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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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Oddportunity

Created by: fonka99

Pronunciation: odd-portunity

Sentence: Ralph's freakishly long arms gave him the oddportunity to reach into the u-bend where his wedding ring lay after he dropped it in his drunken stupor.

Etymology: From oddness and opportunity

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Uniquirk

vince

Created by: vince

Pronunciation: you/ni/kwerk

Sentence: Without the uniquirk possessed by the monk, there might not have been the foresight to reinforce the temple with bananas.

Etymology: unique + quirk

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Gimpsupervolutionary

Created by: Stump

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Handycap

Created by: sir67

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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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Differosity

Created by: tinydancer

Pronunciation: diff-err-oss-it-ee

Sentence: It was her differosity that set her apart from the rest.

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Xtrait

Created by: meiyas

Pronunciation: ex trait

Sentence: People make gun of Xtraits because they wish they had one

Etymology: X= unknow, trait

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Badvantage

Created by: chris

Pronunciation: bad-varn-tij

Sentence: Even though it required him to wear specially reinforced underwear, Nigel was pretty happy with his 20 inch badvantage

Etymology: bad + advantage

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Fine word - serjion, 2006-12-21: 05:56:00

Chris! You are hilarious! - wordmeister, 2006-12-21: 08:27:00

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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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Crapsticle

Created by: trer9

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- trer9, 2006-12-21: 21:39:00

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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