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DEFINITION: v. To engage in an emotional debate over the small, yet somehow surprisingly important details in a simple game. n. An emotional game player
Verboticisms
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Compettyvism
Created by: Jaxies
Pronunciation: /com-petty-i-vism/
Sentence: "Daisy had developed a severe case of compettyvism during a fast-paced game of scrabble against Tim, concerning whether or not 'PROV', as in the active ingredient in Pantene Pro-v, was a real word. It started with laughter and ended in Tim's hospitalization."
Etymology: Competitive + petty + -vism
Ludocrous
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: loo doe crus
Sentence: this scrabblesquabble was just another exdample of his ludocrous behaviour
Etymology: ludo, ludicrous,
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COMMENTS:
two for the price of one! - galwaywegian, 2007-03-28: 03:35:00
haha...I almost went with scrabblesquabble! Mine! give it back!!! - Alchemist, 2007-03-28: 05:46:00
Also the notion of "cross" meaning angry? Three medals for me. - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-28: 17:58:00
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Ludocrous
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: loo doh krus
Sentence: People in the ping pong world were getting tired of his ludocrous behaviour as he screamed "You can not be serious!" everytime he missed the table.
Etymology: ludicrous ludo
Rulegality
Created by: coachnomad23
Pronunciation: Rule-legality
Sentence: The little child was always so picky about the rulegalities of the game so much that it made others not want to play any more.
Etymology:
Mancheater
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: man cheater
Sentence: he is a man cheater
Etymology: man cheater.
Megalomonopolia
Created by: Mercutioh
Pronunciation: meh ga lo mo nah po lee yuh
Sentence: The three year feud that ultimately ended in divorce, started with a little megalomonopolia about the hotel on Baltic AvE
Etymology:
Verbotomayhem
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: ver-bah-toe-MAY-hem
Sentence: After Quentin challenged Sally's 8-letter word, last night's weekly Boggle game quickly descended into full blown verbotomayhem. I am still stepping on those little darn cubes.
Etymology: from the greek "verbomaehemnae", meaning to throw the pieces when mad...
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COMMENTS:
Is this the opposite of balderdashaster? Have you played Balderdash - it's the opposite of verbotomy - players make up definitions. - petaj, 2007-03-28: 05:48:00
there are some who say making up definitions is also part of verbotomy :-) - Alchemist, 2007-03-28: 07:42:00
I thought Balderdash was a Flemish head-shaving race. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-28: 08:06:00
I thought "balderdash" was a euphemism (think poppycock), or that old Nintendo game based on the joys of mining. - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-28: 09:25:00
^^ That's probably why the make-up-definitions game is called Balderdash. - Discoveria, 2007-03-28: 13:05:00
Give the detective a medal. Two medals. Next we'll be told how "boulder" is the pun in the Nintendo game... - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-28: 17:56:00
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Pettyfours
Created by: suzanne
Pronunciation: pet-ee-foh-rs
Sentence: his pettyfours made his partner cringe and wish that the game of tic tac toe would be soon over.
Etymology: petty- from french petit meaning small
Instructionbookletiquette
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: in-struck-shun-book-let-ee-kut
Sentence: Every single games night ended with a protracted session of instructionbookletiquette... and then Gary would knock the board over and go home....we all hated Gary
Etymology: instruction booklet, etiquette
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COMMENTS:
well done! - galwaywegian, 2007-03-28: 03:37:00
You and a few thousand Scousers hate Gary. On any other day I'd tell you of my distaste for Steve, but the lad done good. - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-28: 18:00:00
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Gamerage
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: gāmərāj
Sentence: John is a very mellow guy. Bumper-to-bumper traffic? No problem. Long lines at the grocery? Not an issue. Somebody already submitted the word he devised for Verbotomy? Gamerage!
Etymology: gamer (a person who plays a game or games, typically a participant in a computer or role-playing game) + rage (violent, uncontrollable anger)
Comments:
Glad to see a definition coming out of the cheatedebate that went on the other day :-)
Bulletchewer - 2007-03-28: 06:26:00
Give a brother some credit for that one.
Today's definition was suggested by Alchemist. Thank you Alchemist. ~ James