Verboticisms

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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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: trans/ME/tey/shun

Sentence: Like Joseph Stalin, Fred had to rewrite his history. So Fred went through a transmetation, eliminating from his life all the dates and events which he didn't like.

Etymology: transmutation + me

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COMMENTS:

Works for me! - wordmeister, 2007-01-31: 09:55:00

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Created by: ArsMajika

Pronunciation: RET-CON-ahr-tis-TREE

Sentence: Douglas is a master of retconartistry. I doubt he even knows his own history anymore.

Etymology: Retcon - Retroactive Continuity; Con Artist - One who lies in order to make situations advantageous to themselves.

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: histərēvizhən

Sentence: Jack is a master of historevision. He changes date like most people change their socks. He has changed his wedding date and his children’s birthdays numerous times to help his tax return. If you believe all the changes, his son who is about leave home for college, is 8 years old.

Etymology: history (the study of past events, particularly in human affairs) + revision (the action of revising)

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: hiss - tor - ted

Sentence: When Elvira related the times and dates of her whereabouts during the month of October, it seemed she had historted everything so that she would not be arrested.

Etymology: history, distorted

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COMMENTS:

Was she areested for histortion? - Nosila, 2009-09-01: 12:03:00

histerical - mrskellyscl, 2009-09-01: 15:11:00

and the rest is....hystery!! - mweinmann, 2009-09-02: 12:52:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: bend-jen-duh

Sentence: Time is not a linear concept for Tony. It is a loosely defined set of events that can be used to fit whatever meets his current bendgenda.

Etymology: bend (to direct or turn in a particular direction) agenda (a list, plan, outline, or the like, of things to be done)

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Created by: wordmeister

Pronunciation: rE-dAt

Sentence: Thanks to Tommy's expertise at redating, he lost his virginity twice. Both girls were quite pleased.

Etymology: re-date

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COMMENTS:

It's kind of obvious, but as ErWen says maybe it could become a commonly used word. - wordmeister, 2007-01-31: 10:41:00

I voted for it! Reminds me of "regifting." - ErWenn, 2007-01-31: 20:44:00

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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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Created by: pandafever

Pronunciation: seek-ly-jing

Sentence: All it took was a little bit of seqlieging to fool the history professor.

Etymology:

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Created by: mickey666

Pronunciation: spin - kron - eyes

Sentence: Tont Blair's capacity to spinchronise was demonstrated as he took the credit for a successful outcome to the First World war

Etymology: spin - to manipulate information for personal gain and chronise from the greek for time

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