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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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Xtrait

Created by: meiyas

Pronunciation: ex trait

Sentence: People make gun of Xtraits because they wish they had one

Etymology: X= unknow, trait

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Identicap

Created by: mickey666

Pronunciation: eyedenticap

Sentence: Everyone is unique with individual characteristics. Each characteristic is called an identicap.

Etymology: obvious really !!!!!!

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Handycap

Created by: degsy99

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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

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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

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Traitease

Created by: Hjason

Pronunciation: tra-tease

Sentence: Although I have third leg due to my traitease, which makes me a great dancer, no one wants to go to the ball with me.

Etymology: trait-tease

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Indiquirk

Created by: squashy

Pronunciation: indy-quirk

Sentence: the man's indiquirk fitted the description in the police appeal poster

Etymology: individual and quirky

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COMMENTS:

vince i have to say thumbs down for (basically) using the same word as me - vince, 2006-12-21: 12:47:00

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Abnormalitaid

Created by: DarthWader

Pronunciation: ab norm al ih tade

Sentence: Though a bit cumbersome to deal with at first, Roger's enourmous hands served as a curious abnormalitaid in hailing a cab.

Etymology: abnormality (abnormal feature) + aid (thing that is of help or assistance)

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Handycap

Created by: hoodrow

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Promutation

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: pro-myoo-TA-shun

Sentence: "Fog, my ass," thought Santa, "time to put Ruldolph's promutation to good use..."

Etymology: Pro - opposite of Con; denoting favorability. Mutation - n alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.

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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