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DEFINITION: n. A social network built on the intertwining connections between the people, ideas and things. v. To communicate through a social network.
Verboticisms
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Humanamatrix
Created by: verysimplegame
Pronunciation: Hue-man-ah-may-trix
Sentence: We are all part of a vast, living, breathing humanamatrix.
Etymology: Humanity + matrix
Gridlink
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: GRID+LINK
Sentence: I enjoy gridlinking with others who have green eyes like me, go out of their way to match their lipstick with the color of their over-size dresses, and who agree with me in terms of general philosophy and the utmost importance of a person's hair.
Etymology: GRID+LINK
Biothreads
Created by: serendipity9000
Pronunciation: bio-th-reds
Sentence: I am always amazed at all the biothreads I have to trace down when I am packing to move to a new city.
Etymology: Bio (life) + threads (ideas, tendrils, strings, connections)
Caterpilaries
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: cat/ur/pil/r/ees
Sentence: The caterpilaries of her life continued to metamorphose until she became completely tangled up
Etymology: caterpillar + capillary (tiny hairlike tubes that connect arteries to veins)
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COMMENTS:
Ooo yes! Very good. - pinwheel, 2007-04-19: 11:05:00
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Weavenness
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: WEEV-ehn-ness
Sentence: When his girlfriend slipped out of Alex's weavenness, it was as if he fell through a hole in a hammock.
Etymology: weave + evenness : The weave that keeps you even.
Kithbeams
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: KITH-beems
Sentence: Kithbeams sometimes radiant; at other times frowning, chilled by the clouds of doubt and the bitter winds of mistrust; but like the sun affecting our lives every second.
Etymology: Kith, n. [OE.& AS. kith,] native land; friends, acquaintances; kindred. Meaning 1. & 4. archaic. BEAM:n. [ME. OE?]:A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat. (Fig.): A ray; a gleam; as, a beam of comfort.
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COMMENTS:
how poetic - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-26: 10:58:00
Hugths & Kithes! - Nosila, 2008-06-26: 23:27:00
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Mysillyum
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: mi-SIL-e-um
Sentence: Sandra thought by shaving her head and moving to Angola, she could escape her mysillium. Silly Sandra immediately fell in with Burta, a member of her karass, who quickly enrolled her in a new smuggling adventure.
Etymology: mycillium, silly
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COMMENTS:
That's the thing! It doesn't matter where you go, you are always stuck with yourself... - wordmeister, 2007-04-19: 10:06:00
yep. and that sticky stuff is... - Alchemist, 2007-04-19: 12:03:00
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Socialight
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: SO-shyl-ite
Sentence: Elsie believed her circle of friends to be the socialight of the times, a useful network wherein all matters relating to everyday life could be resolved or heightened.
Etymology: Blend of the words 'social' and 'light', play on the word 'socialite'.
Experiarch
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: ex-peer-ee-arch
Sentence: Carol planned to become an author of self-help books and used experiarch as her motif to describe the foundation upon which we can all build. Her first title was to be "The experiarch less trammelled" followed soon after by "The magic of experiarch : building a bridge to your future".
Etymology: experience + arch (in the architectural sense of supporting construction above an opening)
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COMMENTS:
My mind has been opened... Thank you petaj - wordmeister, 2007-04-20: 10:35:00
Sounds like a great series Petaj - maybe The Archies could be featured in them - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-20: 11:26:00
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Socioneurons
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: sose - eyo - new - rons
Sentence: The daily interactions with friends, family, and coworkers were the socioneurons that allowed for Miranda's growth socially as well as philosophically.
Etymology: Blend of socio...'society', and neuron 'a specialized, impulse-conducting cell that is the functional unit of the nervous system'
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COMMENTS:
very nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-26: 10:57:00
Lovely word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-27: 17:55:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Kurt Vonnegut and first appeared in his novel Cat's Cradle.
Thank you Mr. Vonnegut! ~ James
jedijawa - 2007-04-19: 08:29:00
These are tough this week!
Yeah! KV is pushing us up to the next level ~ James
- 2008-04-20: 01:28:00
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Today's definition was suggested by Kurt Vonnegut and first appeared in his novel Cat's Cradle.
Thank you Mr. Vonnegut! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by vonnegut. Thank you vonnegut. ~ James