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'Look at that guy's nose!'

DEFINITION: A unique physical or psychological trait, which makes one "different". Often seen as a handicap, even if it provides a distinct evolutionary advantage.

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Uniqueish

icsnwblue

Created by: icsnwblue

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Noser

Created by: moma0123

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Savantgarde

Created by: fashionista

Pronunciation: Sa-vant-garde

Sentence: One with a severe developmental or mental handicap as well as extraordinary mental abilities (Savant) that pushes the boundaries of what is accepted (Avant-garde).

Etymology: Savant, Avant-garde

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Charactravesty

Created by: Chadcaster

Pronunciation: Car-ak-tra-vesti

Sentence: His huge ears were something of a charactravesty, often upsetting children.

Etymology: from characteristic and travesty

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Differencer

Created by: RhPlus

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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

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Upperhandicap

Created by: janedoe

Pronunciation: uhp-er-han-dee-kap

Sentence: For years, John was taunted because of his enormous head; but his collosal cranium turned out to be an upperhandicap in that he was a genius.

Etymology: upper hand + handicap

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Ostrigitigation

Created by: r6pokey

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Freakism

Created by: Bulletchewer

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Sentence: The circus performer's freakism was her double-jointed spine.

Etymology: From "freak" in the biological sense.

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Rudosyndrom

IHeartKiwiTarts

Created by: IHeartKiwiTarts

Pronunciation: " roo-doe-sin-drum"

Sentence: After the doctor found eyes in the back of my head, he told me. very solemnly told me that I have Rudosyndrom.

Etymology: from Rudolf, the reindeer who was ostracized for his red nose and ended up going down in history for it

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2006-12-21: 02:26:00
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).

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2006-12-21: 23:09:00
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