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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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Duplicious
Created by: ratbastid
Pronunciation: doo-PLI-shus
Sentence: The latest track by MC Master Juicy Fresh is so duplicious, I had to squeep it out to everyone on my buddy list. (See also: squeep)
Etymology: duplicate + delicious
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COMMENTS:
Did you bookmark twice it on dup.lic.io.us? - petaj, 2007-05-08: 05:17:00
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Oureka
Created by: verysimplegame
Pronunciation: Ow-ree-ka
Sentence: Overflowing with the joy of the moment, I ourekaed the email again and again, pausing only occasionally to babble incoherently.
Etymology: Our + Eureka
Cloneforall
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: clone-for-all
Sentence: The four horsemen donned their identical outfits featuring feathered hats and sharp swords before jumping onto their identical horses. "Cloneforall and all for clone" they shouted their motto in recognition that their costume was so de rigeur that everyone should be provisioned just so. Kicking their horses' flanks they rode into town to distribute a similar ensemble to each of the good burghers.
Etymology: motto of the three musketeers + clone
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COMMENTS:
Great sentence! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-07: 12:06:00
I just keep imagining the cone(clone) heads from Saturday Night Live - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-07: 12:56:00
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Giveray
Created by: jonobo
Pronunciation: give-a-ray
Sentence: I gaveray all my words. I giveray my girlfriend :)
Etymology: A remix of "give-away to everyone".
Adoropy
Created by: Jeaneai
Pronunciation: Ah-door-oh-pee
Sentence: Frank was so completely entranced by Melanie's good looks that he created fifteen thousand full sized, cardboard cut-outs of her picture and placed them all around his office.
Etymology: Adore, copy
Lubbit
Created by: imagica
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The woman's new purse was definitly a lubbit, must-have!
Etymology:
Perfeocast
Created by: brucee10
Pronunciation: Pur-fee-o-cast
Sentence: That song is so tight I had to perfeocast it out to my peeps on Myspace.
Etymology: Perfect + Mimeograph + broadcast
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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Freepimp
Created by: heb319
Pronunciation: free pimp
Sentence: Josh freepimped his car, his girlfriend, and the videogame he created, so he ended up bankrupt and living on skid row.
Etymology: free-at no monetary cost; pimp-charging a fee for use. Thus giving away which usually needs to be bought.
Loonux
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: loo nuks
Sentence: He used loonux to develop his huge network of loonies.
Etymology: loon linux
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