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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
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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)
Youcantrum
Created by: playdohheart
Pronunciation: you-cant-trum
Sentence: It is impossible to own all four railroads in Monopoly without someone throwing a youcantrum.
Etymology: "You can't (do that)!" + tantrum
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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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
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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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.
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
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
Pettyfours
Created by: suzanne
Pronunciation: pet-ee-foh-rs
Sentence: his pettyfours made his partner cringe and wish that the game of tic tac toe would be soon over.
Etymology: petty- from french petit meaning small
Fatuasurdial
Created by: mana1066
Pronunciation: fat-chew-a-sir-jel
Sentence: he got all factuasurdial on me and read all the directions in a high pitched squeel
Etymology: fatuous + absurd +emotional
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