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DEFINITION: To smile politely and nod your head while listening to someone, even though you don't understand a word tbey're saying.

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Boblotto

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: bob-blottoh

Sentence: To disguise her drunken stupor she relied on boblotto the ancient custom of nodding in agreement when you're plastered

Etymology: bob + blotto

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COMMENTS:

I was wondering why she was always smiling at me... - wordmeister, 2007-02-01: 16:02:00

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Defconcur

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: deff-con-cur

Sentence: he'd used up all his small talk and the conversation had moved on to the nuclear capabilities of some country he'd never heard of... it was time to upgrade his responses to defconcur

Etymology: deaf, concur, DEFCON [defense condition]

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COMMENTS:

George Bush might consider this approach... Or maybe he already does! - wordmeister, 2007-02-01: 04:48:00

Yeah, I've noticed that vapid look of wonderstanding on his face on several occasions. - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-01: 08:11:00

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Stupnodgrafy

Created by: pandafever

Pronunciation: stoop-nad-grafy

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Lacknowledge

Created by: ahwinters

Pronunciation: lahk-now-ledge

Sentence: I frequently lacknowledge my boss when he goes on his diatribes about making me more productive.

Etymology: lack + acknowledge

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COMMENTS:

Good one! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-01: 14:20:00

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Nodgreement

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: nod-gree-ment

Sentence: Beth often used nodgreement so that she wouldn't have to admit she didn't understand what people were talking about.

Etymology: nod + agreement

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Wtffirmative

Created by: sodium

Pronunciation: duh-bul-you-tee-ef-fur-muh-tiv

Sentence: She seemed intrigued at first, but later her eyes glazed over, casting a WTFfirmative look on her face.

Etymology: WTF = "what the f***" + affirmative

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COMMENTS:

Hehe!! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-01: 09:17:00

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Vacquiesce

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /"va-kwE-'es/

Sentence: The professor wondered which was worse: the half of the class blatantly ignoring him with their phones and ipods or the other half, full of vacquiescent stares.

Etymology: From vac- (as in "vacuous," "vacant," and "vacuum") and acquiesce

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COMMENTS:

This is an excellent word - chris, 2007-02-01: 11:12:00

Thanks. - ErWenn, 2007-02-01: 17:42:00

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Catatonice

Created by: zappalove

Pronunciation:

Sentence: At the Taser-developers' convention,you catatoniced or became catatonic.

Etymology: From cat·a·to·ni·a (kăt'ə-tō'nē-ə)n., a mental state generally characterized by statuesque posturing, muscular immobility, mutism, and apparent stupor. and Nice,(nēs), city SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea, a French Riviera resort that urges

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