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DEFINITION: A person who, using an example from their own life, steers people away from a line of speculation by reducing it to an absurdity.
Verboticisms
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Weniwasalad
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: wen eye wuz a lad
Sentence: Dad said in his annoying weniwasalad manner that Darcy didn't need a computer, because he had already bought her a protractor even though they did not live on a farm!
Etymology: when I was a lad...nuff said
Reminiar
Created by: direwookiee
Pronunciation: Reh-min-eye-ur
Sentence: My grandfather is such a reminiar; he keeps telling me he walked 50 miles to school when HE was my age.
Etymology: "Remin-" comes from Reminiscing and "-iar" comes from liar.
Antidoter
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: anti/dote/er
Sentence: John always had an antidote from his past as why not to do something, or try anything. Because he was a chronic antidoter, his family stopped asking him advice on anything.
Etymology: anti + anecdote
Notomfoolerist
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: no-tom-fool-erist
Sentence: He was such a clever notomfoolerist when he stopped Judy from putting her foot in her mouth by pretending to bite his toes!
Etymology: no - meaning don't. tomfool for tomfoolery meaning folly. ist to make it a nound describing a person who helps others avoid becoming a fool
Sillustrator
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: SIL-uh-strey-ter
Sentence: A sillustrator is a person who, when asked by his son for the latest computer, blurts out "If necessity is the mother of invention, how do all the unnecessary gadgets, like computers, get invented?"
Etymology: Blend of silly & illustrator
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COMMENTS:
Chuckling over your fun word that is right on the definition. The alliteration of the s's the ll's the t's and r's ... even makes it fun to say! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-03: 16:00:00
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Uphillbothwaysian
Created by: Kazizzle
Pronunciation: uh/pill/bowth/waze/ian
Sentence: Dad: ... in the pouring rain! Son: You're such an uphillbothwaysian, Dad!
Etymology: The hyperbole every child is told. "When I was a kid, I had to walk uphill both ways in 10 feet of snow to get to school!"
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COMMENTS:
100/100 for creativeness! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-04: 04:32:00
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Nostaljack
Created by: sharktrager
Pronunciation: nos-TAL-jack
Sentence: My parents nostaljacked my dream to become a pop singer just because they worked in a plastic factory.
Etymology: From Nostalgia and hijack.
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COMMENTS:
I like it! - bananabender, 2008-01-04: 07:56:00
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Personertardedness
Created by: Dougalistic
Pronunciation: Per-son-er-tard-id-ness
Sentence: Daughter: "Dad can you please buy me some Nike AirMaxx Trainers to walk to school in please. I really need them!" Dad: "What!? That is total personertardedness!! When I was your age I had to make do with cheap shoes from the village. You kid's don't know you're born!!!"
Etymology: A ludicrous idea. A really powerful way of saying "Don't be ridiculous!" Or can be used in conjunction with "Oh my god" or "stupid"
Nonsensicalist
Created by: zebrahdh
Pronunciation: non-sense-ick-al-ist
Sentence: Claims of walking to and from school, uphill both ways, are the rants of a nonsensicalist.
Etymology:
Granddiculer
Created by: bigbigjeff
Pronunciation: grand-dic-you-ler
Sentence: My father was such a granddicular. Constantly talking about his childhood plight, how his parents made him wear concrete shoes.
Etymology: Grand- old or great, diculer from ridiculous for absurd or innane
