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DEFINITION: v. To obsessively work on, shine and polish something which has no intrinsic value. n. A item which has lots of imagined shine in the eyes of the owner, but no real value for anyone else.
Verboticisms
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Flunktionality
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: flunk shun al itee
Sentence: Nick Zogute lived in a lively neighbourhood. His neighbours celebrated every known holiday with lots of lights, decorations and often fell into a competitve rivalry to out-do each other and provide the best display on the street. Nick was no different and applied the scientific skills he used at work as an aerospace designer to improve the displays and add pizzazz to the neighborhood. His kids thought his displays were all flunktionality when his Halloween Display played "Do you hear what I hear?" and his Christmas displays played "We wish you a scary Christmas and a Hapless New Year!"
Etymology: Functionality (capable of serving a purpose well) & flunk (fail to get a passing grade; not work out; not pass standards)
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COMMENTS:
flunktastic! - galwaywegian, 2009-03-10: 06:57:00
You never FLAIL to amuse us, Nosila! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-10: 12:15:00
great last line! great word! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-10: 14:40:00
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Curriculumwitty
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kuri kyulum wittee
Sentence: Una M. Ploid was working on her resume for the nine hundredth time, to the consternation of her hubby Phil Lee M. Ploid. She had never worked a day in her life, so finding things to fill in the gaps in her work history was a challenge. She decided to list hobbies and achievements instead. She called this work her curriculumwitty, because among her hobbies she knits hats for bald eagles and feeds the squirrels (to larger carnivores). She still cannot figure out why no one ever calls her back...
Etymology: Currculum Vitae (resume;a summary of your academic and work history) & Witty (combining clever conception and facetious expression)
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COMMENTS:
Great idea c= - RightOnTheWin, 2010-09-21: 09:21:00
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Finetoon
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: fyne toon
Sentence: No matter what Naomi did to her resume, it always looked like someone had had to finetoon it. How else would her work history look like such a piece of fiction?
Etymology: Fine-tune (polish and perfect) & Toon (cartoon;imaginery, humourous drawing;caricature)
Excremint
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ekskrəmint
Sentence: When Tom signed up to take something to the Antiques Roadshow he was convinced that he had one of those unique items that would cause a sensation. The only sensation he experienced was disappointment when the appraiser declared his prize to be in excermint condition. No instant retirement here!
Etymology: excrement (feces) + mint (an aromatic plant native to temperate regions of the Old World, several kinds of which are used as culinary herbs)
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COMMENTS:
Very interesting. I like your sentence, hah. - RightOnTheWin, 2010-09-21: 09:16:00
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Preciouscosious
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: pre/shush/coe/shush
Sentence: Gollum would be considered preciouscosious in his obsession with the ring.
Etymology: precious + precosious
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COMMENTS:
Wow.Looks intimidating, but once you pronounce it, you can get into the hobbit of using it. - metrohumanx, 2009-03-10: 12:26:00
Great word! - Mustang, 2009-03-11: 00:00:00
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Quartshite
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: kwart shy t
Sentence: She spent cleaning and polishing the quartshite ring he gave her, not knowing it was as worthless and trashy as he
Etymology: quartzite, shite
Misapprehenshine
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: miss ap ree hench eye nn
Sentence: The ornamental 300 pound cast iron weathervane which Jane's late demented husband had sculpted into a very rough image of Mount Rushmore and bolted to the chimney, gave way under the force of her polishing and fell into the Jones' garden, killing Mr Jones as he lovingly tended his asparagus. How upset she was to see her neighbour under a misapprehenshine.
Etymology: misapprehension, shine
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-10: 12:20:00
I love this sentence- it has drama, tragedy, and guffaws, too! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-10: 12:29:00
great word, too! - splendiction, 2009-03-10: 16:52:00
I laughed, I cried... - Nosila, 2009-03-10: 22:00:00
hahahaha....fun - mweinmann, 2009-03-11: 07:59:00
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Glitturd
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: glitɜrd
Sentence: Despite all the hype and awesome advertising campaign, Ralph discovered the "as seen on TV" product he had just spent far too much money on was, in fact, a glitturd.
Etymology: glitter (sparkle) + turd (excrement)
Trasure
Created by: jessicadobies
Pronunciation: traa-sheur
Sentence: The peice of junk metal was pure trasure to the artist.
Etymology: tra- coming from the word trash -sure coming from the word treasure
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COMMENTS:
so clever! - jessicadobies, 2012-02-17: 15:15:00
dayum gurl gud 1 - andrewmcshea, 2012-02-17: 15:16:00
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Bufflooniery
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: buff/luny/ary
Sentence: Sceptics called it bufflooniery but Sally was convinced that her collection of Canadian loonies would one day be the one true global currency and religiously buffed and polished them.
Etymology: buff + loonie + buffoonery
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COMMENTS:
Funny! (Poor Sally) - kateinkorea, 2009-03-10: 08:35:00
I really took a shine to this word! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-10: 12:21:00
Rich! luv it! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-10: 14:37:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James