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DEFINITION: A unique physical or psychological trait, which makes one "different". Often seen as a handicap, even if it provides a distinct evolutionary advantage.
Verboticisms
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Hindrasset
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: hin/dra/set
Sentence: From a bully's dream, to a lifesaver, Rudolph's nose was a hindrasset.
Etymology: hindrance + asset
Rufnasism
Created by: Topper
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Billy's rufnasist elbow, though large, enabled him to throw the meanest curveball in the league.
Etymology: Latin: Rufus + Nasus, "red nose"
Spedge
Created by: ehaaland
Pronunciation: spej
Sentence:
Etymology: An abbreviation for "special edge."
Anomolution
Created by: omista
Pronunciation: a-nom-O-LU-shun
Sentence: At first stans 3rd opposable thumb caused much teasing, but as he grew and developed uses for it he found it very helpful. When he grew up and had children he discovered that the thumb was actually anomolution
Etymology: anomolus + eveolution
Charactravesty
Created by: Chadcaster
Pronunciation: Car-ak-tra-vesti
Sentence: His huge ears were something of a charactravesty, often upsetting children.
Etymology: from characteristic and travesty
Evolushun
Created by: whimsy
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He cursed natural selection everyday for his evolushun.
Etymology:
Shunspot
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: shun-spot
Sentence: Billy's extra finger was a shunspot but allowed him to type faster than his friends when stuck behind his computer instead of getting to play with the cool guys.
Etymology: shun + spot
Upperhandicap
Created by: janedoe
Pronunciation: uhp-er-han-dee-kap
Sentence: For years, John was taunted because of his enormous head; but his collosal cranium turned out to be an upperhandicap in that he was a genius.
Etymology: upper hand + handicap
Rudosism
Created by: Dylanor
Pronunciation: ru-DO-sism
Sentence: His rudosism was his small mutated arm sticking out of his back.
Etymology: Rudolph + sism
Comments:
By popular request! A definition which suggests a noun as the solution. But feel free to twist it into a verb, or even an adjective, if you wish! ~ James
kmccardle - 2006-12-21: 15:03:00
So does anyone else not like this new voting set up? I personally much preferred the ranking system, even if this way is perhaps more fair.
chris - 2006-12-21: 16:11:00
Whatever you do still leaves the system open to mates voting for mates no matter how good or bad the word.....but it's just a game so who cares? The fun is from participating (for me, anyway).
Hey kmccardle, the rankings are still here -- but they are not on the front page anymore. You can see the complete list Verboticisms for each definition on the daily stats page. (On the first day this list is presented in alphabetical order. After that, the words are ranked by score.)
The other thing to remember is that this is still an interim measure. We are creating a clustering function which will allow people to play in smaller groups so that there will be more direct interaction and communication between the players. This should be ready for testing in the next week or so... ~ James