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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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Hahagopigeony
Created by: ajamay
Pronunciation: HA HA I kill myself...
Sentence: I'd like to hahagopigeony on my boss this year.
Etymology: Middle Python/Old English
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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Fealicity
Created by: beast
Pronunciation: Fair-li-city
Sentence: The fealicity formed by the doves in the sky made the soldiers feel a sense of warmth and peace on Christmas's eve.
Etymology: Feather + Felicity
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)
Peacepot
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation: pisspot
Sentence: A pigeon overhead might cause you to hear a splat, a dove, a peacepot
Etymology: the symbol of peace spreads pot luck
Aviethotic
Created by: Aioua
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I'm feeling rather aviethotic today.
Etymology:
Transdoving
Created by: breastplate
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I was totally transdoving the other day and I was happy because I hadn't done it recently.
Etymology:
Contemguantribute
Created by: omista
Pronunciation: con-tem-guan-tri-bUt
Sentence: Jane was stuck in line at the airport security, late for her plane with no power to do anything about it, all that was left for her was a special gift for the NSA: contemguantribution. After all it is the thought that counts, right.
Etymology: contem(plate), guan(o), (retri/contri)tribution
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
Tirdbombbird
Created by: ChrisCarrk
Pronunciation: terd-bohm-bird
Sentence: That tirdbombbird sure left a mark in my jacket!
Etymology: tird+bomb+bird
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