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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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Impedimark
Created by: myss51
Pronunciation:
Sentence: That was his 'impedimark' and whoever he would be in coversation with would uncomfortably shift their eyes, not speak of the bar jokes.
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Identicap
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation: eyedenticap
Sentence: Everyone is unique with individual characteristics. Each characteristic is called an identicap.
Etymology: obvious really !!!!!!
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
Evolushun
Created by: whimsy
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He cursed natural selection everyday for his evolushun.
Etymology:
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
Coolicap
Created by: Partario
Pronunciation: Cool-EE-cap
Sentence: "Although, john could not wash the dishes by himself some saw his disablility as a coolicap."
Etymology: A combination of cool and Handicap
Differantage
Created by: seraphrevan
Pronunciation: diff-er-ant-ij
Sentence: The football player's differantage made him thinner and slimmer, but also made him twice as fast as the other players.
Etymology: Derived from different and advantage.
Phenomaly
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /f&-'nom-&-"lE/
Sentence: Some believed that Humongo Wong's somewhat unusual features were merely a phenomaly, but he and Dr. Plasty knew that his lucrative porn career was in fact due to much hard work and a bit of creative elective surgery.
Etymology: from phenotype + anomaly
Evosuckitism
Created by: jedamacr
Pronunciation:
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COMMENTS:
I'm voting for this because I liked it, but write a sentence at least! - kmccardle, 2006-12-21: 07:30:00
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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