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DEFINITION: To imagine that you are peace dove, or maybe a pigeon, flying high above the crowd and dropping your best wishes on everyone.
Verboticisms
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Gravituity
Created by: DarthWader
Pronunciation: grav ih two ih tee
Sentence: Jonathan (Livingston Seagull) and his compatriots flew high above the Christmas vacationers on the beaches below, bestowing ample holiday gravituity for all to enjoy.
Etymology: gravity (the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth) + gratuity (present, gift)
Poologium
Created by: wysware
Pronunciation: poo-lo-ji-um
Sentence: i delivered my poologium to the masses from on high
Etymology: poo (faeces) eulogium (praise)
Vigeon
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: vig-e-on
Sentence: Johnny had a vigeon of peace, unfortunately he flew into a window.
Etymology: vision+ pigeon
Transdoving
Created by: breastplate
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I was totally transdoving the other day and I was happy because I hadn't done it recently.
Etymology:
Aerialms
Created by: lauramy
Pronunciation: airy-alms
Sentence: Don't lose hope, aerialms are on the way.
Etymology: Aerial meaning sky and alms meaning gift.
Crapsody
Created by: torgone
Pronunciation: krap-so-dee
Sentence: I was awakened from my crapsody by a loud noise.
Etymology: crap + rhapsody
Escafate
Created by: camel
Pronunciation: Es-ka-fate
Sentence: Julio would often escafate at the sight of his neighbors' pentagram lawn mowing parties & their increasingly dark powers.
Etymology: Escalate, defecate
Fantaecise
Created by: attis
Pronunciation: Like it sounds
Sentence: As Eric watched the proselytisers on the corner from his office window he fantaecised.
Etymology: Fantacise + faeces
Cognijoyping
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: COG-nee-joy-ing
Sentence: I always can be found cognojoyping the day before christmas at the busiest department stores!
Etymology: cognitive=thought, joy=happiness, and ping comes from droppings....as in bird droppings :)
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COMMENTS:
When you break it down this word really has every part of the definition in it, not just some of them... - Javeson1, 2006-12-18: 00:44:00
Yeah that's true --- maybe your missing the flying... but you do have the 'pings - jrogan, 2006-12-18: 00:51:00
well, dropping implies flying... :) - Javeson1, 2006-12-29: 00:45:00
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Comments:
Crapatulation
camel - 2006-12-18: 13:38:00
All these nouns & adjectives really irk me; in fact, I'm escafating at the thought of you nounoticists & adjectivists.
ErWenn - 2006-12-18: 13:45:00
This may be a case of a definition carrying too much content. Why the imagining? Why not "To drop your best wishes on everyone, as a peace dove or pigeon"? Or maybe just "To poop on someone, as a dove or pigeon"? You can always elaborate the circumstances in the little comic (which always amuses me, by the way).
ErWenn - 2006-12-18: 13:46:00
I like the new set-up as far as it hides voting results and rankings and how it randomizes the words, but it'd be nice if I could get a list of all the words submitted. Otherwise, I keep hitting "More..." over and over again, just in case I missed one randomly.
gwenaverill - 2006-12-18: 14:51:00
Definitely. Also, I'm having a hard time finding the results now, even for words I've already voted on.
gwenaverill - 2006-12-18: 14:53:00
You know something else that might work well? Have a time window for submitting verboticisms and a different time window for voting on them. For example, we submit the definitions of this word all day today, and then new words cannot be created, and tomorrow we vote on all the entries at the same time as we create the next verboticism. It would cut down on the "early bird" syndrome in voting.
Hey ErWenn and Gwenaverill, Thanks for your comments! We are in the early days of the game so we appreciate your suggestions. We will make a complete list verboticisims available, and we are workinfg on the timing. Thanks ~ James