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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.
Verboticisms
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Ringference
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: ring-fer-ents
Sentence: Her ringference that Bob was planning a holiday to Peru was all wrong. He was actually dumping her for her ex-best-friend, Prue.
Etymology: ring (call on the telephone) + infer (conclude)
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COMMENTS:
great words petaj - Jabberwocky, 2007-01-18: 10:54:00
Tanks mulchy
er.. thanks muchly. - petaj, 2007-01-21: 03:19:00
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Grievesdrop
Created by: whimsy
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Grievesdropping on his girlfriend's conversation only made him more paranoid than he already was.
Etymology: grieve + eavesdrop
Bialog
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bīəläg
Sentence: Drawing conclusions from a bialog of an overheard phone call can be as difficult as doing a dot-to-dot puzzle using only the even numbers.
Etymology: Bisect (divide in two [half]) + dialog (conversation between two or more people)
Semicryptology
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: sem-eye-cript-AHL-oh-gee
Sentence: Jim looked up as his wife hung up the phone. "What time," he sighed semicryptologically, "is your mother coming for dinner?"
Etymology: semi + cryptology
Semiphone
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: SEH-mee-fone
Sentence: Janis, an expert at semiphonics, made most of her investment decisions based upon her boss's phone conversations. Today she was in for a surprise...
Etymology: semi (half) + phone also *semaphore)
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COMMENTS:
- Alchemist, 2007-01-18: 00:34:00
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Carvitude
Created by: socks
Pronunciation: carv-i-tude
Sentence: I know now, from yesterday's carvitude, that she's going to drop me!
Etymology:
Disphonection
Created by: danboaz
Pronunciation: dis-fOn-kshun
Sentence: She was crippled by disphonection, always thinking peolpe were talking about her.
Etymology: disfunction + phone
Assmaker
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: ass-may-kur
Sentence: Wendy, overhearing her mother on the phone, arrived at quite a gory assmaker.
Etymology: from "assume = make an ASS out of U and ME"
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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