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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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Heteronomalogenotype

Created by: mantroog

Pronunciation: het-er-o-nom-a-lo-jeen-o-type

Sentence: The elves had never seen a reindeer of that particular heteronomalogenotype.

Etymology: hetero=different, anomaly=abnormality, genotype=genetic constitution

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Differosity

Created by: tinydancer

Pronunciation: diff-err-oss-it-ee

Sentence: It was her differosity that set her apart from the rest.

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Stupifunctive

Created by: Manhattan

Pronunciation: Stoo-pi-funk-tiv.

Sentence: Each spinal bone coming out of the back of the new species of wolf is stupifunctive.

Etymology: Sounds like stupify, fun, and active.

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Spedge

Created by: ehaaland

Pronunciation: spej

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Etymology: An abbreviation for "special edge."

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Anomolution

Created by: omista

Pronunciation: a-nom-O-LU-shun

Sentence: At first stans 3rd opposable thumb caused much teasing, but as he grew and developed uses for it he found it very helpful. When he grew up and had children he discovered that the thumb was actually anomolution

Etymology: anomolus + eveolution

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Handycap

Created by: sir67

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Darwooser

Created by: Adamson

Pronunciation: Dar-woo-zer

Sentence: That three legged man is a real darwooser

Etymology: Darwin (chuck)+loser

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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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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

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Impedimorphisis

Created by: danboaz

Pronunciation: im-ped-i-morf-i-sis

Sentence: The raccoons impedimorphisis of an extra long tail at fifst slowed it down, but soon it discovered that it could hang from its tail, giving it the abilty to figth attacking animals with all for limbs from a safe distance

Etymology: impediment + metamorphisis

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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