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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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Neodistinct
Created by: ubgrud
Pronunciation: knee-oh-dys-tinct
Sentence: That sixth finger is so neodistinct. She is such a freak.
Etymology: neo - new distinct - different.
Murdoran
Created by: msokoloffster
Pronunciation: Mur - Door - an
Sentence: The mans murdoran of a horn sticking out of his knee prevented him from getting the job of his dreams.
Etymology: Unknown...
Spedge
Created by: ehaaland
Pronunciation: spej
Sentence:
Etymology: An abbreviation for "special edge."
Savantgarde
Created by: fashionista
Pronunciation: Sa-vant-garde
Sentence: One with a severe developmental or mental handicap as well as extraordinary mental abilities (Savant) that pushes the boundaries of what is accepted (Avant-garde).
Etymology: Savant, Avant-garde
Aberlution
Created by: memexikon
Pronunciation: a bur LU shun
Sentence: By sheer comic aberlution penguins have mananged to captivate the hearts & minds of people everywhere, consequently insuring their survivial.
Etymology: aberration + evolution
Darwhimian
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: dar/wim/ee/an
Sentence: The Darwhimian Theory of Evolution favors fortunate if not fanciful furry creatures like Rudolph-The-Red-Nosed Reindeer.
Etymology: variation of Darwinian (adj.) of or relating to Charles Darwin, his theories of evolution, or his followers + whim: a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn or mind
Identicap
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation: eyedenticap
Sentence: Everyone is unique with individual characteristics. Each characteristic is called an identicap.
Etymology: obvious really !!!!!!
Mutashun
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: myou-ta-shun
Sentence: Despite being the brunt of many Bigfoot jokes for his overly large feet, Bob didn't mind his mutashun, as he was quite popular with the ladies.
Etymology: mutation, shun
Unvantage
Created by: awesomo
Pronunciation: Un-vantage
Sentence: Harold's beard is quite the unvantage, as it scares everyone away, but he was able to raise a family of rabbits in it.
Etymology: The prefix un undoes the specified noun, advantage. Although I didn't mean for it to undo it, but for them to go hand-in-hand.
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