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Title: Neologism Game Post by: TightPaulFolds on October 07, 2010, 12:40:45 AM Pick an interesting /unusual word.
It can either be totally made up by you or one you know/have found on the net. Supply the word's definition alongside. You can pick as many words as you like. Guessers: You obv have to guess whether the word is real or just made up. No googling for this bit. SCORING ------------ : -Guessing Correctly: 1 point Guessing incorrectly: -1 point If someone guesses your word's (non/)genuineness incorrectly, you gain 2 points. No score if they guess correctly. Best scorer gets to choose the avatar and sig of the worst scorer, for 2 weeks. GL Title: Re: Neologism Game Post by: AndrewT on October 07, 2010, 12:43:44 AM (http://societygrapevine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/call_my_bluff.jpg)
Title: Re: Neologism Game Post by: TightPaulFolds on October 07, 2010, 12:45:35 AM (http://societygrapevine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/call_my_bluff.jpg) Yeah they should have called it the Neologism game, sounds catchier ;) Title: Re: Neologism Game Post by: thetank on October 07, 2010, 12:49:42 AM Guessers: You obv have to guess whether the word is real or just made up My problem here is that all words are made up. All words are also real as soon as they are used for the first time. How many points do I get? Title: Re: Neologism Game Post by: TightPaulFolds on October 07, 2010, 12:54:40 AM Guessers: You obv have to guess whether the word is real or just made up My problem here is that all words are made up. All words are also real as soon as they are used for the first time. How many points do I get? Good point, your Emmonance :) It has to be in the Oxford English Dictionary... Title: Re: Neologism Game Post by: thetank on October 07, 2010, 01:03:00 AM So it's O.E.D. or NO.E.D.
I'll start Egg : the oval or round body laid by a female bird, fish, reptile, insect, etc., containing a supply of nutrients, a protective membrane, and, when fertilized, the embryo of a new individual Title: Re: Neologism Game Post by: thetank on October 07, 2010, 01:11:20 AM Will put in another one aswell
hfgzzasdb : acronym of financial service provider used mainly by hfgzzasds Title: Re: Neologism Game Post by: gatso on October 07, 2010, 01:18:52 AM Good point, your Emmonance :) made up how many points do I get? Title: Re: Neologism Game Post by: AndrewT on October 07, 2010, 01:37:43 AM Good point, your Emmonance :) made up how many points do I get? Quite clearly not made up - it's the degree to which you resemble Slim Shady. Title: Re: Neologism Game Post by: RED-DOG on October 07, 2010, 09:06:39 AM Tank = ;tightend;
Andrew = ;tightend; Title: Re: Neologism Game Post by: kinboshi on October 07, 2010, 09:41:23 AM n. bouncebackability
- the ability to come back from defeat(s), especially in sport Title: Re: Neologism Game Post by: mondatoo on October 07, 2010, 09:50:08 AM n. bouncebackability - the ability to come back from defeat(s), especially in sport Real word,Egg is also a real word. Title: Re: Neologism Game Post by: TightPaulFolds on October 07, 2010, 06:49:22 PM Heteroscedasticity - In statistics, a sequence of random variables is heteroscedastic, if the random variables have different variances.
Medlanatae - The group of cells within the Corpus Callosum1 in the human brain responsible for the transmission of motor signals. Title: Re: Neologism Game Post by: kinboshi on October 07, 2010, 08:13:58 PM I'd guess at false-true.
:dontask: Title: Re: Neologism Game Post by: kinboshi on October 07, 2010, 08:16:12 PM But probably exactly wrong :D
Title: Re: Neologism Game Post by: TightEnd on October 07, 2010, 08:19:56 PM First one is true
Title: Re: Neologism Game Post by: TightEnd on October 07, 2010, 08:21:10 PM Sthenia. An exaggerated sense of your own well-being.
Title: Re: Neologism Game Post by: Claw75 on October 07, 2010, 08:29:24 PM Sthenia. An exaggerated sense of your own well-being. I wish I didn't know this to be true! Title: Re: Neologism Game Post by: TightPaulFolds on October 07, 2010, 08:39:25 PM Sthenia. An exaggerated sense of your own well-being. Yeah I think it's true σεαυτόν: self Title: Re: Neologism Game Post by: kinboshi on October 07, 2010, 08:44:14 PM n. floccinauccinihilipilification
the action of denying the value of something, such as displayed by many towards Mantis' opinion on the PHA board |