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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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Noser
Created by: moma0123
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- moma0123, 2006-12-21: 20:26:00
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Unicarious
Created by: hermionesnape
Pronunciation: uni-cari-ous
Sentence: That scar Harry has is rather unicarious.
Etymology: Uni: unique Cari: of the face/caricature
Disabilitaid
Created by: kmccardle
Pronunciation: Dis-uh-bill-ih-tade
Sentence: The disabilitaid of having four arms meant no one would ever like me for any reason other than I could cook bacon and pancakes at the same time without burning either.
Etymology: Disability + Aid
Oddportunity
Created by: fonka99
Pronunciation: odd-portunity
Sentence: Ralph's freakishly long arms gave him the oddportunity to reach into the u-bend where his wedding ring lay after he dropped it in his drunken stupor.
Etymology: From oddness and opportunity
Oddatoid
Created by: stormee
Pronunciation: odd a toyed
Sentence: Mr. Smith had a large oddatoid on his face.
Etymology: Odd, to be different. Toid, a unique marking.
Darwinoscopy
Created by: Nairock
Pronunciation: Dar-win-NOS-cop-ee
Sentence: The extra digit he had on each finger proved to be a most useful Darwinoscopy.
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Unvantage
Created by: awesomo
Pronunciation: Un-vantage
Sentence: Harold's beard is quite the unvantage, as it scares everyone away, but he was able to raise a family of rabbits in it.
Etymology: The prefix un undoes the specified noun, advantage. Although I didn't mean for it to undo it, but for them to go hand-in-hand.
Darwooser
Created by: Adamson
Pronunciation: Dar-woo-zer
Sentence: That three legged man is a real darwooser
Etymology: Darwin (chuck)+loser
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