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DEFINITION: v. To enthusiastically tell and share a lame joke with an unwilling audience. n. A person who does not realize that their sense of humor is not appreciated and laughs loudly at their own jokes.
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Sillyhammer
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sil-ee-ham-er
Sentence: Reggie doesn't just tell a joke. He hits you upside the head with it. He loves it when he has a captive audience and can sillyhammer them in a lame attempt to entertain. Few, if any, find this appropriate for a Funeral Director.
Etymology: silly (absurd; ridiculous; irrational) + hammer (a tool consisting of a solid head, usually of metal, set crosswise on a handle, used for beating metals, driving nails)
Witlesscism
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: wit les sisim
Sentence: When Leonard told his girlfriend Penny about his great empty virus folder joke, she neither understood nor appreciated his witlesscism. Her nerd alert button had gone off for the last time and so she walked out on him. He was so busy on his laptop that he did not notice for 3 or 4 hours. Then the Penny dropped...him.
Etymology: Witticism (a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter) & Witless ((of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgmentor humour)
Nilarious
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: nill-air-ee-us
Sentence: Lauren is so nilarious that people are always forgetting to laugh at her jokes.
Etymology: nil, hilarious
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COMMENTS:
how sad - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-01: 14:38:00
Unfortunately, Lauren is not alone...good word, Purple! - Nosila, 2008-04-01: 15:05:00
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Farcefeed
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /FAHRS-feed/
Sentence: As a travelling PC Technician, Dominic often had a captive audience when he worked on people's home computers. Few people would walk away when he was working on their PC's, either because they were trying to learn or because they were afraid he'd do something to mess it up. So, while he was working, he would farcefeed them jokes. They sometimes laughed too, although it was usually a nervous kind of laugh. A lot of people didn't get his jokes, but still, a laugh was a laugh. Dominic wanted to be a standup comedian one day.
Etymology: Blend of: Farce - A ludicrous comedy; a mockery (from Old French, farcir "to stuff" as in 'a short comic sketch in between the acts of a play') + Forcefeed - to physically compel one to take food (from Latin, fortis "strong" & Old English, foda "to tend")
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COMMENTS:
I've been farcefed a few times - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-01: 14:39:00
May the farce be with you, Tigger. - Nosila, 2008-04-01: 15:03:00
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Missterical
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: miss/tare/i/cal
Sentence: Ralph thought everything he said or did was hysterical but it was in fact missterical.
Etymology: miss + hysterical + mystery
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COMMENTS:
Interesting blend. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-01: 22:34:00
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Prankenstein
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: prank en styne
Sentence: When Leonard send outr his annual computer April Fool's joke, he kept redeeming his title of Prankenstein, even though none of his friends found his jokes funny.
Etymology: Prank (trick, joke,something done to fool someone) & Frankenstein (man-made monster)
Witticissistic
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: wit/ti/sis/sis/tic
Sentence: John was a witticissistic who loved his own sense of humour and the jokes that he wrote and was constantly pushing them on his unlaughing friends.
Etymology: witticism + narcissistic
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COMMENTS:
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-01: 11:06:00
you da man. - stache, 2008-04-01: 18:41:00
Outstanding. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-01: 22:16:00
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Comicentric
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: com-mi-sen-trick
Sentence: Sean, fully comicentric, began hysterically laughing at inside jokes much to the annoyance of his friends who had no idea what was so funny.
Etymology: comic - comedian eccentric - strange, unconventional person
Ignorrant
Created by: Jamagra
Pronunciation: ig/nor/rant
Sentence: It was April Fool's Day and Justin, the small company's sole male employee, was making more of an "ignoranus" of himself than usual. In hysterics, he explained over and over why that "Empty Folder Virus" was so funny. Molly paid no attention to Justin's ignorrant. She did, however, wonder if the Saran-wrap covering the toilet bowl in the men's washroom would ever be traced back to her.
Etymology: ignorant + rant
Hilariassault
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: hələrēəsôlt
Sentence: Mel finds himself very funny. His friends think his humor is rather droll. Most consider his long-winded anecdotes to be hilariassault.
Etymology: hilarious (extremely amusing) + assault (make a physical attack on)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes. Thank you purpleartichokes. ~ James
stache - 2008-04-01: 08:58:00
Nice seasonal selection; I have to admit you had me for a minute.
Thanks stache. I was wondering if anyone would get my joke... I was starting to think that I'm just a nilarious jestersmuck, or maybe a farcefeeding obliviass. ~ James
purpleartichokes - 2008-04-01: 13:27:00
Got me as well, ya toonatic!
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes. Thank you purpleartichokes. ~ James