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DEFINITION: n. A conclusion or an assumption developed after careful listening to, and analysis of one-half of a telephone conversation. v. To listen to one-half of a telephone conversation.
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Phonetasm
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: fone/tasm
Sentence: A recent attack of phonetasm left him wondering whether his friend had just made a date with the Fickle Finger of Fate or perhaps the local Drag Queen.
Etymology: Variation of phantasm - false impression
Semilusion
Created by: crissxross
Pronunciation: semiloozhun
Sentence: I came to the semilusion that her father's a pre-teen. Isn't in vitro fertilization amazing?
Etymology: semi + conclusion
Monolisten
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: mon-uh-lis-uhn
Sentence: As Tracy would drone on her phone Billy would monolisten and jump to some very odd conclusions.
Etymology: monologue (speech by one person) + listen (hear and pay attention)
Thankies
Created by: onceinabluemoon88
Pronunciation: thank - seas
Sentence: thankies for that pencil
Etymology:
Telephelony
Created by: omista
Pronunciation: tela-fela-nE
Sentence: steven, who barely ever listens, jumped to conclusions by commiting another act of telephelony
Etymology: telephone + felony
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COMMENTS:
Sounds like Steven relies on telephelony (i.e. he only half-listens) 100% of the time. - wordmeister, 2007-01-18: 07:53:00
haha, thats a very good one - ToblerOne, 2007-01-18: 10:21:00
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Phoneycall
Created by: chris
Pronunciation: foe-nee-call
Sentence: Roger was an inveterate eavesdropper, but the number of phoneycalls that that had led him to make was legendary
Etymology: Phone + phoney (inaccurate)+ call (double meaning, as in phonecall and 'judgement', as in 'your call')
Partumption
Created by: hamburgerman
Pronunciation: par - tump - shin
Sentence: the man created a partumption based on half of his mothers phone conversation.
Etymology: part + assumption = partumption
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COMMENTS:
no comment - hamburgerman, 2009-08-21: 07:39:00
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Converplation
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: con-ver-play-shon
Sentence: Ray's imagination and contemplation mixed with Renna's conversation and became a converplation when he failed to get a clarification of her predication, so he developed a fabrication about elimination when the conversation was a merely a preindication of the eradication of his hamster, Jay.
Etymology: conversation: informal dialogue or discussion + contemplation: cogitation, consideration, deliberation or rumination (don'tcha just love dictionaries?)
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COMMENTS:
Excellent rodentation! - Nosila, 2009-08-21: 12:35:00
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Telesumption
Created by: blakyoshi7
Pronunciation: te-le-sum-sjon
Sentence: Jenny listend intently on his phonecall from across the room ,and could thus telesume he would take her out to dinner. Unfortunately for him, he had no idea about any such thing...
Etymology: tele - afar assumption - make a conclusion based on limited facts
Comments:
pratyushprasan - 2007-01-18: 21:26:00
nice
Thanks! ~ James
Sending a hamster for a ride at the Wild Water Kingdom? Pretty extreme, don't you think? Bugs and goldfish, maybe....
jrogan - 2009-08-21: 08:19:00
Yes, it is cruel. And it would certainly be a good idea to flush twice. Especially is she's going to do the boyfriend too.
Krishna - 2009-08-25: 02:35:00
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