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DEFINITION: v. To generously allow others to precede you in hopes that they will identify, reduce, and perhaps be eliminated by, the potential hazards. n. A gesture of courtesy which is really the lead-in to a trap.
Verboticisms
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Goahhhead
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: go ahhhh head
Sentence: The benefit of telling guests goahhhhead was that if the canapes tasted bad, they would find out first. There was no need to try all those fattening foods! The guests would determine the palatability!
Etymology: From: GO A HEAD and AHHHH.
Precanarize
Created by: administraitor
Pronunciation: pree-can-a-raiz
Sentence: Fearing that grandfather was about to change his will, the siblings elected his favorite, Darlene, she of the silken hair, angelic smile and hourglass figure to precanarize the old bas...d with a visit to (hopefully) his deathbed.
Etymology: pre (before) + canary (as in coal mine)
Puzzlekill
Created by: Rheelax246
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Jacob's idea to allow the cat to frolic into the trap was a puzzlekill.
Etymology: new
Secondwary
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: sek-und-ware-ee
Sentence: It was a good thing that Bob became secondwary and let his friend sign up first for the all-expenses paid vacation to... Once the line cleared, the word "Afghanistan" was revealed.
Etymology: secondary, wary
Decoytesy
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: de-coy-tes-y
Sentence: Micky was given a great decoytesy when he was tricked into putting a bell on the cat by the mayor of the mouse kingdom.
Etymology: decoy:a means to mislead or lead into danger; entrap + courtesy: given or done as a polite gesture
Courtierstwhile
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: curt-ee-erst-while
Sentence: Galahad succeeded to the court by deploying a courtierstwhile strategy. He always allowed others to go before him in a show of courtesy, but they often fell into bear traps, dragon's lairs or other medieval dangers only to become his bygone friends.
Etymology: courteous + courtier + erstwhile (bygone, former)
Deathiquette
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: dett ee ket
Sentence: His sense of deathiquette had won him many admirers, and kept all of his detractors silent.
Etymology: etiquette, death
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COMMENTS:
Morbid, but descriptive. - Clayton, 2007-06-26: 10:57:00
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Maltruism
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: MAL-troo-iz-uhm
Sentence: Don Vito's maltruism was most evident near revolving doors.
Etymology: mal- + altruism
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COMMENTS:
I suppose he often let his friends try the dodgy brew first so that he could avoice malt ruism. - petaj, 2007-06-26: 03:15:00
sigh. Hit the c and the e, but couldn't seem to hit the d! Avoid, avoid, avoid, avoid (100 times) - petaj, 2007-06-26: 03:16:00
Finally, avoice of reason. - Clayton, 2007-06-26: 07:06:00
Avoice and ruism are actually examples of my intellexicon. - petaj, 2007-06-26: 07:46:00
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Comments:
purpleartichokes - 2007-06-26: 11:12:00
Hey James, can we vote for the old words? I voted, but didn't get a point. The word, however, got 3 points.
Hi Purple, Yes you should be able to vote for the old words. I will check the logic to make sure it scores properly. ~ James
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