love this idea. Elliott5)      antwacky, n. an abbreviated symphony performed outdoors in inclement weather.Jean-Joseph, 1 point for correct answer.6)      antwacky, n. sticky toffee fudge.Ranjit, 2 points, including one for correct guess. That’s what the girl behind the counter claimed, but it was really just maypole paste that had been sitting around for too long.  JJTacky. ElliottOne point for most believable.  Nicolas7)      antwacky, n. Debris flung from a crashed wagon and therefore forfeit to the Crown.There must also be word for the goods tossed out before the crash in an attempt to prevent the wreck.  JJ     Jettison? LindaJC Ravage, 2 points for correct guess.Afflatus award!  JimIn other words, the government is stuck with the cleanup? Elliott8)      antwacky (n, colloq.) That state of agitation of a housecat when it races about the houseapparently without external reason.Fran, 4 points.Normal behavior for cats, as far as I know. Except the ones that don’t move at all.  JJ. Linda—I have had two such cats, at least. 2 points. JimAntsy plus wacky.  I like this one but out of points.  Elliott9)      antwacky, adj.   old-fashioned, out-of-date. High Scorer:  10 points: 2 each from Elliott, Hutch, Matt, and JC Ravage; one each from Ranjit and JJ. Correct Definition from Internet Site: edX: 64 Slang words and phrases you will only understand if you’re from the north of England.  From deliberate mispronunciation of “antique” (Liverpool).A funny pronunciation of ‘antique’?  Ranjit.  1 point.Some kind of a corruption of “antique-y”, perhaps?  Good for one point. JJ Antique.  Yeah, this sounds plausible. Two points.  ElliottOne point for the adjective. David Van Stone                                                                    10)   antwacky, n. 1) Polka derby, a sport in which points are scored by colliding with other couples and knocking them down.  2) Music fit for this purpose.Elliott, 5 points, including 2 points for correct guess. Another game we’ll need to play at the Fictionary picnic.  JJOne point for great whimsy. Jim.2 points, and I’d like to request a polka version of Yakety Sax.  Ranjit. Whack. The 19th Century didn’t have mosh pits yet, but that doesn’t mean they didn’t have fun!  Elliott11)   antwacky, n. [from “Thackaray’s Combination Shovel”, a two-headed shovel manufactured briefly in the 1830’s] a combination of two things into one (e.g. a spork).Hutch, 2 points for correct guess.Honorable mention. JimAt first I thought Combination Shovel was supposed to be the title of a book, but then I noticed how Thackaray was spelled.  ElliottIsn’t this a dinglehopper?  Nicolas12)   antwacky, n. A song in a musical which has no connection to the plot.Jim:  5 points: 2 each from David R and Nicolas; one point from Hutch.1 point—I don’t know if this has a word, but I want it to.  MattWacky.  This definitely needs a word, but I am out of points.  Elliott2 points for my past life dealing with these insertions in Sondheim and G&S.  Nicolas13)   antwacky, adj.  Strongly bound together.Matt: 5 points:  2 points for correct answer, one point from Hutch, and 2 points from JJ.Probably some weird physics term. Two points. JJTacky. Is this a physics word?  Elliott.One point for the adjective, David Van Stone Yikes! WE have a three-way tie among Elliott, Jim, and Matt!  
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