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DEFINITION: v.tr. To join a line-up of people just because the line is there, even though you have no idea what line is for.
Verboticisms
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Linetrancing
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: line/transing
Sentence: Sue spent her weekends linetrancing at the mall. Any line would do. Once she got to the end she would immediately find another one.
Etymology: line + trance + line dance
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COMMENTS:
Did she take the trancesit to get to the mall? - wordmeister, 2007-06-25: 12:50:00
I think I'm in a linetrance but I never get to the front - wordmeister, 2007-06-25: 12:57:00
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Lystander
Created by: Lapper
Pronunciation: LIE-stand-er
Sentence: As Max walked the length of the city block, he couldn't help but notice a line at least five-hundred people long; not wanting to miss out on whatever novelties awaited, he became a lystander himself.
Etymology: Both a combination of "line" and "bystander", as well as a meaningless play on "A Midsummer Night's Dream"'s Lysander.
Queueaphrenia
Created by: texmom
Pronunciation: q ah fren e ah
Sentence: Unknown to the others her queueaphrenia hit her as she tried to pass toll booth and she ended up in Las Vegas instead of San Diego.
Etymology: queue - line aphrenia - mental disorder word
Queueincide
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: kyoo-in-SAHYD
Sentence: Jorge had a tendency to queueincide unexpectedly. Some even called him queuepricious.
Etymology: queue + coincide
Voorsanging
Created by: wordslikevenom
Pronunciation: Voor-san-ging
Sentence: Rudolph's predilection for voorsanging sometimes meant that Christmas presents wouldn't arrive on time.
Etymology: Voorsanger, Jessica: Performance artist and organiser of the American collective ImprovEverywhere. 'Voorsanging' may have first occurred outside Louis Vuitton's Bond Street shop on 4 August 2010 whereby the collective enacted ‘random queuing’ .
Queuemune
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˌkjuˈmjun/
Sentence: My queueriosity got the better of me and I decided to queuemune with the rest of the sheep. I just had to know what was inside the big building with all the fancy machinery.
Etymology: From queue + commune
Queueriosity
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: curiosity
Sentence: Gavin's queueriosity eventually led to his downfall. He joined a police line-up and was identified by the witness as the offender.
Etymology: queue + curious
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COMMENTS:
he'll be queuelling his heels for a while then! - galwaywegian, 2007-06-25: 07:35:00
Queueriouser and queueriouser... - Clayton, 2007-06-25: 09:21:00
I swear that I hadn't read your word before I wrote my sentence. - ErWenn, 2007-06-25: 12:27:00
He was thrown in the queueler by the judge. - petaj, 2007-06-26: 03:05:00
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Linepup
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: Line-pup
Sentence: As I drew nearer to the exit, I noticed a line forming to my right. I immediately linepupped it without thinking. It turned out they were selling prune-asparagus juice.
Etymology: Line up (to get into a line) + pup (a baby dog that regularly follows someone)
Inquisitosy
Created by: bubbos
Pronunciation: in-qwi-si-toe-see
Sentence: My grandma is extremely inquisitosy. Especially if they're giving away free samples of face cream.
Etymology: Inquisitory + nosy
Waitism
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: wayt-is-um
Sentence: Waitism, enormous patience, and comfortable shoes go hand in hand.
Etymology: The practice and system of extreme waiting
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
Clayton - 2007-06-25: 09:00:00
Hey James... couple of things. First, my word isn't showing up, but it says it was saved. Second, is this the URL that Verbotomy Text will be located everyday? Or will the address change?
Clayton - 2007-06-25: 09:02:00
Hmm... buggy. Okay, scratch that. My word showed up, but now the other two words that were here are now missing, replaced by two different words. Very strange.
Hi Clayton, Yes I am in the middle of rebugging the system, so things may be a bit "strange" today...
Clayton - 2007-06-25: 09:38:00
Quite all right. I'm just a bit confused as to how to see the other words. Best of luck bugging out. =P
You can see the some of the words at: http://www.verbotomy.com/challenge.php and some others at http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticisms.php?jid=line. And so it goes...
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James