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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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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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Losophobe
Created by: jonobo
Pronunciation: lose-o-phobe
Sentence: He was losophobing around, so i simply marked him on my list of people to never play again with. If you like gaming, stay away from losophobians.
Etymology: lose + phobia = losophobe
Tourneyburny
Created by: serickson
Pronunciation: tur' nee bur nee
Sentence: Shari's' tourneyburny made playing chess with her a real downer.
Etymology: tourney- from tournament, and -burny from burning with rage
Gapordeatlie
Created by: featherblade
Pronunciation: gah-pour-dee-eat-lee
Sentence: Although we were sure that Linda was upset over her failure to convince Tommy to see it her way during a gapordeatlie over a chess game, we were completely shocked when we saw that she had chunked a stapler at his head.
Etymology: game + play + ordeal+ great+ lie (yeah, it's all mixed around)
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....
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)
Boforce
Created by: TANGO609
Pronunciation: Bow-Force
Sentence: There wasn't enough boforce to launch the rocket.
Etymology: Boforce=Blast Off Force(Explosive force)
Verbotomayhem
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: ver-bah-toe-MAY-hem
Sentence: After Quentin challenged Sally's 8-letter word, last night's weekly Boggle game quickly descended into full blown verbotomayhem. I am still stepping on those little darn cubes.
Etymology: from the greek "verbomaehemnae", meaning to throw the pieces when mad...
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COMMENTS:
Is this the opposite of balderdashaster? Have you played Balderdash - it's the opposite of verbotomy - players make up definitions. - petaj, 2007-03-28: 05:48:00
there are some who say making up definitions is also part of verbotomy :-) - Alchemist, 2007-03-28: 07:42:00
I thought Balderdash was a Flemish head-shaving race. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-28: 08:06:00
I thought "balderdash" was a euphemism (think poppycock), or that old Nintendo game based on the joys of mining. - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-28: 09:25:00
^^ That's probably why the make-up-definitions game is called Balderdash. - Discoveria, 2007-03-28: 13:05:00
Give the detective a medal. Two medals. Next we'll be told how "boulder" is the pun in the Nintendo game... - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-28: 17:56:00
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Megalomonopolia
Created by: Mercutioh
Pronunciation: meh ga lo mo nah po lee yuh
Sentence: The three year feud that ultimately ended in divorce, started with a little megalomonopolia about the hotel on Baltic AvE
Etymology:
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