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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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Hormonopolize
Created by: AJrunsonrice
Pronunciation: whore-moan-op-poll-eyes
Sentence: John has played Monopoly ever since he was a kid. It is his favorite game. Last Sunday, he played with his new friends, but began hormonopolizing due to his friends' ignorance of the standard rules.
Etymology: hormone-(a substance, especially in women that are pregnant, that drastically affects a person's emotional state)+ Monopoly (a board game that requires the player to buy out all of his/her competition in order to be victorious)
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
Bulletchew
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: bullitt-choo
Sentence: He would bulletchew over whether the philospher had a minor or major role in the world of psychology, insisting with all of his deluded heart that such a description was vital, not silly and trivial.
Etymology: All of you should check out Alchemist's word "guiltenfreude" from a few days ago. The origin is from yours unruly, and the name seemed appropriate too- only a fool would chew bullets, and likely break their teeth.
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COMMENTS:
wouldn't dare argue with this verbotomy - very funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-28: 09:53:00
OK, credit given with a vote. - petaj, 2007-03-29: 05:17:00
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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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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.
Compettyvism
Created by: Jaxies
Pronunciation: /com-petty-i-vism/
Sentence: "Daisy had developed a severe case of compettyvism during a fast-paced game of scrabble against Tim, concerning whether or not 'PROV', as in the active ingredient in Pantene Pro-v, was a real word. It started with laughter and ended in Tim's hospitalization."
Etymology: Competitive + petty + -vism
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)
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
Finster
Created by: bingold
Pronunciation: fin-ster
Sentence: v- Why must you finster over every move?? n- Bruce is such a finster; he just takes all the fun out of the game.
Etymology:
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.
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