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DEFINITION: n. An ingrained habit which is so entrenched in individual's personality that they practically have an identity crisis if anyone tries to change it. v. To try to modify a person's instinctive behavior and/or unconscious habits.
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Ridiom
Created by: TimTheEnchanter
Pronunciation: RID-ee-um
Sentence: Every time Hugh met a woman, he could not help but stop to smell her hair. Despite numerous awkward encounters, a couple restraining orders, and a very quiet love life he refused to stop, saying “I can’t help it. I’m just a sniffer.” But after the unfortunate incident with the black-belt transvestite, his friends had no choice but to put Hugh through a quick ridiom session.
Etymology: Rid (to remove) + idiom (a style that is characteristic of an individual)
Idiction
Created by: melodydrama
Pronunciation: eye-dick-shun
Sentence: Time and time again she tried to break his idiction to singing, but he was so tone deaf it had become a part of his daily routine.
Etymology: identity+addiction
Bodyfy
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: bod if fye
Sentence: He had looked so cute and cuddly hanging upside down from that tree in the Amazon. She brought him home as part of her anthropological study. She called him Seth the Sloth. But now, she was trying to bodify him. Too late, she realized that without the 3 toes on each foot and the ability to climb trees, Seth was just like her ex, Marvin. Except Marvin was never awake this much and his eyes were not as intelligent.
Etymology: Body (the entire physical structure of an organism (especially an animal or human being) & Modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Ruttate
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: ruht/teyt
Sentence: For years Jenny tried to ruttate Joe's extreme behaviours, but finally had to turn the job over to a licensed psychiatrist.
Etymology: rut (a fixed, or established course of life) + mutate (to change; alter)
Intrinsick
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: in-trin-sick - I defy you to pronounce it any other way
Sentence: Gordon collapsed to the floor with a seizure every time his girlfriend tried to work on his intrinsicks. There was no way she would ever be able to get him to have a back, sac and crack wax.
Etymology: intrinsic (inherent, elemental, innate) + sick (unwell, suffering from a malaise)
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COMMENTS:
He's intrinsically no good! - daniellegeorge, 2008-05-21: 15:50:00
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Rutate
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: ruht/teyt
Sentence: For years Jenny tried to rutate Joe's extreme behaviours, but finally had to turn the job over to a licensed psychiatrist.
Etymology: rut (a fixed, or established course of life) + mutate (to change; alter)
Mehavior
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: mee - hae - vur
Sentence: Our mehavior is what defines who we are....it is a combination of our thoughts, habits, actions and reactions to the world around us. It is what makes us unique; what defines you and me and sets us apart....I will get very upset if someone tries to change my mehavior because I might not know who I am anymore.
Etymology: me (referring to the person him/herself), behavior
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COMMENTS:
good word! - splendiction, 2009-07-01: 15:20:00
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Tundramentalist
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: tuhn-druh-MEN-tuhl-ist
Sentence: Bob was a tundramentalist, impervious to, and suspicious of, change, with his mind and manner of living permanently frozen in extreme beliefs and practices.
Etymology: TUNDRA: A vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the sub-soil is "permanently frozen" (like our friend's mind) and supporting low growing "vegetation" (like our friend's head) and "stunted"(like his personality) shrubs. Altho his body covering seems to show an adaptation to his environment. & FUNDAMENTALIST: Extreme conservatism in ones beliefs and practices. 2, One an (IST) with a TUNDRA (permanently frozen); MENT(al) (mind).
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COMMENTS:
As one who lives near the tundra, I have met many like him above...Good Word, OB Wan Kenobe! - Nosila, 2008-05-21: 21:33:00
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Foibledagain
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: foy/bulled/again
Sentence: Drat! Foibledagain! I just got her to stop chewing her fingernails and now she's chewing her toenails.
Etymology: foible + play on foiled again
Transfurants
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: trans fur antz
Sentence: No matter how often Sophie got after her unemployed boyfriend Sid to clean the house, he acted and looked like a three-toed sloth and actually made a worse mess. He slept 20 hours a day and despite her transfurants, he never got anything done. One day, she came home from work to find he was gone. When he returned 2 hours later, he had gone to see The Transfurmers at the cinema and still got no housework done. She was furious fur that and was later convicted of manslother.
Etymology: Transference ((psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst;the act of transfering something from one form to another) & Fur (dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals) & Rants ( a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion;pompous or pretentious talk or writing;talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner)
Comments:
Today's definition is inspired by Amy Sutherland recommendation that to successfully use Animal Training techniques, you must "Know Your Species". You must be observant and note their quirks, feeding habits and social structure in order to effectively influence their behavior. Most importantly, you should recognize what part of the animal's behavior cannot be changed! See: "What Shamu Taught me About Life, Love and Marriage". Thanks Amy! ~ James
Today's definition is inspired by Amy Sutherland recommendation that to successfully use Animal Training techniques, you must "Know Your Species". You must be observant and note their quirks, feeding habits and social structure in order to effectively influence their behavior. Most importantly, you should recognize what part of the animal's behavior cannot be changed! See: "What Shamu Taught me About Life, Love and Marriage". Thanks Amy! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by amysutherland. Thank you amysutherland. ~ James
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