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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.
Verboticisms
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Nodracking
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: nod/rack/ing
Sentence: She wanted to curtail her plastic smile and nodracking behavior, but she couldn't understand a blinking thing he was saying.
Etymology: variation on nerve-racking: implying a behavior that is exhausting, wearisome, or difficult.
Nullione
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: Nulli-jone
Sentence: After a day hard working, i feel like a nullione on this meeting
Etymology: nulli(null)one
Meenk
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: mEnk
Sentence: The waiter meenked at us when we gave her our order. Thank goodness we weren't hungry...
Etymology: blink+meek
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
Guessticulate
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: gess-tick-yoo-late
Sentence: Despite not speaking Spanish, Jenny would guessticulate to assure Carlos she did comprende!
Etymology: From "guess" and "gesticulate". You know it makes sense.
Duhference
Created by: lauramy
Pronunciation: duh-fer-ns
Sentence: If you're dense, don't take offense to those who show intelligence. Make no pretense. Just show a little duhference and they will think you've common sense.
Etymology: duh + deference (a show of respect or politeness)
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COMMENTS:
Clever! You've won my duference - wordmeister, 2007-02-01: 14:24:00
duhh, ok, me too! - Alchemist, 2007-02-01: 16:40:00
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Nincomnod
Created by: paperhoard
Pronunciation: ning-com-nod
Sentence: I could tell by the look on Jim's face that he was nincomnodding the boss's latest decree.
Etymology: Nincompoop + Nod
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COMMENTS:
You mean you can tell when people are nincomnodding? Oh oh! I'd think anyone knew that I didn't know.... - wordmeister, 2007-02-01: 16:08:00
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Acknowlull
Created by: w5lf9s
Pronunciation: AK.no.lul
Sentence: He wasn't the brightest, but with his open smile and warm eyes he could acknowlull anyone into an extended monolog
Etymology: from acknowledge (to take note of, recognise, accept) and lull (to give a false sense of security)
Comments:
smlodding