Spinoff Titles From the Abramoff Scandal

And now, the winners in the Name the Abramoff Scandal Contest.

Entries arrived from around the world in what may have been the highest participation ever for a creative contest (as opposed to, say, a lottery on how many congressional seats may be lost or picked up in an election). Many entries, of course, were tasteless variants on Jack's name, which we excluded.

The winners:

· "Wretched Access," submitted by D.C. lawyer Hank Wallace , who also trains people to "write and speak like the news." Wallace's other entry: "Tribery," combining "tribes" and "bribery."

· There were many variations on troglodytes -- the name Abramoff used to refer to his Native American clients. Abramoff was heard telling acquaintances that if he were to enter this contest, he would submit "Troglogate." So, as an exception to our admonition against "-gate" entries, we'll declare him a winner, too.

· Abramoff's spectacular, daring Nuovo Mafioso look at his federal court appearance here generated another common theme. In that category we have "Fedora Flim-Flam," submitted on deep background by "a prominent Washington attorney."

· "Bribeshead Revisited" -- former undersecretary of defense Edwin Dorn , former dean and now a professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas. Dorn credits the idea to Yvette Daoud , an official in the Dutch ministry of foreign affairs in The Hague.

· "Bribes 'n' Tribes" -- Neil Osterweil of Holliston, Mass., a journalist who covers health and medicine for MedPage Today.

· "Slots and Yachts" -- Matt McQuown , a student and writer from Boulder, Colo., who also suggested "D.C. Hold 'Em."

· "The Rouvelas Prophecy" -- submitted by Bri Held , who works for a nonprofit organization in Manhattan. Held recalled a Washington Post article that quoted Abramoff's former law partner, Manuel Rouvelas , as telling Abramoff in 2001 that: "If you're not careful, you will end up dead, disgraced or in jail."

· "Runaway Bribe" -- John Brandolino of Arlington.

· "Desperate House-Lives" -- a Takoma Park native who works at a lobbying firm.