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DEFINITION: n. A person who, using an example from their own life, steers people away from a line of speculation by reducing it to an absurdity. v. To dismantle a logical argument with piles of passionate incoherence.
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Idiotom
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: ID-ee-uht-uhm
Sentence: Alex unwittingly became an idiotom as he trailed off on a tangent of how he was submerged in spaghetti at camp back in the day.
Etymology: idio- (individual) + idiot (a boor) + idiom (peculiar speech)
Nonsequinfer
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: non - SEC - win - fur
Sentence: When his daughter asked for a new computer and internet access Eldridge launched into a rambling, disjointed nonsequinfer based on his own life's experiences that not only left Lucretia disappointed and crying, but thoroughly confused as well.
Etymology: Blend of infer and non sequitur, 'an inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premise.'
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COMMENTS:
nice blend - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-25: 12:25:00
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Backinthedayser
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: back-in-the-days-er
Sentence: Bill was such a backinthedayser with his irrelevant stories about his youth growing up in the "school of hard knocks."
Etymology: some moron talking about "back in the days" when things were better than they can ever be again
Nickelogic
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: nik-uhl-oj-ik
Sentence: Quaxor IV had to check his Gygle brain chip to determine what his great great grandfather meant by "Back in my day that coke cost a nickel!!", Gygle informed him that it was an obsolete form of currency used back in his elder's heyday but it didn't say how the boy should interpret the strange nickelogic.
Etymology: Nickel - Logic
Flawgic
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: flaw jik
Sentence: When Vanessa asked her father for a new computer, he tried to diminish its value. His flawgic was not understanding that in today's Internet world, his daughter could easily draw her own conclusions, based on accurate data. His daughter was not a silicone chip off the old block!
Etymology: Flaw (add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective) & Logic (reasoned and reasonable judgment)
Reminosence
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: re/mi/no/sens
Sentence: Whenever she tried to have a meaningful chat with her boyfriend about where their relationship was headed he would veer off topic with crazy reminosenses.
Etymology: reminiscence + no sense
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COMMENTS:
Very good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-25: 09:37:00
Why is it that the road to ruin is the future part of the stroll down memory lane? - Nosila, 2008-06-25: 21:55:00
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Antidoter
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: anti/dote/er
Sentence: Joe was an antidoter who always had an antidote from his wonderful past for his young nieces and nephews as to why they should not to do anything. Because Joe was an antidoter, his family called him Uncle Don't.
Etymology: ANTIDOTER - noun - from ANTI (a person who is opposed to a particular practice, or action) + ANECDOTE (a short account of a particular incident, or event of an interesting, or amusing nature, often biographical)
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COMMENTS:
Good word, his wife must be an Auntidoter! - Nosila, 2008-06-25: 21:49:00
Great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-26: 07:01:00
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Mentorklaxonite
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: MEN-tore-KLACKS-un-ITE
Sentence: Discourajerk Exampalook! Your theory can’t be right. I erred that way And have become a…. Mentorklaxonite.
Etymology: MENTOR: a trusted counselor or guide; Latin, from Greek Mentōr (1616).....KLAXON: trade name used for an electrically operated horn or extremely raucus, attention-getting warning signal, often disorienting.....-ITE: adherent, devotee, or one who espouses a particular philosophy; noun suffix from Latin -ita, -ites, from Greek -itēs
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COMMENTS:
http://vos.ucsb.edu/ - metrohumanx, 2009-11-04: 04:16:00
Ignore the comment above.
http://onemansblog.com/2006/12/01/a-compendium-of-150-monty-python-sketches/ - metrohumanx, 2009-11-04: 06:44:00
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Nostalgit
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation:
Sentence: dad was such a nostalgit it was difficult to believe he'd ever had lead in his pencil
Etymology: nostalgic cit
Fishstorian
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: fish-stor-ee-un
Sentence: My dad, the dontor, was a great fishstorian, luring me away from any prospect by telling tales of "back in the day" when he chose that option.
Etymology: fish story, historian
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COMMENTS:
very clever! - wordmeister, 2007-04-19: 04:14:00
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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
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