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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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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)
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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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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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
Socialtalk
Created by: ArtistInTraining
Pronunciation: sow -shawl -tahk
Sentence:
Etymology: social - from socail, communicate talk - talk
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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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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Meshence
Created by: pinwheel
Pronunciation: mesh/ence
Sentence: John was expelled from school simply because his meshence comprised of friends that his parents described as 'bad influences'.
Etymology: Mesh (an interwoven structure) + essence (one's basic character)
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COMMENTS:
nice -- the mesh is the meshage - wordmeister, 2007-04-19: 09:51:00
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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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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