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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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Tannenbomber
Created by: ipmcleod
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I was momentarily angry about the black BMW convertible that hijacked my parking spot, but then I saw the pigeons in the tree above it and knew that he would be tannenbombed.
Etymology: Tannenbaum (German for Giftmas tree) + bomber (postmodern Urbanian for bird above you)
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
Parapoop
Created by: fmgene
Pronunciation: para- poop
Sentence: she imagined that she was parapooping the festival crowds
Etymology: paratroop
Gifectate
Created by: bungle
Pronunciation: giff-a-cate
Sentence: And lo, the Christmas Dove did gifecate over the shoppers
Etymology: gift & defecate
Merroopirdmas
Created by: Dormin87
Pronunciation: mare-oop-erd-mus
Sentence: As I was flying above the sea of people, I thought to myself "Merroopirdmas to all" before I dropped a large white bomb on them all.
Etymology: Merry Christmas, merged with bird poop
Poopdreams
Created by: gwenaverill
Pronunciation: poop-dreems
Sentence: Sandra indulged herself in poopdreams, picturing the excited faces of her intended targets when they discovered their "present"
Etymology: poop + dreams
Psychornithocrapulence
Created by: vainglorious11
Pronunciation: S-eye-k-or-nih-th-oh-k-rap-you-l-en-ss
Sentence: Waiting in the massive line for the boxing day sale, I caught myself in a bout of psychornithocrapulence.
Etymology: Psych- for mental, ornitho- for bird-related, and crapulence for, well, crap.
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COMMENTS:
This particular case might be better termed "caterval (crowd-related) psychornithocrapulence. - vainglorious11, 2006-12-18: 19:31:00
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Crapmas
Created by: memexikon
Pronunciation: crap mas
Sentence: The angels of light have annointed you with the divine essence of crapmas.
Etymology: crap + christmas
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COMMENTS:
In eastern Europe it is actually considered good luck if a pigeon craps on you. - memexikon, 2006-12-18: 09:27:00
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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