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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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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)
Xtrait
Created by: meiyas
Pronunciation: ex trait
Sentence: People make gun of Xtraits because they wish they had one
Etymology: X= unknow, trait
Indiquirk
Created by: squashy
Pronunciation: indy-quirk
Sentence: the man's indiquirk fitted the description in the police appeal poster
Etymology: individual and quirky
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COMMENTS:
i have to say thumbs down for (basically) using the same word as me - vince, 2006-12-21: 12:47:00
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Isolution
Created by: gabngar
Pronunciation: I-so-lew-shun
Sentence: Having a third eye is an example of isolution.
Etymology: Isotation (being alone) + Evolution
Unparavolead
Created by: paperpieces
Pronunciation: un-PEAR-eh-vole-EED
Sentence: Little did they know that Rudolph had an unparavolead to them.
Etymology: Unpara- from unparallel, -vol- from evolution, -lead meaning advantage
Fiveleg
Created by: nikdudnik
Pronunciation:
Sentence: 1. He's fiveleg looks especially useful today. 2. Is there somebody who needs fiveleg?
Etymology: five + leg
Diveanterentiating
Created by: erwalter
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: dievant + differentiating
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:
Murdoran
Created by: msokoloffster
Pronunciation: Mur - Door - an
Sentence: The mans murdoran of a horn sticking out of his knee prevented him from getting the job of his dreams.
Etymology: Unknown...
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