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DEFINITION: To smile politely and nod your head while listening to someone, even though you don't understand a word tbey're saying.
Verboticisms
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Yesmannequin
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: YES-man-uh-kin
Sentence: Did you see how Smithers was agreeing with everything the boss said in the meeting? He doesn't know a CMT from a hole in the ground! He's SUCH a yesmannequin!
Etymology: yes-man (one who agrees without question) + mannequin (storefront dummy)
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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COMMENTS:
Good one! - paperhoard, 2007-02-01: 16:23:00
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Smlodding
Created by: bailandi
Pronunciation: smull-odding
Sentence: He was speaking to me in Chinese, I understood a little, but mostly I just smlodded as he spoke.
Etymology: A funny sounding combination of smile and nod.
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
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
Wtffirmative
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: duh-bul-you-tee-ef-fur-muh-tiv
Sentence: She seemed intrigued at first, but later her eyes glazed over, casting a WTFfirmative look on her face.
Etymology: WTF = "what the f***" + affirmative
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COMMENTS:
Hehe!! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-01: 09:17:00
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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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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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Hmmming
Created by: Psychicsi
Pronunciation: hmmm-ing
Sentence: Bonnie mistook the Chelsea League for Undertakers and Buryers (C.L.U.B) for a club and spent the whole night hmmming.
Etymology: From Hmmm, that sound we make to suggest we are paying attention and understand someone talking to us, which strangley is always taken to be the most appropriate response.
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COMMENTS:
Hmmmm.... Was this some kind of underground club? - wordmeister, 2007-02-01: 16:05:00
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Comments:
smlodding