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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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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
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"
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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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
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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Nostooglia
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: no-stewg-lyah
Sentence: Martin usually breaks into a nostooglic rant about only having rocks and dead animals to play with when his grandkids complain about being bored.
Etymology: nostalgia + stooge
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COMMENTS:
Nice one! A person who discourages another from becoming a stooge ... a nostooglia. Very clever! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-03: 15:52:00
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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
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
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
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
