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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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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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Grackage

Created by: IanArcher

Pronunciation: GRAK'-ij

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Etymology: from the Greek 'grak' meaning flotsam or waste

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Jealousosctrasization

Xenonym

Created by: Xenonym

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Kellerism

Created by: llimllib

Pronunciation: 'Kell-er-ism

Sentence: "Janice's mole is so ugly." "Yeah, but it's a Kellerism - look at all the guys around her!"

Etymology: Helen Keller -> Kellerism

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Mutauntation

Created by: lauramy

Pronunciation: mew-tawn-tay-shun

Sentence: No more deprecation! You must flaunt to the nation your mutauntation!

Etymology: Taunt + Mutation

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Alternationism

erasmus

Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: alter nation ism

Sentence: he had a classic alternationism, his arms were 3 feet longer than mine!

Etymology: from being alternate or alternative

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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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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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Freakolutionary

Created by: microwavedboy

Pronunciation: Freak-o-lu-shun-airy

Sentence: Rudolph's freakolutionary nose was mocked by all the other reindeer.

Etymology: A splicing of evolutionary and freak, implying some sort of anomaly in the Darwinian process of evolution.

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Protardation

tilthouse

Created by: tilthouse

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Etymology: Think retardation

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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