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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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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

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Ludocrous

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: loo doe crus

Sentence: this scrabblesquabble was just another exdample of his ludocrous behaviour

Etymology: ludo, ludicrous,

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two for the price of one! - galwaywegian, 2007-03-28: 03:35:00

haha...I almost went with scrabblesquabble! Mine! give it back!!! - Alchemist, 2007-03-28: 05:46:00

Also the notion of "cross" meaning angry? Three medals for me. - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-28: 17:58:00

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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.

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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

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Rulegality

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Created by: coachnomad23

Pronunciation: Rule-legality

Sentence: The little child was always so picky about the rulegalities of the game so much that it made others not want to play any more.

Etymology:

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Youcantrum

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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

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Playchotic

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: play + cot + ick

Sentence: He got all playchotic over whether red moved first, or black, so I just let him win at checkers.

Etymology: psychotic + play

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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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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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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

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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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petaj 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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petaj petaj - 2007-03-28: 05:25:00
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.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-10-15: 03:18:00
Today's definition was suggested by Alchemist. Thank you Alchemist. ~ James