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Serenido
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: se-REN-ado
Sentence: Carlos launched into is his serenido at full voice in the hope that music would soothe the savage beast and bring peace to his village.
Etymology: Serenity + Do + serenade
Halcyonate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: HAL - see - uhn - ait
Sentence: Believing universal peace was an easily accomplished goal Grover was convinced he could singlehandedly halcyonvert the world.
Etymology: Halcyon (peaceful) + -ate (bring about)
Paxsensemalstopping
Created by: gemmgemms
Pronunciation: packs-sen-sa-ma-la-staw-pa-ing
Sentence: He was instantly struck with a serious feeling of paxsensemalstopping.
Etymology: pax:peace + sense:realize + mal:bad + stop:pause
Peacebypeace
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: peace by piece
Sentence: Let each person, one by one, piece by piece, strive to live in friendly accord, in harmony, with everyone and everything, thereby achieving peacebypeace.
Etymology: "Piece by Piece" - a way to get most things accomplished. "Peace by Peace" - a way to accomplish world peace.
Obiturest
Created by: anafausta
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He has finally reached his obiturest and is resting in peace.
Etymology: Obituary (a notice of the death of a person) + rest (refreshing inactivity after exertion or labor)
Loveolution
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: LOVE-O-looshun
Sentence: We need to do more. We need a compleat LOVEOLUTION.
Etymology: LOVE+revOLUTION=LOVEOLUTION.....LOVE:strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties, affection based on admiration, benevolence, or common interests, warm attachment, enthusiasm or devotion, unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another; Middle English, from Old English lufu; akin to Old High German luba love, Old English lēof dear, Latin lubēre, libēre to please.....REVOLUTION: a sudden, radical, or complete change, the overthrow or renunciation of one government or ruler and the substitution of another by the governed, activity or movement designed to effect fundamental changes in the socioeconomic situation, a fundamental change in the way of thinking about or visualizing something; Middle English revolucioun, from Middle French revolution, from Late Latin revolution-, revolutio, from Latin revolvere to revolve. +
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COMMENTS:
You only go around once in a revolution. - Mustang, 2008-12-25: 22:44:00
You say you want a loveolution Well, you know We all want to change the world You tell me that it's loveolution Well, you know We all want to change the world But when you talk about destruction Don't you know that you can count me out Don't you know it's gonna be all right all right, all right - Nosila, 2008-12-26: 01:05:00
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Getempeace
Created by: natbumpo
Pronunciation: Get-em-peace
Sentence: Due to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, I decided to getempeace by working for the UN.
Etymology: Get 'em + Peace
Recipeace
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: res ip ease
Sentence: Chef Getty Long is the Head Chef at the United Nations. Being part of such a diverse group of people, he has had to create many recipeace from many sources to make everyone there happy. Each time a war (or military action as it is called) breaks out, he racks (ok, Iraqs) his brain to come up with a dish that can calm tempers and be inclusive of others. He has made Lemon Kurd Tarts, Nicaraguacamole, Falkland Good Mutton Stew, Chowkoslawvakia, Chow 'N' Lie, Nepalitical Lamb-a and Talibanana Cream Pie. In all his attempts the easiest side dish was this recipeace: 1 cup Green Giant frozen Petits Pois; 1 tablespoon butter; one half cup water, salt and pepper to taste. Cook on stove for 5 minutes, drain and serve with main dish. It's called Peas On Earth and everyone should try some...the sooner the better!
Etymology: Recipe (directions for making something) & Peace (a treaty to cease hostilities;the absence of mental stress or anxiety;harmonious relations; freedom from disputes)
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COMMENTS:
Contemplate whirled peas:) - metrohumanx, 2008-12-25: 05:34:00
Just give peas a chance.... - Mustang, 2008-12-25: 22:43:00
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Comments:
Verbotomy - 2007-12-25: 08:39:00
Merry Christmas to everyone! And thanks for the good wishes ~ James
metrohumanx - 2008-12-25: 05:54:00
:)