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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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Scrabquobble
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: skr ab qu obb le
Sentence: never get in to a game of scrabble with John, it will always end in a scrabquobble
Etymology: from quibble and scrabble and squabble.
Quiglify
Created by: PythianHabenero
Pronunciation: quig-li-fy
Sentence: I hardly ever play Scrabble without quiglifying every little letter.
Etymology: "Quibble" + "niggle" + "-ify" for aesthetic concerns.
Scrabblesquabble
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: scrab-bel-skwab-bel
Sentence: Family game night turned ugly when Ted began a Scrabblesquabble about the word "verbotomy." When his sister protested, Dad looked it up in Webster's; however, it wasn't there. Ted insisted that he saw the word online somewhere. Nettie wasn't sure if being online qualified it as a real word or just something made up. Ted held his ground and insisted that because he saw it online, it must be a real word because they wouldn't put things that aren't real online. Mom suggested that perhaps Ted was confusing two words and somehow mashing them together. As Ted's belligerence grew louder, Nettie stormed off and pouted, Mom retreated to the kitchen and little Rosie began to cry and throw blocks at the dog from her playpen. Dad had enough. He finally shut the whole thing down and sent everyone to bed. The next week they tried something a little less controversial like Trivial Pursuit.
Etymology: Scrabble: word building board game where questionable words can be challenged by an opponent and settled by proving the validity of the word using a dictionary + squabble: a noisy quarrel, usually over a trivial matter
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.
Trivialdispute
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: trivēəldispyoōt
Sentence: It doesn*t matter what board game Gary is playing or who is playing. At some point every game turns into trivialdispute where the minutiae of some rule comes into question.
Etymology: trivial (of little value or importance) + dispute (a disagreement, argument, or debate) a play on Trivial Pursuit
Ludocrous
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: loo doh krus
Sentence: People in the ping pong world were getting tired of his ludocrous behaviour as he screamed "You can not be serious!" everytime he missed the table.
Etymology: ludicrous ludo
Scrabblesquabble
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: skrab-uhl-skwob-uhl
Sentence: Everybody loves that James now has an electronic edition of Scrabble. Nobody has to engage in a scrabblesquabble when they play him. When he tries to play a word that he "knows" is right, he can scream at the computer all he wants and nobody but neighbors within three blocks have to hear it.
Etymology: Scrabble (Board game where you create interconnected words) + squabble (to engage in a petty quarrel)
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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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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Dramejah
Created by: ArtistInTraining
Pronunciation: dram-jaw
Sentence: john can sometime's be big dramejah when he is starting to lose. he over reacts all the time!
Etymology: drame - french for drama jah - from jue (french for game)
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