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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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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
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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Seqlieging
Created by: pandafever
Pronunciation: seek-ly-jing
Sentence: All it took was a little bit of seqlieging to fool the history professor.
Etymology:
Chronipulation
Created by: smokey
Pronunciation: kro-nip-you-la-shun
Sentence: I'm sure Tom is lying when he says he passed the bar exam before starting to practice law - he is very chronipulative.
Etymology: Chronology + manipulate
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)
Retroptimism
Created by: Guthlaf1
Pronunciation: ret-ROP-tom-IZM
Sentence: Dave's retroptimism was usually benign, but this time he had gone too far....
Etymology: From "retro" + "optimism"
Reprotochronicle
Created by: paperhoard
Pronunciation: re-proto-kron-i-kuhl
Sentence: Jim tried to reprotochronicle his life experiences in an effort to locate all the children he fathered.
Etymology: proto - First in time: prototype chronicle - a chronological record of events; a history.
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COMMENTS:
Jim is such a calendork. - purpleartichokes, 2007-01-31: 07:21:00
I'm going to try an tie all my words to Jimbo, they all seem to fit.... - paperhoard, 2007-01-31: 07:25:00
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Revisiondate
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: rhee-viz-shun-dayt
Sentence: It was easy to revisiondate the conception of their oldest child to make it seem like he was truely legitimate, since he was born 8 months after they were married.
Etymology: revision + date
Timwizz
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: tim-wisss
Sentence: No problem to change that date, just call the timwizz, he's there for all your changes whatever you want
Etymology: tim from time wizz from wizzard
Timewash
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: TYME-wosh
Sentence: Jim found it easier to cope with his history of failed relationships after he timewashed his memory of how short-lived each one was.
Etymology: time + brainwash

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!