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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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Mancheater
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: man cheater
Sentence: he is a man cheater
Etymology: man cheater.
Rulegality
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:
Winsist
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: Win-sisst
Sentence: Newlywed Debbie winsisted when her husband Ben tried to play "woethario" on the board. It ended in weddoplexy.
Etymology: Win + insist + resist
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COMMENTS:
Perfect. - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-28: 14:05:00
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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
Protoclash
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: proh/tuh/klash
Sentence: Because of his competitive nature, a protoclash would undoubtably occur if the score was not in his favour.
Etymology: protocol (rules) + clash
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.
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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COMMENTS:
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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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
Gamemania
Created by: sasgod
Pronunciation: as game and mania are pronounced with the 2 'M's rolled into 1
Sentence: Every time we sat down to a quite game of cards, the discussion of rules would end in a full-blown case of gamemania
Etymology: game and mania
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