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DEFINITION: v. To wear special uniforms and carry around unusual props in order to stimulate social interaction. n. A person who compensates for their lack of personality and weak social skills by resorting to props and costumes.

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Costumate

Created by: stampimo

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Seek a cossieologist! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-14: 17:37:00

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Sociotumize

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Created by: nadiealkon

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Etymology: from latin "socius", companion, and "consuetudo" , costume,

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Sponattassistant

Created by: DeltaRho2K

Pronunciation: spawn-att'-a-sis-tent

Sentence: Jim was so desparate to score a Valentine's date, thus avoiding the plague of love lonliness, the sponattasistant put on his best duds to paint the town red.

Etymology: Wet SPONge ATTire ASSISTANT

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Clever and bonspifflicating! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-14: 17:20:00

Very original etymology! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-14: 18:22:00

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Unifacture

Created by: triangleman

Pronunciation: yoo-nuh-fak-cher

Sentence: He wears a cape to class in order to unifacture a sense of mystery, but it looks silly over a backpack.

Etymology: uniform: an identifying outfit or style of dress manufacture: the making or producing of anything; to invent fictitiously, fabricate, concoct; to produce in a mechanical way without inspiration or originality

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Unilaterally good word - Nosila, 2010-05-04: 22:09:00

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Gregarmentious

Created by: dalmero8

Pronunciation: greg/garment/sious

Sentence: "Oh my god, he's so gregarmentious! He's weraing the shirt AGAIN! And it's that stupid rainbow-colored one!"

Etymology: gregarious + garment

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Perhaps he find nerdvana somewhere over the rainbow! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-14: 17:35:00

Fun sentence! His shirt spoke volumes, it was very high-toned! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-14: 18:31:00

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Proptistic

Created by: wileycount

Pronunciation: /prÉ’p/(tiss)(-tik)

Sentence: Since he was young boy, Jerry couldn't let go of his novel nuggets of stuff, for his fear of words was only warded off by the presence of an obvious token of meaning. His teachers, however, were indisposed to pity the proptistic lad. Or: Of all developmental disorders, proptism has remained an unrecognized and untreated tormentor of the socially disabled.

Etymology: prop (a person or thing giving support, as of a moral or spiritual nature: [related to Middle Dutch proppe vine prop; compare Old High German pfropfo shoot, German Pfropfen stopper])+ suffix -tism. The suffix "-ism" implies a disease or defining attribute of a person or a thing. The additional "t" makes "proptism" cognate to "autism".

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Doctorwhodini

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: doc/tor/hoo/deeny

Sentence: Dave is such a doctorwhodini that you never know who you'll encounter from day to day. He has multiple personalities and costume changes and he swears he is a time lord.

Etymology: Dr. Who + Houdini

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Is doctorwhodini the lead character in your latest whodoneit? Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-14: 07:43:00

Zany - great and bonhoudinial! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-14: 16:43:00

Dave is a such a retardis. - purpleartichokes, 2008-02-14: 19:26:00

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Icatcher

Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: Eye-catch-her

Sentence: Not wanting to be overlooked, wanting to be noteyesd, to magneteyese, to have everyone peye attention to him, Cy Borgia, always made sure his atteyer, had one floureyesh that was horreyefying. So on this Valenteyene's Day, he wore a sugar coat with a bloody heart on his sleeve! He was an Icatcher in more ways than one!

Etymology: To use the eyes to catch everyone's, (especially her) attention to mIself ... to be an Icatcher. (Perhaps there's even an inkling of the Catcher in the Rye.)

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Good one! Maybe there's even an inkling of 'Catcher in the Eye'!! - Stevenson0, 2008-02-14: 09:40:00

catchy - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-14: 15:02:00

Anither good one, Silver! Perhaps, Cy should see a dhoktor - I think he cmay be suffering from Icatchosis! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-14: 17:02:00

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Unhumiformist

Created by: PinkMascara

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Etymology: A mix of Humorous, Uniform and None-conformist.

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Dorkcessorize

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: dork-sess-or-ize

Sentence: Bob had dorkcessorized with his "Mustache Rides - 5 Cents" t-shirt, so he couldn't understand why three hours into the party, he had not yet found a date.

Etymology: dork, accessorize

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sentence and verbot = double funny! Good one! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-14: 07:56:00

After the party, when I was waiting for Bob to go home (so I could get some sleep), he told me what he thought the problem was. He said, and I quote, "Maybe 5 cents was too expensive?" - ErWenn, 2008-02-14: 10:11:00

HA! - purpleartichokes, 2008-02-14: 13:43:00

you have a great sense of humour purple - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-14: 15:08:00

Great tale; nice word. Bob probably got dorkcessive genes! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-14: 16:48:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-02-14: 02:50:00
Today's definition was suggested by zebrahdh. Thank you zebrahdh. ~ James

purpleartichokes - 2008-02-14: 19:22:00
Man, I hope I get a mop for Valentine's Day!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-02-15: 00:10:00
Do you mean a man with a mop? Or a mop with a man? ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-05-04: 00:12:00
Today's definition was suggested by zebrahdh. Thank you zebrahdh. ~ James

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