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'When I was your age, all I had was a lead pencil and a wooden brain!'

DEFINITION: A person who, using an example from their own life, steers people away from a line of speculation by reducing it to an absurdity.

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Exampulous

Created by: paintergrl1313

Pronunciation: ex-amp-yu-lous

Sentence: Saying that you had a wooden brain makes you exampulous.

Etymology: example + ridiculous

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Diversionidiot

Created by: legion

Pronunciation: Di-ver-sion-id-i-ot

Sentence: Yeah well I got a lead brain and wood for a pencil, jeez dad your such a DIVERSIONIDIOT.......

Etymology: diversion-to divert idiot-hehehe we all know this one!!!

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Notomfoolerist

Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: no-tom-fool-erist

Sentence: He was such a clever notomfoolerist when he stopped Judy from putting her foot in her mouth by pretending to bite his toes!

Etymology: no - meaning don't. tomfool for tomfoolery meaning folly. ist to make it a nound describing a person who helps others avoid becoming a fool

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Histonag

Created by: imashelcha

Pronunciation: HI.sto.nag

Sentence: Mt dad is such a histonag. I wish he didn't have to constantly relive his childhood like this.

Etymology: History + nag

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Antidoter

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: anti/dote/er

Sentence: John always had an antidote from his past as why not to do something, or try anything. Because he was a chronic antidoter, his family stopped asking him advice on anything.

Etymology: anti + anecdote

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Autobiogomer

Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /aw-toh-bi-ah-Go'-mer/

Sentence: Phil was a total autobiogomer — no matter which subject would come up in conversation, you could always count on Phil to interject one of his own stories, which had nothing whatsoever to do with the topic of discussion. His 'train of thought' was clearly on its own set of tracks.

Etymology: autobiographer (from Greek, autós "self," bios "life," & graphos "a record or written account") + Gomer - a goofy, oafish person (slang, from Gomer Pyle, an American sitcom character from the 1960's; the name is similar to "gomeral" Scottish for "fool")

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COMMENTS:

Is everyone here familiar with the 'Gomer Pyle' character from American TV, (The Andy Griffith Show and later, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.)? I know that the crowd here is from all over the globe. If not, there's always wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomer_Pyle - Tigger, 2008-01-03: 02:06:00

Yep! Know the show well: very popular in The Antipodes during 1960s-1970s. "Gomer" : a fool, rustic simpleton did the "rounds" for a while - but haven't heard it for a ages. One etymological source suggests it comes from 'gaum" or "gorm" to stare vacantly. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-03: 04:47:00

The more common meaning for 'gomer' seems to be for a chronic hospital patient "Get Out of My Emergency Room." Huh, I haven't heard the term 'Antipodes' in a long time either. - Tigger, 2008-01-04: 00:35:00

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Weniwasalad

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: wen eye wuz a lad

Sentence: Dad said in his annoying weniwasalad manner that Darcy didn't need a computer, because he had already bought her a protractor even though they did not live on a farm!

Etymology: when I was a lad...nuff said

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Nostooglia

Created by: libertybelle

Pronunciation: no-stewg-lyah

Sentence: Martin usually breaks into a nostooglic rant about only having rocks and dead animals to play with when his grandkids complain about being bored.

Etymology: nostalgia + stooge

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Nice one! A person who discourages another from becoming a stooge ... a nostooglia. Very clever! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-03: 15:52:00

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