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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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Sociababble
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)
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.
Sconet
Created by: ldikarev
Pronunciation: sko net
Sentence: At birth children are mandatory subscribed permanently to one one of the ideologicaly alighend sconets and learn sconeting before they learn to walk, everything is always great in the Googleface Republic.
Etymology: Socially Connected Network
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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Diarya
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: dia-rEE-a
Sentence: Jill sits and reads her diarya. It's her special diary of all the bull she had to endure from the people that influenced her life.
Etymology: diary/diarrhea
Corenections
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Kor-nek-shuns
Sentence: Lisa thought it very important to have plenty of corenections in life and that was what had made her who she was today.
Etymology: Core(Depths of one's being, the central or most important part) + Connections(a link or relationhip) = Corenections
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COMMENTS:
great combo - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-26: 10:56:00
not just good...core-ageous! - Nosila, 2008-06-26: 23:00:00
Very clever. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-27: 17:57:00
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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)
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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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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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