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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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Timeswapping
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: time swapping
Sentence: i´m not lying, i´m only timeswapping
Etymology: time and swapping as in changing
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COMMENTS:
Hey Josje, This word is terrific - wordmeister, 2007-02-09: 09:49:00
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Timetabull
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: TIMEtable
Sentence: When profusely apologizing for being late didn't cut it, Bob tried to timetabull the client into thinking that it was she who was actually early, as their company had switched over to New Guinea Standard Time.
Etymology: timetable, bullsh*t
Callowarp
Created by: w5lf9s
Pronunciation: cal-o-warp
Sentence: She has been reprimanded several times for callowarping
Etymology: from calender + warp
Revisiondate
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: rhee-viz-shun-dayt
Sentence: It was easy to revisiondate the conception of their oldest child to make it seem like he was truely legitimate, since he was born 8 months after they were married.
Etymology: revision + date
Laxidaisytime
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: lax ee daisy time
Sentence: Franks constant laxidaisytime antics left Freeda not knowing which decade she was in.
Etymology: from lackadaisic and time. Cos lackadaisical is being forgetful and not worrying about it.
Datemunging
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: date-munge-ing
Sentence: Bill and Janet were datemunging so that their children wouldn't figure out when they were conceived.
Etymology: date + munge
Chronorwell
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: Kro-norr-well
Sentence: How could Peter explain missing his essay deadline? He didn't have to - he simply chronorwelled, and no-one guessed the truth.
Etymology: Chronos+Orwell+well. Chronos - Greek for "time". Orwell - the author of '1984' in which the IngSoc party employs people to rewrite history for the Party's benefit.
Retroflirt
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ret-ro-flert
Sentence: Though he knew better, Rodney hoped his audacious claim to have changed their marriage date would convince Lou Anne that it was ok for him to retroflirt.
Etymology: Retro - go back in time, flirt - have romantic interludes with women
Factenhance
Created by: jonzerofourteen
Pronunciation: fakt en hanse
Sentence: Jim considered himself a top gun real estate agent. Still, he’d need to factenhance like he’d never factenhanced before if he was going to offload this piece of garbage.
Etymology: fact (reality truth) + enhance (to intensify or increase in value or quality)
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!