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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
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
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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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)
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.
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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Umbilicalcard
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: um/bil/i/cal/card
Sentence: All the important deatils of her relationships were stored on her umbilicalcard which she played sometimes to her advantage
Etymology: umbilical cord + card (agenda)
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)
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
Thebraidybunch
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: the/brade/ee bunch
Sentence: Thebraidybunch is a new dating network which selectively chooses people with long hair.
Etymology: braid (weaving together of hair, starnds etc) + the Brady Bunch (popular 70s sitcom)
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COMMENTS:
Good one, Marcia, Marcia, Marcia! - Nosila, 2008-06-26: 23:02:00
Clever & funny. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-27: 17:58:00
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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