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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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Goahhhead
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: go ahhhh head
Sentence: The benefit of telling guests goahhhhead was that if the canapes tasted bad, they would find out first. There was no need to try all those fattening foods! The guests would determine the palatability!
Etymology: From: GO A HEAD and AHHHH.
Pitfool
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: Pit-fewl
Sentence: Before tasting the coffee, I pitfooled my wife by offering her a sip to make sure it wasn't too hot to drink. It turned out it was.
Etymology: Pitfall (a danger) + fool (a gullible or dumb person; to trick such a person)
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COMMENTS:
you sound like a pitfool terr(i)or - galwaywegian, 2007-06-26: 06:20:00
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Baitenhookish
Created by: Lapper
Pronunciation: BATE-en-HOOK-ish
Sentence: Ralph noticed the unavoidable rope trap ten feet in front of the fresh water spring, and baitenhookishly "let" James go to the spring before anyone else.
Etymology: Bait and hook
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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Guineatail
Created by: andrewa121
Pronunciation: "guinea tail"
Sentence: When he mentioned diving from 60 feet, I made a point to guineatail the fool.
Etymology: from "guinea [pig]" + "tail [end]", to follow behind a test case.
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
Protocull
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: proh-toh-cull
Sentence: In today's competitive office environment it is important to follow the correct protocull (i.e. find some other sucker to tell the boss the bad news) in order to survive.
Etymology: protocol for culling
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COMMENTS:
1 Across: For zapping cyber viruses, perhaps (9). Good word I say! - scrabbelicious, 2009-07-29: 15:30:00
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Preventpal
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: pre-vent-pal
Sentence: Gladys picked Norman to be her preventpal for the day, the potato salad that Mitch made looked a tad radioactive.
Etymology: prevent + pal
Politeabomb
Created by: texmom
Pronunciation: po light a bahm
Sentence: Letting her precede him in the interviews was a blatant politeabomb move to advance himself
Etymology: polite - niceness bomb- explosive device
Courtierstwhile
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: curt-ee-erst-while
Sentence: Galahad succeeded to the court by deploying a courtierstwhile strategy. He always allowed others to go before him in a show of courtesy, but they often fell into bear traps, dragon's lairs or other medieval dangers only to become his bygone friends.
Etymology: courteous + courtier + erstwhile (bygone, former)
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