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DEFINITION: v. To copy and share an idea, thing, or person because you think that it's so wonderful that everyone should have one. n. An open source clone.
Verboticisms
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Reusination
Created by: 1badmf
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Reusination is quite popular among today's college students. Sharing ideas to benefit others.
Etymology:
Plagiariffic
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: plag/are/if/ick
Sentence: Joe is plagiarific. As a salesman, he uses all of the latest and greatest ideas he "borrowed" from the business books on the 'Best Sellers List' and shares them with his clients to impress them.
Etymology: PLAGIARIFFIC - noun - from PLAGIARIZE (to take and use ideas, or passages from another's work)+ TERRIFIC (extremely good; wonderful)
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COMMENTS:
Welcome back, Stevenson0! - Nosila, 2009-11-24: 01:14:00
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Imitake
Created by: fredini
Pronunciation: Im-i-take
Sentence: He is so imitaking your style!
Etymology: imitate +take
Snapportion
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: snap/or/shun
Sentence: He made several hundred copies of his favourite photo so he could snapportion them to all his friends.
Etymology: snap + apportion
Idolspread
Created by: pifty
Pronunciation: ajdolspred
Sentence: he adores that man so much that he idolspreads his image everywhere.
Etymology: idol + spread
Esteemulate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: es teem yu late
Sentence: A lot of money and prestige was riding on it. How many other young comedians had gotten the chance to star on not just one hit series, but three at a time? How did he get his scripts memorized, rehearse and do all those press appearances for the media? People often wondered, until they met his large family, especially his twin brother, Larry. Larry had invented the Esteemulate Machine. Yes, you guessed it, he had esteemulated several copies of his famous brother, Drew Carey, so that he could star simultaneously on several hit shows. There was his own show, "The Drew Carey Show";his "Whose Line is it Anyway" show and now he was replacing Bob Barker on "The Price is Right". Not to mentioned all his appearances on "The Tonight Show"; "Last Comic Standing"; "Conan O'Brien";"Craig Ferguson" and "Oprah";"Ellen DeGeneres" and of course, "What Not To Wear"(...okay, he hadn't really been on that show, but he should have) Yes, Larry was so proud of his brother, he became a real Drew-Id!
Etymology: esteem(an attitude of admiration or esteem; a feeling of delighted approval and liking;regard highly; think much of) & take your pick: simulate;imitate;replicate;duplicate;emulate;recreate (all meaning to copy or reproduce)
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COMMENTS:
ESTEEMULATE by Nosila gets a very high ranking in my book.
As usual, we get a LOT of bang for our BUCK.....Thanks. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-07: 08:50:00
All those big bucks!! Impressive...that's a lot of esteemed clams. - Mustang, 2008-07-07: 19:03:00
Clever blend - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-07: 19:33:00
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Overdostrescuatro
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: oh/vur/dohs/trez/quatro
Sentence: Be careful about how much you imitate someone because you might overdostrescuatro
Etymology: overdose (over supply)+ spanish 2 3 4 dos tres cuatro
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COMMENTS:
he he. Sounds like drugged out musicians playing from the same songbook! - petaj, 2007-05-07: 06:21:00
Very creative!! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-07: 13:08:00
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Karmagate
Created by: Kurisu
Pronunciation: KAR-muh-gayt
Sentence: This show is so fantastic, it needs to karmagate more freely.
Etymology: Karma: the force generated by a person's actions held in Hinduism and Buddhism to perpetuate transmigration + propagate (and you should look that one up for yourself if you don't know it, because there are several applicable meanings)
Repligrating
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: REP lih grate ing
Sentence: The mass e-mails in my mailbox each day are really repligrating on my nerves. Some of them say, "Hello, Friend" or "Here's good luck to pass on," and demand that I cut-and-paste portions and send them to 20 friends. I must have seen some of the same ones 10 or 15 times already. Judging from the number of times I get them and DON'T forward them on, I guess I will soon suffer grave misfortune AND have no friends.
Etymology: replicate + grating (annoying, irritating)
Plagiarific
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: plag/er/if/ick
Sentence: Teddy was a plagiarific salesman of the latest and greatest ideas he "borrowed" from the business books on the 'Best Sellers List'.
Etymology: plagiarize + terrific
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COMMENTS:
rolls off the tongue. - teleolurian, 2007-05-07: 19:11:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was inspired by Cory Doctorow's short stories "Printcrime" and "I-Robot" which are both appear in Overclocked. Thank you Cory! ~ James
I absolutely LOVE the illustration on the homepage... gorgeous. Who did it?
Hi inkvision, Thanks for positive review on the drawing. Glad you like it! It was created by me (James Gang), or one of my clones, I'm not sure which. But really, it was nothing, we just copied Cory. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by doctorow. Thank you doctorow. ~ James