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DEFINITION: A unique physical or psychological trait, which makes one "different". Often seen as a handicap, even if it provides a distinct evolutionary advantage.
Verboticisms
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Mutauntation
Created by: lauramy
Pronunciation: mew-tawn-tay-shun
Sentence: No more deprecation! You must flaunt to the nation your mutauntation!
Etymology: Taunt + Mutation
Superfluassness
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: sue-purr-flue-ass-ness
Sentence: Though others deried Jim's superflueassness, he won more flagpole sitting contests than anyone else.
Etymology: superfluousness + well, what else?
Promutation
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: pro-myoo-TA-shun
Sentence: "Fog, my ass," thought Santa, "time to put Ruldolph's promutation to good use..."
Etymology: Pro - opposite of Con; denoting favorability. Mutation - n alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
Coolicap
Created by: Partario
Pronunciation: Cool-EE-cap
Sentence: "Although, john could not wash the dishes by himself some saw his disablility as a coolicap."
Etymology: A combination of cool and Handicap
Crapsticle
Created by: trer9
Pronunciation:
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COMMENTS:
- trer9, 2006-12-21: 21:39:00
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Mungibation
Created by: peppahmink
Pronunciation: muhnj' ah bayshun
Sentence: Despite Lyle Lovett's preternaturally vertical hair and other such mungibations, the eccentric singer is considered to be an American classic.
Etymology: Derived from the verb "to munge" meaning to transform data in an unknown way into something otherwise unattainable. A quick fix. The result of a "munge" is a mungibation.
Darwooser
Created by: Adamson
Pronunciation: Dar-woo-zer
Sentence: That three legged man is a real darwooser
Etymology: Darwin (chuck)+loser
Indiquirk
Created by: squashy
Pronunciation: indy-quirk
Sentence: the man's indiquirk fitted the description in the police appeal poster
Etymology: individual and quirky
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COMMENTS:
i have to say thumbs down for (basically) using the same word as me - vince, 2006-12-21: 12:47:00
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Comments:
By popular request! A definition which suggests a noun as the solution. But feel free to twist it into a verb, or even an adjective, if you wish! ~ James
kmccardle - 2006-12-21: 15:03:00
So does anyone else not like this new voting set up? I personally much preferred the ranking system, even if this way is perhaps more fair.
chris - 2006-12-21: 16:11:00
Whatever you do still leaves the system open to mates voting for mates no matter how good or bad the word.....but it's just a game so who cares? The fun is from participating (for me, anyway).
Hey kmccardle, the rankings are still here -- but they are not on the front page anymore. You can see the complete list Verboticisms for each definition on the daily stats page. (On the first day this list is presented in alphabetical order. After that, the words are ranked by score.)
The other thing to remember is that this is still an interim measure. We are creating a clustering function which will allow people to play in smaller groups so that there will be more direct interaction and communication between the players. This should be ready for testing in the next week or so... ~ James