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DEFINITION: v. To win approval by carefully omitting any and all facts which may put the "correct" decision in jeopardy. n. A form of persuasion, or perhaps deceit, which is based on selective omissions.
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Scamboozle
Created by: Negatrev
Pronunciation: Skam-boo-zuld
Sentence: I saved us £30k costs by hiring a £50k efficiency expert. I scamboozled my boss into thinking it was a good thing by omitting the experts fee.
Etymology: From Scam (to cheat or defraud with a scam) and bamboozle (to perplex; mystify; confound. Synonyms: befog, bewilder, puzzle, baffle, dumbfound)
Ommistake
Created by: leechdude
Pronunciation: omm-istake
Sentence:
Etymology: ommissions mistake
Oddorable
Created by: msergienko
Pronunciation: odd-DOR-ah-bul
Sentence: "That hipster girl over there is oddorable."
Etymology:
Lackcceptance
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: lak sep tans
Sentence: Jeannie's ommissions about why she agreed to marry Dean were vague. Her friend Nancy thought Jeannie's reasons showed she needed her lackcceptance of the situation. And then the blood tests and investigator's reports came in the mail...
Etymology: Lack (the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable) & Acceptance (the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true)
Concealsensus
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kuhn-seel-sen-suhs
Sentence: The manager has been known to omit a few details in an effort to reach a concealsensus.
Etymology: conceal (hide, disguise) + consensus (general agreement)
Factholes
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: fakthōlz
Sentence: If you could see Tim's argument it would look like a slice of Swiss cheese. He is skilled in the use of flash and bluster to camouflage his factholes. When people find how they have been duped, they will sometimes refer to Tim as a certain variety of hole.
Etymology: fact (a thing that is indisputably the case) + holes (hollow places in a solid body or surface)
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COMMENTS:
Into the void! - metrohumanx, 2009-02-23: 01:14:00
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Mykneesyeah
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: mʌɪ:niː:s:yeah
Sentence: Honestly, it was almost down to mykneesyeah.
Etymology: Slamming together of 1-) My : A possessive pronoun belonging to the first person. 2-) Knees : A bone which is connected to the ankle. 3 -) Yeah : Positive affirmation and verbal stuffing used to punctuate sentences, yeah. Pun on Amnesia - Can't remember what that means.
Missleading
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: missss leee ding
Sentence: He was a serial missleader until the day he let his cover slip when confused by the wrestling Williams twins. He was in so much pain that he couldn't even hit on the ortopaedic surgeon's receptionist.
Etymology: miss, misleading
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COMMENTS:
ladies day again! lol - silveryaspen, 2009-02-20: 08:32:00
funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-20: 10:41:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James