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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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Admireplicate
Created by: airlie
Pronunciation: AD-muh-rep-li-cate
Sentence: Bewildered, Adam stared at Steve, shocked at how much it felt like he was looking in a mirror. They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but Steve's desire to admireplicate Adam bewildered the man. After all, he didn't think he was THAT great... Things reached a crux when Steve produced dozens more images of Adam, with his trademark horn-rimmed spectacles, Army Brat haircut and weak jawline. Clearly, Steve was obsessed... was this verging upon a creepiphany? Had Steve enschweined him? Adam decided to broach the topic... "Hey, you're copying me!" he remarked, casually. Steve replied enthusiastically. "No, I AM a copy of you! And I'm making more, just in case one breaks..." Adam swallowed nervously. So did Steve. "Being John Malkovich" suddenly made a lot more sense to Adam...
Etymology: ADMIRE: to regard with wonder, pleasure, or approval + REPLICATE: to repeat, duplicate, or reproduce Also: (n) admireplication, admireplicator, admireplicant
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COMMENTS:
ADMIREPLICATE- Nice word, Arlie!
Self-explanatory, easy to pronounce with just the right amount of techno dusting to make it authentic.
Great sentencing, too. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-07: 08:38:00
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Chainlitter
Created by: theCountess
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Edna was known for chainlittering, with her indiscriminate bulk forwarding of all trivial emails.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
nice - galwaywegian, 2009-11-23: 17:55:00
good one - Nosila, 2009-11-24: 01:13:00
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Vanderzygobian
Created by: melonhead
Pronunciation: Vahn-Der-Zy-GOH-Be-in
Sentence: Her snooty attitude makes her too much of a vanderzygobian
Etymology:
Whydidnitinkadat
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: wh eye did neye tinka dat
Sentence: he sent another whydidnitinkadat to all his friends, hoping they wouldn't break in the post and irradiate the postman.
Etymology: why didn't i think of that
Esteemulate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: es teem yu late
Sentence: A lot of money and prestige was riding on it. How many other young comedians had gotten the chance to star on not just one hit series, but three at a time? How did he get his scripts memorized, rehearse and do all those press appearances for the media? People often wondered, until they met his large family, especially his twin brother, Larry. Larry had invented the Esteemulate Machine. Yes, you guessed it, he had esteemulated several copies of his famous brother, Drew Carey, so that he could star simultaneously on several hit shows. There was his own show, "The Drew Carey Show";his "Whose Line is it Anyway" show and now he was replacing Bob Barker on "The Price is Right". Not to mentioned all his appearances on "The Tonight Show"; "Last Comic Standing"; "Conan O'Brien";"Craig Ferguson" and "Oprah";"Ellen DeGeneres" and of course, "What Not To Wear"(...okay, he hadn't really been on that show, but he should have) Yes, Larry was so proud of his brother, he became a real Drew-Id!
Etymology: esteem(an attitude of admiration or esteem; a feeling of delighted approval and liking;regard highly; think much of) & take your pick: simulate;imitate;replicate;duplicate;emulate;recreate (all meaning to copy or reproduce)
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COMMENTS:
ESTEEMULATE by Nosila gets a very high ranking in my book.
As usual, we get a LOT of bang for our BUCK.....Thanks. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-07: 08:50:00
All those big bucks!! Impressive...that's a lot of esteemed clams. - Mustang, 2008-07-07: 19:03:00
Clever blend - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-07: 19:33:00
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Adoropy
Created by: Jeaneai
Pronunciation: Ah-door-oh-pee
Sentence: Frank was so completely entranced by Melanie's good looks that he created fifteen thousand full sized, cardboard cut-outs of her picture and placed them all around his office.
Etymology: Adore, copy
Lubbit
Created by: imagica
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The woman's new purse was definitly a lubbit, must-have!
Etymology:
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