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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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Dicapicy
Created by: AiDakura
Pronunciation: dee-ca-pee-see
Sentence: People ridicule him for his dicapicies.
Etymology:
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
Diffantage
Created by: xshadowswimmer08x
Pronunciation: diff-an-tage
Sentence: My diffantage was that i have gills so i can breathe underwater.
Etymology: different/advantage
Savantgarde
Created by: fashionista
Pronunciation: Sa-vant-garde
Sentence: One with a severe developmental or mental handicap as well as extraordinary mental abilities (Savant) that pushes the boundaries of what is accepted (Avant-garde).
Etymology: Savant, Avant-garde
Mutauntation
Created by: lauramy
Pronunciation: mew-tawn-tay-shun
Sentence: No more deprecation! You must flaunt to the nation your mutauntation!
Etymology: Taunt + Mutation
Kellerism
Created by: llimllib
Pronunciation: 'Kell-er-ism
Sentence: "Janice's mole is so ugly." "Yeah, but it's a Kellerism - look at all the guys around her!"
Etymology: Helen Keller -> Kellerism
Genetigift
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: jen-et-ick-ift
Sentence: Many considered Lily's tail to be a freak of nature, but she knew it was a genetigift, because she secretly trained herself to be a deadly assassin with it.
Etymology: Genetic + gift
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
Spedge
Created by: ehaaland
Pronunciation: spej
Sentence:
Etymology: An abbreviation for "special edge."
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