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DEFINITION: v.tr. To join a line-up of people just because the line is there, even though you have no idea what line is for.
Verboticisms
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Lystander
Created by: Lapper
Pronunciation: LIE-stand-er
Sentence: As Max walked the length of the city block, he couldn't help but notice a line at least five-hundred people long; not wanting to miss out on whatever novelties awaited, he became a lystander himself.
Etymology: Both a combination of "line" and "bystander", as well as a meaningless play on "A Midsummer Night's Dream"'s Lysander.
Inclewesion
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: ink loo shun
Sentence: he was sheepishly following his flock mentality, as was evidenced by his inclewesion in the queue for the meat counter despite his vegetarian life style. It looked baaaaad.
Etymology: inclusion, ewe as in sheep.
Queuemune
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˌkjuˈmjun/
Sentence: My queueriosity got the better of me and I decided to queuemune with the rest of the sheep. I just had to know what was inside the big building with all the fancy machinery.
Etymology: From queue + commune
Queueincide
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: kyoo-in-SAHYD
Sentence: Jorge had a tendency to queueincide unexpectedly. Some even called him queuepricious.
Etymology: queue + coincide
Anticiwait
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: ant + tiss + ih + wait
Sentence: I've got nothing better to do today, I can anticiwait in this line - it could be something good!
Etymology: anticipate + wait
Queueaphrenia
Created by: texmom
Pronunciation: q ah fren e ah
Sentence: Unknown to the others her queueaphrenia hit her as she tried to pass toll booth and she ended up in Las Vegas instead of San Diego.
Etymology: queue - line aphrenia - mental disorder word
Queueriosity
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: curiosity
Sentence: Gavin's queueriosity eventually led to his downfall. He joined a police line-up and was identified by the witness as the offender.
Etymology: queue + curious
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COMMENTS:
he'll be queuelling his heels for a while then! - galwaywegian, 2007-06-25: 07:35:00
Queueriouser and queueriouser... - Clayton, 2007-06-25: 09:21:00
I swear that I hadn't read your word before I wrote my sentence. - ErWenn, 2007-06-25: 12:27:00
He was thrown in the queueler by the judge. - petaj, 2007-06-26: 03:05:00
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Acqueuesce
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: ack-que-ess
Sentence: Because I decided to acquequesce, I found myself signing up to become a kidney donor.
Etymology: acquiesce, queue
Quepulsion
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kyoōpəlshən
Sentence: If there is a line Ken can hardly contain his urge to jump in. He found true ecstasy when he took his quepulsion to Disney World. Without even knowing what each line was leading to he stood for hours, sometimes vacating a line before taking a particular ride to join a different line. Good thing he went on his own.
Etymology: queue (a line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed) + compulsion (an irresistible urge to behave in a certain way)
Linetrancing
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: line/transing
Sentence: Sue spent her weekends linetrancing at the mall. Any line would do. Once she got to the end she would immediately find another one.
Etymology: line + trance + line dance
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COMMENTS:
Did she take the trancesit to get to the mall? - wordmeister, 2007-06-25: 12:50:00
I think I'm in a linetrance but I never get to the front - wordmeister, 2007-06-25: 12:57:00
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Comments:
Verbotomy - 2007-06-25: 02:33:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
Clayton - 2007-06-25: 09:00:00
Hey James... couple of things. First, my word isn't showing up, but it says it was saved. Second, is this the URL that Verbotomy Text will be located everyday? Or will the address change?
Clayton - 2007-06-25: 09:02:00
Hmm... buggy. Okay, scratch that. My word showed up, but now the other two words that were here are now missing, replaced by two different words. Very strange.
Verbotomy - 2007-06-25: 09:27:00
Hi Clayton, Yes I am in the middle of rebugging the system, so things may be a bit "strange" today...
Clayton - 2007-06-25: 09:38:00
Quite all right. I'm just a bit confused as to how to see the other words. Best of luck bugging out. =P
Verbotomy - 2007-06-25: 09:41:00
You can see the some of the words at: http://www.verbotomy.com/challenge.php and some others at http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticisms.php?jid=line. And so it goes...
Verbotomy - 2011-05-30: 00:10:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James