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DEFINITION: v., To speak in an inspirational but perhaps incomprehensible manner by stringing together a series of grunts and clichés. n., An inarticulate TV or radio, post-game interview, typically given by a panting, toothless, sweating, verbally-challenged, and hugely overpaid, athletic superstar.
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Moanevate
Created by: WatchdogRibby14
Pronunciation: Moan-a-vate
Sentence: The senior hall-of-famers cruised into the dining room in their wheelchairs, drooling and babbling that they successfully made it out of their private apartments for the "Get Up, Get Out, and Moanevate" Rally and Ice Cream Social.
Etymology: Moan (Low but audible, sustained vocal sound) Motivate (To cause action when great effort is needed)
Converbolate
Created by: DaddyNewt
Pronunciation: kon/VERB/o/late
Sentence: The team was damp with excitement as they converbolated after the big match.
Etymology: Vulgar conjugation of "confuse" and "verbosity"
Tysonicisms
Created by: bananabender
Pronunciation: tahy-SUHN-ik-iz-uhmz
Sentence: The superhero sports star gave an adrenalin-pumped interview after he creamed his opponent, firing drimblings at lightning speed and with the force of a battering ram. A classic case of Tysonicisms...
Etymology: TYSON: Mike Tyson. SONIC: relating to audible sound; at the speed of sound; Slang - Extremely exciting and fast-paced. ISMS: jocks' overblown belief in themselves, their ability, their team, and their game. Drimblings: drivel + dribble + ramblings
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COMMENTS:
Box on. Nice word; luv drimblings! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-05: 01:09:00
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Stumbledumb
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: stuhm bull dumb
Sentence: The sportscaster said "Oh!" After a long pregnant pause, he uttered "Uh Oh!" Then breathed a long sigh. Then seconds later "Oh No!" with another long sigh, followed by heavy breathing, then by "Eh!" He gulped a few times, then groaned and moaned. Then switched to "Yeah" .... "Come on" .... "Ah Hah!" "Mmmm Hmmm" then "Hooray!" Not once, did he anounce the fumbles, followed by the touch down. That sportscaster's stumble blocks made him the epitome of a stumbledumb!
Etymology: Stumblebum and Dumb. Stumblebum - an offensive term for somebody who appears to do things in a blundering unskillful way. Dumb - Encarta gives the 7 definitions listed and at least the first 5 apply (#3 especially): 1. unintelligent: regarded as having or showing a low level of intelligence ( informal insult ) 2. offensive term: an offensive term meaning unable to speak 3. temporarily speechless: temporarily unable to speak because of shock, fear, surprise, or anger 4. done without speech: performed or expressed without using speech 5. intentionally silent: deliberately not speaking or refusing to speak 6. producing no sound: designed or adapted to produce no sound 7. lacking human speech: lacking the power of speech because not human
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COMMENTS:
Sounds great! :-) - logarithm, 2008-11-27: 11:10:00
too true - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-27: 13:20:00
Like it - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-29: 14:43:00
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Dufferedview
Created by: raindrops
Pronunciation:
Sentence: As media rushed towards him and poured questions,Jon Bedraw dufferedview some big words he had recently heard on the tv.
Etymology: A viewpoint of a duffer
Jocktalk
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: jok tok
Sentence: Sammy Strap the local sports reporter was used to understanding jocktalk when teams were being interviewed after a game. He could understand hocktalk;golftalk;hooptalk;punttalk any other kind of stopclocktalk. But when he had to interview the Spelling Bee champs, he found they spoke annoyingly with vowel trouble, a term he later coined as irritable vowel syndrome.
Etymology: Jock (athlete) & Talk (verbal expression;conversation)
Superfludundancy
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: soo-per-flew-DUN-dence-ee
Sentence: Harmon considered himself to be a very articulate and effective sports announcer but in fact, his style was nothing less than artful superfludancy, repetitious and peppered with inane cliches.
Etymology: Blend of 'superfluous' (excess to requirements) and 'redundant' (characterized by or containing an excess; specifically : using more words than necessary) a word that is doubly redundant/superfluous itself.
Lipoosuction
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: lip/ooo/suk/shun
Sentence: The hockey superstar was trying so hard to suck up to the interviewer and not offend any of his team that his interview was merely lipoosuction.
Etymology: lip(as in lip service) + ooh(didn't put the 'h' in the word because it turned it into pooh)+ suck (as in suck up) + liposuction
Showmethemumble
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: show-me-thuh-mum-bul
Sentence: he was an outstanding athlete, but it was well known that in every interview he would showmethemumble
Etymology: show me the money, mumble
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COMMENTS:
nice - bookowl, 2008-02-04: 16:02:00
My favorite! Cuts right to the heart of it all ... the money! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-05: 07:40:00
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Beefcant
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: beef/cant
Sentence: Once all the sports writers were present, the football hero rolled into his beefcant of all the wonderful things his team did on the field today.
Etymology: BEEFCANT - noun - from BEEFCAKE (men with muscular physiques) + CANT (to speak in a jargon, or secret language; to use phraseology particular to a group)
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COMMENTS:
or can't as in can't speak - great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-27: 09:15:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James