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DEFINITION: n. A place, or a moment, where all the different kinds of truths fit together, and where there are many different ways to be absolutely right about everything. n. To be absolutely right about everything.
Verboticisms
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Shytaluk
Created by: Jaxies
Pronunciation: /sheet-uh-luk/
Sentence: "It was pure shytaluk that he'd asked her out on the same day she'd received a bonus at work and the pair of Jimmy Choo's she'd been eyeing dropped down to the lowest price ever."
Etymology: Shyte + (a) + luck
Serendveritime
Created by: Rutilus
Pronunciation: seh-rend-veh-ree-time
Sentence: Clarice had stumbled upon a utopian place in time. The perfect shopping mall, stumbling across designer clothes at bargain prices, getting looks of amour from men and jealousy from other women. She was the best looking, best dressed woman in town; it was so apparently true.
Etymology: serendipity - act of stumbling upon pleasant surprises; verity - truthfulness; time - a moment or period
Climaximum
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: climb/max/i/mum
Sentence: A climaximum moment is the best.
Etymology: climax + maximum
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COMMENTS:
Ok, now that is genius! :) - lumina, 2008-06-28: 08:13:00
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Spifftasticity
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: spiff tast icity
Sentence: When a state of spifftasticitiy is reached, all will be revealed. Such as what happens to the belly button lint.
Etymology: spiffy, fantastic
Omknowitall
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ämnōitôl
Sentence: It’s easy to hate a know-it-all. It’s a little harder to hate an omknowitall, someone who not only acts like they know everything but has the knowledge to back it up. Difficult but not impossible so keep your smug comments to yourself. Let me live in my happy ignorance.
Etymology: omnipotent (having ultimate power and influence) + know-it-all (a person who behaves as if they know everything)
Eclectruthic
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: i-klek-TROOTH-ik
Sentence: Friday night's Happy Hour was an eclectruthic time for Bob and his best mates, Sizza and Kuz. With the Tetley's Smoothflow, Moosehead, Foster's and a few other brands of "truth serum" flowing freely, all kinds of truths fitted together ecumenically. And, as the evening rolled on, this tried-and-true trio: a Kiwi, a Ruskie and a Yobbo, in perfect harmony and absolutely right about everything, solved the problems of humanity in just under three hours.
Etymology: ECLECTIC: selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas; TRUTH: faithfulness, quality of being true.
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COMMENTS:
eclectic blend of words - impressive - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-27: 11:03:00
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Factasy
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: fact/a/see
Sentence: Clarence laughed at Shoshana when she came home with her pair of Prada's from Walmart. He knew she was gullible but $7.38? She didn't care what he said or thought. She knew it was just another one of her factasies coming true! It was just one of many that day.
Etymology: Fact:an event known to have happened or something known to have existed. asy: derivative of fantasy: mythology and folklore
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COMMENTS:
good one! - reverb, 2008-06-27: 12:48:00
She should live on Factasy Island! - Nosila, 2008-06-28: 00:00:00
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Knowcation
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: no - ka - shun
Sentence: Travis felt that he had reached the knowcation he had been looking for. It was in this place of peace where the northern boundary of the forest preserve met the wheatfield he had his moments of revelation. He sat under the trees watching the grain wave in the breeze and it all began to come together.....
Etymology: know, location
Paradaxiom
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: para/dax/ee/um
Sentence: After many months of meditating, she was able to slip into the state of paradaxiom. ,
Etymology: paradise + axiom
Polyveritism
Created by: Pasicheio
Pronunciation: Paw-Lee-Vare-It-Ism
Sentence: With an exclamation of joy, Polly realized that they were both right, and that moment was a polyveritism!
Etymology: Poly; veritas; umm..ism
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Kurt Vonnegut and first appeared in his novel The Sirens of Titan.
Thank you Mr. Vonnegut! Also a word of thanks to ErWenn for suggesting this Vonnegut definition ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Kurt Vonnegut and first appeared in his novel The Sirens of Titan.
Thank you Mr. Vonnegut! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by vonnegut. Thank you vonnegut. ~ James