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DEFINITION: To imagine that you are peace dove, or maybe a pigeon, flying high above the crowd and dropping your best wishes on everyone.
Verboticisms
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Poopspotting
Created by: LenhardtLac
Pronunciation: /PhPSPaTN'/
Sentence: Yaaakkk! I've been poopspotted by a flock of seagulls!
Etymology: ...no, I don't have to explain...
Peacecrementalize
Created by: msnyder
Pronunciation: peace - crement - a - lyze
Sentence: Santa said, come on up on my sled and peacecrementalize with me as we fly over New York.
Etymology: central appalachain
Fantaseasonsdroppings
Created by: celeron450
Pronunciation: fan-ta-seasons-droppings
Sentence: Mary went into a state of fantaseasonsdroppings when she saw the long lines at her local mall.
Etymology: fantasy, seasons greetings, bird droppings
Gravituity
Created by: DarthWader
Pronunciation: grav ih two ih tee
Sentence: Jonathan (Livingston Seagull) and his compatriots flew high above the Christmas vacationers on the beaches below, bestowing ample holiday gravituity for all to enjoy.
Etymology: gravity (the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth) + gratuity (present, gift)
Hesculate
Created by: oddnuance
Pronunciation: Hess-q-late
Sentence: While staring down from the empire state building, I found myself hesculating.
Etymology:
Ornitholohgee
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: awr nith oll oh geee
Sentence: he parroted on and on til he was silenced by a well placed ornathologee
Etymology: ornithology oh gee
Gifturd
Created by: johnnyrockett
Pronunciation: Gif-turd
Sentence: As I was looking for a present for my wife, I looked up and ended up with a gifturd in my eye.
Etymology: Obviously gift+turd
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COMMENTS:
Did you share that gift? - jrogan, 2006-12-18: 00:52:00
The gift that keeps on giving... - johnnyrockett, 2006-12-18: 20:47:00
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Comments:
Crapatulation
camel - 2006-12-18: 13:38:00
All these nouns & adjectives really irk me; in fact, I'm escafating at the thought of you nounoticists & adjectivists.
ErWenn - 2006-12-18: 13:45:00
This may be a case of a definition carrying too much content. Why the imagining? Why not "To drop your best wishes on everyone, as a peace dove or pigeon"? Or maybe just "To poop on someone, as a dove or pigeon"? You can always elaborate the circumstances in the little comic (which always amuses me, by the way).
ErWenn - 2006-12-18: 13:46:00
I like the new set-up as far as it hides voting results and rankings and how it randomizes the words, but it'd be nice if I could get a list of all the words submitted. Otherwise, I keep hitting "More..." over and over again, just in case I missed one randomly.
gwenaverill - 2006-12-18: 14:51:00
Definitely. Also, I'm having a hard time finding the results now, even for words I've already voted on.
gwenaverill - 2006-12-18: 14:53:00
You know something else that might work well? Have a time window for submitting verboticisms and a different time window for voting on them. For example, we submit the definitions of this word all day today, and then new words cannot be created, and tomorrow we vote on all the entries at the same time as we create the next verboticism. It would cut down on the "early bird" syndrome in voting.
Hey ErWenn and Gwenaverill, Thanks for your comments! We are in the early days of the game so we appreciate your suggestions. We will make a complete list verboticisims available, and we are workinfg on the timing. Thanks ~ James