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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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Strangicity
Created by: townka
Pronunciation: strange-icity
Sentence: Rudolph always did have that strangicity...
Etymology:
Evolustugh
Created by: nightclaw42
Pronunciation: ev-oo-lou-st-ugh
Sentence: They made fum of him a at first,but he had the evolustugh.
Etymology: evo-evolutionary st-last ugh-laugh
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?
Hindrasset
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: hin/dra/set
Sentence: From a bully's dream, to a lifesaver, Rudolph's nose was a hindrasset.
Etymology: hindrance + asset
Uniquaracteristic
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: UNI/kayr/ak/ter/ISS/tik
Sentence: Rudolph, should one choose to believe in his myth, would be a prime example of uniquaracteristik inthat his nose is red and helps guide the way, yet he still get not respect.
Etymology: unique+characteristic
Heteronomalogenotype
Created by: mantroog
Pronunciation: het-er-o-nom-a-lo-jeen-o-type
Sentence: The elves had never seen a reindeer of that particular heteronomalogenotype.
Etymology: hetero=different, anomaly=abnormality, genotype=genetic constitution
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COMMENTS:
- mantroog, 2006-12-21: 18:08:00
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Darwineyes
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: dahr/win/ize
Sentence: Charles darwineyes were his best feature although they were pretty freaky. He could always spot the winners.
Etymology: darwin + eyes
Freakolutionary
Created by: microwavedboy
Pronunciation: Freak-o-lu-shun-airy
Sentence: Rudolph's freakolutionary nose was mocked by all the other reindeer.
Etymology: A splicing of evolutionary and freak, implying some sort of anomaly in the Darwinian process of evolution.
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