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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.
Verboticisms
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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
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.
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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COMMENTS:
Aye, and a vast pastmaster at that! - Alchemist, 2007-02-19: 10:02:00
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Consenseus
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation: con-sens-us
Sentence: Ageeing with a drunken and violent Steve was a wise move appeared to be the general consenseus
Etymology: consensus with an "e" added to indicate common sense is included within the definition.
Fallaccede
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: fal-ah-seed
Sentence: Her boss was well-known for seeking reprisal, so when he asked her if she liked his plan to open a snowboard shop in Florida, Sue fallacceded and replied "Yes!". (While secretly praying that her concurception wouldn't be found out.)
Etymology: fallacy (falsehood), accede (agree)
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COMMENTS:
Too bad these places of work have so much nonsensus going on. - petaj, 2007-02-19: 17:27:00
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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.
Nonod
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: noh-nahd
Sentence: I always have to nonod my boss when he shows pictures of his kids.
Etymology: It's not a nod, because you don't actually agree. It's a negative nod, or nonod
Toadytongue
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: toh/dee/tung
Sentence: Toadytongue is the universal language for bootlicked individuals.
Etymology: toady (fawning flatterer) + tongue (language)
Concordunce
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: con-CORD-ance
Sentence: The team concurred with the boss, although they knew that his views showed what a fool he was. Their concordunce meant that the boss went away happy, but ignorant, and they could carry on doing things the right way.
Etymology: concord (agreement) + dunce (fool)
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COMMENTS:
I work there too! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-19: 08:08:00
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Situagree
Created by: justinchau
Pronunciation: sit-you-ah-gree
Sentence: I regularly situagree with my boss on his opinions about the current stock market.
Etymology: situation + agree
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