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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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Dicapicy
Created by: AiDakura
Pronunciation: dee-ca-pee-see
Sentence: People ridicule him for his dicapicies.
Etymology:
Spedge
Created by: ehaaland
Pronunciation: spej
Sentence:
Etymology: An abbreviation for "special edge."
Impedimark
Created by: myss51
Pronunciation:
Sentence: That was his 'impedimark' and whoever he would be in coversation with would uncomfortably shift their eyes, not speak of the bar jokes.
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Abnormalitaid
Created by: DarthWader
Pronunciation: ab norm al ih tade
Sentence: Though a bit cumbersome to deal with at first, Roger's enourmous hands served as a curious abnormalitaid in hailing a cab.
Etymology: abnormality (abnormal feature) + aid (thing that is of help or assistance)
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
Unicarious
Created by: hermionesnape
Pronunciation: uni-cari-ous
Sentence: That scar Harry has is rather unicarious.
Etymology: Uni: unique Cari: of the face/caricature
Superlatauniquitishness
Created by: Persnicket
Pronunciation: Soo-PER-luh-tuh-you-NEEK-kwuh-tish-niss
Sentence: The SUPERLATAUNIQUITISHNESS of the beast was so strong that my eyes could not help but be drawn to distinctive features.
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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