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'Some weirdo keeps taking pictures on my ear!'

DEFINITION: v. To secretly take a photo of someone with your cellphone. n. A cellphone photo, especially if it was taken surreptitiously.

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Mobileguile

Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Mow-bial-gy-al

Sentence: Fiona used mobileguile to take a photo of the new manager at work (who she had the hots for) to show all her friends in the pub how gorgeous he was.

Etymology: Mobile(as mobile phone) + Guile(sly,cunning) = Mobileguile

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A rhyme is good anytime! Nice one - silveryaspen, 2009-02-06: 22:19:00

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Copervert

GlobalGallery

Created by: GlobalGallery

Pronunciation: ko-per-vert

Sentence: Coach Wilson was a suspected copervert. Whenever the cheerleading squad walked by him he always got an incoming call. He then stood around tapping his thumb on his handset while talking nonsense to noboby.

Etymology: covert + pervert

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Skulkleptofurtigrab

metrohumanx

Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: skull-KLEPTO-fur-ti-GRAB (skulkleptofurtigraph)

Sentence: Sookie was lovely but shy and quite sneaky. Multiple piercings made her seem freaky. She shunned all the guys that she could've brought home, Preferring to just snap their pix with her phone. Sookie was later ejected from the local mall for trying to SKULKLEPTOFURTIGRAB a compromising shot of Santa Claus and his overworked captive Elf. She later returned wearing a ghillie suit, and is now undergoing court-ordered recalcitraining for her new-age affliction.

Etymology: SKULk+KLEPTOmania+FURTIve+GRAB= SKULKLEPTOFURTIGRAB.....SKULK:to act in a stealthy or furtive manner,to hide or conceal something (as oneself) often out of cowardice or fear or with sinister intent;Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect skulka to lie in wait, lurk.....KLEPTOmania:a persistent neurotic impulse to steal especially without economic motive; New Latin 1830.....FURTIVE:obtained underhandedly,done by stealth, surreptitious, sly;French or Latin; French furtif, from Latin furtivus, from furtum theft, from fur thief, from or akin to Greek phōr thief; akin to Greek pherein to carry.....GRAB: to obtain unscrupulously, to take hastily,to take or seize by a sudden motion or grasp; obsolete Dutch or Low German grabben.

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metrohumanx GHILLIE SUIT:A ghillie suit, originally designed for hunting and now also used for military operations, is arguably the best type of wearable camouflage. Specifically, the suit is a full body piece of clothing that is designed to break up your body's outline and add texture. - metrohumanx, 2009-02-06: 09:00:00

You deserve a prize for the most sizable verbotomies and etymologies!Sighs-able! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-06: 22:25:00

metrohumanx Thanks Silvery! Next week i'll stive to reduce. - metrohumanx, 2009-02-08: 11:43:00

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Cryptpic

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: crypt/pic 

Sentence: Cryptpics are showing up all over MySpace and Facebook with the incredible improvement of cell phone cameras and the surreptitious manner in people are taking them.

Etymology: CRYPTPIC - noun from CRYPTIC (secret) + PIC (picture)

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like it... - mweinmann, 2009-02-06: 08:16:00

excellent - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-06: 11:55:00

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Smartshot

Created by: scrabbelicious

Pronunciation: smɑːtːʃɒt

Sentence: Buster became very swift with the old 1:2, or was it 4:3? It didn't matter, the smartshot was another knockout.

Etymology: Smart : Clever like a phone, ring like a good verbotomy word. Shot : Photograph, perhaps cheap. Also to strike a blow, esp. in boxing.

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Photosinthisis

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: foe-toe-SIN-this-is

Sentence: Knowing she was once again committing an act of photosinthisis by sneaking a picture of Lawton while he showered, Juanita nevertheless went ahead with the deed anyway.

Etymology: Blend of PHOTO + SIN + THIS + IS Word play on the word photosynthesis. Dunno why, it just had a cool sound.

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Bodaciously badacious! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-06: 11:03:00

Great word! - TJayzz, 2009-02-06: 14:16:00

Sinsational word! - Nosila, 2009-02-06: 22:16:00

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Camrazzi

Created by: wilburoinks

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Cellpwnd

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: selpoʊnd

Sentence: Michael certainly has a better idea that his life has few private moments after being cellpwnd at a house party.

Etymology: Cell (cellular telephone) + pwnd (a leetspeak slang term, derived from the word "own", that implies domination or humiliation of a rival)

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nice etymology - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-06: 11:59:00

A modern word for these modern times! Excellent sentence, too. - silveryaspen, 2009-02-09: 20:02:00

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Cellphimage

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: self/imaj

Sentence: A new kind of paparozzo has emerged with self centered narcissists being able to check their makeup etc on the subway by means of cellphimage photos taken with their cellphones.

Etymology: cell phone + image

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I'm always looking forward to what you will think up next. Never thought of this aspect. Fun and Unique! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-06: 11:00:00

Another clever word! - TJayzz, 2009-02-06: 14:17:00

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Spiphone

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: sp eye fohn

Sentence: her spiphone was directly linked to a see eye ay printer

Etymology: spy iphone

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-02-06: 00:01:01
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-08-23: 00:09:00
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James