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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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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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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
Onedering
Created by: Carla
Pronunciation: wun-duh-ring
Sentence: Whenever she rang her ex, Paul would hover behind her, obsessively onedering what they were talking about.
Etymology: one + wonder + ring (to call)
Cellfaware
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: self-a-ware
Sentence: Bill became cellfaware while listening to his girlfriend's half of her conversation with her other boyfriend.
Etymology: cell + self-aware
Prejuclusion
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: pre-joo-kloo-sjin
Sentence: Doug went off on some prejuclusion because he didn't have the facts.
Etymology: portmanteau of "prejudice" and "conclusion"
Semicryptology
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: sem-eye-cript-AHL-oh-gee
Sentence: Jim looked up as his wife hung up the phone. "What time," he sighed semicryptologically, "is your mother coming for dinner?"
Etymology: semi + cryptology
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
Misconstreevesdrop
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: miss con str eeves drop
Sentence: Danny always had one ear on someone else's conversation to the point that he was known as the office misconstreevesdropper.
Etymology: from misconstrue and eavesdropping
Eavesduction
Created by: PolishedAmethyst
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Jake made an eavesduction while his wife was talking to his sister in the kitchen. He immediately started making plans around what he thought was his own surprise party.
Etymology: Eavesdrop, deduction
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COMMENTS:
This is my very first entry, so please go easy on me...thanks. :) - PolishedAmethyst, 2007-01-18: 00:56:00
A clever one! - wordmeister, 2007-01-18: 01:04:00
Thank you! You made my day. :) - PolishedAmethyst, 2007-01-18: 01:24:00
Good one, I voted for it. - kyotonils, 2007-01-18: 02:39:00
Most excellent ... well done. - egonschiela, 2007-01-18: 10:34:00
Thank you kyotonils and egonschiela :) - PolishedAmethyst, 2007-01-21: 03:23:00
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Televoxiplation
Created by: MrBlack
Pronunciation: Tel-e-vok-si-play-shun
Sentence: We cater to most of the casual spy arts here; windowatching, earwalling, and televoxiplation
Etymology:
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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