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DEFINITION: v. To agree with someone, not because they are right, but because it would be rude, or unwise, to correct them.
Verboticisms
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Civilinquish
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˌsɪvlˈɪŋkwɪʃ/
Sentence: Not only did he refuse to civilinquish his viewpoints at the hot dog festival, but he also started handing out flyers advertising the university vegetarian's club.
Etymology: From civility + relinquish
Situagree
Created by: justinchau
Pronunciation: sit-you-ah-gree
Sentence: I regularly situagree with my boss on his opinions about the current stock market.
Etymology: situation + agree
Fibulate
Created by: BMott
Pronunciation: Fib - u - late
Sentence: I frequently fibulate to my boyfriend because I don't want him to know it's not THE biggest ever...
Etymology: Fib - Lie ulate - From Formulate
Subdoormat
Created by: theyellowbunny
Pronunciation:
Sentence: "You're going to subdoormat yourself again? Get a backbone and speak up!"
Etymology:
Speakqueasy
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: speek/kwee/zy
Sentence: Whenever her boyfriend opened his first beer she began to speakqueasy lest she offend his sensibilities
Etymology: speakeasy + queasy
Nodsmiley
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation:
Sentence: That guy was so rude I used the nodsmiley technique to thwart him.
Etymology: Nod an smile
Concordunce
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: con-CORD-ance
Sentence: The team concurred with the boss, although they knew that his views showed what a fool he was. Their concordunce meant that the boss went away happy, but ignorant, and they could carry on doing things the right way.
Etymology: concord (agreement) + dunce (fool)
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COMMENTS:
I work there too! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-19: 08:08:00
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Complevasion
Created by: cellardweller
Pronunciation: com-ple-VASE-ion
Sentence: Jenny felt forced into complevasion by Mark's constant braggadocio.
Etymology: COMPLEMENTS paid by EVASION of an insult
Bravobuss
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: bravo/buss
Sentence: Tis better to be a bravobuss than face the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune with this specimen of humanity.
Etymology: The opposite of a "blunderbuss" (a dolt, fool, simpleton, or moron)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Discoveria.
Thank you Discoveria! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Discoveria.
Thank you Discoveria! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Discoveria.
Thank you Discoveria! ~ James
Discoveria - 2007-02-19: 06:38:00
I'll sit out of this one and see what words other people come up with.
diplogreeable - 2008-08-13: 03:07:00