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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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Speakqueasy
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: speek/kwee/zy
Sentence: Whenever her boyfriend opened his first beer she began to speakqueasy lest she offend his sensibilities
Etymology: speakeasy + queasy
Agreemental
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: a gree men tal
Sentence: he nodded in agreemental, she was so pretty her beauty was only matched by her lunacy.
Etymology: agreement, mental
Wishthink
Created by: shrimp
Pronunciation: wisj-think
Sentence: you wich you could have said something about it
Etymology: wish-to wish, think- to think
Agreegious
Created by: Mobelia
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Her rhetorical political questions called for a bit lip and agreegious nodding.
Etymology: From agree meaning to concur From egregious meaning flagrant and grievous
Fibdodge
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: fib-dodge
Sentence: Julie fibdoged and said "how cute" when she was forced to look at her co-worker's ugly baby pictures.
Etymology: fib + dodge
Subdoormat
Created by: theyellowbunny
Pronunciation:
Sentence: "You're going to subdoormat yourself again? Get a backbone and speak up!"
Etymology:
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
Missconcede
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: miss-con-seed
Sentence: -"Why did you have to ruin the show by poking me in the side, so I screamed, you inconsiderate bastard!" -"errr... uh-huh.." He missconceded, not mentioning that she had been sitting with her heel on his toe for half an hour.
Etymology: miss - to miss a chance. concede - to agree.
Complevasion
Created by: cellardweller
Pronunciation: com-ple-VASE-ion
Sentence: Jenny felt forced into complevasion by Mark's constant braggadocio.
Etymology: COMPLEMENTS paid by EVASION of an insult
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Discoveria.
Thank you Discoveria! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Discoveria.
Thank you Discoveria! ~ James
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