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marge
 n.— «A “marge” (from margin of error) is someone who gives wildly untrue answers to surveys, thus endangering the validity of the whole exercise.» —“Teen sex surveys ruin your love life” by Oliver Pritchett Telegraph (United Kingdom) Aug. 16, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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