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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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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)
Noodality
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: noo-DAL-uh-tee
Sentence: Jeff finally stopped resisting his mysillium, and let his karass guide him to his ultimate noodality. He realized that he could be a Rotarian, naturist, a good Anabaptist, and worship the Flying Spaghetti Monster with no contradictions! It was all such fine granfaloonery!
Etymology: noodle, node, modality, reality, nude
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COMMENTS:
If Jeff was also a good naturist too, then your etymology could include 'nude'! - petaj, 2007-04-20: 07:55:00
done! - Alchemist, 2007-04-20: 08:51:00
Wow, creative collaboration! Dan Pink would be proud of your group kayveeisms. - wordmeister, 2007-04-20: 10:27:00
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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
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)
Paradaxiom
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: para/dax/ee/um
Sentence: After many months of meditating, Jenny was able to slip into the state of paradaxiom.
Etymology: PARADAXIOM - noun - from PARADISE (a place of extreme beauty, delight, or happiness) + AXIOM (a self-evident truth that requires no proof)
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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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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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.
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.
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