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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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Cogijam
Created by: Bonta
Pronunciation: koj'-i-jam
Sentence: Trying to figure out what to do was a total cogijam.
Etymology: Latin: cogi (consider) + jam (to cause working parts to lock)
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
Pivotville
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: pih/vot/vil
Sentence: Pivotville is a place you reach when deep in sleep where worlds and ideas collide and everything makes sense
Etymology: pivotal (climactic, critical) + ville (city)
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COMMENTS:
Also Square Dance City. - petaj, 2007-04-20: 08:01:00
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Nexusplexus
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: nex/us/plex/us
Sentence: The nexusplexus is the link to the nerve centre of life where anything can be experienced
Etymology: nexus (connection, link) + plexus (network of nerves)
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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Eurekarea
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: you reeeeeek ay reeeee ah
Sentence: He used to live in the zone, command the eurekarea. Then he met her.
Etymology: eureka area
Converigence
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: kuhn-VEHR-ih-jehns
Sentence: Alex found his converigence in his philosophy class, for there, at least in theory, the world *could* be made of Swiss cheese.
Etymology: convergence + verity
Youtpoia
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: yoōtōpēə
Sentence: Yes, that*s right. You are correct. In fact you are correct about everything. You are perfect. It is youtopia! And then the alarm clock goes off.
Etymology: you (pronoun used to refer to the person or people that the speaker is addressing) utopia (an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect)
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COMMENTS:
You Knowpia! - Nosila, 2009-11-06: 22:34:00
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Perfectory
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: per-feck-tory-ee
Sentence: In my dream, I found myself in perfectory with an endless supply of organic cow manure and neighbors who understood the value of tasty weeds.
Etymology: perfect, purgatory
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COMMENTS:
the opposite of perfecktory! - galwaywegian, 2007-04-20: 06:05:00
hmmm - could that also be the impossibility of a university canteen that provides delicious, quality meals (perfect refectory)? - petaj, 2007-04-20: 07:19:00
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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