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DEFINITION: A conclusion or an assumption developed after careful listening to, and analysis of, one-half of a telephone conversation.
Verboticisms
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Summaringzation
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: Sum-uh-ring-ZAY-shun
Sentence: While Stacy chatted with her sister about houseplants and casserole recipes, Zebediah came to the summaringzation that his tuxedo phobia might interfere with what sounded a lot like wedding plans.
Etymology: Summarize + ring + realization
Goalist
Created by: StigAllan
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He should be feeling better not being such a goalist
Etymology:
Presumpchump
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: pree-zump-chump
Sentence: It was due to his presumpchump behaviour that made her lock him out of the house whenever she talked on the phone. He took advantage of those nights spent in the garage, he made friends with the neighbourhood raccoons and skunks.
Etymology: presumption + chump
Evesdropping
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: eeevez drop ping
Sentence: adam was constantly evesdroping, so eventually his worst nightmare came true and ironically, he thought she was booking a colonic at the time.
Etymology: eavesdropping, Eve's dropping.
Hictomagnet
Created by: dancer002013
Pronunciation: hic-toe-mag-net
Sentence: She didnt understand the hictomagnet.
Etymology: German
Eavesdropduction
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: eves-drop-duction
Sentence: Eve was a naughty girl who like to drop suggestive words into her telephone conversations because she loved to see Adam's reactions to his eavesdropductions.
Etymology: eavesdrop + deduction
Semiphonics
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: sehm-ee-FAHN-ihks
Sentence: Alex thought that Semisonic was going on a world tour, but it was only a case of bad semiphonics from his girlfriend's phone conversation with her linguistics prof.
Etymology: semi- + phone + logic + semantics. And it sounds like "Semisonic". :D
Overherring
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: oh-vur-hair-ring
Sentence: Sue inadvertently threw Bob an overherring when he heard her say to the caller that she "hated him", not knowing she was referring to her boss.
Etymology: overhear, red herring
Phosumption
Created by: masterfrofro
Pronunciation: foe-sum-shon
Sentence: He made the phosumption that he was being dumped.
Etymology: phone-call, assumption
