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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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Mungibation

Created by: peppahmink

Pronunciation: muhnj' ah bayshun

Sentence: Despite Lyle Lovett's preternaturally vertical hair and other such mungibations, the eccentric singer is considered to be an American classic.

Etymology: Derived from the verb "to munge" meaning to transform data in an unknown way into something otherwise unattainable. A quick fix. The result of a "munge" is a mungibation.

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Protardation

tilthouse

Created by: tilthouse

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Etymology: Think retardation

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Diffantage

Created by: xshadowswimmer08x

Pronunciation: diff-an-tage

Sentence: My diffantage was that i have gills so i can breathe underwater.

Etymology: different/advantage

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Mutashun

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: myou-ta-shun

Sentence: Despite being the brunt of many Bigfoot jokes for his overly large feet, Bob didn't mind his mutashun, as he was quite popular with the ladies.

Etymology: mutation, shun

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Hamzuk

Created by: lramakrishnan

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Etymology: Hamzuk, after the Hamilton-Zuk immunocompetence hypothesis in evolutionary biology

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Uniqueish

icsnwblue

Created by: icsnwblue

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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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Spedge

Created by: ehaaland

Pronunciation: spej

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Etymology: An abbreviation for "special edge."

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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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Misficity

Created by: adobrodt

Pronunciation: miss-FISS-ity

Sentence: Julie's rampant misficity led many to believe her grossly over-sized right pinky to be an abomination until it managed to save a train full of underprivileged orphans.

Etymology: From pop. _Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer_'s "Island of Misfit Toys" and suffix "icity"

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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