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DEFINITION: To smile politely and nod your head while listening to someone, even though you don't understand a word they're saying.
Verboticisms
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Agreek
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: ah-greek
Sentence: I've given up asking for clarification when my son starts talking astrophysics to me. I can get out of the befuddling one-sided conversation much sooner if I just agreek.
Etymology: agree, it's all Greek to me
Wattapatto
Created by: dancer002013
Pronunciation: what-a-pot-o
Sentence: I was just wattapottoing while she was talking!
Etymology: Japan
Snodzoeasy
Created by: brimuth
Pronunciation:
Sentence: When it's snodzoeasy to understand foreigners, just use a snodzoeasy and they will be impressed with your apparent grasp of their language.
Etymology:
Affairmy
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: a-fare-me
Sentence: Titania was often accused of being away with the fairies. Little did they know that she actually was a real life fairy. They thought she was just affairmying.
Etymology: affirm + fairy (as in away with the fairies)
Falselisten
Created by: StigAllan
Pronunciation:
Sentence: It is more honest to say you do not underestand then to always falselisten
Etymology:
Comprefakehend
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: kom-pra-fayk-hend
Sentence: When he noticed that her eyes were starting to cross, her face glazing over almost in a trance-like state, he realized she was comprefakehending again.
Etymology: comprehend + fake
Bafflirmation
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: baff + ler + may + shun
Sentence: I never know what she's talking about, but bafflirmations keep me out of trouble.
Etymology: baffle + affirmation
Bobbleize
Created by: KristinA
Pronunciation: bob-bull-eyes
Sentence: Maybe crashing the party wasn't such a good idea afterall. Turns out, it was an awards gala for Slovokian rocket scientists. However, she decided the open bar was worth a little bobbleizing with the guests.
Etymology: To smile and nod, resembling a bobblehead.
Dudsmile
Created by: BellaRina
Pronunciation: Duh-D-Smile
Sentence: HE was so annoying so i put my "DudSmile" on it totally worked
Etymology: Dud (for something to be Fake) Smile(a thing you do to be happy) Dudsmile(a Fake feeling of Happiness)
Huhgree
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: ha-gree
Sentence: as the conversation turned to the migration habits of horn-tailed marsupials, i realised i would have to huhgree.
Etymology: huh?, agree
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COMMENTS:
If only it had been about ridge-backed amphibians. Good one! - Kyoti, 2007-08-08: 10:26:00
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Fuddlesmirk
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: FUH-dull-smurk
Sentence: Tanya liked Horace, and he was always kind and neatly dressed, but when he started talking to her passionately about quantum applications of perpetual motion energy theories, she was always forced to fuddlesmirk until he stopped.
Etymology: Fuddle (confuse or perplex) + smirk (fake smile)
Indeferent
Created by: Friday13th
Pronunciation:
Sentence: She tells : yes, I understand what you mean, but thinks : I'm indeferent about it, I don't want to listen, I just listen to respect you...
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
But person can also ask after telling about something : what do you think about it ? And than she doesn't know what to answer, and she looks like idiot...right ? =) - Friday13th, 2007-08-08: 08:46:00
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Sminodd
Created by: kellii3
Pronunciation: smi nodd
Sentence: dont you dare sminodd at me !
Etymology: smi - smile nodd - nod
Vaguecilate
Created by: marnee4nothin
Pronunciation: vaeg-si-laet
Sentence: Lilly would vaguecilate whenever George spoke to her about engines.
Etymology: vague + vacilate
Glimmernod
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: glim-MER-nod
Sentence: Roxie had not the slightest idea what Bob, a boldrumptious brainwright, was talking about. But she listened, smiling politely from time to time, through what seemed an eternity of this techobane's torture, giving a glimmernod every few minutes.
Etymology: "Glimmer": 1. a slight suggestion or vague understanding. 2. a gleam or shining (like a smile); "nod": the act of nodding the head as a sign of approval, agreement, confirmation..
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COMMENTS:
got my vote! - remistram, 2007-08-08: 09:28:00
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Blunderstand
Created by: Gionuzzo
Pronunciation: BLUN der stand
Sentence: Kelly blunderstanded what her husband was saying to her about their upcoming vaction. Unfortunately, she ended up agreeing to give her left arm to charity on the way there.
Etymology: blunder + understand
