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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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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
Noser
Created by: moma0123
Pronunciation:
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COMMENTS:
- moma0123, 2006-12-21: 20:26:00
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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
Grackage
Created by: IanArcher
Pronunciation: GRAK'-ij
Sentence:
Etymology: from the Greek 'grak' meaning flotsam or waste
Darwinoscopy
Created by: Nairock
Pronunciation: Dar-win-NOS-cop-ee
Sentence: The extra digit he had on each finger proved to be a most useful Darwinoscopy.
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Evosuckitism
Created by: jedamacr
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COMMENTS:
I'm voting for this because I liked it, but write a sentence at least! - kmccardle, 2006-12-21: 07:30:00
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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
Embarrassteristic
Created by: librarian
Pronunciation: im-bare-iss-ter-is'-tic
Sentence: That unibrow is a total embarrassteristic.
Etymology: embarrass + characteristic
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
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