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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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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
Soullattice
Created by: Trystera
Pronunciation: sole-LAT-tiss
Sentence: After noticing all the subtle strange coincidences, I felt attuned with the great soullatice, the spiritual matrix underlying and fortifying all concrete reality like metaphysical rebar.
Etymology: "Soul" + "Lattice," a framework made of crossed, overlapping strips.
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
Flacidbook
Created by: wurdless
Pronunciation: fla-cid-book
Sentence: Rodney used flacidbook to meet girls, but it didn't work. He blamed the software.
Etymology: flacid + facebook
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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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.
Intercrescents
Created by: emmyb2
Pronunciation: in-ter-cre-cents
Sentence: When I went to college, I was amazed at the intercrescents in my life; all my courses seemed connected!
Etymology: inter - between cresc- growing
Braindrils
Created by: Pasicheio
Pronunciation: Brain-Drills
Sentence: You can't see them, but your braindrils connect you to everyone around you
Etymology: Brain; Tendrils
Affilamentation
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: a/fill/a/men/tay/shun
Sentence: Humans form deep affilamentations during their lifetimes, beginning with the umbilical cord and continuing with IPODs.
Etymology: filament (threadlike fiber) + affiliation (association with society)
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COMMENTS:
Great! - TJayzz, 2008-06-26: 08:45:00
I guess we are all tied together somehow! - Nosila, 2008-06-26: 23:28:00
Fantastic. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-27: 17:54:00
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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
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