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'Yes, I understand what you mean.'

DEFINITION: To smile politely and nod your head while listening to someone, even though you don't understand a word tbey're saying.

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Uhhuhulate

Created by: maxxy

Pronunciation: uh-HUH-you-late

Sentence: Jim's doctor told him he had sarcosis. "I see," Jim uhhuhulated. "So how many sarcoes do I have?"

Etymology: uh-huh + ululate (to howl or wail, particularly in a pattern of rising and falling inflection)

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Good one! - paperhoard, 2007-02-01: 16:23:00

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Catatonice

Created by: zappalove

Pronunciation:

Sentence: At the Taser-developers' convention,you catatoniced or became catatonic.

Etymology: From cat·a·to·ni·a (kăt'ə-tō'nē-ə)n., a mental state generally characterized by statuesque posturing, muscular immobility, mutism, and apparent stupor. and Nice,(nēs), city SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea, a French Riviera resort that urges

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Foggled

Created by: BMott

Pronunciation: FOG - ULL -D

Sentence: The secretary was clearly foggled as her boss rambled off a fast list of instructions.

Etymology: FOG - clouded over. LED

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COMMENTS:

I like this! - wordmeister, 2007-02-01: 12:48:00

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Baublehead

Created by: wordmeister

Pronunciation: bob-bill-hed

Sentence: I think I underdstand how this game works, but perhaps I'm just baubleheaded.

Etymology: bauble, bobble, and head. I supposed I should mention that it was inspired by, or is a derivative of Disconbobbleheaded, which toadstool57 created earlier today.

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such a *pretty* word - Alchemist, 2007-02-01: 18:56:00

I guess that because my brain is full of baubles. - wordmeister, 2007-02-02: 03:47:00

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Vagree

Created by: Guthlaf1

Pronunciation: VA-gree

Sentence: Having been bedazzled by her eyes, Tom had no idea what he'd just vagreed to.

Etymology: vague + agree

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Conprehend

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: con + pre + hend

Sentence: He seemed to conprehend what I was saying, at least, he made encouraging noises.

Etymology: Like "comprehend," but with "con" instead of "com."

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COMMENTS:

Nice word. (Nods and smiles politely.) - Discoveria, 2007-02-01: 18:18:00

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Defconcur

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: deff-con-cur

Sentence: he'd used up all his small talk and the conversation had moved on to the nuclear capabilities of some country he'd never heard of... it was time to upgrade his responses to defconcur

Etymology: deaf, concur, DEFCON [defense condition]

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COMMENTS:

George Bush might consider this approach... Or maybe he already does! - wordmeister, 2007-02-01: 04:48:00

Yeah, I've noticed that vapid look of wonderstanding on his face on several occasions. - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-01: 08:11:00

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Nodracking

Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: nod/rack/ing

Sentence: She wanted to curtail her plastic smile and nodracking behavior, but she couldn't understand a blinking thing he was saying.

Etymology: variation on nerve-racking: implying a behavior that is exhausting, wearisome, or difficult.

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Nollowing

Created by: chofu67

Pronunciation: nol low ing

Sentence: I had to quit working with engineers because I found myself nollowing my way through too many technical meetings.

Etymology: not following

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COMMENTS:

Excellent. - ErWenn, 2007-02-01: 17:43:00

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Nodgreement

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: nod-gree-ment

Sentence: Beth often used nodgreement so that she wouldn't have to admit she didn't understand what people were talking about.

Etymology: nod + agreement

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bailandi bailandi - 2007-02-14: 16:59:00
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