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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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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
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.
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
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
Identicap
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation: eyedenticap
Sentence: Everyone is unique with individual characteristics. Each characteristic is called an identicap.
Etymology: obvious really !!!!!!
Oddyhook
Created by: missparaguay1991
Pronunciation: as in /odd - y - hook/
Sentence: My oddyhok is well hidden, can you see that hair inside my ear?
Etymology: from the English odd meaning no pair, and hook from the English hook meaning hook
Heteronomalogenotype
Created by: mantroog
Pronunciation: het-er-o-nom-a-lo-jeen-o-type
Sentence: The elves had never seen a reindeer of that particular heteronomalogenotype.
Etymology: hetero=different, anomaly=abnormality, genotype=genetic constitution
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COMMENTS:
- mantroog, 2006-12-21: 18:08:00
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Superlatauniquitishness
Created by: Persnicket
Pronunciation: Soo-PER-luh-tuh-you-NEEK-kwuh-tish-niss
Sentence: The SUPERLATAUNIQUITISHNESS of the beast was so strong that my eyes could not help but be drawn to distinctive features.
Etymology:
Mutadaptation
Created by: celeron450
Pronunciation: mute-add-ap-tay-shun
Sentence: While women looked askance at Jennifer's third breast mutadaptation, she had plenty of suitors.
Etymology: mutation, adaptation
Evoniqueness
Created by: jania773
Pronunciation:
Sentence: It's become more popular to have an evoniqueness, like a tail.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
- jania773, 2006-12-21: 11:47:00
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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