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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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Cellfaware
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: self-a-ware
Sentence: Bill became cellfaware while listening to his girlfriend's half of her conversation with her other boyfriend.
Etymology: cell + self-aware
Hennypennalysis
Created by: chofu67
Pronunciation: hen nee pe nal i sis
Sentence: Don't worry, and please stop with the hennypennalysis. You totally misinterpreted what you overheard.
Etymology: Henny Penny (of "the sky is falling fame) and analysis
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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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
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)
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.
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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Eaveschopping
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: eevz-chop-in'
Sentence: His eavesdropping led to the eaveschopping that Sandra was in cahoots with the forces of uncertain evil.
Etymology: From "eavesdropping" and "chop". Suggests a blunt analysis (geddit? ne'ermind)
Disphonection
Created by: danboaz
Pronunciation: dis-fOn-kshun
Sentence: She was crippled by disphonection, always thinking peolpe were talking about her.
Etymology: disfunction + phone
Auralmixation
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: or/all/mx/ay/shun
Sentence: The auralmixation was understandable considering his predispostion to shredded newspaper
Etymology: aural (percieved by the ear)+ mix (mixed up) + oral fixation
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COMMENTS:
love this one - petaj, 2007-01-21: 03:22:00
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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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