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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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Strangicity

Created by: townka

Pronunciation: strange-icity

Sentence: Rudolph always did have that strangicity...

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Alternationism

erasmus

Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: alter nation ism

Sentence: he had a classic alternationism, his arms were 3 feet longer than mine!

Etymology: from being alternate or alternative

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Gimpsupervolutionary

Created by: Stump

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Rudosyndrom

IHeartKiwiTarts

Created by: IHeartKiwiTarts

Pronunciation: " roo-doe-sin-drum"

Sentence: After the doctor found eyes in the back of my head, he told me. very solemnly told me that I have Rudosyndrom.

Etymology: from Rudolf, the reindeer who was ostracized for his red nose and ended up going down in history for it

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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

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Handicapability

Created by: evhershey

Pronunciation: han-dee-cape-a-bill-a-tee

Sentence: Rudolph's nose, although making him the object of ridicule, proved to be the unique handicapability that was needed to guide that sleigh tonight.

Etymology: handicap + capability (form of handicapable)

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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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Rufnasism

Created by: Topper

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Sentence: Billy's rufnasist elbow, though large, enabled him to throw the meanest curveball in the league.

Etymology: Latin: Rufus + Nasus, "red nose"

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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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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