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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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Diallog
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dy al log
Sentence: Eddie knew by the diallog that his wife Pat was having on the phone that they had already been selected for a free Bahamas cruise. Okay, all they had to do was pay for their airfare and expenses to fly from home to Miami and they would be liable for their hotel room and all other costs, but they had won a free trip!! I mean, how often could that happen???
Etymology: Dial (what used to be on telephones) & log (a record of messages sent or received), Wordplay on Dialogue (a conversation between two persons)
Hennypennalysis
Created by: chofu67
Pronunciation: hen nee pe nal i sis
Sentence: Don't worry, and please stop with the hennypennalysis. You totally misinterpreted what you overheard.
Etymology: Henny Penny (of "the sky is falling fame) and analysis
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:
Converreact
Created by: Kirubeza
Pronunciation: kohn-ver-ee-akt
Sentence: Having secretly eavesdropped on Melissa's side of her chat with her best friend Jane (about her recently deceased hamster, Toby), Martin completely converreacted and wholeheartedly believed that he was being rejected...
Etymology: Conversation and Overreact mashed together :)
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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Thankies
Created by: onceinabluemoon88
Pronunciation: thank - seas
Sentence: thankies for that pencil
Etymology:
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
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.
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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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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