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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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Hamzuk

Created by: lramakrishnan

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Etymology: Hamzuk, after the Hamilton-Zuk immunocompetence hypothesis in evolutionary biology

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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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Obvioevolutionary

Created by: Fenners

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Sentence: Rudolph has one hell of an obvioevolutionary nose!

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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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Ufference

Created by: hairydoginparis

Pronunciation: ew-fer-ense

Sentence: Van Gogh's ufference was is missing left ear.

Etymology: u-unique ferenece-difference

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Diffpoint

Created by: SlRf24

Pronunciation: "Dif" pronunced with the UK pronunciation.

Sentence: Julie's diffpoint is her abillity to stay underwater for more than 5 minutes!Well,she's a hero to me!

Etymology: Difference+Point

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Ostrigitigation

Created by: r6pokey

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Dicapicy

Created by: AiDakura

Pronunciation: dee-ca-pee-see

Sentence: People ridicule him for his dicapicies.

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Diffantage

Created by: xshadowswimmer08x

Pronunciation: diff-an-tage

Sentence: My diffantage was that i have gills so i can breathe underwater.

Etymology: different/advantage

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Fiveleg

Created by: nikdudnik

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Sentence: 1. He's fiveleg looks especially useful today. 2. Is there somebody who needs fiveleg?

Etymology: five + leg

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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