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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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Maverich

Created by: dmitry13

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Coolicap

Created by: Partario

Pronunciation: Cool-EE-cap

Sentence: "Although, john could not wash the dishes by himself some saw his disablility as a coolicap."

Etymology: A combination of cool and Handicap

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Indiquirk

Created by: squashy

Pronunciation: indy-quirk

Sentence: the man's indiquirk fitted the description in the police appeal poster

Etymology: individual and quirky

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vince i have to say thumbs down for (basically) using the same word as me - vince, 2006-12-21: 12:47:00

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Heteronomalogenotype

Created by: mantroog

Pronunciation: het-er-o-nom-a-lo-jeen-o-type

Sentence: The elves had never seen a reindeer of that particular heteronomalogenotype.

Etymology: hetero=different, anomaly=abnormality, genotype=genetic constitution

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- mantroog, 2006-12-21: 18:08:00

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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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Advantasyncracy

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Created by: jennw2ns

Pronunciation: ad-van-tah-SINK-ra-see

Sentence: Having two left feet turned into an advantasycracy for Helen when she met a guy with two right ones.

Etymology: Advantage + idiosyncracy

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Savantgarde

Created by: fashionista

Pronunciation: Sa-vant-garde

Sentence: One with a severe developmental or mental handicap as well as extraordinary mental abilities (Savant) that pushes the boundaries of what is accepted (Avant-garde).

Etymology: Savant, Avant-garde

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Diveanterentiating

Created by: erwalter

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Etymology: dievant + differentiating

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Strangicity

Created by: townka

Pronunciation: strange-icity

Sentence: Rudolph always did have that strangicity...

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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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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