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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.
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Translidentize
Created by: AlternativeUlster
Pronunciation: trans-LEYE-dent-eyes
Sentence:
Etymology: translate+identity
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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Lubbit
Created by: imagica
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The woman's new purse was definitly a lubbit, must-have!
Etymology:
Shadowist
Created by: petersn1
Pronunciation: sha-doe-est
Sentence: I'm not a shadowist, I just thought of it right after you did.
Etymology:
Copytat
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: käpētat
Sentence: Wendell loves his music. With his copytats he thinks he looks just like his favorite artist. His friends haven’t been fooled yet. To even come close he would have to drop about 50 pounds, reverse the aging process by 30 years and alter his race.
Etymology: copycat (a person who copies another\'s behavior, dress, or ideas) + tattoo (mark a person or a part of the body with an indelible design by inserting pigment into punctures in the skin)
Perfeocast
Created by: brucee10
Pronunciation: Pur-fee-o-cast
Sentence: That song is so tight I had to perfeocast it out to my peeps on Myspace.
Etymology: Perfect + Mimeograph + broadcast
Ucopia
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: yoo - KOH - pee - uh
Sentence: My computer got busted today. Apparently, a friendly netizen named named Outsmarted B. Phonograph appeared in my e-mail's inbox and he thought that "NotAVirus.Exe" was ucopia. I downloaded the attachment and double-clicked on it. BAM! I knew it was chronosynclastic infundibulum when the ucopia turned out to be something else.
Etymology: utopia (an ideal state or place; usually used to pertain to something which is really nice and wonderful) + copy (to replicate)
Giveray
Created by: jonobo
Pronunciation: give-a-ray
Sentence: I gaveray all my words. I giveray my girlfriend :)
Etymology: A remix of "give-away to everyone".
Redundafied
Created by: br0wn
Pronunciation: rĭ-dŭn'dă-fīd
Sentence: Once you upload your kitten photo it'll be copied, pasted and redundafied to death.
Etymology: redundant, -fied
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