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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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Tirdbombbird
Created by: ChrisCarrk
Pronunciation: terd-bohm-bird
Sentence: That tirdbombbird sure left a mark in my jacket!
Etymology: tird+bomb+bird
Poologium
Created by: wysware
Pronunciation: poo-lo-ji-um
Sentence: i delivered my poologium to the masses from on high
Etymology: poo (faeces) eulogium (praise)
Avianfever
Created by: erwalter
Pronunciation: a·vi·an·fe·ver
Sentence: She would often sit and daydream about coming down with avianfever so that she could leave all her worries behind.
Etymology: avian-bird; fever-illness or like
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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Wishit
Created by: Flixst
Pronunciation: wi-sht
Sentence: While I was doing my speech I was wishting the crowd.
Etymology: wish + sit
Doottillate
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: sht-uh-late
Sentence: At the office Xmas party, the greasy VP was shttillating every secretary he could corner
Etymology: sht - sht titillate - to exite another pleasurably
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)
Gifectate
Created by: bungle
Pronunciation: giff-a-cate
Sentence: And lo, the Christmas Dove did gifecate over the shoppers
Etymology: gift & defecate
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