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DEFINITION: v. To generously allow others to precede you in hopes that they will identify, reduce, and perhaps be eliminated by, the potential hazards. n. A gesture of courtesy which is really the lead-in to a trap.
Verboticisms
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Lemmify
Created by: EpicButCrazy
Pronunciation: Lemm-i-fy
Sentence: To convince another to go ahead of you & do something without their thinking, rather like a lemming.
Etymology: Lemming-ify
Ufirzt
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: yoo-first
Sentence: Ufirzt is a very disturbing ailment which involves a plate of mussels and a very sick man.
Etymology: You First! [...before I eat that]
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COMMENTS:
Noufirzt, or rage before booty. - petaj, 2007-06-26: 07:48:00
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Decoytesy
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: de-coy-tes-y
Sentence: Micky was given a great decoytesy when he was tricked into putting a bell on the cat by the mayor of the mouse kingdom.
Etymology: decoy:a means to mislead or lead into danger; entrap + courtesy: given or done as a polite gesture
Ewegofurst
Created by: fabdiva
Pronunciation: yoo-go-furst
Sentence: Mavis was a clever lamb indeed. Day after day she avoided the slaughter by stunning the crowd with her impeccable manners. Ewegofurst was the last thing they heard...
Etymology: Ewe - a female sheep. Go - to move from one place or point to another. First - coming before all others.
Sacricede
Created by: weareallbeautiful
Pronunciation: s-ah-k-ruh-s-ee-d
Sentence: Frank, although he knew that by allowing Rodney to try to get the cheese he was cruely sacriceding him beacause Rodney would be taken out by the trap, allowed Rodney to try to get the cheese first and to his delight Rodney was captured by the trap before he could take a bite of the cheese. Therefore Frank had all the cheese for himself.
Etymology: sacrifice+precede
Deathiquette
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: dett ee ket
Sentence: His sense of deathiquette had won him many admirers, and kept all of his detractors silent.
Etymology: etiquette, death
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COMMENTS:
Morbid, but descriptive. - Clayton, 2007-06-26: 10:57:00
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Acquiescend
Created by: jadenguy
Pronunciation: ak wi az end
Sentence: "The early bird gets the worm," Julius declared as he held the reward aloft, "but the second rat gets the cheese!" His trite old expression gleaned a wave of bitter tacit agreeent, his team's acquiescension the solemn reminder that here, humanity ceased to be a virtue. Retail work kills souls.
Etymology: acquiesce + ascend
Afteryoobytrap
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: arf-tah-you-be-trap
Sentence: i make it a point to afteryoobytrap before i go into any new room.
Etymology: after you, booby trap
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COMMENTS:
good enough for my vote! hehehe - galwaywegian, 2007-06-26: 06:18:00
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Comments:
wordmeister - 2006-11-28: 11:24:00
Hey Chris, I like playing this game with you, becuase I always get to go shafteryou.
very clever words so far
chris - 2006-11-28: 11:43:00
...as a matter of protocull, I shall allow you to go first tomorrow.....
wordmeister - 2006-11-28: 11:49:00
No, no, no... Please, you go first.
jrogan - 2006-11-28: 18:00:00
Guineatrick is funny
thank you, jrogan.
jedijawa - 2007-03-06: 13:03:00
hindlead
purpleartichokes - 2007-06-26: 11:12:00
Hey James, can we vote for the old words? I voted, but didn't get a point. The word, however, got 3 points.
Hi Purple, Yes you should be able to vote for the old words. I will check the logic to make sure it scores properly. ~ James