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DEFINITION: v. To copy and share an idea, thing, or person because you think that it's so wonderful that everyone should have one. n. An open source clone.
Verboticisms
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Commenditto
Created by: mustilicor
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Originality be damned; this verboticism is far too good not to commenditto and sprinkle into your conversations throughout the day!
Etymology: commend + ditto
Lubbit
Created by: imagica
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The woman's new purse was definitly a lubbit, must-have!
Etymology:
Ubiquitate
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: yoo-BIK-wi-teyt
Sentence: Colin endeavored to ubiquitate his sister's comeback, fearing that it might slip into obscurity.
Etymology: Portmanteau: ubiquitous + imitate
Lokulize
Created by: Andradir
Pronunciation: lock-oo-lies
Sentence: That man is lokulizing a famous singer, he copys his style
Etymology: from: look alike
Lambatomy
Created by: darwindot
Pronunciation: lamb-bah-toe-me
Sentence: “As I slid from under the 17th century bureau, an empty tequila bottle to show, all in attendance seemed quite lovely, my Lambatomy had arrived.”
Etymology: Lambada + lobotomy; Having to dull your brain to enjoy getting close to people.
Disiterate
Created by: randaldroher
Pronunciation: Dis-it-er-ate
Sentence: We quickly disiterated the printers, and in days everyone had one.
Etymology: Dis (away, as in disseminate) + Iteration (repetition of a process)
Dupligreat
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: doop li grate
Sentence: When Lenny came up with the U-Clone machine, he thought it would be a dupligreat success. Only problem was that instead of aping the person using it, all the copies came out looking like Lenny...
Etymology: Duplicate (reproduce, replicate, copy) & Great (wonderful,very good)
Mimeoexstatic
Created by: serendipity9000
Pronunciation: mim-eo-exstatic
Sentence: She loved those tiny purple flowers so much, that she went all mimeoexstatic on them and 10 minutes later they were in every yard on her street.
Etymology: mimeograph + exstatic
Mirrorvelous
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: meer - or - vel - us
Sentence: The copy of a copy was so mirrorvelous that Hal kept making them; much to the annoyance of everyone else. If I get another one for Christmas this year, I will now own 13 of them.
Etymology: mirror, marvelous
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COMMENTS:
marvy word - Nosila, 2009-11-23: 19:22:00
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Karmagate
Created by: Kurisu
Pronunciation: KAR-muh-gayt
Sentence: This show is so fantastic, it needs to karmagate more freely.
Etymology: Karma: the force generated by a person's actions held in Hinduism and Buddhism to perpetuate transmigration + propagate (and you should look that one up for yourself if you don't know it, because there are several applicable meanings)
Comments:
Today's definition was inspired by Cory Doctorow's short stories "Printcrime" and "I-Robot" which are both appear in Overclocked. Thank you Cory! ~ James
I absolutely LOVE the illustration on the homepage... gorgeous. Who did it?
Hi inkvision, Thanks for positive review on the drawing. Glad you like it! It was created by me (James Gang), or one of my clones, I'm not sure which. But really, it was nothing, we just copied Cory. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by doctorow. Thank you doctorow. ~ James