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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.
Verboticisms
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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
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
Weaselwarping
Created by: kyotonils
Pronunciation: wee'•zel•wohr'•ping
Sentence: Don't bother telling the judge you never got the ticket in the mail. Weaselwarping never works.
Etymology: Weasel (sneaky, devious, as in "weasel words") + warp (time)
Tarrantinizing
Created by: Carljoyce
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After a whirlwind six months of backpacking through Europe, Quetin tarrantinized his journey to better understand how he changed.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Exactly, it's a movie.... I just can't figure out when it started. - wordmeister, 2007-01-31: 14:07:00
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Chronotweak
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:
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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Factenhance
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)
Billandtedit
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: bill-and-ted-it
Sentence: in order to prosper on the dating scene she decided to billandtedit her two failed marriages out of her past
Etymology: edit, bill and ted
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COMMENTS:
Brilliant! - ErWenn, 2007-01-31: 01:37:00
Excellent, even! - ErWenn, 2007-01-31: 01:38:00
You'll win this one, easy! - allwise, 2007-01-31: 02:01:00
Dude! - cryptc, 2007-01-31: 02:01:00
I've never seen the movie. Here's the description: "Two seemingly dumb teens struggle to prepare a historical presentation with the help of a time machine." Verbawesome word, Rik! - purpleartichokes, 2007-01-31: 06:21:00
excellllllllent ! - toadstool57, 2007-01-31: 07:33:00
good !! - adbern, 2007-01-31: 14:19:00
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Chronillogic
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: Kron-ill-logic
Sentence: When Dave found tickets to the opera in Jill's purse, he quickly ran out and puchased cheap, nosebleed seat tickets, to a football game, telling Jill he had his tickets first. Dave got out of going to the opera due to the chronillogic order that the tickets were purchased.
Etymology: chronologic/illogic
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COMMENTS:
good! - wordmeister, 2007-01-31: 09:49:00
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Dayshifty
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: day-shif-ty
Sentence: Nance discovered just how dayshifty Max had been when she found his erasure marks on her calendar. "No wonder I can't remember my vacation," she cried. "I was here -- but where was Max?"
Etymology: Day:(as in calendar) + shift: to alter position or place + shifty: displaying deceitful character; personality thatt demonstrates frequent changes or variations.
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!