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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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Lopicrogne
Created by: zacharya1990
Pronunciation: La-pe-crow-gin
Sentence: The Lopicrogne flew over the crow after being released from his cage.
Etymology:
Paxirun
Created by: Mirandala
Pronunciation: pax-ee-run
Sentence: I dreamed I was soaring high above the holiday crowds, when, suddenly, overwhelmed by all the peace and joy, I got a nasty case of the paxiruns.
Etymology: pax + runs
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COMMENTS:
Made me laugh - wordmeister, 2006-12-18: 10:03:00
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Venertilize
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ven-ERT-eh-lyz
Sentence: Robert had visions of being a giver of blessings wherein he would soar above the multitudes venertilizing his faithful flocks.
Etymology: Blend of 'venerate' (bless) and 'fertilize' (spread fertilizer, such as manure)
Hiphigistic
Created by: ElBuro
Pronunciation: HIF-ee-GIS-TIK
Sentence: "She stared at the sky with a look of hiphigistic pleasure on her face."
Etymology: Don't ask.
Ploffany
Created by: KliCk5000
Pronunciation: Plo (as in blow) ffany (as in funny)
Sentence: I was in a state of ploffany while waiting in line for the movie, as though I was higher than everyone else.
Etymology: Latin for the state of being high. (Not really)
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
Bluebirdism
Created by: serjion
Pronunciation: bluu-bird-ism
Sentence: Our boss has is struck by bluebirdism today: he gives away bonuses.
Etymology: from "blue-bird", a bird of happiness, name of a tale of Maurice Maeterlink
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
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