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DEFINITION: v. To change the dates, times or sequence of past events, in order to put a better perspective on your current situation. n. An historical date which has been "adjusted" to fit present needs.

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Tempovary

Created by: chris

Pronunciation: tem-poh-vair-ee

Sentence: Nigel's amazing ability to tempovary without so much as a trace of guilt enabled him to keep his conscience clear even when his hands were dirty

Etymology: tempo (time) + vary + link with temporary

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Chronotweak

metrohumanx

Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: CROW-NO-TWEEK

Sentence: The warranty can’t be expired. It’s too new to be so tired. I told you twice – ‘twas just last week… And that’s not simply CHRONOTWEAK!

Etymology: CHRONO-prefix relating to TIME;Greek, from chronos+ TWEAK-to make usually small adjustments in or to;probably alteration of Middle English twikken to pull sharply, from Old English twiccian to pluck.

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COMMENTS:

metrohumanx Try this for fun: http://chir.ag/stuff/sand/ - metrohumanx, 2009-09-01: 11:03:00

chronoversal themes - Nosila, 2009-09-01: 12:05:00

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Hackdate

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: hak dayt

Sentence: Who knew when computers were invented that we could illegally invade people's computer systems and change our lives. Because I could hackdate my employer's network, I improved my performance scores from last review; gave myself a bigger raise and had warnings placed in an enemy colleague's file. And best of all, I am now actually only 29...oh, no, I am going to have to work there longer now...Bummer!

Etymology: Hack (fix a computer program piecemeal until it works;electronically invade a computer site or system) & Backdate (make effective from an earlier date)

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Datemunging

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: date-munge-ing

Sentence: Bill and Janet were datemunging so that their children wouldn't figure out when they were conceived.

Etymology: date + munge

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Recalendrification

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: re cal end riff ick ay shun

Sentence: Peter hoped his quick recalendrification would work just long enough for him to step out of range of the ceremonial sword they had bought on their prerecalendrificated honeymoon.

Etymology: recalibrate+Calendar

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Expedates

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: ex-ped-ates

Sentence: Expedating was a strategy she used to explain why her tasks had not been completed on time.

Etymology: expedite (to accomplish promptly) + dates (days of the month)

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Chronolify

CharlieB

Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: kron-ol-i-fi

Sentence: Gillian saw absolutely no harm in subjecting the date of birth on her CV to a quick bit of chronolification.

Etymology: chronology (order of time) + modify (to alter slightly)

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Winstonsmith

Created by: zappalove

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Sentence: Winstonsmithing came naturally to her, from an instinctive grasp of Orwell's remark "Who controls the past controls the future"...and the present.

Etymology: From "Winston Smith", the protagonist of George Orwell's novel "1984" (1949). Winston Smith works for the so-called Ministry of Truth and his duties include altering or erasing historical records following the ever-changing dictates of his totalitarian ma

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Retroptimism

Created by: Guthlaf1

Pronunciation: ret-ROP-tom-IZM

Sentence: Dave's retroptimism was usually benign, but this time he had gone too far....

Etymology: From "retro" + "optimism"

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Factenhance

jonzerofourteen

Created by: jonzerofourteen

Pronunciation: fakt en hanse

Sentence: Jim considered himself a top gun real estate agent. Still, he’d need to factenhance like he’d never factenhanced before if he was going to offload this piece of garbage.

Etymology: fact (reality truth) + enhance (to intensify or increase in value or quality)

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Comments:

allwise - 2007-01-31: 02:00:00
I think you'll win this one easy!

wordmeister - 2007-01-31: 10:42:00
Wow, "R" is the letter of the day!