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Fake Word Of the Day: Podomy

December 10th, 2009 · No Comments

pŏd’ə-mē
noun
The act of copulation with an iPod.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Igor Straponski

July 9th, 2009 · No Comments

ĭgôr strā-pŏn’skē
name
An aspiring Russian musician who was better known for his sex toys.

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Fake Word Of the Day: Chocolacide

July 8th, 2009 · No Comments

chô’kə-lĭ-sīd’
noun
Death by falling into a vat of chocolate, which occurred to a temporary worker at the Cocoa Services Inc plant in New Jersey, today.

This death was foreshadowed many years ago by the Smothers Brothers.

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Dougtionary Lesson: Adjectivizing a noun

November 21st, 2007 · No Comments

My next few entries will be related to adjectivizing a noun. Or would it be called adjectivization? Adjectification?
Either way, you get the idea. Here’s a real example:
Cycle (noun)
Drop it in the Adjectivizer2000 and out comes:
Cyclical (adjective)
Go ahead and try it on your own.

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