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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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Spacebook
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: spāsfās
Sentence: Mindy has to share everything that happens in her life. It makes her feel important, relevant. Every fluffy little thought that makes it into her head goes out to the public. She would spacebook her friends all day long if she could. Of course, then all she could report on would be that she is updating her status.
Etymology: A combination of myspace and facebook, two popular social networks.
Sinookas
Created by: vonnegut
Pronunciation: si-noo-ka
Sentence: Dr. Hoenikker himself was no doubt a member of my karass, though he was dead before my sinookas, the tendrils of my life, began to tangle with those of his children.
Etymology: Created by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., for Cat's Cradle, published in 1963.
Socialtalk
Created by: ArtistInTraining
Pronunciation: sow -shawl -tahk
Sentence:
Etymology: social - from socail, communicate talk - talk
Sconet
Created by: ldikarev
Pronunciation: sko net
Sentence: At birth children are mandatory subscribed permanently to one one of the ideologicaly alighend sconets and learn sconeting before they learn to walk, everything is always great in the Googleface Republic.
Etymology: Socially Connected Network
Meshergy
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: mesh/er/gy
Sentence: When I walk into a classroom full of students, I can see and feel the meshergy taking place because of their interactive and interweaving thoughts, ideas and backgrounds.
Etymology: MESHERGY - noun - from MESH (an interwoven, or intertwined structure, or network) + ENERGY (the ability to act, lead others, or effect forcefully)
Empatresses
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: em pat ressss ez
Sentence: her empatresses bound her loves and life to her, plaited together like the vines around an amazonian hardwood.
Etymology: empathy, tresses
Vitanex
Created by: Ellemorpheus
Pronunciation: Vee-tah-necks or Vye-tah-necks
Sentence: The people in the village semi-consciously created a large and tightly woven vitanex to support each other.
Etymology: From Vita-Life From Nex-bound
Taopestry
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: tao-pess-tree
Sentence: on his deathbed he looked back on his rich taopestry and was pleased with what he saw
Etymology: tao [the way or the path] tapestry
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COMMENTS:
very taotful - galwaywegian, 2007-04-19: 05:53:00
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Socialit
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: so shee al eye tee
Sentence: Melissa realized that her socialIT was directly related to her socialIQ. The more people she knew online, the more intelligent she appeared to the reast of the world.
Etymology: Social( relating to human society and its members) & IT (Information technology)
Characturds
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: kar-ak-turds
Sentence: A sixth-grade science teacher who made me eat chocolate covered ants, a mother with an obsession for gardening, and a nasty fall on the head as a child; these are some of the knitwits, purpleartifolks, and characturds that moulded me into the fine verbotomiss I am today.
Etymology: character, turds (I seem to get the cream of the crap when it comes to influences)
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COMMENTS:
Love your creative sentences. Ever think of becomming a writer? - toadstool57, 2007-04-19: 07:16:00
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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