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'My new boyfriend is so polite and so sophisticated.'

DEFINITION: v. To agree with someone, not because they are right, but because it would be rude, or unwise, to correct them.

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Duplomacy

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: doop/ploh/muh/see

Sentence: He was the biggest dork my sister ever dated, so I had to resort to duplomacy to save myself from causing a family fight.

Etymology: dupe + diplomacy

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petaj Very nice and so quick too! Here's a vote from me. - petaj, 2007-02-19: 03:06:00

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Smilying

Created by: chris

Pronunciation: smy-lie-ing

Sentence: Robert hastened to reassure Wayne that he was indeed a fine figure of a man. The fact that the ugly bastard weighed over two hundred pounds and was carrying a broken bottle had nothing to do with it. Yep, Robert was a pastmaster at smilying.

Etymology: smiling while lying

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Aye, and a vast pastmaster at that! - Alchemist, 2007-02-19: 10:02:00

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Disargument

Created by: chickenassassin

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Confibulate

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: kahn-FIB-yoo-late

Sentence: Brandon was so exited about winning the Yugo, I couldn't bear to enlighten him, so I just gave him a big smile and my warmest confibulations.

Etymology: combination of confirm, fib and congratulate.

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Civilinquish

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˌsɪvlˈɪŋkwɪʃ/

Sentence: Not only did he refuse to civilinquish his viewpoints at the hot dog festival, but he also started handing out flyers advertising the university vegetarian's club.

Etymology: From civility + relinquish

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Fibulate

Created by: BMott

Pronunciation: Fib - u - late

Sentence: I frequently fibulate to my boyfriend because I don't want him to know it's not THE biggest ever...

Etymology: Fib - Lie ulate - From Formulate

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Subdoormat

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Created by: theyellowbunny

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Sentence: "You're going to subdoormat yourself again? Get a backbone and speak up!"

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Spiwidouto

Created by: adbern

Pronunciation: Shpie-whi-dou-to

Sentence: Sometimes is better to speak spiwidouto to hold your friends

Etymology: Speak with double tongue

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Brownosity

Created by: redrockmullet

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Tokenod

Created by: sodium

Pronunciation: toak-en-odd

Sentence: Instead of giving his honest opinion, Paul tokenodded when Cynthia asked him if he liked her hairstyle.

Etymology: token - adjective describing an offering made only out of necessity & nod - a gesture of agreement

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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-19: 00:00:01
Today's definition was suggested by Discoveria.
Thank you Discoveria! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-19: 00:00:01
Today's definition was suggested by Discoveria.
Thank you Discoveria! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-19: 00:00:01
Today's definition was suggested by Discoveria.
Thank you Discoveria! ~ James

Discoveria - 2007-02-19: 06:38:00
I'll sit out of this one and see what words other people come up with.

diplogreeable - 2008-08-13: 03:07:00