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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.
Verboticisms
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Retroschedule
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: ret-row-skedj-yool
Sentence: To bypass all that red tape, Homer simply retroscheduled his date of birth.
Etymology: retro = past + schedule
Chronillogic
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: Kron-ill-logic
Sentence: When Dave found tickets to the opera in Jill's purse, he quickly ran out and puchased cheap, nosebleed seat tickets, to a football game, telling Jill he had his tickets first. Dave got out of going to the opera due to the chronillogic order that the tickets were purchased.
Etymology: chronologic/illogic
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COMMENTS:
good! - wordmeister, 2007-01-31: 09:49:00
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Expedates
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: ex-ped-ates
Sentence: Expedating was a strategy she used to explain why her tasks had not been completed on time.
Etymology: expedite (to accomplish promptly) + dates (days of the month)
Transmetation
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: trans/ME/tey/shun
Sentence: Like Joseph Stalin, Fred had to rewrite his history. So Fred went through a transmetation, eliminating from his life all the dates and events which he didn't like.
Etymology: transmutation + me
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COMMENTS:
Works for me! - wordmeister, 2007-01-31: 09:55:00
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Anachronedit
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /&-'na-kr&-"ne-dit/
Sentence: Isaac Newton had trouble resisting the urge to anachronedit his publications on the calculus even though it might help him in his dispute with Leibnitz.
Etymology: From ana- + chrono- (as in "anachronism") + edit
Tempusoptomy
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: tem-pus-op-to-my
Sentence: After a week he had a tempusoptomy, and it was like that night one week earlier was entirely her fault.
Etymology: tempus -time + optometry - knowledge of the eye(vision)
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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COMMENTS:
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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Timewash
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: TYME-wosh
Sentence: Jim found it easier to cope with his history of failed relationships after he timewashed his memory of how short-lived each one was.
Etymology: time + brainwash
Comments:
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!