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DEFINITION: A conclusion or an assumption developed after careful listening to, and analysis of, one-half of a telephone conversation.
Verboticisms
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Surmoiety
Created by: tatterdemalion
Pronunciation: sur-MOI-i-tee
Sentence: Jack's surmoiety left him hurrying to the hospital after he thought he overheard his friend talking about their friend, Herb, having an bad accident, only to find out that his friend was only talking about "Herbie," his wife's VW Beetle.
Etymology: surmise + moiety (Middle English for "half")
Hictomagnet
Created by: dancer002013
Pronunciation: hic-toe-mag-net
Sentence: She didnt understand the hictomagnet.
Etymology: German
Phosumption
Created by: masterfrofro
Pronunciation: foe-sum-shon
Sentence: He made the phosumption that he was being dumped.
Etymology: phone-call, assumption
Presumpchump
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: pree-zump-chump
Sentence: It was due to his presumpchump behaviour that made her lock him out of the house whenever she talked on the phone. He took advantage of those nights spent in the garage, he made friends with the neighbourhood raccoons and skunks.
Etymology: presumption + chump
Semiphonics
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: sehm-ee-FAHN-ihks
Sentence: Alex thought that Semisonic was going on a world tour, but it was only a case of bad semiphonics from his girlfriend's phone conversation with her linguistics prof.
Etymology: semi- + phone + logic + semantics. And it sounds like "Semisonic". :D
Overherring
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: oh-vur-hair-ring
Sentence: Sue inadvertently threw Bob an overherring when he heard her say to the caller that she "hated him", not knowing she was referring to her boss.
Etymology: overhear, red herring
Summaringzation
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: Sum-uh-ring-ZAY-shun
Sentence: While Stacy chatted with her sister about houseplants and casserole recipes, Zebediah came to the summaringzation that his tuxedo phobia might interfere with what sounded a lot like wedding plans.
Etymology: Summarize + ring + realization
Converassion
Created by: KristinA
Pronunciation: con-vur-ash-un
Sentence: After hearing her on the telephone with her friend, he had come to the converassion that she had participated in a 2- to 3-hour whirlwind affair in a pastel-pink shower, involving lots of oil, lotion and 10 women, plus one who was "quite a bit rounder around her belly."
Etymology: conversation + ass (for assume, and for what the eavesdropper looks like once confronting the converser with their outlandish assumption)
Pshyconclusion
Created by: Rossco
Pronunciation: Sigh-con-Cloo-shun
Sentence: After apologising for his comments at dinner, Charlie explained that he had come to a premature psyconlusion
Etymology: Psycic + Conclusion
