Verboticism: Conversumption

'I'll drop him at the vets'

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.

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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

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