Verboticism: Replistate
DEFINITION: v. To adopt other people's words, phrases and linguistic stylings, and then try to make them your own by subtlety altering the syntax. n. A borrowed and butchered phrase
Replistate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: REP - li - stait
Sentence: When Angeline would hear an opinon or a phrase she admired she would shamelessly replistate it in conversations with others and would try to give the impression that it was an original representation.
Etymology: Blend of state and replicate.
Points: 887
Comments: Replistate
Jabberwocky - 2008-04-25: 09:26:00
clever
Nosila - 2008-04-25: 22:16:00
Let's face it, the primaries go by one replistate after another...Cheers, Mustang
Tigger - 2008-04-26: 13:24:00
Ohh, good one.
OZZIEBOB - 2008-04-26: 18:54:00
Nice word.