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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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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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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
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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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
Nollowing
Created by: chofu67
Pronunciation: nol low ing
Sentence: I had to quit working with engineers because I found myself nollowing my way through too many technical meetings.
Etymology: not following
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COMMENTS:
Excellent. - ErWenn, 2007-02-01: 17:43:00
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Blondiction
Created by: Computergeek
Pronunciation: blonde-diction
Sentence: Jane experienced blondiction when speaking with an activist
Etymology:
Baublehead
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: bob-bill-hed
Sentence: I think I underdstand how this game works, but perhaps I'm just baubleheaded.
Etymology: bauble, bobble, and head. I supposed I should mention that it was inspired by, or is a derivative of Disconbobbleheaded, which toadstool57 created earlier today.
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COMMENTS:
such a *pretty* word - Alchemist, 2007-02-01: 18:56:00
I guess that because my brain is full of baubles. - wordmeister, 2007-02-02: 03:47:00
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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.
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
Comments:
smlodding