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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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Shunspot

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: shun-spot

Sentence: Billy's extra finger was a shunspot but allowed him to type faster than his friends when stuck behind his computer instead of getting to play with the cool guys.

Etymology: shun + spot

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Adipstinction

Created by: cthuljew

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Handycap

Created by: degsy99

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Evolustugh

Created by: nightclaw42

Pronunciation: ev-oo-lou-st-ugh

Sentence: They made fum of him a at first,but he had the evolustugh.

Etymology: evo-evolutionary st-last ugh-laugh

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Uniquaracteristic

Created by: Javeson1

Pronunciation: UNI/kayr/ak/ter/ISS/tik

Sentence: Rudolph, should one choose to believe in his myth, would be a prime example of uniquaracteristik inthat his nose is red and helps guide the way, yet he still get not respect.

Etymology: unique+characteristic

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Spedge

Created by: ehaaland

Pronunciation: spej

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Etymology: An abbreviation for "special edge."

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Betteracider

Created by: skelk

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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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Superfluassness

Created by: maxxy

Pronunciation: sue-purr-flue-ass-ness

Sentence: Though others deried Jim's superflueassness, he won more flagpole sitting contests than anyone else.

Etymology: superfluousness + well, what else?

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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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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