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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.
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Panveritas
Created by: Trystera
Pronunciation: pan-WHERE-it-ahs
Sentence: The panveritas overwhelmed me in a great mind-reeling jolt, and I was overcome by simultaneous empathy and self-satisfaction.
Etymology: pan- -- Greek, "all" veritas -- Latin, "truth"
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
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
Billypilgrim
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: bill-ee-pill-grim
Sentence: Marsha had a BillyPilgrim when she realized that she was the hub of her own universe and that everything was connected.
Etymology: Billy Pilgrim is the main character of "Slaughterhouse 5" and I was feeling lame today.
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
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)
Kismesh
Created by: pinwheel
Pronunciation: kiss/mesh
Sentence: I knew it was kismesh when the toast fell on the floor butter side up.
Etymology: kismet (destiny) + mesh (coming together)
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COMMENTS:
very clever pinwheel - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-20: 13:30:00
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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.
Lalaland
Created by: Sed8ed
Pronunciation: la-la-land
Sentence: Everything is always perfect in lalaland.
Etymology:
Copazenic
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: COPAcetic+ZENIC
Sentence: I had just gotten a promotion, my son got into Harvard, my foreign investments were hitting the roof, but everything was still not copazenic.
Etymology: COPAcetic+ZENIC Copacetic: completely satisfactory, satisfying. Zenic: related to figuring out something by meditation or by a sudden flash of enlightenment
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