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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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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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Cellaknowma
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: sell/ah/no/mah
Sentence: His advanced stage of cellaknowma, worsened by listening exclusively to one-sided conversations meant that he always jumped to the wrong conclusion - which was very dangerous on the subway
Etymology: cell + Know + melanoma
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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Tellhalfonehear
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: tel haf fone heer
Sentence: Sid usually got the gists of telephone conversations he heard wrong. He would tellhalfonehear one thing when the opposite was actually what was said.
Etymology: Telephone (transmitting speech at a distance) & Teel (say) & Half (partially) & Hear (listen/pay attention)
Earsdropping
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: eerz-drah-ping
Sentence: Dave: "Did I just hear you say to Erica you're going to the Dane Cook show?" Sam: "Were you earsdropping??"
Etymology: Evesdropping + ears, because you do it with ur ears (on the phone) not from the eves....
Carvitude
Created by: socks
Pronunciation: carv-i-tude
Sentence: I know now, from yesterday's carvitude, that she's going to drop me!
Etymology:
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)
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')
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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