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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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Rudosism

Created by: Dylanor

Pronunciation: ru-DO-sism

Sentence: His rudosism was his small mutated arm sticking out of his back.

Etymology: Rudolph + sism

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Handycap

Created by: sir67

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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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Embarrassteristic

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Created by: librarian

Pronunciation: im-bare-iss-ter-is'-tic

Sentence: That unibrow is a total embarrassteristic.

Etymology: embarrass + characteristic

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Jealousosctrasization

Xenonym

Created by: Xenonym

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Impedimorphisis

Created by: danboaz

Pronunciation: im-ped-i-morf-i-sis

Sentence: The raccoons impedimorphisis of an extra long tail at fifst slowed it down, but soon it discovered that it could hang from its tail, giving it the abilty to figth attacking animals with all for limbs from a safe distance

Etymology: impediment + metamorphisis

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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

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Spedge

Created by: ehaaland

Pronunciation: spej

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Etymology: An abbreviation for "special edge."

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Runtage

Created by: Psychicsi

Pronunciation: runt-age

Sentence: It was Rudolph's runtage that made him so adept at leading the sleigh.

Etymology: Runt + Advantage

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Fabnormality

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: fab-norm-al-ah-tee

Sentence: As soon as he grew wings the others shunned him, but it was a fabnormality he was willing to bear

Etymology: fabulous, abnormality

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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