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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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Instructionbookletiquette
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: in-struck-shun-book-let-ee-kut
Sentence: Every single games night ended with a protracted session of instructionbookletiquette... and then Gary would knock the board over and go home....we all hated Gary
Etymology: instruction booklet, etiquette
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COMMENTS:
well done! - galwaywegian, 2007-03-28: 03:37:00
You and a few thousand Scousers hate Gary. On any other day I'd tell you of my distaste for Steve, but the lad done good. - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-28: 18:00:00
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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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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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Mancheater
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: man cheater
Sentence: he is a man cheater
Etymology: man cheater.
Boforce
Created by: TANGO609
Pronunciation: Bow-Force
Sentence: There wasn't enough boforce to launch the rocket.
Etymology: Boforce=Blast Off Force(Explosive force)
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)
Contrystericalvowelsy
Created by: azazn
Pronunciation: khan-tris-tear-ick-uhl-vouls-ee
Sentence: Mark and Bob, I am sick of this Contrystericalvowelsy!! I quit.
Etymology: Contr: from Controversy. ysterical: from hysterical. vowelsy: from vowel. sy to add a nice zing.
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
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.
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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Gapordeatlie
Created by: featherblade
Pronunciation: gah-pour-dee-eat-lee
Sentence: Although we were sure that Linda was upset over her failure to convince Tommy to see it her way during a gapordeatlie over a chess game, we were completely shocked when we saw that she had chunked a stapler at his head.
Etymology: game + play + ordeal+ great+ lie (yeah, it's all mixed around)
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