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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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Malchronide

Created by: santasassassin

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Etymology:

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Timetabull

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: TIMEtable

Sentence: When profusely apologizing for being late didn't cut it, Bob tried to timetabull the client into thinking that it was she who was actually early, as their company had switched over to New Guinea Standard Time.

Etymology: timetable, bullsh*t

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Recalendaribrate

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: ree kahl end err ib rayt

Sentence: Due to the size of the bump and the duration of her husband's tour of duty, she was forced to recalendaribrate the pregnancy, her son was four and a half years in the womb before he appeared.

Etymology: calendar, recalibrate

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COMMENTS:

CharlieB :-) - CharlieB, 2011-01-19: 13:08:00

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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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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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Calendarrogation

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: cal-en-der-oh-gay-shun

Sentence: A deft bit of calendarrogation allowed me to have a great party and still be 60 days sober.

Etymology: calendar + arrogation

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Datetripper

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: dayt/trip/er

Sentence: He was a datetripper - Sunday driver yeah - it took me so long to find out -his chronology was the only one that mattered and that made him sing

Etymology: daytripper + date

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Chronorwell

Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: Kro-norr-well

Sentence: How could Peter explain missing his essay deadline? He didn't have to - he simply chronorwelled, and no-one guessed the truth.

Etymology: Chronos+Orwell+well. Chronos - Greek for "time". Orwell - the author of '1984' in which the IngSoc party employs people to rewrite history for the Party's benefit.

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Timeswapping

Created by: josje

Pronunciation: time swapping

Sentence: i´m not lying, i´m only timeswapping

Etymology: time and swapping as in changing

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COMMENTS:

Hey Josje, This word is terrific - wordmeister, 2007-02-09: 09:49:00

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Revisiondate

Created by: ahwinters

Pronunciation: rhee-viz-shun-dayt

Sentence: It was easy to revisiondate the conception of their oldest child to make it seem like he was truely legitimate, since he was born 8 months after they were married.

Etymology: revision + date

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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!