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DEFINITION: n. A conclusion or an assumption developed after careful listening to, and analysis of one-half of a telephone conversation. v. To listen to one-half of a telephone conversation.
Verboticisms
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Converplation
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: con-ver-play-shon
Sentence: Ray's imagination and contemplation mixed with Renna's conversation and became a converplation when he failed to get a clarification of her predication, so he developed a fabrication about elimination when the conversation was a merely a preindication of the eradication of his hamster, Jay.
Etymology: conversation: informal dialogue or discussion + contemplation: cogitation, consideration, deliberation or rumination (don'tcha just love dictionaries?)
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COMMENTS:
Excellent rodentation! - Nosila, 2009-08-21: 12:35:00
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Eavesdecision
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: e-vs-duc-sis-e-on
Sentence: After the call he eavesdecided he needed to get out and excersize more.
Etymology: eavesdrop + decision
Converreact
Created by: Kirubeza
Pronunciation: kohn-ver-ee-akt
Sentence: Having secretly eavesdropped on Melissa's side of her chat with her best friend Jane (about her recently deceased hamster, Toby), Martin completely converreacted and wholeheartedly believed that he was being rejected...
Etymology: Conversation and Overreact mashed together :)
Cellaknowma
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: sell/ah/no/mah
Sentence: His advanced stage of cellaknowma, worsened by listening exclusively to one-sided conversations meant that he always jumped to the wrong conclusion - which was very dangerous on the subway
Etymology: cell + Know + melanoma
Telesumption
Created by: blakyoshi7
Pronunciation: te-le-sum-sjon
Sentence: Jenny listend intently on his phonecall from across the room ,and could thus telesume he would take her out to dinner. Unfortunately for him, he had no idea about any such thing...
Etymology: tele - afar assumption - make a conclusion based on limited facts
Misconstreevesdrop
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: miss con str eeves drop
Sentence: Danny always had one ear on someone else's conversation to the point that he was known as the office misconstreevesdropper.
Etymology: from misconstrue and eavesdropping
Conversumption
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: kon-ver-SUMP-shun
Sentence: After overhearing his boss say that he was going to fire "the corpulent sloth", Bob, unfortunately, made a conversumption and resigned from his position on the day before he was to be promoted.
Etymology: conversation, assumption
Oneversation
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: wənvərsāshən
Sentence: According to the oneversation Jill was either planning a surprise party for her friend Nicky or the covert overthrow of Nicaragua though the latter would seem less complicated.
Etymology: one (the lowest cardinal number; half of two) + conversation (the informal exchange of ideas by spoken words)
Auralmixation
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: or/all/mx/ay/shun
Sentence: The auralmixation was understandable considering his predispostion to shredded newspaper
Etymology: aural (percieved by the ear)+ mix (mixed up) + oral fixation
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COMMENTS:
love this one - petaj, 2007-01-21: 03:22:00
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Semiautism
Created by: pratyushprasan
Pronunciation:
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COMMENTS:
derived from semiotics - pratyushprasan, 2007-01-18: 21:29:00
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Comments:
pratyushprasan - 2007-01-18: 21:26:00
nice
Verbotomy - 2007-01-18: 21:27:00
Thanks! ~ James
mrskellyscl - 2009-08-21: 07:18:00
Sending a hamster for a ride at the Wild Water Kingdom? Pretty extreme, don't you think? Bugs and goldfish, maybe....
jrogan - 2009-08-21: 08:19:00
Yes, it is cruel. And it would certainly be a good idea to flush twice. Especially is she's going to do the boyfriend too.
Krishna - 2009-08-25: 02:35:00
Just started