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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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Evesdropping
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: eeevez drop ping
Sentence: adam was constantly evesdroping, so eventually his worst nightmare came true and ironically, he thought she was booking a colonic at the time.
Etymology: eavesdropping, Eve's dropping.
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)
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
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
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
Goalist
Created by: StigAllan
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He should be feeling better not being such a goalist
Etymology:
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
Tinglewit
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: tingl-wit
Sentence: Jumping to conclusions seldom makes happy landings, but after chancing upon Roxie's crossline, uniprateral palaver with her girlfriend, Bob's tinglewit told him that he and Roxie were incompratible.
Etymology: Tingle(tinkle): A slang term to "call by telephone" as in the expression, "give someone a tingle". Wit: mind, understanding, good judgement. (Although it seems Bob's mind may not have been getting the right "tingles", and he was using only half of his wit
Eavesumption
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: eev-sump-shun
Sentence: our marraige ended after a couple of eavesumptions
Etymology: eavesdrop, 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
