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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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Uniquirk
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
Freakolutionary
Created by: microwavedboy
Pronunciation: Freak-o-lu-shun-airy
Sentence: Rudolph's freakolutionary nose was mocked by all the other reindeer.
Etymology: A splicing of evolutionary and freak, implying some sort of anomaly in the Darwinian process of evolution.
Runtage
Created by: Psychicsi
Pronunciation: runt-age
Sentence: It was Rudolph's runtage that made him so adept at leading the sleigh.
Etymology: Runt + Advantage
Evovantage
Created by: styxandstones31
Pronunciation: e-vo-vantage
Sentence: The monkeys second tail was a complete evovantage, for it helped him hang on to the tree better than the others.
Etymology:
Trainiquecularadvance
Created by: wiccanfey
Pronunciation: Tray-neek-cue-lar-ad-vance
Sentence: Rudolph was a trainiquecularadvance among reindeer with his bright, shiny nose that led Santa's sleigh.
Etymology: Trait, unique, peculiar, advancement
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COMMENTS:
Rudolph was a trainiquecularadvance among reindeer with his bright, shiny nose that lit Santa's sleigh. - wiccanfey, 2006-12-21: 05:57:00
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Rudolphitis
Created by: hvhtim
Pronunciation: rudolph-itis
Sentence: the reindeer with rudolphitis got all the females in the end.
Etymology: rudolph, itis
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COMMENTS:
umm...look at the picture - hvhtim, 2006-12-21: 09:19:00
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Misficity
Created by: adobrodt
Pronunciation: miss-FISS-ity
Sentence: Julie's rampant misficity led many to believe her grossly over-sized right pinky to be an abomination until it managed to save a train full of underprivileged orphans.
Etymology: From pop. _Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer_'s "Island of Misfit Toys" and suffix "icity"
Hamzuk
Created by: lramakrishnan
Pronunciation:
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Etymology: Hamzuk, after the Hamilton-Zuk immunocompetence hypothesis in evolutionary biology
Mutashun
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: myou-ta-shun
Sentence: Despite being the brunt of many Bigfoot jokes for his overly large feet, Bob didn't mind his mutashun, as he was quite popular with the ladies.
Etymology: mutation, shun
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