# New Word-Definition Game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 16, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989 "2003-09-16T19:40:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/1 "2003-09-16T19:40:56Z")

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I’ll give a new word, the next person gives a definition and then supplies their own word. Here we go…

**triumphery**

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/2 "2003-09-17T00:22:40Z")

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**Triumphery**

1. A trio of Englishmen named Humphrey.
2. An attempt to remember the Minnesotan who ran for president.
3. The lore surrounding Triumph cars and motorcycles.

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**bealmox**

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/3 "2003-09-17T09:57:08Z")

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Bealmox  
1.A beagle/oxen hybrid.  
2.Dancing alone while wet.  
3.Not quite finished.

And now…

vilmger

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**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/4 "2003-09-17T10:18:22Z")

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**vilmger**

Soft, floppy.

New word: **shuddy**

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**Author:** ![Spellbound](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@Spellbound](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spellbound)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/5 "2003-09-17T10:38:28Z")

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shuddy- the strange feeling you get on sunday night when you think of going to work the next day.

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**Author:** ![Spellbound](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@Spellbound](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spellbound)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/6 "2003-09-17T10:39:37Z")

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casblunker

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**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/7 "2003-09-17T12:23:41Z")

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Trying to impress someone, but not quite remembering the words to your favourite Bogart movie.  
**elorimate**

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/8 "2003-09-18T07:06:17Z")

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**elorimate** (from _e_lectronic + _lore_ = _mate_ – a person you have never actually met, but with whom you act flirtatious or intimate on the Internet

**upabapbaian**

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**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/9 "2003-09-18T08:11:00Z")

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**upabapbaian** - one who enjoys climbing up the side of buildings to gain attention.

**croggery**

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**Author:** ![Spellbound](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@Spellbound](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spellbound)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/10 "2003-09-18T10:18:26Z")

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croggery- the act of stealing candy from a baby

pelquat

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/11 "2003-09-18T19:55:12Z")

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pelquat-that which is merely partly-peeled.

riggish

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/12 "2003-09-18T20:27:17Z")

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**riggish** - in the mood to construct a device.

**fernasticate**

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**Author:** ![Teegus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Teegus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teegus)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/13 "2003-09-18T20:44:36Z")

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**fernasticate** - 1) To eat a fern  
2) To engage in carnal relations with a furnace  
**moribend**

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/14 "2003-09-18T20:46:46Z")

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fernasticate - smelling like a bog

crilcauer

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/15 "2003-09-18T21:29:08Z")

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**moribend** – a road’s sudden and sharp turn that, when navigated at high speed or otherwise carelessly, contributes to fatal accidents. Synonym: **Dead Man’s Curve**

Still undefined: **crilcauer**

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**Author:** ![FreeRange\_Maniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/97f17d/32.png) [@FreeRange\_Maniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreeRange_Maniac)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/16 "2003-09-18T21:44:11Z")

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Crilcauer—A large edible bird-like creature, native to Manitoba  
conclertion

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/17 "2003-09-18T22:06:07Z")

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conclertion - not understanding the end of a book, movie,etc.

givel

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**Author:** ![Spellbound](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@Spellbound](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spellbound)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/18 "2003-09-18T22:22:18Z")

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givel- the audible internal sound made when gas moves through the intestines.

plurdicate

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/19 "2003-09-18T22:28:13Z")

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plurdicate- to over-simplify

shinnick

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**Author:** ![FreeRange\_Maniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/97f17d/32.png) [@FreeRange\_Maniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreeRange_Maniac)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-word-definition-game/201989/20 "2003-09-19T15:12:11Z")

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SHINNICK- -A team sport, somewhat similar to street hockey, involving a large cheese ball, various sticks and a hamster, played by the natives of Cheesesteak City.  
prefaluting

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