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DEFINITION: n. A social network built on the intertwining connections between the people, ideas and things. v. To communicate through a social network.
Verboticisms
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Intercrescents
Created by: emmyb2
Pronunciation: in-ter-cre-cents
Sentence: When I went to college, I was amazed at the intercrescents in my life; all my courses seemed connected!
Etymology: inter - between cresc- growing
Socialit
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: so shee al eye tee
Sentence: Melissa realized that her socialIT was directly related to her socialIQ. The more people she knew online, the more intelligent she appeared to the reast of the world.
Etymology: Social( relating to human society and its members) & IT (Information technology)
Twitterphace
Created by: patb
Pronunciation: twit-ter-fAs
Sentence: Michael used his skills at twitterphacing to find the lowest cost viagra clone on the internet. It was great! But unfortunately he didn't have any real friends.
Etymology: twit, twitter, facebook, interface
Meshence
Created by: pinwheel
Pronunciation: mesh/ence
Sentence: John was expelled from school simply because his meshence comprised of friends that his parents described as 'bad influences'.
Etymology: Mesh (an interwoven structure) + essence (one's basic character)
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COMMENTS:
nice -- the mesh is the meshage - wordmeister, 2007-04-19: 09:51:00
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Kithbeams
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: KITH-beems
Sentence: Kithbeams sometimes radiant; at other times frowning, chilled by the clouds of doubt and the bitter winds of mistrust; but like the sun affecting our lives every second.
Etymology: Kith, n. [OE.& AS. kith,] native land; friends, acquaintances; kindred. Meaning 1. & 4. archaic. BEAM:n. [ME. OE?]:A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat. (Fig.): A ray; a gleam; as, a beam of comfort.
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COMMENTS:
how poetic - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-26: 10:58:00
Hugths & Kithes! - Nosila, 2008-06-26: 23:27:00
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Stimurounding
Created by: jonobo
Pronunciation: stimu like in stimulate, rounding like in surrounding.
Sentence: Your experience is cheavily spinfluenced by your stimurounding. The stimurounding was bad for her, i had to get her out of this city quickly...
Etymology: stimulous + surrounding = stimurounding.
Vitanex
Created by: Ellemorpheus
Pronunciation: Vee-tah-necks or Vye-tah-necks
Sentence: The people in the village semi-consciously created a large and tightly woven vitanex to support each other.
Etymology: From Vita-Life From Nex-bound
Umbilicalcard
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: um/bil/i/cal/card
Sentence: All the important deatils of her relationships were stored on her umbilicalcard which she played sometimes to her advantage
Etymology: umbilical cord + card (agenda)
Thumbunicate
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: θəmyoōnəkāshən
Sentence: Joyce*s friends are worried. Ever since she acquired her Blackberry she has stopped talking. Many of her friends haven*t seen her in months. She thumbunicates with them on a regular basis, sometimes dozens of times a day but can*t seem to manage a real world interaction. For all they know she is squirreled up in her mother*s basement with a case of Cheetos and several six packs of Rockstar. An intervention may be in order.
Etymology: thumb (the short, thick first digit of the human hand, set lower and apart from the other four and opposable to them - the primary tool of text messaging) communicate (share or exchange information, news, or ideas)
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COMMENTS:
Thumb's up - Nosila, 2009-11-05: 19:32:00
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Youyarn
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: yoo-yarn
Sentence: Jill contemplated her youyarn which was how she saw her self connected to everything else around her ... like a big skein of yarn.
Etymology: you + yarn
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Kurt Vonnegut and first appeared in his novel Cat's Cradle.
Thank you Mr. Vonnegut! ~ James
jedijawa - 2007-04-19: 08:29:00
These are tough this week!
Yeah! KV is pushing us up to the next level ~ James
- 2008-04-20: 01:28:00
hairy
Today's definition was suggested by Kurt Vonnegut and first appeared in his novel Cat's Cradle.
Thank you Mr. Vonnegut! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by vonnegut. Thank you vonnegut. ~ James