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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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Meshergy
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: mesh/er/gy
Sentence: When I walk into a classroom full of students, the obvious meshergy that is taking place because of their interweaving thoughts, ideas and backgrounds, makes me feel that their school day may be worth while afterall.
Etymology: mesh + energy
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COMMENTS:
Good meshage! - wordmeister, 2007-04-19: 09:59:00
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Connectwork
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: kon - nekt - werk
Sentence: Polly had her family, friends and then there was her connectwork, HelloYou. Polly found a kinship of people there through threads of common interest. She had 25 friends in FarmerTown that she really didn't even know, except that they all liked to plant crops and harvest them.
Etymology: connect, network
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COMMENTS:
connects for me - Nosila, 2009-11-05: 19:51:00
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Fundibula
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /fənˈdɪbjulə/
Sentence: One's fundibula are not invisible, though we are often disinclined to see them.
Etymology: From Vonnegut's chrono-synclastic infundibulum. The way I see it, the place where everyone's personal fundibula meet is a chrono-synclastic infundibulum.
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COMMENTS:
I was very close to selecting the word "fundilia" without reference to Vonnegut, but then I realized how close it was to infundibulum that I couldn't not steal it. Incidentally, I'll be very disappointed if tomorrow's definition is not "those places where all the different kinds of truths fit together." - ErWenn, 2007-04-19: 08:04:00
I'm hoping that tomorrow's definition will be "a proud and meaningless association of human beings". Nice word by the way... - wordmeister, 2007-04-19: 10:12:00
Thank you. - ErWenn, 2007-04-19: 16:00:00
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Webbeing
Created by: suzanne
Pronunciation: web-bee-ung
Sentence: Having him as her teacher profoundly improved her webbeing.
Etymology: web -as in a complex connection of finr material. being - to be/ exist
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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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.
Villagepeephole
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: vill aj peep hole
Sentence: In our little town many years ago, no one had a telephone except for the drugstore at the bottom of the street. The pharmacist was next to the butcher's shop. Long ago, some clever person decided to drill a peephole in the side wall between the two shops. The butcher had a packle of kids and the family lived above the shop. Whenever a call came in for someone up the street, the pharmacist would yell through the hole who the call was for and the butcher would dispatch one of the brood to go get the recipient. This social network system was called the villagepeephole and was used constantly, until the day that phones became more affordable to the town's people. Eventually the shops were knocked down in the name of progress and to divert the youth of the town, a recreation centre was built and you guessed it, the villagepeephole gave birth to the Y.M.C.A.!"Young man, there's a place you go..."
Etymology: Village (little town) & Peephole (hole cut in something to peek through;spyhole) & Wordplay on Village People
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COMMENTS:
heehee! - galwaywegian, 2011-03-25: 04:57:00
The funniest part is that is a true story... - Nosila, 2011-03-25: 22:48:00
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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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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
Youyarn
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: yoo-yarn
Sentence: Jill contemplated her youyarn which was how she saw her self connected to everything else around her ... like a big skein of yarn.
Etymology: you + yarn
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
hairy
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