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DEFINITION: v. To copy and share an idea, thing, or person because you think that it's so wonderful that everyone should have one. n. An open source clone.
Verboticisms
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Lamogrande
Created by: DavidShantz
Pronunciation: Lay-mo-gran-day
Sentence: This guy won't last a week, LamoGrande
Etymology: Lame (surf)+ Oh + Grande (Spanish) Meaning: ineffective and maladroit on a monumental scale
Commenditto
Created by: mustilicor
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Originality be damned; this verboticism is far too good not to commenditto and sprinkle into your conversations throughout the day!
Etymology: commend + ditto
Kipcrat
Created by: thefreewheeler
Pronunciation: kip crat
Sentence: Everyday I kipcrat five songs and send them to un-enlightened heathens.
Etymology: Rudyard Kipling "Take Up White Man's Burden" + crat: advocate or partisan of
Mimeoexstatic
Created by: serendipity9000
Pronunciation: mim-eo-exstatic
Sentence: She loved those tiny purple flowers so much, that she went all mimeoexstatic on them and 10 minutes later they were in every yard on her street.
Etymology: mimeograph + exstatic
Herox
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: he-rocks
Sentence: Jason gave everyone herox duplicates of his trademark Cuban shirt for Christmas because he believed in the classic style. Grandma wasn't so sure...
Etymology: he + rocks = play on word Xerox - a genericized trademark
Plagiariffic
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: plag/are/if/ick
Sentence: Joe is plagiarific. As a salesman, he uses all of the latest and greatest ideas he "borrowed" from the business books on the 'Best Sellers List' and shares them with his clients to impress them.
Etymology: PLAGIARIFFIC - noun - from PLAGIARIZE (to take and use ideas, or passages from another's work)+ TERRIFIC (extremely good; wonderful)
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COMMENTS:
Welcome back, Stevenson0! - Nosila, 2009-11-24: 01:14:00
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Repulate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: REP - yew - layt
Sentence: To the consternation of so many of his friends and acquaintances, Elbert would never fail to repulate and even try to improve on their ideas and practices and would share them over and over with others as if they were his own ideas and creations.
Etymology: Blend of replicate (to repeat, duplicate, or reproduce), and emulate (to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass)
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COMMENTS:
REPULATE....very nice, Mustang.
Etymologically perfect without being too flashy. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-07: 08:48:00
Ace, Mustang! The spelling of your word also suggests that the [good] Repu[tation] of the idea being copied may be involved as well. Simple and concise. - Tigger, 2008-07-07: 15:02:00
Repulate...sounds like something snakes do... - Nosila, 2008-07-07: 20:35:00
Afterwards they repewdiate? - Mustang, 2008-07-07: 22:28:00
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Lubbit
Created by: imagica
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The woman's new purse was definitly a lubbit, must-have!
Etymology:
Giveray
Created by: jonobo
Pronunciation: give-a-ray
Sentence: I gaveray all my words. I giveray my girlfriend :)
Etymology: A remix of "give-away to everyone".
Comments:
Today's definition was inspired by Cory Doctorow's short stories "Printcrime" and "I-Robot" which are both appear in Overclocked. Thank you Cory! ~ James
I absolutely LOVE the illustration on the homepage... gorgeous. Who did it?
Hi inkvision, Thanks for positive review on the drawing. Glad you like it! It was created by me (James Gang), or one of my clones, I'm not sure which. But really, it was nothing, we just copied Cory. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by doctorow. Thank you doctorow. ~ James