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DEFINITION: v. To generously allow others to precede you in hopes that they will identify, reduce, and perhaps be eliminated by, the potential hazards. n. A gesture of courtesy which is really the lead-in to a trap.
Verboticisms
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Yellegate
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈjɛləˌgeɪt/
Sentence: Any situation in which you willingly put someone else in the danger that you could have faced yourself is an example of yellegation.
Etymology: Yellow (as in afraid) + delegate
Goahhhead
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: go ahhhh head
Sentence: The benefit of telling guests goahhhhead was that if the canapes tasted bad, they would find out first. There was no need to try all those fattening foods! The guests would determine the palatability!
Etymology: From: GO A HEAD and AHHHH.
Precanarize
Created by: administraitor
Pronunciation: pree-can-a-raiz
Sentence: Fearing that grandfather was about to change his will, the siblings elected his favorite, Darlene, she of the silken hair, angelic smile and hourglass figure to precanarize the old bas...d with a visit to (hopefully) his deathbed.
Etymology: pre (before) + canary (as in coal mine)
Protocull
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: proh-toh-cull
Sentence: In today's competitive office environment it is important to follow the correct protocull (i.e. find some other sucker to tell the boss the bad news) in order to survive.
Etymology: protocol for culling
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COMMENTS:
1 Across: For zapping cyber viruses, perhaps (9). Good word I say! - scrabbelicious, 2009-07-29: 15:30:00
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Baitenhookish
Created by: Lapper
Pronunciation: BATE-en-HOOK-ish
Sentence: Ralph noticed the unavoidable rope trap ten feet in front of the fresh water spring, and baitenhookishly "let" James go to the spring before anyone else.
Etymology: Bait and hook
Sacricede
Created by: weareallbeautiful
Pronunciation: s-ah-k-ruh-s-ee-d
Sentence: Frank, although he knew that by allowing Rodney to try to get the cheese he was cruely sacriceding him beacause Rodney would be taken out by the trap, allowed Rodney to try to get the cheese first and to his delight Rodney was captured by the trap before he could take a bite of the cheese. Therefore Frank had all the cheese for himself.
Etymology: sacrifice+precede
Snaregiver
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: snair - giv - ur
Sentence: Marty was the ultimate snaregiver. Under the pretense of being kind and loving, he let Arty take the first bite....
Etymology: snare (trap: something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares), giver (someone who devotes himself completely), play on the word "caregiver" ( person who is responsible for attending to the needs of a child or dependent adult )
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COMMENTS:
Excellent word! One I will use! - splendiction, 2009-07-29: 20:05:00
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Ewegofurst
Created by: fabdiva
Pronunciation: yoo-go-furst
Sentence: Mavis was a clever lamb indeed. Day after day she avoided the slaughter by stunning the crowd with her impeccable manners. Ewegofurst was the last thing they heard...
Etymology: Ewe - a female sheep. Go - to move from one place or point to another. First - coming before all others.
Snideswap
Created by: grasshopper
Pronunciation: snide/ swap
Sentence: I never thought I would be one to snideswapbut in this world it is survival of the smartest.
Etymology: snide = deceptive, swap = to trade =snideswap
Politeabomb
Created by: texmom
Pronunciation: po light a bahm
Sentence: Letting her precede him in the interviews was a blatant politeabomb move to advance himself
Etymology: polite - niceness bomb- explosive device
Comments:
wordmeister - 2006-11-28: 11:24:00
Hey Chris, I like playing this game with you, becuase I always get to go shafteryou.
very clever words so far
chris - 2006-11-28: 11:43:00
...as a matter of protocull, I shall allow you to go first tomorrow.....
wordmeister - 2006-11-28: 11:49:00
No, no, no... Please, you go first.
jrogan - 2006-11-28: 18:00:00
Guineatrick is funny
thank you, jrogan.
jedijawa - 2007-03-06: 13:03:00
hindlead
purpleartichokes - 2007-06-26: 11:12:00
Hey James, can we vote for the old words? I voted, but didn't get a point. The word, however, got 3 points.
Hi Purple, Yes you should be able to vote for the old words. I will check the logic to make sure it scores properly. ~ James