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'Look at that guy's nose!'

DEFINITION: A unique physical or psychological trait, which makes one "different". Often seen as a handicap, even if it provides a distinct evolutionary advantage.

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Trainiquecularadvance

Created by: wiccanfey

Pronunciation: Tray-neek-cue-lar-ad-vance

Sentence: Rudolph was a trainiquecularadvance among reindeer with his bright, shiny nose that led Santa's sleigh.

Etymology: Trait, unique, peculiar, advancement

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Rudolph was a trainiquecularadvance among reindeer with his bright, shiny nose that lit Santa's sleigh. - wiccanfey, 2006-12-21: 05:57:00

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Alternationism

erasmus

Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: alter nation ism

Sentence: he had a classic alternationism, his arms were 3 feet longer than mine!

Etymology: from being alternate or alternative

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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

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Exoticture

Created by: wphillips77

Pronunciation:

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Evolushun

whimsy

Created by: whimsy

Pronunciation:

Sentence: He cursed natural selection everyday for his evolushun.

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Murdoran

Created by: msokoloffster

Pronunciation: Mur - Door - an

Sentence: The mans murdoran of a horn sticking out of his knee prevented him from getting the job of his dreams.

Etymology: Unknown...

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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"

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Shazamutation

Created by: Pythias

Pronunciation: sha - zam' - u - ta - tion

Sentence: Rudolf displayed his shazamutation with all the aplomb accorded such a magical beast.

Etymology: shazam + mutation

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Differantage

Created by: seraphrevan

Pronunciation: diff-er-ant-ij

Sentence: The football player's differantage made him thinner and slimmer, but also made him twice as fast as the other players.

Etymology: Derived from different and advantage.

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Uniquaracteristic

Created by: Javeson1

Pronunciation: UNI/kayr/ak/ter/ISS/tik

Sentence: Rudolph, should one choose to believe in his myth, would be a prime example of uniquaracteristik inthat his nose is red and helps guide the way, yet he still get not respect.

Etymology: unique+characteristic

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2006-12-21: 02:26:00
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).

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2006-12-21: 23:09:00
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