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'But that wasn't cheating!'

DEFINITION: v. To change the dates, times or sequence of past events, in order to put a better perspective on your current situation. n. An historical date which has been "adjusted" to fit present needs.

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Doublethink

Created by: gabngar

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Malchronide

Created by: santasassassin

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Manipuspace

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: man-ip-yu-spayce

Sentence: Millicent manipuspaced every story to the point where the group were left scratching their heads in complete disarray.

Etymology: manipulate + space (as in time)

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Winstonsmith

Created by: zappalove

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Sentence: Winstonsmithing came naturally to her, from an instinctive grasp of Orwell's remark "Who controls the past controls the future"...and the present.

Etymology: From "Winston Smith", the protagonist of George Orwell's novel "1984" (1949). Winston Smith works for the so-called Ministry of Truth and his duties include altering or erasing historical records following the ever-changing dictates of his totalitarian ma

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Recalendrification

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: re cal end riff ick ay shun

Sentence: Peter hoped his quick recalendrification would work just long enough for him to step out of range of the ceremonial sword they had bought on their prerecalendrificated honeymoon.

Etymology: recalibrate+Calendar

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Chronotweak

metrohumanx

Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: CROW-NO-TWEEK

Sentence: The warranty can’t be expired. It’s too new to be so tired. I told you twice – ‘twas just last week… And that’s not simply CHRONOTWEAK!

Etymology: CHRONO-prefix relating to TIME;Greek, from chronos+ TWEAK-to make usually small adjustments in or to;probably alteration of Middle English twikken to pull sharply, from Old English twiccian to pluck.

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COMMENTS:

metrohumanx Try this for fun: http://chir.ag/stuff/sand/ - metrohumanx, 2009-09-01: 11:03:00

chronoversal themes - Nosila, 2009-09-01: 12:05:00

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Seqlieging

Created by: pandafever

Pronunciation: seek-ly-jing

Sentence: All it took was a little bit of seqlieging to fool the history professor.

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Redate

Created by: wordmeister

Pronunciation: rE-dAt

Sentence: Thanks to Tommy's expertise at redating, he lost his virginity twice. Both girls were quite pleased.

Etymology: re-date

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It's kind of obvious, but as ErWen says maybe it could become a commonly used word. - wordmeister, 2007-01-31: 10:41:00

I voted for it! Reminds me of "regifting." - ErWenn, 2007-01-31: 20:44:00

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Accomnodate

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: ak kom no dayt

Sentence: Samuel Adams was such a cad. He would accomnodate many events in his history to escape blame, especially when it fitted his extra-marital activities. If he had his way, his children would be mins 8 and minus 12!

Etymology: Accomodate (make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose) & No date (eliminated time or day)

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COMMENTS:

Even if you're good (and you aren't that good) nobody is so good they get the most votes every time. You are obviously gaming the system. Why?! - Koekbroer, 2012-06-07: 11:13:00

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Billandtedit

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: bill-and-ted-it

Sentence: in order to prosper on the dating scene she decided to billandtedit her two failed marriages out of her past

Etymology: edit, bill and ted

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Brilliant! - ErWenn, 2007-01-31: 01:37:00

Excellent, even! - ErWenn, 2007-01-31: 01:38:00

You'll win this one, easy! - allwise, 2007-01-31: 02:01:00

Dude! - cryptc, 2007-01-31: 02:01:00

I've never seen the movie. Here's the description: "Two seemingly dumb teens struggle to prepare a historical presentation with the help of a time machine." Verbawesome word, Rik! - purpleartichokes, 2007-01-31: 06:21:00

excellllllllent ! - toadstool57, 2007-01-31: 07:33:00

good !! - adbern, 2007-01-31: 14:19:00

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allwise - 2007-01-31: 02:00:00
I think you'll win this one easy!

wordmeister - 2007-01-31: 10:42:00
Wow, "R" is the letter of the day!