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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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Manipuspace
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: man-ip-yu-spayce
Sentence: Millicent manipuspaced every story to the point where the group were left scratching their heads in complete disarray.
Etymology: manipulate + space (as in time)
Seqlieging
Created by: pandafever
Pronunciation: seek-ly-jing
Sentence: All it took was a little bit of seqlieging to fool the history professor.
Etymology:
Accomnodate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ak kom no dayt
Sentence: Samuel Adams was such a cad. He would accomnodate many events in his history to escape blame, especially when it fitted his extra-marital activities. If he had his way, his children would be mins 8 and minus 12!
Etymology: Accomodate (make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose) & No date (eliminated time or day)
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COMMENTS:
Even if you're good (and you aren't that good) nobody is so good they get the most votes every time. You are obviously gaming the system. Why?! - Koekbroer, 2012-06-07: 11:13:00
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Datetripper
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: dayt/trip/er
Sentence: He was a datetripper - Sunday driver yeah - it took me so long to find out -his chronology was the only one that mattered and that made him sing
Etymology: daytripper + date
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
Rosytime
Created by: BMott
Pronunciation: Ro-zy Time
Sentence: He indulged in a bit of rosytime when filling out his resume, indicating that he was employed steadily.
Etymology: rosy - looking through rose colored glasses to see only the good. time - well, that one is obvious.
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.
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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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!