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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:
Uniquirk
Created by: vince
Pronunciation: you/ni/kwerk
Sentence: Without the uniquirk possessed by the monk, there might not have been the foresight to reinforce the temple with bananas.
Etymology: unique + quirk
Embarrassteristic
Created by: librarian
Pronunciation: im-bare-iss-ter-is'-tic
Sentence: That unibrow is a total embarrassteristic.
Etymology: embarrass + characteristic
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
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"
Mungibation
Created by: peppahmink
Pronunciation: muhnj' ah bayshun
Sentence: Despite Lyle Lovett's preternaturally vertical hair and other such mungibations, the eccentric singer is considered to be an American classic.
Etymology: Derived from the verb "to munge" meaning to transform data in an unknown way into something otherwise unattainable. A quick fix. The result of a "munge" is a mungibation.
Alternationism
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
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:
Isolution
Created by: gabngar
Pronunciation: I-so-lew-shun
Sentence: Having a third eye is an example of isolution.
Etymology: Isotation (being alone) + Evolution
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