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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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Xeroxerific
Created by: daisy
Pronunciation: zee-roks-er-if-ic
Sentence: I don't just want to be with you, I want to BE you - you are xeroxerific!
Etymology:
Philanthroplicate
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /fɪlənˈθɹɑpləˌkeɪt/
Sentence: The bootlegger justified selling his camrecorded copy of _Spider-man 3_ by convincing himself that he was just philanthroplicating.
Etymology: From philantropy + duplicate
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COMMENTS:
It's a long word, but I just love the sound of it. Try saying out-loud before not voting for it...now isn't that fun! - ErWenn, 2007-05-07: 13:46:00
I agree. Perfect for the defintion! - wordmeister, 2007-05-07: 21:43:00
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Repulate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: REP - yew - layt
Sentence: To the consternation of so many of his friends and acquaintances, Elbert would never fail to repulate and even try to improve on their ideas and practices and would share them over and over with others as if they were his own ideas and creations.
Etymology: Blend of replicate (to repeat, duplicate, or reproduce), and emulate (to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass)
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COMMENTS:
REPULATE....very nice, Mustang.
Etymologically perfect without being too flashy. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-07: 08:48:00
Ace, Mustang! The spelling of your word also suggests that the [good] Repu[tation] of the idea being copied may be involved as well. Simple and concise. - Tigger, 2008-07-07: 15:02:00
Repulate...sounds like something snakes do... - Nosila, 2008-07-07: 20:35:00
Afterwards they repewdiate? - Mustang, 2008-07-07: 22:28:00
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Evangecloning
Created by: inkvision
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The early evangecloners wrote zines and compiled custom mix cassettes. Now, evangecloning is the habit of flickr pros, bloggers porting rss feed from BoingBoing, MySpace "musicians", YouTube uploaders and hollywood film copiers.
Etymology: Evangelize, cloning
Eupagate
Created by: mjmlabs
Pronunciation: YOOP-uh-gayt
Sentence: That new song has really been eupagating widely; I sent it to my brother, and he sent it to his girlfriend, and she sent it to her co-worker, and she sent it to her therapist ... and that's ME!
Etymology: Eu- (prefix; "Good; well; true," as well as "A derivative of a specified substance") + propagate (and you should look that one up for yourself if you don't know it, because there are several applicable meanings that I'm not about to type out)
Xerocks
Created by: pinwheel
Pronunciation: zee/rocks
Sentence: Susan was so pleased with the family photograph she had taken, she just had to xerocks it 158 times and send it as a Christmas card to everyone she knew!
Etymology: xerox (to photocopy) + rocks (slang for excellent)
Imitake
Created by: fredini
Pronunciation: Im-i-take
Sentence: He is so imitaking your style!
Etymology: imitate +take
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