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'When I was your age, all I had was a lead pencil and a wooden brain!'

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.

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Pastxaggerator

Created by: gemmgemms

Pronunciation: pas-tex-aj-er-eyt-or

Sentence: My father was quite the pastxaggerator, sometimes I think I miss those imaginary tales.

Etymology: past:as in the time when our old were young+exaggerator:someone who stretches the truth

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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"

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Follyphony

Created by: freakystyley

Pronunciation: For-Lee-Fo-Nee

Sentence: "I'm sick of grandpa's follyphonies!" Timmy complained, "Ok! I know he walked the distance to the moon and back just to fetch a bucket of water!"

Etymology: Folly + Phony

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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

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Ludicrite

Created by: blurmore

Pronunciation: Loo-deh-krit

Sentence: When the refrigerator broke in the middle of winter I suggested we keep the milk outside untill spring, but my wife just rolled her eyes like I was a ludicrite.

Etymology: Ludicrous + Hypocrite

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Autobiogomer

Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /aw-toh-bi-ah-Go'-mer/

Sentence: Phil was a total autobiogomer — no matter which subject would come up in conversation, you could always count on Phil to interject one of his own stories, which had nothing whatsoever to do with the topic of discussion. His 'train of thought' was clearly on its own set of tracks.

Etymology: autobiographer (from Greek, autós "self," bios "life," & graphos "a record or written account") + Gomer - a goofy, oafish person (slang, from Gomer Pyle, an American sitcom character from the 1960's; the name is similar to "gomeral" Scottish for "fool")

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Is everyone here familiar with the 'Gomer Pyle' character from American TV, (The Andy Griffith Show and later, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.)? I know that the crowd here is from all over the globe. If not, there's always wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomer_Pyle - Tigger, 2008-01-03: 02:06:00

Yep! Know the show well: very popular in The Antipodes during 1960s-1970s. "Gomer" : a fool, rustic simpleton did the "rounds" for a while - but haven't heard it for a ages. One etymological source suggests it comes from 'gaum" or "gorm" to stare vacantly. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-03: 04:47:00

The more common meaning for 'gomer' seems to be for a chronic hospital patient "Get Out of My Emergency Room." Huh, I haven't heard the term 'Antipodes' in a long time either. - Tigger, 2008-01-04: 00:35:00

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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

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