Verboticism: Ucopia
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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Splenditto
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /splen-DIT-oh/
Sentence: Whenever Ryan stumbled onto something he thought was new and hip, he'd try to get his friends and people around him to splenditto him. He liked to think of himself as a trendsetter, but usually those people would ignore his suggestions, or pretend to be interested just to humor him.
Etymology: Splendid - excellent, fine, or very good (from L. splendidus "magnificent, brilliant") & Ditto - to duplicate or repeat an action or statement (from Italian, detto, pp. of dire "to say")
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COMMENTS:
I like SPLENDITTO, Tigger! It's a lot of fun to pronounce. It implies adulation with just a smattering of sarcasm. - metrohumanx, 2008-07-07: 08:41:00
ditto - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-07: 11:33:00
Great! A word I can use myself....mega-splendittoes.....oops, I did it, didn't I? - Mustang, 2008-07-07: 18:59:00
Splenditto, faditto, elfadoraditto, ditto-ditto - I like it; great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-07: 19:25:00
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Replipeat
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: REP-leh-peet
Sentence: Using his latest copying software on his computer Newton felt no guilt whatsoever when he'd take the ideas and theories of others and replipeat them as if they were his own.
Etymology: Blend of words "Replicate" (to duplicate, or reproduce) and "Repeat" (to do, make, or perform again)
Cheerox
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: CHEER-ahks
Sentence: Alex vigorously cheeroxed his invention of the self-buttering waffle, but it never caught on.
Etymology: cheer + Xerox
Whydidnitinkadat
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: wh eye did neye tinka dat
Sentence: he sent another whydidnitinkadat to all his friends, hoping they wouldn't break in the post and irradiate the postman.
Etymology: why didn't i think of that
Coppreciate
Created by: iwasatripwire
Pronunciation: cop-pre-she-ate
Sentence: That song was so awesome I coppreciated it to everyone I know.
Etymology: copy + appreciate
Praegorian
Created by: Peepeedance
Pronunciation: pray-gore-ee-uhn
Sentence: The CIA denies involvement in assassinating Mister Wiggles, but the circumstances surrounding his death were rather praegorian.
Etymology: Praetorian + gory
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COMMENTS:
Hehe, whoops, does not correspond to the definition...Pretty nifty anyway, eh? - Peepeedance, 2007-05-07: 21:28:00
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Oureka
Created by: verysimplegame
Pronunciation: Ow-ree-ka
Sentence: Overflowing with the joy of the moment, I ourekaed the email again and again, pausing only occasionally to babble incoherently.
Etymology: Our + Eureka
Shanger
Created by: mikebezner
Pronunciation: shayn-gur
Sentence: Clearly Jason had no choice but to shanger the XT560 for everyone he knew after realizing how much it had changed his life.
Etymology: Share, Shangri-La
Dupligreat
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: doop li grate
Sentence: When Lenny came up with the U-Clone machine, he thought it would be a dupligreat success. Only problem was that instead of aping the person using it, all the copies came out looking like Lenny...
Etymology: Duplicate (reproduce, replicate, copy) & Great (wonderful,very good)
Translidentize
Created by: AlternativeUlster
Pronunciation: trans-LEYE-dent-eyes
Sentence:
Etymology: translate+identity