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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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Spedge
Created by: ehaaland
Pronunciation: spej
Sentence:
Etymology: An abbreviation for "special edge."
Thingularity
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: thing-u-larity
Sentence: His thingularity was a unique appendage sprouting from the top of his head, that caused others to gasp "What is that thing?", yet provided a very useful limb for holding an umbrella or shade in weather extremes.
Etymology: Thing + singularity
Diveanterentiating
Created by: erwalter
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: dievant + differentiating
Darwhimian
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: dar/wim/ee/an
Sentence: The Darwhimian Theory of Evolution favors fortunate if not fanciful furry creatures like Rudolph-The-Red-Nosed Reindeer.
Etymology: variation of Darwinian (adj.) of or relating to Charles Darwin, his theories of evolution, or his followers + whim: a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn or mind
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
Runtage
Created by: Psychicsi
Pronunciation: runt-age
Sentence: It was Rudolph's runtage that made him so adept at leading the sleigh.
Etymology: Runt + Advantage
Genetigift
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: jen-et-ick-ift
Sentence: Many considered Lily's tail to be a freak of nature, but she knew it was a genetigift, because she secretly trained herself to be a deadly assassin with it.
Etymology: Genetic + gift
Diffpoint
Created by: SlRf24
Pronunciation: "Dif" pronunced with the UK pronunciation.
Sentence: Julie's diffpoint is her abillity to stay underwater for more than 5 minutes!Well,she's a hero to me!
Etymology: Difference+Point
Rudolphitis
Created by: hvhtim
Pronunciation: rudolph-itis
Sentence: the reindeer with rudolphitis got all the females in the end.
Etymology: rudolph, itis
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COMMENTS:
umm...look at the picture - hvhtim, 2006-12-21: 09:19:00
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Obvioevolutionary
Created by: Fenners
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Rudolph has one hell of an obvioevolutionary nose!
Etymology:
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