Verboticism: Kilroy
DEFINITION: v. To create an impression that you have made a positive contribution, especially when related to career activities. n. A personal mark or imprint which proves that you have done something that matters.
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Imprimytour
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: im/pri/my/tour
Sentence: If you want to ensure that people know you've been there, be sure to leave your imprimytour, especially if you're visiting the Vatican.
Etymology: imprimatur (seal, official approval, stamp)+ my + tour (stint, turn)
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COMMENTS:
love it! - galwaywegian, 2008-05-05: 15:31:00
Cleverly blended word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-06: 17:55:00
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Winpression
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: win press shun
Sentence: Freddy wanted to make his mark at the Moonlight Auto Body Shop. He knew he was smarter and more personable than the other guys and way more ambitious. He knew that someday he would run the company. The surest way to make a winpression was the easiest and none of the others had even thought of it. He courted and married the boss' very homely daughter and made a great winpression on his boss that secured his future permanently.
Etymology: Win (win something through one's efforts) & Impression (a clear and telling mental image or a vague idea in which some confidence is placed)
Intatuate
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: ĭn-tāt'yōō-āt'
Sentence: Dr. Gore's technique for the DNA alteration that caused birthmarks in the perfect shape of the university logo intatuated him with the Board of Regents, assured him instant tenure and got his name on a valuable patent.
Etymology: in tat(too) you 8
Colophiti
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: kol/uh/fiti
Sentence: John placed his distinctive colophiti on all office collaborative work and memos to demonstrate to his boss that he had personally read and digested all the important information.
Etymology: colophon (printer's distinctive emblem, used as an identifying device on its books and other works) + graffiti (markings, tags, or initials)
Colophiti
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: kol/uh/fiti
Sentence: John placed his distinctive colophiti on all office collaborative work and memos to demonstrate to his boss that he had personally read and digested all the important information.
Etymology: colophon (printer's distinctive emblem, used as an identifying device on its books and other works) + graffiti (markings, tags, or initials)
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COMMENTS:
Lovely word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-06: 18:05:00
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Imprimytour
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: im/pri/my/tour
Sentence: If you want to ensure that people know you've been there, be sure to leave your imprimytour, especially if you're visiting the Vatican.
Etymology: imprimatur (seal, official approval, stamp)+ my + tour (stint, turn)
Signifiprint
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /səgˈnɪfəˌpɹɪnt/
Sentence: In a desperate, but ultimately confused attempt to leave a signifiprint and make sure his chores did not go unnoticed around the house, he began initialing every bag of trash he took out to the curb.
Etymology: from signifi(cant) + -print (as in footprint, fingerprint, and imprint)
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COMMENTS:
Lie it! - Nosila, 2008-05-05: 21:32:00
Great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-06: 17:56:00
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Nascentag
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: NAY-sent-AG
Sentence: Twas only a week that he’d worked in our shop- And his legend loomed large though he just pushed a mop. His Achievements were nil, but he still had to brag- So he festooned the halls with his crude NASCENTAG.
Etymology: NAScent+SCENt+TAG= NASCENTAG.....NASCENT: coming or having recently come into existence; Latin nascent-, nascens, present participle of nasci to be born.....SCENT: an odor left by an animal on a surface passed over, effluvia from a substance that affect the sense of smell; Middle English sent, from Anglo-French sente, from sentir.....TAG: a graffito in the form of an identifying name or symbol; Middle English tagge; akin to Middle Low German tagge, tacke twig, spike .
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COMMENTS:
ARS LONGA
VITA BREVIS - metrohumanx, 2009-06-15: 09:18:00
very poetic - Jabberwocky, 2009-06-15: 13:18:00
very good - Mustang, 2009-06-16: 03:15:00
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Worthprint
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: WURTH-print
Sentence: Who will leave the greater worthprint: Foo, Kilroy or Johnny Bunko?
Etymology: WORTH: usefulness or importance, as to the world, to a person or a purpose & PRINT: impression or mark; to impress on the mind or memory. As a schoolboy, in the 1950s, it was a lark to write "Foo was here!" Later on he was replaced by Kilroy. Looks like now it's about to be Johnny Bunko's turn. Actually, "Johnny Bunko was here!" sounds great.
Markit
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: märkit
Sentence: As the project was wrapping up the office started looking like a forest meadow during rutting season. The prevailing wisdom was markit yourself. If they followed the practice of the animal world the paper produced would be rather soggy.
Etymology: mark (make (a visible impression or stain) + it (used to identify a person) A play on marketing.
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