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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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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
Grackage
Created by: IanArcher
Pronunciation: GRAK'-ij
Sentence:
Etymology: from the Greek 'grak' meaning flotsam or waste
Freakolutionary
Created by: microwavedboy
Pronunciation: Freak-o-lu-shun-airy
Sentence: Rudolph's freakolutionary nose was mocked by all the other reindeer.
Etymology: A splicing of evolutionary and freak, implying some sort of anomaly in the Darwinian process of evolution.
Misoshunt
Created by: matchman
Pronunciation: Meeso shunt
Sentence: His limp defined his misoshunt
Etymology: greek
Crapsticle
Created by: trer9
Pronunciation:
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- trer9, 2006-12-21: 21:39:00
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Uniquinoid
Created by: Luna2
Pronunciation: You-ni-kwi-noid
Sentence: Harry was a uniquinoid in every sense of the word. He was too tall, too smart, too fat, but he was the leading authority in the field of cybernanites.
Etymology: From unique> one of a kind + noid> a super geek
Darwineyes
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: dahr/win/ize
Sentence: Charles darwineyes were his best feature although they were pretty freaky. He could always spot the winners.
Etymology: darwin + eyes
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