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DEFINITION: n. A conclusion or an assumption developed after careful listening to, and analysis of one-half of a telephone conversation. v. To listen to one-half of a telephone conversation.
Verboticisms
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Overlesson
Created by: ubgrud
Pronunciation: ov-er-less-on
Sentence: "It's just so matted," she said, stroking the carpet with her foot. "She hates my hair," I overlessoned.
Etymology: overlisten, lesson
Sherlocall
Created by: Acostell
Pronunciation: Sherlock-call
Sentence: Yeah, I played Sherlocall and found out she was getting me that club set for christmas afterall. Score!
Etymology: Sherlock (Holmes) + Call
Cellaphoney
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: cell-a-fOn-e
Sentence: Jill hides, listening to a cellaphoney conversation. Thinking her friends refering to her, she storms in, yelling and making a fool of herself.
Etymology: cell phone/ phoney
Caveclutch
Created by: kyotonils
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He caveclutched that I was talking to Jen about our relationship when I was actually updating her about my sick hamster.
Etymology: Reaching haphazardly for understanding in a poorly-lit cave.
Ringference
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: ring-fer-ents
Sentence: Her ringference that Bob was planning a holiday to Peru was all wrong. He was actually dumping her for her ex-best-friend, Prue.
Etymology: ring (call on the telephone) + infer (conclude)
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COMMENTS:
great words petaj - Jabberwocky, 2007-01-18: 10:54:00
Tanks mulchy
er.. thanks muchly. - petaj, 2007-01-21: 03:19:00
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Semilusion
Created by: crissxross
Pronunciation: semiloozhun
Sentence: I came to the semilusion that her father's a pre-teen. Isn't in vitro fertilization amazing?
Etymology: semi + conclusion
Hemipothesis
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /"he-mE-'po-th&-sis/
Sentence: She overheard her boyfriend planning what sounded like a surprise birthday for her, but she tried not to get her hopes up. After all, it was just a hemipothesis.
Etymology: From hemi- + hypothesis.
Thankies
Created by: onceinabluemoon88
Pronunciation: thank - seas
Sentence: thankies for that pencil
Etymology:
Bewildheard
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: bee - willd - hurd
Sentence: Jeremy was bewilheard after he listened in on Josiah's phone conversation. Because he only heard half of the dialog, he came to some strange conclusions.
Etymology: bewildered, heard
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COMMENTS:
Bewilderado... - Nosila, 2009-08-21: 12:38:00
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Telephelony
Created by: omista
Pronunciation: tela-fela-nE
Sentence: steven, who barely ever listens, jumped to conclusions by commiting another act of telephelony
Etymology: telephone + felony
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COMMENTS:
Sounds like Steven relies on telephelony (i.e. he only half-listens) 100% of the time. - wordmeister, 2007-01-18: 07:53:00
haha, thats a very good one - ToblerOne, 2007-01-18: 10:21:00
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Comments:
pratyushprasan - 2007-01-18: 21:26:00
nice
Thanks! ~ James
Sending a hamster for a ride at the Wild Water Kingdom? Pretty extreme, don't you think? Bugs and goldfish, maybe....
jrogan - 2009-08-21: 08:19:00
Yes, it is cruel. And it would certainly be a good idea to flush twice. Especially is she's going to do the boyfriend too.
Krishna - 2009-08-25: 02:35:00
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