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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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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
Meshergy
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: mesh/er/gy
Sentence: When I walk into a classroom full of students, the obvious meshergy that is taking place because of their interweaving thoughts, ideas and backgrounds, makes me feel that their school day may be worth while afterall.
Etymology: mesh + energy
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COMMENTS:
Good meshage! - wordmeister, 2007-04-19: 09:59:00
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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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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)
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
Experiarch
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: ex-peer-ee-arch
Sentence: Carol planned to become an author of self-help books and used experiarch as her motif to describe the foundation upon which we can all build. Her first title was to be "The experiarch less trammelled" followed soon after by "The magic of experiarch : building a bridge to your future".
Etymology: experience + arch (in the architectural sense of supporting construction above an opening)
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COMMENTS:
My mind has been opened... Thank you petaj - wordmeister, 2007-04-20: 10:35:00
Sounds like a great series Petaj - maybe The Archies could be featured in them - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-20: 11:26:00
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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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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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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.
Thumbunicate
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: θəmyoōnəkāshən
Sentence: Joyce*s friends are worried. Ever since she acquired her Blackberry she has stopped talking. Many of her friends haven*t seen her in months. She thumbunicates with them on a regular basis, sometimes dozens of times a day but can*t seem to manage a real world interaction. For all they know she is squirreled up in her mother*s basement with a case of Cheetos and several six packs of Rockstar. An intervention may be in order.
Etymology: thumb (the short, thick first digit of the human hand, set lower and apart from the other four and opposable to them - the primary tool of text messaging) communicate (share or exchange information, news, or ideas)
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COMMENTS:
Thumb's up - Nosila, 2009-11-05: 19:32:00
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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