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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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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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Knackurate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: nak kyur at
Sentence: Know one knew how she did it, but Knancy had the ability to be knackurate about everything. She was Queen of the Knewniverse and knot a day went by by where she was knot knaive about knowing everything. We would knever play Moknowpoly with her, as she knew when the dice would land on Knorth Carolina and give her the game. She was knotty and knice and knever dull. Knancy is kno longer with us, as she went to Knirvana. She was a know-it-all.
Etymology: Knack (a special way of doing something;an uncanny ability) & Accurate ((of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct)
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.
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)
Shangrilatitude
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: shang ree lat tee tood
Sentence: It was as if the Gods had conspired and picked Rosalee to experience a shangrilatitude on Friday June 13, 2008. Everything her heart desired was fulfilled that day. She arose early to check her voicemails and received one from her boss saying he was giving her the next 3 weeks off with pay, as he had eloped with the love of his life. She enjoyed a leisurely breakfast on that sunny warm day on her terrace,checked her lottery numbers in the newspaper to discover she had won a fair sum and got a big bouquet of flowers delivered from "a secret admirer". Her shower had hot water for the entire shower and she was able to finally fit into that cute new dress she had bought before starving herself for the past few weeks. She decided to go out and headed straight to her travel agents and thought she'd check out a quick getaway for herself. She lucked out on a deal to Maui and flew out that night, upgraded to first class due to overbooking. On board, she was seated by a gorgeous hunk of a man, who as it happened, was single, rich and in search of a wife. They "clicked" and when they landed spent a glorious week getting to know each other in the island paradise. Before flying home, they went straight to a jewellers and bought her a honking big diamond ring. Rosalee's bliss knew no bounds. She called her family to invite them to her big celebrity garden wedding and was suddenly jarred back to reality by the customer lined up at her till in Walmart asking if there was a further discount on the Prada-like shoes she was buying for $7.38? Oh well, thought Rosalee, next time I get a shangrilatitude, I really should lie down before I dream!
Etymology: shangri-la (any place of complete bliss and delight and peace; imaginery paradise on Earth)& latitude(freedom from normal restraints in conduct)& attitude (a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways)
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COMMENTS:
Shazam! Same thing happened to me once.....but it was from too much cheap wine. Good word!! - Mustang, 2008-06-27: 02:00:00
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-27: 11:03:00
Great word! And I was gonna say I want Rosalee's life, until "our" bubble was burst. ha - lumina, 2008-06-27: 11:32:00
Great word, love your stories. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-27: 18:02:00
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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"
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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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
Juxtadisposition
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: jux - tuh - dis - po - zish - uhn
Sentence: Having spent many hours over many days and months in trance and dental meditation, Ora Ghami had achieved a state of total juxtadisposition, at peace with the world and himself and finally and absolutely contented with his life, though still asking no one in particular, "Can't we all just get a bong?"
Etymology: Blend of juxtaposition, 'an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, esp. for comparison or contrast' and disposition - 'the predominant or prevailing tendency of one's spirits; natural mental and emotional outlook or mood; characteristic attitude'
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COMMENTS:
love it - very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-27: 11:00:00
Good one...he achieved NERVEana! - Nosila, 2008-06-28: 00:03:00
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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