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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.
Verboticisms
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Pastifist
Created by: javex
Pronunciation: pah-stih-fist
Sentence: By using her upbringing in a small Mexican village as an excuse for why we couldn't buy our kids a Wii, my wife outed herself as a total pastifist.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
cute - Nosila, 2009-11-05: 00:23:00
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Redialongate
Created by: mana1066
Pronunciation: re-dile-on-get
Sentence: every time i mention rings, or chappels, my boyfriend becomes a redialongate and tells me about how silver and gold are really a conspiracy
Etymology: redirect + language + elongate
Nonfollyer
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: non fol lee yer
Sentence: Colin was a nonfollyer and he wanted to ensure than his daughter, Colina, became a nonfollyer,too. Although he encouraged independence in her, the truth was they were so much alike, it was scary. She had his hair, skin and eye colours;matching outfits; liked the same foods and tv shows and of course the name thingy. If Norman Bates were a girl and Mrs., Bates was her Dad, that would describe Colin & Colina. He tried his best to teach her his values and for her to learn from his own poor examples, but Colina was going to be her own woman, no matter how much influence he thought he had over her. She decided long ago that her first order of business would be to move away from her Dad and leave their home, the Bates Motel...just in case a male Janet Lee ever came to stay with them...that would require Psycho-analysis for sure!
Etymology: non (not,not at all or in no way) & folly (foolish or senseless behavior;the trait of acting stupidly or rashly the quality of being rash and foolish;a stupid mistake) & follower (someone who travels behind or pursues another; one who imitates others)
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COMMENTS:
Deck the halls with vows of folly? Good word! - Mustang, 2008-06-25: 02:32:00
funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-25: 12:25:00
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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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Reminisnosense
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Remin-iss-no-senz
Sentence: When Laura asked her Father for a new pair of trainers he automatically started to reminisnosense about when he, as a young lad had to have his brothers hand-me-downs and that there was still plenty of wear in her older sisters tatty old trainers that in Laura's mind were only fit for the bin.
Etymology: Reminisce(to think fondly of days gone by) + nonsense(Rubbish, to make no sense) = Reminisnosense
Manicdotal
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: man-ik-doe-tul
Sentence: In order to get the upperhand in this argument he was going to need to provide some pretty persuasive manicdotal evidence
Etymology: manic, anecdote
Negatiate
Created by: suzanne
Pronunciation: negg-ate-ee-ate
Sentence: Mary wanted to study German but her father negatieted by saying how he had lived his whole life speaking only English and he had never been arrested.
Etymology: neg- from nagative atiate - derivative from negotiate.
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COMMENTS:
probably should be negatiator, but the sentence alone is worth a vote - galwaywegian, 2007-04-18: 05:22:00
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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
Abswervist
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: ab-swerve-ist
Sentence: The repertory group had come to be known as the Theatre of the Abswerve. Since Eugene, a playwright, kept banging on about his past productions, they could not settle on a script.
Etymology: absurd, swerve
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