Vote for the best verboticism.
DEFINITION: v. To have a favorite article of clothing with which you develop a personal, and even a deeply fulfilling, relationship. n. A much loved article of clothing.
Verboticisms
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Fashionate
Created by: TheBocaj
Pronunciation: FASH-uh-nit
Sentence: I am just FASHIONATE about this black dress I've had since college.
Etymology: to love [be passionate about] an article of clothing [fashion]
Apparamour
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: App-arr-ah-more
Sentence: Suzie's leather coat was her new secret apparamour.
Etymology: Apparel + Paramour
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COMMENTS:
Two people create this word. Interesting... Do you know each other? Or was it accidental? - wordmeister, 2006-12-14: 11:13:00
Doesn't the definition imply that the word should be a verb, not a noun? - golux13, 2006-12-14: 11:30:00
No, we don't know one another. I am not sure how that happened. I am new to the game. - attis, 2006-12-14: 23:53:00
I don't know Attis, and I think there may be some sort of group thing with more points happen when repeating a word. Sorry I did not mean to copy but I did think of the same word. - erasmus, 2006-12-18: 07:04:00
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Donapal
Created by: swaizel
Pronunciation:
Sentence: His old jacket was his best donapal.
Etymology: don as is wear a pal good friend
Wearship
Created by: Pipeski
Pronunciation: where-ship
Sentence: She was just wearshipping her foxy scarf.
Etymology: Wear (as in clothing) + to worship
Solemate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sole mayt
Sentence: Miriam's lime green pumps had become her most loved possessions. She wore them with everything, even after the straps gave out, the heels needed reheeled and the gewgaws fell off, she kept them as they were the solemate she had always sought.
Etymology: Sole (as in the underside of footwear or the underside of the foot) & Mate (a person's partner or love interest) & WordPlay on Soul Mate (someone for whom you have a deep affinity)
Fashionphillic
Created by: NIDWU
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Oh my god that girl adores her shoes so much, she is so fashionphillic
Etymology: Fashionphillic comes from the words Fashion, and Phillic Fashion - an illustration of a clothing style; a person who dresses in the latest fashions Phillic:: having an affinity for : loving.
Raimenate
Created by: markfenn
Pronunciation: Ray-men-ate
Sentence: I know this t-shirt is full of holes, but I can't help the way I raimenate it.
Etymology:
Obdression
Created by: wniffene
Pronunciation: Ob-dre-shon
Sentence: I have such an obdression with this shirt.
Etymology: Obsession+Dress
Clotheship
Created by: Dormin87
Pronunciation: clove-ship
Sentence: Sarah developed a close clotheship with her new furry mittens.
Etymology: Clothes + relationship
Comments:
Jonno - 2006-12-14: 04:40:00
Hi all! New to this and it's fun, but here's my 3 cents worth... 1. Placing the most voted-for words at the top of the list biases the voting. 2. Words entered earlier are subject to more votes. Could you not take all the entries before voting begins? Or have voting for yesterday's word while today's definitions are open? 3. You should add the part of speech to the definition (verb, noun, etc). I think the celeverer words are the ones which match the definition. 4. Please make these comment boxes a bit bigger! Thanks, Jon.
Hey Jonno, Thanks for your suggestions. They are all good! We are working on way to divide players/words into smaller groups, which will change the way verboticisms are listed, and the way voting happens. Stay tuned... In terms of the "part of speech", we actually had that in earlier, but took it out because people didn't like it. We could add it back... What do you guys think? Thanks for playing! ~ James
ErWenn - 2006-12-14: 12:14:00
I've just joined, and so far, every definition has been for a verb, but most of them lend themselves better to nouns. For example, it's easier to name a disease or condition than it is to give a word that describes succumbing to such a condition. Most of the winning words are nouns, as you can see. I think you should either formally open it up for any part of speech communicating the idea, choose the part of speech for each definition more carefully, or strictly enforce matching the part of speech of the definition.
philip - 2006-12-14: 12:31:00
Nice idea, look forward to playing :) Agree with Jonno on all points, especially the problem that entries made earlier will automatically get more votes...
verbatul - 2006-12-14: 12:35:00
James, the parts of speech is a great idea! It seems that we have a lot of clever people suggesting words so I don't think any creativity will be suffer. In fact, it may inspire more ingenuity. Great game!
I think that we might take a tip from ErWenn keep it formally open to all parts of speech, but then allow players to create variants for specific part of speech (e.g, a verb, a noun, an adj,) and award bonus points for the extra creativity. ~ James
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