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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.
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Converplation
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: con-ver-play-shon
Sentence: Ray's imagination and contemplation mixed with Renna's conversation and became a converplation when he failed to get a clarification of her predication, so he developed a fabrication about elimination when the conversation was a merely a preindication of the eradication of his hamster, Jay.
Etymology: conversation: informal dialogue or discussion + contemplation: cogitation, consideration, deliberation or rumination (don'tcha just love dictionaries?)
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COMMENTS:
Excellent rodentation! - Nosila, 2009-08-21: 12:35:00
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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:
Phonetasm
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: fone/tasm
Sentence: A recent attack of phonetasm left him wondering whether his friend had just made a date with the Fickle Finger of Fate or perhaps the local Drag Queen.
Etymology: Variation of phantasm - false impression
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
Cellaknowma
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: sell/ah/no/mah
Sentence: His advanced stage of cellaknowma, worsened by listening exclusively to one-sided conversations meant that he always jumped to the wrong conclusion - which was very dangerous on the subway
Etymology: cell + Know + melanoma
Earsdropping
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: eerz-drah-ping
Sentence: Dave: "Did I just hear you say to Erica you're going to the Dane Cook show?" Sam: "Were you earsdropping??"
Etymology: Evesdropping + ears, because you do it with ur ears (on the phone) not from the eves....
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.
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)
Grievesdrop
Created by: whimsy
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Grievesdropping on his girlfriend's conversation only made him more paranoid than he already was.
Etymology: grieve + eavesdrop
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
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
Just started