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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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Evolustugh
Created by: nightclaw42
Pronunciation: ev-oo-lou-st-ugh
Sentence: They made fum of him a at first,but he had the evolustugh.
Etymology: evo-evolutionary st-last ugh-laugh
Rufnasism
Created by: Topper
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Billy's rufnasist elbow, though large, enabled him to throw the meanest curveball in the league.
Etymology: Latin: Rufus + Nasus, "red nose"
Unicarious
Created by: hermionesnape
Pronunciation: uni-cari-ous
Sentence: That scar Harry has is rather unicarious.
Etymology: Uni: unique Cari: of the face/caricature
Aberlution
Created by: memexikon
Pronunciation: a bur LU shun
Sentence: By sheer comic aberlution penguins have mananged to captivate the hearts & minds of people everywhere, consequently insuring their survivial.
Etymology: aberration + evolution
Shunspot
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: shun-spot
Sentence: Billy's extra finger was a shunspot but allowed him to type faster than his friends when stuck behind his computer instead of getting to play with the cool guys.
Etymology: shun + spot
Uniquaracteristic
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: UNI/kayr/ak/ter/ISS/tik
Sentence: Rudolph, should one choose to believe in his myth, would be a prime example of uniquaracteristik inthat his nose is red and helps guide the way, yet he still get not respect.
Etymology: unique+characteristic
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)
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