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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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Savantgarde
Created by: fashionista
Pronunciation: Sa-vant-garde
Sentence: One with a severe developmental or mental handicap as well as extraordinary mental abilities (Savant) that pushes the boundaries of what is accepted (Avant-garde).
Etymology: Savant, Avant-garde
Diffpoint
Created by: SlRf24
Pronunciation: "Dif" pronunced with the UK pronunciation.
Sentence: Julie's diffpoint is her abillity to stay underwater for more than 5 minutes!Well,she's a hero to me!
Etymology: Difference+Point
Crapsticle
Created by: trer9
Pronunciation:
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COMMENTS:
- trer9, 2006-12-21: 21:39:00
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Rudimation
Created by: jtexas
Pronunciation: rood i MAY shun
Sentence: Roger's rudimation enabled him to stay underwater longer than any diver ever had.
Etymology: rudolph the red-nosed raindeer(American pop-culture) + mutation
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COMMENTS:
- jtexas, 2006-12-21: 13:24:00
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Traitease
Created by: Hjason
Pronunciation: tra-tease
Sentence: Although I have third leg due to my traitease, which makes me a great dancer, no one wants to go to the ball with me.
Etymology: trait-tease
Promutation
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: pro-myoo-TA-shun
Sentence: "Fog, my ass," thought Santa, "time to put Ruldolph's promutation to good use..."
Etymology: Pro - opposite of Con; denoting favorability. Mutation - n alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
Unicarious
Created by: hermionesnape
Pronunciation: uni-cari-ous
Sentence: That scar Harry has is rather unicarious.
Etymology: Uni: unique Cari: of the face/caricature
Diveanterentiating
Created by: erwalter
Pronunciation:
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Etymology: dievant + differentiating
Aberlution
Created by: memexikon
Pronunciation: a bur LU shun
Sentence: By sheer comic aberlution penguins have mananged to captivate the hearts & minds of people everywhere, consequently insuring their survivial.
Etymology: aberration + evolution
Badvantage
Created by: chris
Pronunciation: bad-varn-tij
Sentence: Even though it required him to wear specially reinforced underwear, Nigel was pretty happy with his 20 inch badvantage
Etymology: bad + advantage
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COMMENTS:
Fine word - serjion, 2006-12-21: 05:56:00
Chris! You are hilarious! - wordmeister, 2006-12-21: 08:27:00
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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