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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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Xtrait
Created by: meiyas
Pronunciation: ex trait
Sentence: People make gun of Xtraits because they wish they had one
Etymology: X= unknow, trait
Mutashun
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: myou-ta-shun
Sentence: Despite being the brunt of many Bigfoot jokes for his overly large feet, Bob didn't mind his mutashun, as he was quite popular with the ladies.
Etymology: mutation, shun
Runtage
Created by: Psychicsi
Pronunciation: runt-age
Sentence: It was Rudolph's runtage that made him so adept at leading the sleigh.
Etymology: Runt + Advantage
Mungibation
Created by: peppahmink
Pronunciation: muhnj' ah bayshun
Sentence: Despite Lyle Lovett's preternaturally vertical hair and other such mungibations, the eccentric singer is considered to be an American classic.
Etymology: Derived from the verb "to munge" meaning to transform data in an unknown way into something otherwise unattainable. A quick fix. The result of a "munge" is a mungibation.
Dicapicy
Created by: AiDakura
Pronunciation: dee-ca-pee-see
Sentence: People ridicule him for his dicapicies.
Etymology:
Meminant
Created by: Coolfool
Pronunciation: As in eminent, starting with "m"
Sentence: You never know, he may be a meminant individual some day.
Etymology: The relation to "eminent", in sound and meaning is "important". So too, the starting "m", and the "ant" ending. They are derived from "mutant", as well as "important". Evolutionary success is often the result of a gene that has been altered. It has mutat
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COMMENTS:
- Coolfool, 2006-12-25: 08:22:00
Truncated again! Etymology, (cont.): It has mutated. There is nothing "good" or "bad" inherent in the altering. They took the idiot out of idiot-savant, let's take the idiot out of mautant. - Coolfool, 2006-12-25: 08:28:00
sorry 'bout spelling of last word: mutant. - Coolfool, 2006-12-25: 08:29:00
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Evosuckitism
Created by: jedamacr
Pronunciation:
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Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
I'm voting for this because I liked it, but write a sentence at least! - kmccardle, 2006-12-21: 07:30:00
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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...
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