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DEFINITION: v. To copy and share an idea, thing, or person because you think that it's so wonderful that everyone should have one. n. An open source clone.
Verboticisms
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Lokulize
Created by: Andradir
Pronunciation: lock-oo-lies
Sentence: That man is lokulizing a famous singer, he copys his style
Etymology: from: look alike
Plagiarific
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: plag/er/if/ick
Sentence: Teddy was a plagiarific salesman of the latest and greatest ideas he "borrowed" from the business books on the 'Best Sellers List'.
Etymology: plagiarize + terrific
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COMMENTS:
rolls off the tongue. - teleolurian, 2007-05-07: 19:11:00
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Disiterate
Created by: randaldroher
Pronunciation: Dis-it-er-ate
Sentence: We quickly disiterated the printers, and in days everyone had one.
Etymology: Dis (away, as in disseminate) + Iteration (repetition of a process)
Cheerox
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: CHEER-ahks
Sentence: Alex vigorously cheeroxed his invention of the self-buttering waffle, but it never caught on.
Etymology: cheer + Xerox
Kipcrat
Created by: thefreewheeler
Pronunciation: kip crat
Sentence: Everyday I kipcrat five songs and send them to un-enlightened heathens.
Etymology: Rudyard Kipling "Take Up White Man's Burden" + crat: advocate or partisan of
Loonux
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: loo nuks
Sentence: He used loonux to develop his huge network of loonies.
Etymology: loon linux
Allyourbasitis
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: all your base are belong to us - ha ha ha!
Sentence: That "god kills a kitten" picture has showed up in my inbox about 25 times - looks like some folks have got a serious case of allyourbasitis.
Etymology: all your base! all your base! all your base are belong to us!
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COMMENTS:
This might be the funniest word I've ever seen on verbotomy. Good job! - iwasatripwire, 2007-05-07: 17:41:00
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Giveray
Created by: jonobo
Pronunciation: give-a-ray
Sentence: I gaveray all my words. I giveray my girlfriend :)
Etymology: A remix of "give-away to everyone".
Giftliferation
Created by: katytee
Pronunciation: trips off the tongue
Sentence: in an act of unsolicited giftliferation,simon distributed handwritten copies of 'who moved my cheese' to his colleagues. Everyone hated Simon.
Etymology: (Proliferation + Gift)
Dupligreat
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: doop li grate
Sentence: When Lenny came up with the U-Clone machine, he thought it would be a dupligreat success. Only problem was that instead of aping the person using it, all the copies came out looking like Lenny...
Etymology: Duplicate (reproduce, replicate, copy) & Great (wonderful,very good)
Comments:
Today's definition was inspired by Cory Doctorow's short stories "Printcrime" and "I-Robot" which are both appear in Overclocked. Thank you Cory! ~ James
I absolutely LOVE the illustration on the homepage... gorgeous. Who did it?
Hi inkvision, Thanks for positive review on the drawing. Glad you like it! It was created by me (James Gang), or one of my clones, I'm not sure which. But really, it was nothing, we just copied Cory. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by doctorow. Thank you doctorow. ~ James