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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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Overlesson
Created by: ubgrud
Pronunciation: ov-er-less-on
Sentence: "It's just so matted," she said, stroking the carpet with her foot. "She hates my hair," I overlessoned.
Etymology: overlisten, lesson
Conflusion
Created by: riflesandkids74
Pronunciation: cahn-floo-shun
Sentence: "If you would really listen to me, we could easily avoid such conflusion."
Etymology: confuse + conclusion
Miscallculation
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: miss-call-cue-lay-shun
Sentence: he burst out of the bedroom wearing nothing but a christmas hat only to find her whole family in the room sipping warm cocoa....obviously he'd made a massive miscallculation
Etymology: call, miscalculation
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COMMENTS:
This part is just perfect for Hugh Grant ... lovely! - egonschiela, 2007-01-18: 10:36:00
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Bewildheard
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: bee - willd - hurd
Sentence: Jeremy was bewilheard after he listened in on Josiah's phone conversation. Because he only heard half of the dialog, he came to some strange conclusions.
Etymology: bewildered, heard
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COMMENTS:
Bewilderado... - Nosila, 2009-08-21: 12:38:00
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Semiautism
Created by: pratyushprasan
Pronunciation:
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COMMENTS:
derived from semiotics - pratyushprasan, 2007-01-18: 21:29:00
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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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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
Caveclutch
Created by: kyotonils
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He caveclutched that I was talking to Jen about our relationship when I was actually updating her about my sick hamster.
Etymology: Reaching haphazardly for understanding in a poorly-lit cave.
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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