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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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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
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
Disabilitaid
Created by: kmccardle
Pronunciation: Dis-uh-bill-ih-tade
Sentence: The disabilitaid of having four arms meant no one would ever like me for any reason other than I could cook bacon and pancakes at the same time without burning either.
Etymology: Disability + Aid
Darwinoscopy
Created by: Nairock
Pronunciation: Dar-win-NOS-cop-ee
Sentence: The extra digit he had on each finger proved to be a most useful Darwinoscopy.
Etymology:
Trainiquecularadvance
Created by: wiccanfey
Pronunciation: Tray-neek-cue-lar-ad-vance
Sentence: Rudolph was a trainiquecularadvance among reindeer with his bright, shiny nose that led Santa's sleigh.
Etymology: Trait, unique, peculiar, advancement
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COMMENTS:
Rudolph was a trainiquecularadvance among reindeer with his bright, shiny nose that lit Santa's sleigh. - wiccanfey, 2006-12-21: 05:57:00
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Noser
Created by: moma0123
Pronunciation:
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COMMENTS:
- moma0123, 2006-12-21: 20:26:00
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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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Stigmutata
Created by: BlueHand
Pronunciation: Stig'Mew'Tar'Ta
Sentence: "Rudolph with your nose so bright, won't you use your stigmutata to guide my sleigh tonight?"
Etymology: From Stigma and mutation
Misoshunt
Created by: matchman
Pronunciation: Meeso shunt
Sentence: His limp defined his misoshunt
Etymology: greek
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
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