pheration - when you suddenly recognize something you've been staring at on a regular basis. The recognized vision may or may not actually be there.

See also pherate, pheratialist, and judaica pheratialist (one who collects random objects that look like judaic leadership figures).

Sample:

"Dude, yer.andreas's avatar totally just pulled some hardcore pheration -- I never noticed it was a face before! Talk about your trippy downscaled illusions. Do you realize anarcho's isn't actually the shadow of a giant bunny carrying a hula hoop?"

pher a tion n.

The act of attempting to imitate the sound a horse makes by blowing air between loose lips, allowing them to slap together rapidly, generally resulting in a "phbpphphphp" sound, not particularly horse-like, and the dispersal of spittle onto innocent bystanders.

pheration pherret ion
n.
charged Mustela putorius furo isotopes that are used to locate and capture any variety of charged Leporidae isotopes; specifically used in conjunction with multidimensional retrieval systems.

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Funny one, Eric. But we don't have any biology nerds in here... Pinctada nacre before Artiodactylates, my friend, although we are at least not feral.

I didn't know the Mustelid ions could be charged, do you think that vigorously rubbing my hair with wool would force the stench out of my clothes?

Pherret owners unite!

I was hoping for a few more replies, but I guess not. I wanted to give the prize to Hurts because I've had that experience, but Colin's was just too good to pass up. So, Colin is the new winner.

Whoa.

Er, the new word is cladastic, which is not a misspelling of cladistic. You may also define the root or variants if you like.

P.S. This thread is getting so long I'm worried I'm going to suggest a word that has already been defined.

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Originally posted by EtherMuse:
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Funny one, Eric. But we don't have any biology nerds in here... Pinctada nacre before Artiodactylates, my friend, although we are at least not feral.

I didn't know the Mustelid ions could be charged, do you think that vigorously rubbing my hair with wool would force the stench out of my clothes?

Pherret owners unite!

"Oh no, not the Rubus allegheniensis, argutus, odoratus patch!" said Oryctolagus cuniculus american and the Myoxus glis said, "Feed your head!"

You have to use a blue rubber balloon while standing in a pan of linseed oil.

hoo! hoo! hoo!

Colin nice word and check the Define me 2.0 words and wins thread. I think its on page 4 or 5 of Random Thoughts.

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Originally posted by colin:
Whoa.

Er, the new word is cladastic, which is not a misspelling of cladistic. You may also define the root or variants if you like.

P.S. This thread is getting so long I'm worried I'm going to suggest a word that has already been defined.

Strangely enough, I was just tutoring someone for a physical anthropology class and the word 'clade' came up. When I saw the above word the first thing I thought was: "Does he mean cladistic?" Nice of you to see that coming and cut me off at the pass there The oversoul works in mysterious ways.

Anyway, on to the definition:

Cladastic - adj. Referring to a particularly sweet classification.

"Bob thinks that all sorority girls are infectious waifs. Man, that is cladastic!"

cladastic adj. The distinctively frivolous property of a thread containing blatant padding to achieve a certain numeric number of posts.

i.e. This thread may become cladastic as it nears 1000.

Related to cladite, one who plays the game of frivolously posting in a race to claim the hallmark number, as in "Boogerhead is a cladite." The term is generally used hypocritically by other cladites and can lead to friendly flame wars.

cladastic (kluh-das-tik) noun:

In a state of being overtly subtle, as in hiding out in the open.

Example:

The cladastic nature of the Magic Eye prints is what makes them such a marketable success.

cladastic cla da stik
n.

Chloro alpha diarsenic titanium carbide. illegal weaponry. an ambush or intrusion countermeasure device. a modified claymore weapon that utilizes chlorine gas and titanium carbide microbead shrapnel as a penetrating poison vector for delivering lethal doses of alpha diarsenic acid.

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Bump??? wtf?!?

Dude, pick a winner already. It's been three days.

....or not.

:P

cladastic - exhibiting uncharacteristically brutal or barbaric behavior brought on by extreme exhaustion.

Ex., In the final days of the Battle of the Bulge, with troops operating on no sleep and negligible provisions, there were numerous instances of atrocious war crimes being committed by Allied troops during cladastic episodes.

Ex., Billy, normally a fairly civilized boy, suffered a cladastic breakdown while trying to write his senior project in college. He never recovered, and is now Generalissimo-for-life of the People's Front for the Extermination of Secular Accordionists.

Ok, Splitcoil wins, for his examples, and puts some fear into those godless accordionists.

I almost went with Eric's. I didn't understand a word of it, but I liked it.

Thanks for the almost colin. I forgot to call out the acronym Cl (chloro) adAs (alpha diarsenic acid) TiC (titanium carbide) of course that chemistry is outright fiction and incorrect nomenclature. I was going for the pun of overkill.

Thank you! Thank you very much!

I offer, for your consideration,

muffualation

muffualation

the practice of muffua, a specialized variety of foot in mouth syndrome. muffualation occurs in a real heat. the subject whips himself into a frenzy and begins a dissertation or rant, thereby building up an extreme and formidable case against him/herself that usually ends up with second and third parties uttering things such as what an unbelieveably stunned. cunt. or (with the shake of one's head) crazy...fucking nuts... or (and it is rumoured that the term was coined from this phrase, you delusional muh'fa'.

Oooooooooooo, your kung-fu is strong, my kitten...

muffualation

There are two definitions for this word.

The prefered Western hemisphere definition is the process of forgetting your password for a web site after a single use, usually after changing it to improve "security." This is belived to be based on the root word "muff", but is actually derived from the Preppy nickname "Muffy".

In the Eastern hemisphere, it refers to the practice of pretending that the titular head of a family or organization is actually in charge, while the real power resides elsewhere.

"The president's aids spend much time and effort in muffualation. His wife is the one who really calls the shots, so you should make sure to kiss up to her."