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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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Recalendaribrate

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: ree kahl end err ib rayt

Sentence: Due to the size of the bump and the duration of her husband's tour of duty, she was forced to recalendaribrate the pregnancy, her son was four and a half years in the womb before he appeared.

Etymology: calendar, recalibrate

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Rezz

Created by: Auxilizz

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Optichronate

Created by: chofu67

Pronunciation: op tee crow nate

Sentence: With a little optichronation of the postage meter, we were able to post mark our payment so that they appeared to be on time.

Etymology: Optimize + chronos (time)

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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

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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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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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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

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Chronomorphose

Created by: mbacon

Pronunciation: Krono mawr fox

Sentence: Betty chronomorphosed her birthdate so she could get the senior's discount

Etymology: Chrono meaning time, and morphose, from metamorphose meaning to transform

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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.

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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

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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!