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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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Grievesdrop
Created by: whimsy
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Grievesdropping on his girlfriend's conversation only made him more paranoid than he already was.
Etymology: grieve + eavesdrop
Demiduce
Created by: w5lf9s
Pronunciation: demee.diuce
Sentence: "You heard what she said and you know who she was talking to - surely you can demiduce the rest!"
Etymology: from "demi" - half and "deduce" - derive logically
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COMMENTS:
this is good! - wordmeister, 2007-02-09: 09:50:00
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Ringference
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: ring-fer-ents
Sentence: Her ringference that Bob was planning a holiday to Peru was all wrong. He was actually dumping her for her ex-best-friend, Prue.
Etymology: ring (call on the telephone) + infer (conclude)
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COMMENTS:
great words petaj - Jabberwocky, 2007-01-18: 10:54:00
Tanks mulchy
er.. thanks muchly. - petaj, 2007-01-21: 03:19:00
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Prejuclusion
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: pre-joo-kloo-sjin
Sentence: Doug went off on some prejuclusion because he didn't have the facts.
Etymology: portmanteau of "prejudice" and "conclusion"
Semiautism
Created by: pratyushprasan
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
derived from semiotics - pratyushprasan, 2007-01-18: 21:29:00
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Carvitude
Created by: socks
Pronunciation: carv-i-tude
Sentence: I know now, from yesterday's carvitude, that she's going to drop me!
Etymology:
Conflusion
Created by: riflesandkids74
Pronunciation: cahn-floo-shun
Sentence: "If you would really listen to me, we could easily avoid such conflusion."
Etymology: confuse + conclusion
Overhearesy
Created by: Mirandala
Pronunciation: oh-ver-hee'-re-see
Sentence: When Jack secretly listened to Sharon's phone call and concluded that she was having an affair, but that was just overhearesy.
Etymology: overheard + heresy
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COMMENTS:
Well, I would have prefered overheresay, but I always prefer old english pronounciations =) You get a point anyway, it's a cool word! - allwise, 2007-01-18: 03:45:00
Well, I would have prefered overheresay, but I always prefer old english pronounciations =) You get a point anyway, it's a cool word! - allwise, 2007-01-18: 03:46:00
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Thankies
Created by: onceinabluemoon88
Pronunciation: thank - seas
Sentence: thankies for that pencil
Etymology:
Comments:
pratyushprasan - 2007-01-18: 21:26:00
nice
Thanks! ~ James
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
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