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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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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
Bendgenda
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bend-jen-duh
Sentence: Time is not a linear concept for Tony. It is a loosely defined set of events that can be used to fit whatever meets his current bendgenda.
Etymology: bend (to direct or turn in a particular direction) agenda (a list, plan, outline, or the like, of things to be done)
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)
Dememoir
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dimemwär
Sentence: Despite the fact that his dementia means he can\'t remember many of the events he was writing about the retired politician is busy crafting his dememoir. If history makes him look bad he merely changes the dates or sequence of events to put himself in a better light. If you were to add up his account of experience in various offices, he started his career in public service at the age of seven.
Etymology: dementia (a chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning) + memoir (a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources)
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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Callowarp
Created by: w5lf9s
Pronunciation: cal-o-warp
Sentence: She has been reprimanded several times for callowarping
Etymology: from calender + warp
Timwizz
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: tim-wisss
Sentence: No problem to change that date, just call the timwizz, he's there for all your changes whatever you want
Etymology: tim from time wizz from wizzard
Teetertautological
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: tee/ter/tot/o/log/i/cal
Sentence: He knew his teetertautological technique would put a better spin on exactly why they got married in the first place.
Etymology: teeter (as in vacillate) + tautological (true by virtue of its logical form alone)
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COMMENTS:
nice word! - Alchemist, 2007-01-31: 17:35:00
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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
Seqlieging
Created by: pandafever
Pronunciation: seek-ly-jing
Sentence: All it took was a little bit of seqlieging to fool the history professor.
Etymology:
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!