Verboticism: Clonecopia
DEFINITION: v. To copy and share an idea, thing, or person because you think that it's so wonderful that everyone should have one. n. An open source clone.
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Plagiariffic
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: plag/are/if/ick
Sentence: Joe is plagiarific. As a salesman, he uses all of the latest and greatest ideas he "borrowed" from the business books on the 'Best Sellers List' and shares them with his clients to impress them.
Etymology: PLAGIARIFFIC - noun - from PLAGIARIZE (to take and use ideas, or passages from another's work)+ TERRIFIC (extremely good; wonderful)
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COMMENTS:
Welcome back, Stevenson0! - Nosila, 2009-11-24: 01:14:00
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Chainlitter
Created by: theCountess
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Edna was known for chainlittering, with her indiscriminate bulk forwarding of all trivial emails.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
nice - galwaywegian, 2009-11-23: 17:55:00
good one - Nosila, 2009-11-24: 01:13:00
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Repligreat
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: Rep-luh-grate
Sentence: The rich and somewhat insane old lady had her cat repligreated 3 million times and then frozen, so that when she died they would have a chance to rule the world when they melted... or just create an influx of pets at the pound.
Etymology: Replicate (to make an exact copy) + great (something wonderful)
Repulate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: REP - yew - layt
Sentence: To the consternation of so many of his friends and acquaintances, Elbert would never fail to repulate and even try to improve on their ideas and practices and would share them over and over with others as if they were his own ideas and creations.
Etymology: Blend of replicate (to repeat, duplicate, or reproduce), and emulate (to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass)
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COMMENTS:
REPULATE....very nice, Mustang. Etymologically perfect without being too flashy. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-07: 08:48:00
Ace, Mustang! The spelling of your word also suggests that the [good] Repu[tation] of the idea being copied may be involved as well. Simple and concise. - Tigger, 2008-07-07: 15:02:00
Repulate...sounds like something snakes do... - Nosila, 2008-07-07: 20:35:00
Afterwards they repewdiate? - Mustang, 2008-07-07: 22:28:00
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Esteemulate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: es teem yu late
Sentence: A lot of money and prestige was riding on it. How many other young comedians had gotten the chance to star on not just one hit series, but three at a time? How did he get his scripts memorized, rehearse and do all those press appearances for the media? People often wondered, until they met his large family, especially his twin brother, Larry. Larry had invented the Esteemulate Machine. Yes, you guessed it, he had esteemulated several copies of his famous brother, Drew Carey, so that he could star simultaneously on several hit shows. There was his own show, "The Drew Carey Show";his "Whose Line is it Anyway" show and now he was replacing Bob Barker on "The Price is Right". Not to mentioned all his appearances on "The Tonight Show"; "Last Comic Standing"; "Conan O'Brien";"Craig Ferguson" and "Oprah";"Ellen DeGeneres" and of course, "What Not To Wear"(...okay, he hadn't really been on that show, but he should have) Yes, Larry was so proud of his brother, he became a real Drew-Id!
Etymology: esteem(an attitude of admiration or esteem; a feeling of delighted approval and liking;regard highly; think much of) & take your pick: simulate;imitate;replicate;duplicate;emulate;recreate (all meaning to copy or reproduce)
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COMMENTS:
ESTEEMULATE by Nosila gets a very high ranking in my book. As usual, we get a LOT of bang for our BUCK.....Thanks. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-07: 08:50:00
All those big bucks!! Impressive...that's a lot of esteemed clams. - Mustang, 2008-07-07: 19:03:00
Clever blend - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-07: 19:33:00
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Narcissentmail
Created by: HubbMU
Pronunciation: nar-siss-sent-mail
Sentence: After slaving over his thesis, Fred engaged in a small degree of narcissentmail by spamming everyone in his address book with a copy.
Etymology: Narcissistic and "sent mail"
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COMMENTS:
Isn't that more like ham than spam? - jedijawa, 2007-05-08: 10:47:00
Good word! - Stevenson0, 2007-05-08: 21:04:00
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Loonux
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: loo nuks
Sentence: He used loonux to develop his huge network of loonies.
Etymology: loon linux
Copycatalyst
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: caw/pee/cat/a/list
Sentence: Steve was a confirmed copycatalyst, constantly hogging the scanner
Etymology: copy cat + catalyst
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COMMENTS:
copycataclysmic word - petaj, 2007-05-08: 05:21:00
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Duplicious
Created by: ratbastid
Pronunciation: doo-PLI-shus
Sentence: The latest track by MC Master Juicy Fresh is so duplicious, I had to squeep it out to everyone on my buddy list. (See also: squeep)
Etymology: duplicate + delicious
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COMMENTS:
Did you bookmark twice it on dup.lic.io.us? - petaj, 2007-05-08: 05:17:00
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Karmagate
Created by: Kurisu
Pronunciation: KAR-muh-gayt
Sentence: This show is so fantastic, it needs to karmagate more freely.
Etymology: Karma: the force generated by a person's actions held in Hinduism and Buddhism to perpetuate transmigration + propagate (and you should look that one up for yourself if you don't know it, because there are several applicable meanings)