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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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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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Obvioevolutionary

Created by: Fenners

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Rudolph has one hell of an obvioevolutionary nose!

Etymology:

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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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Darwineyes

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: dahr/win/ize

Sentence: Charles darwineyes were his best feature although they were pretty freaky. He could always spot the winners.

Etymology: darwin + eyes

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Stigmutata

BlueHand

Created by: BlueHand

Pronunciation: Stig'Mew'Tar'Ta

Sentence: "Rudolph with your nose so bright, won't you use your stigmutata to guide my sleigh tonight?"

Etymology: From Stigma and mutation

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Shazamutation

Created by: Pythias

Pronunciation: sha - zam' - u - ta - tion

Sentence: Rudolf displayed his shazamutation with all the aplomb accorded such a magical beast.

Etymology: shazam + mutation

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Rudosyndrom

IHeartKiwiTarts

Created by: IHeartKiwiTarts

Pronunciation: " roo-doe-sin-drum"

Sentence: After the doctor found eyes in the back of my head, he told me. very solemnly told me that I have Rudosyndrom.

Etymology: from Rudolf, the reindeer who was ostracized for his red nose and ended up going down in history for it

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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

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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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Misoshunt

Created by: matchman

Pronunciation: Meeso shunt

Sentence: His limp defined his misoshunt

Etymology: greek

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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