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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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Unidiffap
Created by: Windyo
Pronunciation: You/ni/dif/ap
Sentence: This guy has a unidiffap, see his arms?
Etymology: Uni==> unique Diff==> difference ap ==> last letters from handicap
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
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
Diffantage
Created by: xshadowswimmer08x
Pronunciation: diff-an-tage
Sentence: My diffantage was that i have gills so i can breathe underwater.
Etymology: different/advantage
Ufference
Created by: hairydoginparis
Pronunciation: ew-fer-ense
Sentence: Van Gogh's ufference was is missing left ear.
Etymology: u-unique ferenece-difference
Isolution
Created by: gabngar
Pronunciation: I-so-lew-shun
Sentence: Having a third eye is an example of isolution.
Etymology: Isotation (being alone) + Evolution
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
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