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DEFINITION: v. To engage in an emotional debate over the small, yet somehow surprisingly important details in a simple game. n. An emotional game player
Verboticisms
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Contrystericalvowelsy
Created by: azazn
Pronunciation: khan-tris-tear-ick-uhl-vouls-ee
Sentence: Mark and Bob, I am sick of this Contrystericalvowelsy!! I quit.
Etymology: Contr: from Controversy. ysterical: from hysterical. vowelsy: from vowel. sy to add a nice zing.
Bawlderdash
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: bawl der dash
Sentence: It was always a Risk to invite Bawlthazar the Bawlderdash to our weekly Games Night. He liked to have a Monopoly on winning but did not use his Cranium. His thoughts were so Scrabbled and so Scattergoried that he did not have a Clue how to play most games. And yet he would bawl when he lost. We started having secret Games Nights. I know, it was a Trivial Pursuit of some fun, but if The Bawlderdash got wind of our plans, we would be Sorry. Somedays we wanted to sink his Yahtzee with our Battleship. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose...I guess that's just the Game of Life!
Etymology: Balderdash (a popular board game of trivia and bluffing, where players bluff meanings of obscure words to win points, Balderdash is also defined as trivial nonsense) & Bawl (cry loudly;shout loudly and without restraint;make a raucous noise)
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COMMENTS:
Balderdash is my favourite game! Great word and sentence. - splendiction, 2009-10-15: 23:06:00
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Gamebanger
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: gaym - bayn - grrr
Sentence: Freddy was behaving like a gamebanger while he angrily shouted out the clues in this round of password. He felt that Sherman had secretly slipped the secret word to Shirley during the lightening round and it had put his team behind.
Etymology: game, gangbanger, bang
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COMMENTS:
Excellent! - splendiction, 2009-10-15: 23:09:00
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Contesty
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: con-test-ee
Sentence: Jez was a REALLY competitive player. If he sensed his opponent wasn't paying sufficient attention he would get all contesty and yell, "This is NOT just a GAME!"
Etymology: contest (a formal game in which two or more players compete and attempt to win) + testy (irritably impatient, touchy)
Parcheeseoff
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: par-cheese-off
Sentence: Bill, how often gets overly competitive in games, usually starts to parcheeseoff the other players within the first rounds of the game.
Etymology: Parcheesi (a game) + cheese off (annoy)
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COMMENTS:
An above par word, and cheesy at the same time... - wordmeister, 2007-03-28: 10:31:00
A great sounding word! I'd verbattle anyone for cheese! - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-28: 14:13:00
LOL very funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-29: 09:22:00
You guys sure are nice to each other around here. That's a nice touch! :-) - jedijawa, 2007-03-29: 23:24:00
Most people are except when it comes to a groom and a maid of honour and the the bride's marrage. - Stevenson0, 2007-03-30: 12:56:00
By the way a great word! You got my vote!! - Stevenson0, 2007-03-30: 12:57:00
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Gamerage
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: gāmərāj
Sentence: John is a very mellow guy. Bumper-to-bumper traffic? No problem. Long lines at the grocery? Not an issue. Somebody already submitted the word he devised for Verbotomy? Gamerage!
Etymology: gamer (a person who plays a game or games, typically a participant in a computer or role-playing game) + rage (violent, uncontrollable anger)
Monopolemics
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: mono/pole/em/ix
Sentence: Boardgames were just an excuse for us to engage in monopolemics
Etymology: monopoly (popular board game) + polemics (art or practice of controversy)
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COMMENTS:
Polemics eh? You learn something new every day! That said, this tiny mind reckons it sounds more like fighting over money or control of an entire market area. - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-28: 18:04:00
Hey, that's perfect! - jedijawa, 2007-03-29: 07:09:00
I think it actually refers to theological controversy but money/markets certainly a religion - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-29: 08:46:00
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Verbuse
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: ver BUSE'
Sentence: I like playing games with my brother, except when he ends up getting upset over my interpretation of the rules and subjects me to the most terrible verbuse. I say he's too rigid, then he says the way I'm doing it is "incorrect" and "inaccurate." And don't ever say to him, "Who cares about these little details; it's JUST A GAME," because that's when he begins sputtering and spouting some REALLY verbusive language. Last time, it was, "Oh, I forgot, you're the 'good-looking' brother [he still hasn't forgotten THAT remark from Aunt Sophie, 35 years later], but that's okay, because I'm the SMART one!"
Etymology: verbose + verbal abuse
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COMMENTS:
Very apt word...good one! - Nosila, 2009-10-15: 18:20:00
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Comments:
Glad to see a definition coming out of the cheatedebate that went on the other day :-)
Bulletchewer - 2007-03-28: 06:26:00
Give a brother some credit for that one.
Today's definition was suggested by Alchemist. Thank you Alchemist. ~ James