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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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Ripoffligate
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: RIPOFF-LIH-GATE
Sentence: The despicable Professor Mindell purloined my original nutty ideas and shamelessly touted them as his own in a sickening display of the worst kind of RIPOFFLIGATE behavior ever seen in the halls of macadamia.
Etymology: RIPOFF+profLIGATE; RIPOFF-Late 20th century term meaning to steal PROFLIGATE-1. Openly and shamelessly immoral; dissipated; dissolute. 2. Recklessly wasteful
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COMMENTS:
A true story from Bogus Community College... - metrohumanx, 2008-07-07: 07:14:00
Funny - TJayzz, 2008-07-07: 08:55:00
That's ONE DISTURBING buzz-cut in the illustration. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-07: 08:58:00
shades of Watergate - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-07: 11:31:00
Professor Mindel is clearly just another macadamia nut. Great word....sounds so Washington DCish. - Mustang, 2008-07-07: 19:01:00
The nutty professor strikes again:good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-07: 19:27:00
Ripoffligate - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-25: 14:18:00
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Digivalry
Created by: teleolurian
Pronunciation: didj-IV-ul-ree
Sentence: Out of digivalry, I just sent you a link to my mp3 server.
Etymology: digital + chivalry
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COMMENTS:
It's nice to see such kindness (and clever words) in this day and age. - wordmeister, 2007-05-07: 21:50:00
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Allyourbasitis
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: all your base are belong to us - ha ha ha!
Sentence: That "god kills a kitten" picture has showed up in my inbox about 25 times - looks like some folks have got a serious case of allyourbasitis.
Etymology: all your base! all your base! all your base are belong to us!
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COMMENTS:
This might be the funniest word I've ever seen on verbotomy. Good job! - iwasatripwire, 2007-05-07: 17:41:00
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Cloningenuous
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: klone-in-gen-u-ous
Sentence: It never occured to Matt that his recycled opinions weren't original. Even if he could acknowledge this fact, he was such a cloningenuous that he'd assume the person he'd knicked his ideas from would be flattered.
Etymology: cloning (identical copying or imitation) + ingenuous (naive, innocent)
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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Ubiquitate
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: yoo-BIK-wi-teyt
Sentence: Colin endeavored to ubiquitate his sister's comeback, fearing that it might slip into obscurity.
Etymology: Portmanteau: ubiquitous + imitate
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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Cheerox
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: CHEER-ahks
Sentence: Alex vigorously cheeroxed his invention of the self-buttering waffle, but it never caught on.
Etymology: cheer + Xerox
Psychiclone
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sy kik klone
Sentence: Roger had gotten his grant to further study the likelihood of mass-cloning an individual. It had taken lots of persuasion and hard work on his part to convince the powers that be that this could be a worthwhile pursuit. He had sold them with ideas like, "Imagine being able to psychiclone the Queen or The President or any other famous leader so that governments remained stable and economies did not suffer through misfortunate events". They had bought it and now only he knew how to achieve this miracle. He got busy and psychicloned one hundred new clones. The only trouble was that the one he psychicloned was himself and then he immediately disappeared, so that the authorities never knew which one to arrest...Bring on the clones!
Etymology: Psychic (pertaining to forces or mental processes outside the possibilities defined by natural or scientific laws;affecting or influenced by the human mind) & Psyche (that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason) & Clone (an unauthorized copy or imitation;make multiple identical copies of) & Sounds like Cyclone (a violent rotating windstorm)
Vanderzygobian
Created by: melonhead
Pronunciation: Vahn-Der-Zy-GOH-Be-in
Sentence: Her snooty attitude makes her too much of a vanderzygobian
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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