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DEFINITION: v. To pretend to forget an embarrassing act or event. n. A person who pretends to forget embarrassing moments or actions.
Oliberate
Top verboticism of the day created by Nuwanda
Pronunciation: o-lib-er-ate
Sentence: Rather than obliterating his vanquished foe, the commander-in-chief demonstrated his ultimate coolness by oliberating him instead. With the whole world watching, he took the high road, though he had to clear a lot of brush off it because it had been untraveled for so long. If only he knew someone who was good at clearing brush. Oh yeah, not going to go there.
Etymology: A twist on the word obliterate, to incorporate liberate and to pay tribute to the O of the mOment.
Created by: Nuwanda.
Comments:
Well-crafted endings ... of both sentence and etymology! Oliberate is such a highly hopeful word. Obama has inferred comparisons to Lincoln, MLK, Kenedy and so many others, so I also thought it very clever that this brings to mind The Great Liberator, Simon Bolivar. - silveryaspen, 2009-01-22: 01:36:00
Good word and interesting sentence, good wordplay! - Nosila, 2009-01-22: 20:14:00
More Top Verboticisms:
(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Blunderhush: /Bluhn-der-HUHSH/ Even though the weather forecaster warned of a hot day ahead, we looked forward to our afaring to town. The train came along on time. But where would we sit? Not a seat to be found. Another stop; a further folk-throng squeeze themselves somehow through the doors into this airless "coffin". One stop from "heaven", a few sweaty, weary wayfarers alight, but still my 102 year old grandmother is standing. We arrive at where we want to be. As we stumble blindly from the train, the Minister of Transport, "undergoing the hardships" of daily travel, chirms from the platform," Did you all have a good trip." His thoughtless hooting is met with blunderhush; until gran's voice breaks the wordless still: " Better you give up your day job and go into selling saunas." Etymology: Blunder : To bungle, botch act stupid & Hush: silence or quitness; to suppress mention of. Created by: OZZIEBOB.
Comments:
tERRORific. Great granny! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-22: 10:49:00
Shambush: /Sham-bush/ Asked what it felt like to follow in the footsteps of his predecessor the new president cleverly avoided the question by faking a shambush and pretending he didn't know who the interviewer was talking about. Etymology: Sham(fake) + Bush(Surname of the previous president of the USA) Created by: TJayzz.
Comments:
Cleverly crafted sentence! Avoiding the press's ambush with shambush! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-22: 11:04:00
funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-22: 12:38:00
Oh, my...wish I'd seen this before I used up all my votes! Love it. - readerwriter, 2009-01-22: 16:20:00
Defactualize: /de-fak-choo-al-ize/ All politicans, from the lowliest elected, to the President of the United States, must be able to defactualize certain happenings in order to be diplomatic and appear inclusive, accepting and tolerant of all people and situations. Etymology: DEFACTUALIZE - verb - from DE (added to form verbs applying removal, or reversal) + FACT (something that actually happened, or exists) + ACTUALIZE (actual; to realize in action) Created by: Stevenson0.
Comments:
Superb sentence and word! Wouldn't it be wonderful if there was some way to deactivate those who defactualize? - silveryaspen, 2009-01-22: 11:01:00
Great word...like when we unhire someone at work, we decruit them! - Nosila, 2009-01-22: 20:16:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Mustang. Thank you Mustang. ~ James
Well, they found methane on Mars. Now we have to find the Martian cows responsible for the bovine flatulence.
silveryaspen - 2009-01-22: 11:12:00
readerwriter - 2009-01-22: 16:19:00
It's the one who jumped over the moon, Metro...
Nosila - 2009-01-22: 20:08:00
Isn't Mars part of the Milky Way?
Today's definition was suggested by Mustang. Thank you Mustang. ~ James