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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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Cosmiright
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: koz-mi-rite
Sentence: Trudy felt such cosmiright that day, so much so that if she died tomorrow she'd die a happy woman.
Etymology: cosmic + right
Pivotallville
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: pi/vot/all/vill
Sentence: Pivotallville is the only place in the world where every concept is turned upside down and everything falls into perfect order.
Etymology: pivotal (crucial, significant) + pivot (turn) + all + ville (place)
Denihilation
Created by: urbanwookie
Pronunciation: however you like
Sentence: In a moment of denihil it is eminently possible to make something out of nothing...
Etymology: de + nihil - also has a nice synergy with "denial"
Pointofviewtopia
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: poiynt-ov-vyew-toe-pee-ah
Sentence: for the first time ever, our family get together had not disentegrated into a slanging match, and everyone left feeling amiable....it was as if we had been in some sort of pointofviewtopia
Etymology: point of view, utopia
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COMMENTS:
Is that like being at the point of utopia, but not quite actually getting there? - petaj, 2007-04-20: 07:21:00
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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)
Mediumregular
Created by: thefreewheeler
Pronunciation: mee dee um rehg you lar
Sentence: Adams attributed his perfect score to a momentary seizure of mediumregular.
Etymology: medium and regular: both equilateral and equiangular
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
Convaligence
Created by: Guthlaf1
Pronunciation: con-VAL-i-JENS
Sentence: Instances of convaligence are rare, but are renowned as the pinnacles of life, or the beginnings of religions.
Etymology: 'convergence' + 'val-' [from valid, validity]
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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Chronosynclastic infundibulum
Created by: vonnegut
Pronunciation: chro-no-sin-kla-stik in-fun-di-bu-lum
Sentence: You might think it would be nice to go to a chronosynclastic infundibulum and see all the different ways to be absolutely right, but it is a very dangerous thing to do.
Etymology: Created by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., for The Sirens of Titan, published in 1959.
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