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DEFINITION: v. To send out confused or conflicting signals when driving or dating. n. A person who signals their intentions to do one thing, then does something else completely different.
Verboticisms
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Moxiemoron
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: mok see mor on
Sentence: Raoul was a moxiemoron when it came to matters of driving and courtship. He wanted to get married, but picked women who didn't. He wanted to get his driver's license, but failed to pass his test, because he did not study the highway code. Was he doomed to always spend his life with just a learner's license? Not quite qualified and driving the wrong way on the one way street of love?
Etymology: Moxie (fortitude and determination) & Oxymoron (conjoining contradictory terms) & Moron (a person of subnormal intelligence)
Contridate
Created by: kjkuhn
Pronunciation: Con-trih-dAte
Sentence: I met a huge contridate last night; she called me attractive but when I asked her out, she slapped me!
Etymology: contradict + date
Driversion
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: driv - vershun
Sentence: Dudley created a driversion for others on the road by putting on turn signals but going straight, stopping when there was no stop sign, or turning right when he was signalling to turn left. Needless to say, anyone who happened to be following him was confused by his driving behavior.
Etymology: drive (operate or control a vehicle), diversion (sending on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one)
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COMMENTS:
heh - galwaywegian, 2009-04-24: 11:36:00
luv it ... so many distracted drivers today with so many driversions! Will use it a lot! It's a traffic topper! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-24: 12:25:00
He should stay in "Park" gear! - Nosila, 2009-04-24: 21:59:00
I think I know Dudley...followed him home from work a few times. - Mustang, 2009-04-24: 22:32:00
Your word, the name "Dudley" and sentence perfectly match the definition. - splendiction, 2009-04-25: 12:25:00
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Gostopper
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Whenever I am with her it's like all the lights are green but she always turns out to be a gostopper.
Etymology: go + stop
Misflirt
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: miss flirt
Sentence: Miss Belie just couldn’t come out and tell him she was just keeping him around for fun, while she looked around for Mr. Right. Belie misflirted with Mr. Rong by doing things like caressing his back while telling him she wasn’t really his type. Trying to be somewhat honest, her leadinghimwrong tactics were confusing Mr. Rong into thinking he was Mr. Maybe.
Etymology: Misflirt means to flirt (show interest in for the moment) incorrectly, to flirt but not really mean it.
Youturner
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: yoo ter ner
Sentence: Ted sees Jane. Jane sees Ted. Jane & Ted get married and form a multi-national, international coalition. For many years, Ted added colour to old movies, like "Gone With The Wind" and many others to show the world that the old days were not just in black and white and grey. Ted turnered many heads at the UN and made them see that they could turneround the world. But after Jane and Ted had been married a while, he pulled a Youturner. In the end Ted could not figure out why, if he was right, why he was now left...go after Jane, Ted...Don't be a Dick!
Etymology: U-Turn (complete reversal of direction of travel) & You (Pronoun, second person singular) & Turner (someone who turns; also Ted Turner, a media proprietor who "turned" America onto Buffalo Meat, Cable Vision, CNN, and is a "The Mouth of the South")
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COMMENTS:
You are really sporting Great Entertainment with this won. So Turnermental it sent me laughing around the bend! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-24: 01:42:00
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Misbraken
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: miss-break-en
Sentence: The charming, alluring, Miss Taken; Was the queen of mis'cue'munication. She'd flirt and invite, Then she'd feint to the right. You could say that she was misbraken.
Etymology: Miss: young lady + mistaken: error in judgment + brake: to slow or to stop; dampen, hinder.
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COMMENTS:
Clever Limerick. Fun word plays. Double Great Verbotomies! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-24: 12:34:00
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Schizofriendly
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: skitsəfrendlē
Sentence: Trudy is always friendly but she can be schizofriendly, one day gushing and happy to see you, the next, barely acknowledging your existence. Today you\'re best of friends, tomorrow a grunt and a nod is the best you can get from her. I guess that\'s why they call her Moody Trudy.
Etymology: schizophrenic (a long-term mental disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior) + friendly (kind and pleasant)
Datenswitch
Created by: hyperborean
Pronunciation: date-inz-wich
Sentence: I thought the evening was going well until Magda suddenly turned into the wicked Datenswitch. That's what I get for picking up girls at my Conflicting Singles Group.
Etymology: Bait-n-Switch; witch
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COMMENTS:
Apt and Clever. Great Pun! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-26: 20:21:00
great word & brilliant sentence
- DrWebsterIII, 2009-05-01: 00:20:00
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Seductshun
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: sed uk shuhn
Sentence: Victims of her bizarre seductshun techniques never knew whether they were coming or going.
Etymology: seduction shun
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by memyselfandbo who was thinking of those irritating drivers who make left turns without signaling, or worse putting out the wrong signals. And I agree. When you're cruising, there's nothing more annoying than someone who sending out mixed signals. Thank you memyselfandbo. ~ James
Biscotti - 2009-04-24: 00:15:00
Awesome definition! I agree that these same drivers frustrate me as well James! Great work to both you and memyselfandbo! Very creative and fun!
Thanks for sending a clear signal! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by memyselfandbo. Thank you memyselfandbo. ~ James