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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

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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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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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Tourneyburny

Created by: serickson

Pronunciation: tur' nee bur nee

Sentence: Shari's' tourneyburny made playing chess with her a real downer.

Etymology: tourney- from tournament, and -burny from burning with rage

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Finster

Created by: bingold

Pronunciation: fin-ster

Sentence: v- Why must you finster over every move?? n- Bruce is such a finster; he just takes all the fun out of the game.

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Gamebanger

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: gaym - bayn - grrr

Sentence: Freddy was behaving like a gamebanger while he angrily shouted out the clues in this round of password. He felt that Sherman had secretly slipped the secret word to Shirley during the lightening round and it had put his team behind.

Etymology: game, gangbanger, bang

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COMMENTS:

Excellent! - splendiction, 2009-10-15: 23:09:00

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Nitlynch

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈnɪtˌlɪntʃ/

Sentence: I was nearly nitlynched at the chess club when I incorrectly captured my opponents queen en passant.

Etymology: From nitpick + lynch

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Playchotic

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: play + cot + ick

Sentence: He got all playchotic over whether red moved first, or black, so I just let him win at checkers.

Etymology: psychotic + play

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Youcantrum

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Created by: playdohheart

Pronunciation: you-cant-trum

Sentence: It is impossible to own all four railroads in Monopoly without someone throwing a youcantrum.

Etymology: "You can't (do that)!" + tantrum

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Quiglify

Created by: PythianHabenero

Pronunciation: quig-li-fy

Sentence: I hardly ever play Scrabble without quiglifying every little letter.

Etymology: "Quibble" + "niggle" + "-ify" for aesthetic concerns.

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Fatuasurdial

Created by: mana1066

Pronunciation: fat-chew-a-sir-jel

Sentence: he got all factuasurdial on me and read all the directions in a high pitched squeel

Etymology: fatuous + absurd +emotional

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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

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Comments:

petaj petaj - 2007-03-28: 05:25:00
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.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-10-15: 03:18:00
Today's definition was suggested by Alchemist. Thank you Alchemist. ~ James