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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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Differosity
Created by: tinydancer
Pronunciation: diff-err-oss-it-ee
Sentence: It was her differosity that set her apart from the rest.
Etymology:
Embarrassteristic
Created by: librarian
Pronunciation: im-bare-iss-ter-is'-tic
Sentence: That unibrow is a total embarrassteristic.
Etymology: embarrass + characteristic
Freakism
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The circus performer's freakism was her double-jointed spine.
Etymology: From "freak" in the biological sense.
Impedimorphisis
Created by: danboaz
Pronunciation: im-ped-i-morf-i-sis
Sentence: The raccoons impedimorphisis of an extra long tail at fifst slowed it down, but soon it discovered that it could hang from its tail, giving it the abilty to figth attacking animals with all for limbs from a safe distance
Etymology: impediment + metamorphisis
Evolupement
Created by: Mirandala
Pronunciation: ev-o-loop'-ment
Sentence: The third eye in the back of Chad's head was a much-envied evolupement in his cubicle-filled workplace.
Etymology: evolution + development
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
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