Month: August 2007

DEFINITION: A psychological dependency on electronic messaging which often leads to compulsive emailing, even among people who are sitting inches apart.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Enal: /e-nal/ To cover his ass and reassure himself he has told everybody everything he should and covered all his bases, my boss e-mails everything instead of speaking any more. He’s totally enal. Etymology: e-mail + anal Created by: Stevenson0.

Eddicted: /ee-dik-ted/ Bob was so eddicted that his college professor had to email him with a message that said, “Yes, Bob?” When he raised his hand in class. Etymology: E: From ‘e-mail’ ddicted: from ‘addicted’ Created by: IneffableDawn.

Ependent: /e-pen-dent/ Adam is completely ependent. He even sends text messages to his girlfriend while they are making out. Etymology: Electronic (abbreviated as ‘E’) – dependent (may be varied to -dant for the British) Created by: Tesher.

Etardation: /e-tard-ay-shun/ His etardation reached it’s pinnacle when he requested a video conference from across the room. Etymology: e (for electronic, like in e-mail) + retardation Created by: joelb.

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DEFINITION: An individual who is so self-absorbed and cocksure that they cannot understand why their mating calls, or “pick-up lines”, do not generate the desired response.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Egotesticle: /E-go-tes-tick-ul/ Bill had an egotesticle reputation with the ladies. His slicked-back hair, the cloud of Old Spice that trailed behind him, and his two-sizes-too-small pants were made even creepier by his tendency to make eye contact only with your chest. Etymology: egotistical + testicle (inspired by “cocksure”) Created by: KristinA.

Flirtagonist: /flirt-AG-on-ist/ “Hey, baby, do you know karate, cuz your body is kickin’,” Bob said to the cute girl at the bar. He was such a flirtagonist that he was surprised at the girl’s rude behavior and sudden departure. Etymology: Flirt Agonist (derived from ‘agony’ or ‘antagonist’) Created by: IneffableDawn.

Pickuptardist: /Pic-up-tard-ist/ James just can’t figure out why the women don’t love his “smooth” lines, but he’s such a pickuptardist Etymology: Pickup-English slang use to hook up with women. Tardist-Popular contraction of retard Created by: Czechxican.

Pompass: /pom-pass/ Women labeled that self-absorbed and cocksure individual with his lame pick-up lines, as a pompass. Etymology: pompous + pass + ass Created by: Stevenson0.

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DEFINITION: A group of runners that moves as a single entity, ignoring traffic signals and pedestrians alike.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Dasholes: /DASH-holes/ I missed the light because those dasholes couldn’t stop for ten seconds! Etymology: dash + assholes Created by: joelb.

Assletes: /ass’ – leets/ There’s nothing wrong with those Assletes that an 18 wheeler can’t cure Etymology: asshole/athletes Created by: FreeToys.

Joggernaught: /JAW-ger-nawt/ The joggernaught crossed the street heedless of the crossing signal and proceeded to cross the middle school field in defiance of the kickball game being played there. Etymology: Jogger + [jugger]naught (an unstoppable object in motion) Created by: MrDave2176.

Marathrong: /mar-a-throng/ The marathrong consisted of over a thousand runners who ignored the light signals and blocked the intersection for three light changes. Etymology: marathon + throng Created by: Stevenson0.

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DEFINITION: A chronic slow talker, who plods relentlessly through long explications, even when everyone else has figured out what they are trying to say.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Sloliloquist: /slow-lill-a-kwist/ Alas, poor Rick, was such a slowliloquist that he would never again tread the boards as Hamlet. He was still to-being or not-to-being when the last members of the audience reached home. Etymology: slow + soliloquist Created by: petaj.

Loqwaitcious: /loh-KWAYT-shuhs/ Alex fell asleep during the loqwaitcious ramblings of his date’s explaining how she had finally come to the decision to go out with him. Etymology: loquacious (talkative) + wait Created by: mplsbohemian.

Turtell: /tur-tell/ Bob was a true turtell. He was so slowquacious that by the time he yelled “Fire!”, the garage was nothing but a pile of smoldering embers. Etymology: turtle, tell Created by: purpleartichokes.

Yawnyacker: /yawn-yak-er/ Bill is such a yawnyacker – people have been known to commit suicide rather than wait for him to stop talking. Etymology: yawn + yack (persistent annoying chatter) Created by: logorrhoea.

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DEFINITION: To push yourself so hard, to reach an impossibly high standard of perfection, that you end up undercutting your own success.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Paragonwrong: /parra-gone-wrong/ Nikos dream of perfection was never reached. He wanted his cafe in the centre of town to be the epitome of a Greek kafenion, but he was never satisfied with the decor and continued to import nick-nacks and concrete all the surrounding area until the customers could barely find room to sit. He was a paragonwrong. Etymology: paragon + gone wrong Created by: petaj.

Paragonorrhea: /pare-ah-gon-ah-ree-ah/ Hair perfectly coiffed, immaculate three-piece suit, and a fresh coat of polish on his shoes – it was readily apparent to all who attended the company picnic that Bob was dealing with a nasty bout of paragonorrhea. Etymology: paragon, gonorrhea Created by: purpleartichokes.

Nulltimate: /nuhl-tuh-mit/ He was forever trying so hard to get it right he continued to achieve the nulltimate goal – nothing! Etymology: null + ultimate Created by: Stevenson0.

Perfaultion: /per-fault-shun/ Her tendency to over-pluck her eyebrows is a perfualtion. Now after years of tweezing, plucking and pulling, her eyebrows won’t even grow at all. Etymology: perfection + fault Created by: KristinA.

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James

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