Month: July 2007

DEFINITION: Something, or someone, that appears to be warm and fuzzy but is, when you get close, sharp and prickly.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Shreddybear: /shreddy-bare/ To prepare their child for the cruel world they gave him a shreddybear which bit him every time he cuddled it Etymology: shred + teddy bear Created by: Jabberwocky.

Cuddleshark: /kud-dul-shark/ Her arms appeared warm and inviting and her eyes had that come-hither look, but every time he approached her, the vicious fangs of the cuddleshark were revealed. Etymology: cuddle, cuttle shark Created by: purpleartichokes.

Pugsbunny: /rhymes with Bugs Bunny/ Geraldine was the office pugsbunny. She looked like that old stereotype of a kindly librarian, but underneath that cardiganned, bunned, spectacled exterior, she had a heart of steel and never pulled her punches. Etymology: pug (short for pugilist) + bunny (sl. rabbit) + Bugs Bunny (smart alec rabbit cartoon character) Created by: petaj.

Brillobunny: /Bril-oh-buhn-ee/ Samantha hadn’t shaved her legs in nearly a week, which caused trouble when Ollie decided to play a little footsie on the loveseat and then got barbed and shredded like he’d just been leg-humped by a brillobunny. Etymology: Brillo (scouring pad) + bunny (cutie-wootie furry animal) Created by: Kyoti.

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DEFINITION: A “natural process” which, smokers believe, makes cigarette butts magically disappear.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Abracadabutt: /ab-ruh-kuh-da-but/ After his last drag, he flicked his smoke, said abracadabutt and it was gone for good. Etymology: abracadabra + butt Created by: Stevenson0.

Incignito: /in-SIG-nee-toe/ Bob believed in reintarnation:tars and toxin had to go somewhere. Whenever he stomped on a fag-end with his shoe, biodegradation seemed to magically occur, or it must have become incignito. He supposed it was some part of the mystery of life’s ongoing cycle. Bob felt proud for he was sure that he was taking cignificant steps in environmental care. Etymology: Play on “incognito”. Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Tobackgo: /toe-bak-go/ As long as you smoke cigarettes made of pure tobackgo they will naturally go back into the atmosphere by natural buttbustion. Etymology: tobacco + back + go Created by: Jabberwocky.

Vanash: /van-ash/ John didn’t seem to realize that his partner vanashed their apartment every night. He seemed to feel the butt fairy looked after the mess. Etymology: vanish + ash Created by: administraitor.

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DEFINITION: The prescribed response of shock and denial that all world-class athletes follow when caught using banned drugs.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Awenial: /awe-ni-al/ Henri was in total awenial about his alleged drug use. He told the press he was totally awepalled (shocked and horrified) to find out that the needles his coach was giving him were steroids and not vitamin B shots. Etymology: awe + denial Created by: Stevenson0.

Protestosterone: /pro-test-ost-err-own/ Rastus launched into his protestosterone when he first heard the charges against him. Unfortunately he had not rehearsed adequately. Etymology: protest (one’s innocence) + testosterone (abnormally high levels being banned in elite sports) Created by: petaj.

Increphedralous: /In-creh-feh-druh-luss/ Buzz was just as astonished as anyone when he threw his javelin right out of the stadium, but was full of increphedralous indignation when people began to imply he was somehow abusing performance-enhancing substances. Etymology: Incredulous + ephedra Created by: Kyoti.

Jocklamation: /jok-la-may-shun/ Who me? Never! is the universal jocklamation of the professional athlete. Etymology: jock + proclamation + declaration Created by: Jabberwocky.

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DEFINITION: To return to the gym after a long layoff to discover that your muscles may be weak, but that your sweat is still strong.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Experspise: /EHKS-pur-spize/ Alex’s girlfriend wouldn’t hug him, because the results of his experspise were visually evident from ten feet away–and aromatically evident from twenty. Etymology: excerise + perspire Created by: mplsbohemian.

Brawngrance: /brawn-grance/ Butch was tired of all his friends giving him a hard time about his body odour after working out. They would joke about his foul-lifting, or punging-iron, or ask how his stenchercise, exereektion, stinkercise, expirercise or smellertion went that day, but he, being the wholesome all around hard working, iron pumping, profuse sweating positive person that he was, began referring to his manly odour as brawngrance, the smell of a champion. Etymology: brawn + fragrance Created by: Stevenson0.

Calistenchics: /cal-i-stench-ics/ Wow – these calistenchics are producing such huge muscles and such a strong manly scent – I’ll soon be the pitpong champion of the gym. Etymology: calisthenics + stench Created by: Jabberwocky.

Exerstenchal: /ex-err-stench-ul/ after the session at the gym proved exerstenchal, he wondered if there was any meaning left in working out Etymology: exercise, stench, existential Created by: rikboyee.

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DEFINITION: To measure your success, or evaluate your self-worth, based on what other people think.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Sucksesstimate: /suk-sess-tuh-mayt/ his friends were tired of his endless sucksesstimating Etymology: suck, success, estimate Created by: rikboyee.

Appeerciated: /uh-peer-shee-eyt-ed/ She only said, did and wore what her friends approved of. She felt totally appeerciated. Etymology: appreciated + peer Created by: Stevenson0.

Pollpularity: /poll-pyu-larity/ Carmina was happy imagining that all of her classmates adored her. When she realised her pollpularity had dropped after her indiscretion in the canteen, she was plunged into self-loathing and despair. Etymology: poll + popular Created by: petaj.

Charithmetic: /kah-rith-mah-tik/ Should she wear the demure pink dress, or the slinky black one? The fanfear was gut-wrenching, and keeping track of the charithmetic was getting difficult, as she had run out of fingers and toes on which to keep tally. Etymology: charisma, arithmetic Created by: purpleartichokes.

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