Verboticism: Conversumption
DEFINITION: n. A conclusion or an assumption developed after careful listening to, and analysis of one-half of a telephone conversation. v. To listen to one-half of a telephone conversation.
Conversumption
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: kon-ver-SUMP-shun
Sentence: After overhearing his boss say that he was going to fire "the corpulent sloth", Bob, unfortunately, made a conversumption and resigned from his position on the day before he was to be promoted.
Etymology: conversation, assumption
Points: 587