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'Guess what I'm giving you for your birthday?'

DEFINITION: v. To wear special uniforms and carry around unusual props in order to stimulate social interaction. n. A person who compensates for their lack of personality and weak social skills by resorting to props and costumes.

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Masqueraid

Created by: Banky

Pronunciation: mas-kuh-raid

Sentence: Agnes peered out at the world through narrowed eyes shielded behind cat's eye eyeglasses. She shifted her weight and raised her copy of Atlas Shrugged a little higher, so it could easily be seen over the divider between the booths in the coffee shop. Pretending to stare intensely at her masqueraid novel, she instead glowered out at all of the other patrons, the sheep, who sat there reading their John Grisham tripe or their Danielle Steele fluff. No one had the good taste thus far to come over and compliment her on her sublime taste in literature, so she surreptitiously slipped her copy of "On the Road" out of her oversized shag carpet purse, split the book open around the halfway mark, and began her charade anew.

Etymology: masquerade - a social gathering invovling people wearing masks or costumes + aid - something that assists in a task

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COMMENTS:

Good sentence--er, paragraph - ErWenn, 2008-02-14: 10:08:00

Yeah, sorry...I'm a scientist by trade, so verbotomy is my sole creative outlet some days :( - Banky, 2008-02-14: 13:53:00

Love your words and sentences. Cura masqua! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-14: 17:07:00

Your verbot is r-aid-iant! It shines! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-14: 18:26:00

Banky - you should be writing on the side! I love the way you can draw pictures with words. What a great imagination you have! - purpleartichokes, 2008-02-14: 19:40:00

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Weartobe

contratempo

Created by: contratempo

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Garmentuous

Created by: bambam

Pronunciation: garment/tuous

Sentence: The guy over there was so garmentuous because he wore an orange shirt and rainbow pants

Etymology: garment + spontaneous

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COMMENTS:

Speaks volumes! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-14: 18:57:00

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Egomotive

Created by: CrystalNekol

Pronunciation: E-go-mo-tiv

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Hope it's euego! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-14: 16:52:00

Well-deriven! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-14: 18:37:00

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Gregarmentious

Created by: dalmero8

Pronunciation: greg/garment/sious

Sentence: "Oh my god, he's so gregarmentious! He's weraing the shirt AGAIN! And it's that stupid rainbow-colored one!"

Etymology: gregarious + garment

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COMMENTS:

Perhaps he find nerdvana somewhere over the rainbow! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-14: 17:35:00

Fun sentence! His shirt spoke volumes, it was very high-toned! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-14: 18:31:00

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Carrotopian

Created by: iwanttodirect

Pronunciation: carrot-tope-eeon

Sentence: Everyone at the office hates Rick and his carrotopian ways. "If I find one more fake spilled coffee, plastic thingy from Rick I'm going to poke out his eyes!"

Etymology: Carrot Top: prop comic. Uto(pian): I could be wrong but I do believe the Latin root pian is to live.

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COMMENTS:

Strange word -but I like it. Deo carrot topus! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-14: 16:30:00

They did carrot at all! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-14: 18:28:00

The word has a good sound to it. - ErWenn, 2008-02-14: 22:34:00

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Sattirical

Created by: LibbyR

Pronunciation: sat-ire-ical

Sentence: Jim has gone beyond 'ironic' - his nerd-cool specs are totally sattirical.

Etymology: attire (clothes, costume) + satirical (indulging in irony or parody)

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Assclown

Created by: invisiblecity

Pronunciation:

Sentence: V. "Yeah, I'm assclowning tonight. You're never going to be able to top what I'm wearing." N. "Wow check out the assclown on that guy. He's totally getting first prize for Jerk." N. "I'm an assclown. What's your excuse?"

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Proptistic

Created by: wileycount

Pronunciation: /prÉ’p/(tiss)(-tik)

Sentence: Since he was young boy, Jerry couldn't let go of his novel nuggets of stuff, for his fear of words was only warded off by the presence of an obvious token of meaning. His teachers, however, were indisposed to pity the proptistic lad. Or: Of all developmental disorders, proptism has remained an unrecognized and untreated tormentor of the socially disabled.

Etymology: prop (a person or thing giving support, as of a moral or spiritual nature: [related to Middle Dutch proppe vine prop; compare Old High German pfropfo shoot, German Pfropfen stopper])+ suffix -tism. The suffix "-ism" implies a disease or defining attribute of a person or a thing. The additional "t" makes "proptism" cognate to "autism".

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Nattynerd

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: nat - ee - nerd

Sentence: Chauncey fancied himself a dashing and popular figure but in reality was a nattynerd and had no clue that most people laughed at him behind his back.

Etymology: Natty + nerd

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COMMENTS:

Fun to say! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-14: 07:51:00

Chauncey may need a nerdoscopy! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-14: 17:08:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-02-14: 02:50:00
Today's definition was suggested by zebrahdh. Thank you zebrahdh. ~ James

purpleartichokes - 2008-02-14: 19:22:00
Man, I hope I get a mop for Valentine's Day!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-02-15: 00:10:00
Do you mean a man with a mop? Or a mop with a man? ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-05-04: 00:12:00
Today's definition was suggested by zebrahdh. Thank you zebrahdh. ~ James

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