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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.

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Altarerioration

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: al tar ree er ayshun

Sentence: When Benny married Bertha, he made a slight altarerioration to their marriage date. They had been married overseas, without family present. Instead of November, he recorded it as April. This was just to make sure that their baby, Swen, looked like he was planned. The truth was that Benny had forgotten to go to the drugstore...

Etymology: Altar (a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made;where vows are exchanged in the church at a wedding) & Alteration (the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification) & Ulterior (lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)

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Callowarp

Created by: w5lf9s

Pronunciation: cal-o-warp

Sentence: She has been reprimanded several times for callowarping

Etymology: from calender + warp

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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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Chronolify

Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: kron-ol-i-fi

Sentence: Gillian saw absolutely no harm in subjecting the date of birth on her CV to a quick bit of chronolification.

Etymology: chronology (order of time) + modify (to alter slightly)

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Hackdate

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: hak dayt

Sentence: Who knew when computers were invented that we could illegally invade people's computer systems and change our lives. Because I could hackdate my employer's network, I improved my performance scores from last review; gave myself a bigger raise and had warnings placed in an enemy colleague's file. And best of all, I am now actually only 29...oh, no, I am going to have to work there longer now...Bummer!

Etymology: Hack (fix a computer program piecemeal until it works;electronically invade a computer site or system) & Backdate (make effective from an earlier date)

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Anachrotunize

Created by: pseudoking

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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)

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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

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