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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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Bloodplayer
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: blud-plae-yer
Sentence: "I am done playing Doug. I can't take all his yelling anymore. He is a total bloodplayer"
Etymology: blood; play
Scrabblividity
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: skrab bel liv id it ee
Sentence: Sheldon was a poor sport when he played board games. He cheated and intimidiated his partners and got mad when he lost. His scrabblividity usually resulted in shouting matches. It was suspected that he had vowel trouble...
Etymology: Scrabble (board game like crossword) & Lividity (a state of fury so great the face becomes discolored)
Minisculoquacity
Created by: sedatedeyes209
Pronunciation: min·us·cu·lo·quac·i·ty
Sentence: Congressmen must have mastered using minisculoquacity in order to sound educated but that practice only shows that the opposite.
Etymology: ~Miniscule + *Loquacity ~Very small; tiny *The habit or practice of talking continually or excessively; inclination to talk too much; talkativeness; garrulity.
Verbotocide
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: ver bot oh sighed
Sentence: Her snide remarks and superior attitude caused him to commit verbotocide by literally making her eat her words
Etymology: verbotomy, genocide
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COMMENTS:
Words can kill... - Nosila, 2012-07-26: 22:42:00
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Scrimbage
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: scrim/bage
Sentence: They got inot a real scrimbage while playing card games
Etymology: scrimmage (struggle) + cribbage
Minutirage
Created by: WindingRoad
Pronunciation: [mi-NOO-shi-reyj]
Sentence: He knocked over the board as he minutiraged over his friend's move.
Etymology: From minutiae and rage
Winsist
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: Win-sisst
Sentence: Newlywed Debbie winsisted when her husband Ben tried to play "woethario" on the board. It ended in weddoplexy.
Etymology: Win + insist + resist
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COMMENTS:
Perfect. - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-28: 14:05:00
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Trivanal
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: Triv-eyn-l
Sentence: Family game night never seemed to bring the group closer together due to little Juan's trivanal need to overanalyze every minor detail of the game.
Etymology: Trivial - Anal Why do I emphathise with this definition....
Boforce
Created by: TANGO609
Pronunciation: Bow-Force
Sentence: There wasn't enough boforce to launch the rocket.
Etymology: Boforce=Blast Off Force(Explosive force)
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.
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