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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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Neodistinct
Created by: ubgrud
Pronunciation: knee-oh-dys-tinct
Sentence: That sixth finger is so neodistinct. She is such a freak.
Etymology: neo - new distinct - different.
Differantage
Created by: seraphrevan
Pronunciation: diff-er-ant-ij
Sentence: The football player's differantage made him thinner and slimmer, but also made him twice as fast as the other players.
Etymology: Derived from different and advantage.
Grackage
Created by: IanArcher
Pronunciation: GRAK'-ij
Sentence:
Etymology: from the Greek 'grak' meaning flotsam or waste
Freakism
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The circus performer's freakism was her double-jointed spine.
Etymology: From "freak" in the biological sense.
Evosuckitism
Created by: jedamacr
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology:
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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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Promutation
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: pro-myoo-TA-shun
Sentence: "Fog, my ass," thought Santa, "time to put Ruldolph's promutation to good use..."
Etymology: Pro - opposite of Con; denoting favorability. Mutation - n alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
Murdoran
Created by: msokoloffster
Pronunciation: Mur - Door - an
Sentence: The mans murdoran of a horn sticking out of his knee prevented him from getting the job of his dreams.
Etymology: Unknown...
Advantasyncracy
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
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