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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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Amanamentes
Created by: akvoD3
Pronunciation: ah-MANA-mints.
Sentence: Janice has an amanamente: her blouse that she thinks talks to her.
Etymology: From Latin "amantes sunt amentes", meaning "lovers are lunatics."
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COMMENTS:
- akvoD3, 2006-12-14: 22:10:00
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Textitillation
Created by: pegritz
Pronunciation: tex-TIT-ill-ation
Sentence: Having been raised by a cult of Prada-worshipping housewives in Upper Manhattan, Richard was all to familiar with the unending temptation of textitillation.
Etymology: Textile + titillation = a good time for all!
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COMMENTS:
Great Sentence! - wordmeister, 2006-12-14: 23:42:00
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Dressionate
Created by: mdschermer
Pronunciation: DRESS-io-nate
Sentence: I *know* it's freezing, but I'm just so dressionate about this bikini.
Etymology: Dress + Passionate
Veteish
Created by: vrollins
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I have such a vetish about my new scarf.
Etymology: vetement - french for clothing, and fetish - obsession
Garbardor
Created by: ratibala
Pronunciation: gahrb-ahr-der
Sentence: Having stood the test of time more than any man in her life, she spoke of her favorite sweater with great garbardor.
Etymology: Garb, meaning a fashion Ardor, meaning warmth of feeling
Ropamour
Created by: librarian
Pronunciation: ro/pa/moor'
Sentence: She has a serious case of ropamour for that grey hoodie.
Etymology: ropa = clothes in spanish amour = love in romantic languages
Wardrobsession
Created by: ArsMajika
Pronunciation: WAR-drobe-ses-SHUN
Sentence: "My sister has a total wardrobsession with that scarf; she wears it everywhere!"
Etymology: Wardrobe + Obsession... pretty simple, really
Compadress
Created by: Lonflobber
Pronunciation: Comp-ah-dress
Sentence: Her compadress fit her like a second skin - a second skin that was closer than even her closest friend.
Etymology: Compadre and Dress
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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