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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.

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Upperhandicap

Created by: janedoe

Pronunciation: uhp-er-han-dee-kap

Sentence: For years, John was taunted because of his enormous head; but his collosal cranium turned out to be an upperhandicap in that he was a genius.

Etymology: upper hand + handicap

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Abnormalitaid

Created by: DarthWader

Pronunciation: ab norm al ih tade

Sentence: Though a bit cumbersome to deal with at first, Roger's enourmous hands served as a curious abnormalitaid in hailing a cab.

Etymology: abnormality (abnormal feature) + aid (thing that is of help or assistance)

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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.

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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

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Ostrigitigation

Created by: r6pokey

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Oddyhook

Created by: missparaguay1991

Pronunciation: as in /odd - y - hook/

Sentence: My oddyhok is well hidden, can you see that hair inside my ear?

Etymology: from the English odd meaning no pair, and hook from the English hook meaning hook

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Evonomoly

Created by: johnnyrockett

Pronunciation: Evo-nom-oly

Sentence: As he looked in the mirror, Rudolph wondered if his evonomoly would ever come to be used.

Etymology: Evo-Evolution nomoly - Anomoly

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Uniquirk

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Created by: vince

Pronunciation: you/ni/kwerk

Sentence: Without the uniquirk possessed by the monk, there might not have been the foresight to reinforce the temple with bananas.

Etymology: unique + quirk

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Handivantage

Created by: Flixst

Pronunciation: 'hædi,vætıdʒ

Sentence: This third leg on the forehead seems to be a handivantage

Etymology: handy + handicap + advantage

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Differencer

Created by: RhPlus

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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