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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.

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Falselisten

Created by: StigAllan

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Sentence: It is more honest to say you do not underestand then to always falselisten

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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.

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Indeferent

Created by: Friday13th

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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...

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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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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)

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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

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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

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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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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

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