marge

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

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