DEFINITION: v. To win approval by carefully omitting any and all facts which may put the “correct” decision in jeopardy. n. A form of persuasion, or perhaps deceit, which is based on selective omissions.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Scamboozle: /Skam-boo-zuld/ I saved us £30k costs by hiring a £50k efficiency expert. I scamboozled my boss into thinking it was a good thing by omitting the experts fee. Etymology: From Scam (to cheat or defraud with a scam) and bamboozle (to perplex; mystify; confound. Synonyms: befog, bewilder, puzzle, baffle, dumbfound) Created by: Negatrev.

Oddorable: /odd-DOR-ah-bul/ “That hipster girl over there is oddorable.” Etymology: Created by: msergienko.

Subdupe: /sub-dupe/ The only way to convince the arachnophobes of my proposals, is to subdupe them about the escaped tarantula. Etymology: Subdue – to suppress, hold back.
Dupe – con, swindle, trick Created by: fendallwit.

Concealsensus: /kuhn-seel-sen-suhs/ The manager has been known to omit a few details in an effort to reach a concealsensus. Etymology: conceal (hide, disguise) + consensus (general agreement) Created by: artr2.

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DEFINITION: n. The stars, lights and birds that circle your head when you hit it REALLY hard. v. To watch the stars that circle your head after impact.

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Conkstellation: /kongk-stuh-ley-shuhn/ When the catcher stood up as the batter was taking a swing he found himself in the middle of a conkstellation. Etymology: conk (to hit or strike on the head) + constellation (any of various groups of stars) Created by: artr2.

Perplexian: /per-plex-ee-an/ John’s eyes lingered over Judy’s beautiful facial structure until she caught his stare, and bashed his head with a hard wooden bat, causing him to fall over in perplexian. Etymology: perplex – to confuse or trouble
ian – belonging or relating to Created by: xxmel.

Stardazing: /Star-Daze-ing/ After running head first into the low beam, Albert was left Stardazing. Etymology: From Stargazing, to watch stars, altered with the state to be dazed. Created by: Negatrev.

Concusstellation: /kon kust el ay shun/ the concusstellation wasn’t the only thing that was out tonight Etymology: concussion, constellation Created by: galwaywegian.

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DEFINITION: n. The tight-packed wads of fluff found in the dryer after doing laundry. v. To uncurl and dissect the fluff found in a dryer while trying to figure what it once was.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Lintspection: /lint spek shun/ When Sarah was studying forensics, she always did a lintspection on her own dryer fluff to determine its origin. She came to the conclusion that those socks that “disappeared” in the dryer, actually became unravelled due to the stress of daily living and their remains ended up in the lint trap. Hosiery hari-kiri, sock suicide…so sad. Etymology: Lint (dryer fluff;unravelled fibres) & Inspection (a formal or official examination) Created by: Nosila.

Fluffenter: /fluf-in-ter/ Snilber’s pet, Wilbur became a fluffenter with all of the other fuzz bunnies in the lint jungle. Etymology: Fluff- Inflated or padded material or fuzz.
Originally Taken in part from the word “Vent” -An opening permitting the escape of fumes, a liquid, a gas, or steam or lint.

Added “Er” and could also mean – Enter-To come or go into and end up getting fluffentered into tiny lint pieces! Created by: abrakadeborah.

Delintiation: /Di-lin-tea-eh-shun/ Margret was becoming annoyed with constantly having to delintiate he husbands pockets. Etymology: Delintiate(to remove dryer fluff from clothes) Created by: Negatrev.

Fibreobjects: /ˈfʌɪ:bÉ™:ˈɒbd:ʒɪkts/ Sloppy Joe’s belly button was a subject of endless examination. When it came to cleaning the filter of his washing machine, he knew exactly what to do, there goes the weekend, he was overcome with fibreobjects. Call my fluff, that’s a word baby. Etymology: Entangling of 1 -)Fibre: Being made of strands. 2 -)Objects: Is supposed to be opposed but is really something. When said altogether not very obviously a pun on “fiber optics” – the means by which a cyborg is able to see. Part of a device used to make an image by transmission of light. Created by: scrabbelicious.

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DEFINITION: n. A person who lives in their car because they have lost their home. v. To live in your car.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Afordablehousing: /aff ohr dab il how zing/ He found the afordablehousing very spacious after living for years in his folkswagon Etymology: aFORDable Created by: galwaywegian.

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scrabbelicious, 2012-01-27: 14:56:00
Watch my lips. This craic’ed me up.

Carpartment: /car-part-ment/ Sam Snickerly, would have gotten a larger automobile had he known it was going to be a carpartment for his entire family. Etymology: Car- An automobile.
Apartment-A room or suite of rooms designed as a residence and generally located in a building occupied by more than one household. Created by: abrakadeborah.

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abrakadeborah, 2012-01-31: 00:46:00
Thanks you all! I need to show up more often with my right brain.

Villahicle: /vee la hik el/ Summers down by the lake, winters in trailer parks…waking up miles away from where you went to bed, that’s the life. Our villahicle is the true meaning of detached housing. We are upwardly mobile…well, mobile, anyway! Etymology: Villa (suburban detached domicile) & Vehicle (mode of transport) Created by: Nosila.

Apartmobile: /uh-pahrt-moh-beel/ The sales rep spends so much time in her car that she has decked it out as an apartmobile. The bins of snacks and stack of extra cloths are bad enough but recently she has been nagging her husband to figure out how to adapt a mini-fridge and microwave to install in the back seat. Etymology: apartment (set of rooms for rent ) + mobile(movable, traveling) Created by: artr2.

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DEFINITION: n. Creams, potions, and other concoctions which allegedly make you look younger by removing wrinkles, tightening the skin, and removing age spots. v. To apply creams to your skin in a desperate attempt to make yourself look younger.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Hocuspotion: /hoh-kuhs-poh-shuhn/ Despite numerous clues to the contrary Emma fully believes in her favorite hocuspotion to maintain her youthful appearance. Etymology: hocuspocus (sleight of hand) + potion (concoction prepared for mental or physical effect) Created by: artr2.

Koldskream: /cold-screem/ Poor old Trinkle Wilskins’s imported caviar Koldskream gave her quite a fright. She could not figure out why when she looked in the mirror…her Mother appeared instead. Etymology: Cold spelled with a K. and Scream spelled with a K. to be a version of coldcream- Coldcream – a cream used cosmetically (mostly by women) for softening and cleaning the skin
cold cream, face cream, vanishing cream
emollient, ointment, cream – toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin. *If it doesn’t erase 50 years off your face you’ll end up screaming. Created by: abrakadeborah.

Pondsdeleon: /ponds de leeon/ Mother had used her cold cream since anyone could remember, faithfully twice a day, after cleansing. When she looked in the mirror, she saw herself as a younger woman, then the 89 year old person everyone else saw. She always called her beauty secret her pondsdeleon, instead of admitting the fact that she really should get some glasses. Etymology: Pond’s (cold cream used since last century to moisturize skin make it appear youthful) & Ponce de Leon (Spanish explorer who sought the Fountain of Youth, by leading first European expedition to Florida) Created by: Nosila.

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