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'Hey, you're copying me!'

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.

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Lokulize

Andradir

Created by: Andradir

Pronunciation: lock-oo-lies

Sentence: That man is lokulizing a famous singer, he copys his style

Etymology: from: look alike

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Repeatalize

Created by: benjamin

Pronunciation: re-peet-a-lize

Sentence: He fancied himself a sort of content preacher; reverend John104, repeatalized the HD-DVD key to every message board, blog, and fourm denizen he could fine.

Etymology: repeat, evangelize

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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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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

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Chainlitter

Created by: theCountess

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Sentence: Edna was known for chainlittering, with her indiscriminate bulk forwarding of all trivial emails.

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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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Shanger

Created by: mikebezner

Pronunciation: shayn-gur

Sentence: Clearly Jason had no choice but to shanger the XT560 for everyone he knew after realizing how much it had changed his life.

Etymology: Share, Shangri-La

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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:

teleolurian mellifluous - teleolurian, 2007-05-07: 19:11:00

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Emupulse

Created by: mana1066

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Explunge

Created by: dmule5

Pronunciation: Ex-plunge

Sentence: Maria feels the need to explunge her newfound beliefs on everyone she meets.

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Xeroxerific

Created by: daisy

Pronunciation: zee-roks-er-if-ic

Sentence: I don't just want to be with you, I want to BE you - you are xeroxerific!

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-07: 02:33:00
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

inkvision inkvision - 2007-05-07: 20:58:00
I absolutely LOVE the illustration on the homepage... gorgeous. Who did it?

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-07: 21:40:00
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

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-11-23: 00:25:00
Today's definition was suggested by doctorow. Thank you doctorow. ~ James