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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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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
Chainlitter
Created by: theCountess
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Edna was known for chainlittering, with her indiscriminate bulk forwarding of all trivial emails.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
nice - galwaywegian, 2009-11-23: 17:55:00
good one - Nosila, 2009-11-24: 01:13:00
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Duzhypel
Created by: whipspeak
Pronunciation: dohz-hahyp-uhl
Sentence: Peta Paul and his Duzhypels were fired up about their Kinkos volume discount.
Etymology: Disciple: follower; an active adherent + Does: 3rd pers. sing. pres. indic. of Do + hype: promote or publicize showily
Clonecopia
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: klohn-co-PI-a
Sentence: Everything seemed fine when the scientists promised a clonecopia of the world best politicians, until there was a glitch in the program and they ended up with a clowncopia. Oh, perhaps there wasn't a glitch, after all.
Etymology: Clone: a person or thing that duplicates, imitates, or closely resembles another in appearance, function, performance, or style; to produce a copy or imitation of. & COPIA of cornucopia: the property of being extremely abundant; profusion of detail; syn: plenty, profusion, profuseness, richness; an inexhaustible store : abundance; land of milk and honey.
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COMMENTS:
CLONECOPIA by Ozziebob has a LOT going for it...
It's gonna be hard to choose the best words today with such a plethora of gems. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-07: 08:53:00
Great word - TJayzz, 2008-07-07: 08:57:00
very nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-07: 11:32:00
Even though I suffer from clownophobia, I think your word gives me Chuckles! - Nosila, 2008-07-07: 20:32:00
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Mainstreamify
Created by: bpc99149
Pronunciation: main/stream/if/eye
Sentence: He was horrified to hear his favorite indie band on the radio, for fear that they were trying to mainstreamify themselves.
Etymology: Verb form of "mainstream."
Lokulize
Created by: Andradir
Pronunciation: lock-oo-lies
Sentence: That man is lokulizing a famous singer, he copys his style
Etymology: from: look alike
Gnuplicate
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: g-nooo-plee-kate
Sentence: Alvin was so egotistical that he decided to GNUplicate his genetic material and distribute himself freely to anyone who wanted to have him; however, once the open source developers got through with him he wasn't anything like himself. Everyone agreed, though, that they liked him better than himself, including his mother, who downloaded him to see if she could make some improvements on the original.
Etymology: GNU (pronounced g-noo as one syllable with no vowel sound) is General Public License software that is "free" in the sense that the licensee can run, copy, distribute, change and improve the software. Developers from the Free Software Foundation depend on public interaction, improvement and support to continue their work and because of it, many software programs that were once financially out of the reach of certain entities such as schools can now use sophisticated software tools for teaching + duplicate: identically copied from an original
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COMMENTS:
cute - Nosila, 2009-11-23: 19:24:00
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Lamogrande
Created by: DavidShantz
Pronunciation: Lay-mo-gran-day
Sentence: This guy won't last a week, LamoGrande
Etymology: Lame (surf)+ Oh + Grande (Spanish) Meaning: ineffective and maladroit on a monumental scale
Whydidnitinkadat
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: wh eye did neye tinka dat
Sentence: he sent another whydidnitinkadat to all his friends, hoping they wouldn't break in the post and irradiate the postman.
Etymology: why didn't i think of that
Mimeopath
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: mim-ee-oh-path
Sentence: Jill did a mimeopath of herself in her prom dress, handing it out to everyone she knew and didn't know.
Etymology: mimeograph, psychopath
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COMMENTS:
mellifluous - 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