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DEFINITION: v. To change the dates, times or sequence of past events, in order to put a better perspective on your current situation. n. An historical date which has been "adjusted" to fit present needs.
Verboticisms
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Timetabull
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: TIMEtable
Sentence: When profusely apologizing for being late didn't cut it, Bob tried to timetabull the client into thinking that it was she who was actually early, as their company had switched over to New Guinea Standard Time.
Etymology: timetable, bullsh*t
Laxidaisytime
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: lax ee daisy time
Sentence: Franks constant laxidaisytime antics left Freeda not knowing which decade she was in.
Etymology: from lackadaisic and time. Cos lackadaisical is being forgetful and not worrying about it.
Timeswapping
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: time swapping
Sentence: i´m not lying, i´m only timeswapping
Etymology: time and swapping as in changing
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COMMENTS:
Hey Josje, This word is terrific - wordmeister, 2007-02-09: 09:49:00
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Chronolify
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: kron-ol-i-fi
Sentence: Gillian saw absolutely no harm in subjecting the date of birth on her CV to a quick bit of chronolification.
Etymology: chronology (order of time) + modify (to alter slightly)
Datetripper
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: dayt/trip/er
Sentence: He was a datetripper - Sunday driver yeah - it took me so long to find out -his chronology was the only one that mattered and that made him sing
Etymology: daytripper + date
Chronillogic
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: Kron-ill-logic
Sentence: When Dave found tickets to the opera in Jill's purse, he quickly ran out and puchased cheap, nosebleed seat tickets, to a football game, telling Jill he had his tickets first. Dave got out of going to the opera due to the chronillogic order that the tickets were purchased.
Etymology: chronologic/illogic
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COMMENTS:
good! - wordmeister, 2007-01-31: 09:49:00
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Seqlieging
Created by: pandafever
Pronunciation: seek-ly-jing
Sentence: All it took was a little bit of seqlieging to fool the history professor.
Etymology:
Chronomorphose
Created by: mbacon
Pronunciation: Krono mawr fox
Sentence: Betty chronomorphosed her birthdate so she could get the senior's discount
Etymology: Chrono meaning time, and morphose, from metamorphose meaning to transform
Weaselwarping
Created by: kyotonils
Pronunciation: wee'•zel•wohr'•ping
Sentence: Don't bother telling the judge you never got the ticket in the mail. Weaselwarping never works.
Etymology: Weasel (sneaky, devious, as in "weasel words") + warp (time)
Comments:
allwise - 2007-01-31: 02:00:00
I think you'll win this one easy!
wordmeister - 2007-01-31: 10:42:00
Wow, "R" is the letter of the day!