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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.

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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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Love your creative sentences. Ever think of becomming a writer? - toadstool57, 2007-04-19: 07:16:00

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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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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.

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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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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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Kithbeams

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: KITH-beems

Sentence: Kithbeams sometimes radiant; at other times frowning, chilled by the clouds of doubt and the bitter winds of mistrust; but like the sun affecting our lives every second.

Etymology: Kith, n. [OE.& AS. kith,] native land; friends, acquaintances; kindred. Meaning 1. & 4. archaic. BEAM:n. [ME. OE?]:A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat. (Fig.): A ray; a gleam; as, a beam of comfort.

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COMMENTS:

how poetic - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-26: 10:58:00

Hugths & Kithes! - Nosila, 2008-06-26: 23:27:00

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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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very nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-26: 10:57:00

Lovely word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-27: 17:55:00

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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

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Weavenness

Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: WEEV-ehn-ness

Sentence: When his girlfriend slipped out of Alex's weavenness, it was as if he fell through a hole in a hammock.

Etymology: weave + evenness : The weave that keeps you even.

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Sociababble

CharlieB

Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: so-shuh-bab-ul

Sentence: Mandy's office was often pretty noisy in the mornings, when her colleauges were merrily sociababbling.

Etymology: sociable (enjoying the company of other people) + babble (to talk foolishly, incessantly)

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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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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-19: 03:51:00
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!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-19: 10:02:00
Yeah! KV is pushing us up to the next level ~ James

- 2008-04-20: 01:28:00
hairy

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-06-26: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by Kurt Vonnegut and first appeared in his novel Cat's Cradle.
Thank you Mr. Vonnegut! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-11-05: 00:12:00
Today's definition was suggested by vonnegut. Thank you vonnegut. ~ James