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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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Xtrait

Created by: meiyas

Pronunciation: ex trait

Sentence: People make gun of Xtraits because they wish they had one

Etymology: X= unknow, trait

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Antivolvics

Created by: stargate525

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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

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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

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Mungibation

Created by: peppahmink

Pronunciation: muhnj' ah bayshun

Sentence: Despite Lyle Lovett's preternaturally vertical hair and other such mungibations, the eccentric singer is considered to be an American classic.

Etymology: Derived from the verb "to munge" meaning to transform data in an unknown way into something otherwise unattainable. A quick fix. The result of a "munge" is a mungibation.

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Dicapicy

Created by: AiDakura

Pronunciation: dee-ca-pee-see

Sentence: People ridicule him for his dicapicies.

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Meminant

Created by: Coolfool

Pronunciation: As in eminent, starting with "m"

Sentence: You never know, he may be a meminant individual some day.

Etymology: The relation to "eminent", in sound and meaning is "important". So too, the starting "m", and the "ant" ending. They are derived from "mutant", as well as "important". Evolutionary success is often the result of a gene that has been altered. It has mutat

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- Coolfool, 2006-12-25: 08:22:00

Truncated again! Etymology, (cont.): It has mutated. There is nothing "good" or "bad" inherent in the altering. They took the idiot out of idiot-savant, let's take the idiot out of mautant. - Coolfool, 2006-12-25: 08:28:00

sorry 'bout spelling of last word: mutant. - Coolfool, 2006-12-25: 08:29:00

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Spedricle

Created by: debaser80

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Evosuckitism

Created by: jedamacr

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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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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...

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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