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1. abbreveil (ə-brē'vāl')
- a. (v.) To shorten words in a sentence or text to a point where no meaning can be construed from it.
2. abso-toodle-utely (ăb'sŭ-tü'dŭ-lüt'lē)
- a. (interj.) Absolutely, with emphasis. Expressed when "absolutely" is not definitive enough.
Example: Question: Did you just make that word up?
Answer: Abso-toodle-utely not! It's on unwords.com!
3. absotively (āb'sə-tĭv'lē)
- a. (contr.) A contraction of absolutely and positively.
Example: I absotively agree with you!
4. adjectize (aj'ĭk-tīz')
- a. (v.) To describe thoroughly with an excessive, and often an unnecessary, amount of words.
5. alliterate (ā-lĭt-ər-ĭt)
- a. (adj.) Having the ability to read but choosing not to. Not to be mistaken with those who are illiterate, and can not read.
6. alot (ə'lŏt)
- a. (abbrev.) A lot; excessively.
Example: I like you alot.
7. Americanese (ə-mĕr'ĭ-kə-nēz')
- a. (n.) The language spoken by the majority of the American people according to much of Eastern Asia.
8. Ameriglish (ə-mĕr'ĭ-glĭsh)
- a. (n.) The language spoken by the majority of the United States of America. Often considered close to the original form of the English language.
9. Amglish (ăm'glĭsh)
- a. (adj.) The language spoken by the majority of people in the United States of America, and indeed some young people in the United Kingdom.
10. ancieverknowledgetale (ān-shĕv'ər-nŏl'ĭj-tāl)
- a. (n.) Any story about the "Good Old Days" told by an adult or elderly person.
11. anyways (ĕn'ē-wāz)
- a. (adv.) Nonstandard. In any case. The word does not have an "s" at the end.
Example: I was going to tell them, but anyways, I decided not to.
Note: This is actually a word that is not suppose to be a word. I believe we should fight to put down the use of this lazy tongue term.
12. apostrophascist (ə-pŏs'trə-fă'cĭst)
- a. (n.) One of the army of self-righteous goons that jumps on others as soon as they veer even slightly away from the hideously outdated English grammar and punctuation standards laid down by the Victorians when they realized their mother tongue was a mutated to the point that it would never have the elegance of Latin or the precision of High German.
13. aword (ə-wūrd)
- a. (n.) A prize given in a writing or other literary competition.
Example: After submitting the winning poem, Jen received an aword and the distinction of seeing her poem in print.
14. backronym (băk'rə-nĭm')
- a. (n.) An acronym that was clearly thought of first, and the (usually dull minded) phrase was secondarily crafted to fit it.
Example: Determined Involved Supermodels Helping to End Suffering: DISHES!
15. bifocalitis (bî-fô'kә-lī'tĭs)
- a. (n.) A condition that afflicts wearers of bifocals that causes them to think they are reading a line of text or row of data straight across, when in actuality they are seeing a different line or row or a combination of different lines or rows. This often results in a mismatch between intent, information, and/or action.
16. blaccent (blăk-cənt)
- a. (n.) A manner of speaking in which one sounds like an African-American from "da hood".
17. blasphometer (blăs'fə-mē'tər)
- a. (n.) A meter used to measure how blasphemous a just-uttered statement was. It is generally created by holding one's arms in front of oneself with elbows bent at right angles so that the left hand rests on top of the right elbow, and the right hand is directly below the left elbow. The left hand is then raised in an arc, like the needle on a speedometer, to indicate the severity of the blasphemy just uttered.
18. bookcrossing (buk-krŏs'ĭng)
- a. (acro.) A subtle form of viral marketing in which one leaves a book in a public place to be picked up and read by any individual who passes by.
19. Bushism (büsh'ĭz'əm)
- a. (n.) The combining of words into an unword that displays the user's attempt at verbal prowess.
Example: A sample Bushism: After a hard day of "applicating" for jobs, I am still unemployed.
20. Chinglish (chĭng'glĭsh)
- a. (adj.) Of or relating to a language in which both English and Chinese words are used together in order to express a meaning.
21. clonedead (klōn-dĕd)
- a. (adj.) A written document which has been copied until it is practically illegible and is therefore useless.
Example: I received a copy of a scanned copy of a fax of a printout of a mimeographed copy of a fax of a copy, and it certainly was clonedead.
22. comatext (cō'mə-tĕkst)
- a. (n.) Text that pleases the person who wrote it, but puts the reader into a coma.
23. communification (kə-myü'nĭ-fĭ-'kā'shən)
- a. (n.) The beautification of communication. To make communicating effective, pleasurable, and easy.
24. convercide (kŏn-vər-sīd)
- a. (n.) The act of killing of a conversation with a terrible comment.
Example: Jacob: "I tell you the art of Van Gogh is truely timeless." Bradley: "Indeed I must say, old chap." Edgar: "I think I have a few head lice." Jacob: "A truely pleasant way to commit convercide, Edgar."
25. conversate (kən-vûr'sāt)
- a. (v.) To make conversation. An uncommon phrase used to suggest the start of a conversation while making others believe one is smarter than they truely are.
Example: Excuse us while we escape to the vestibule and conversate for a short time.
