Month: November 2008

DEFINITION: v. tr., To leave out an important ingredient when you are sharing a favorite recipe so that no one else can make it taste as good as yours. n., A recipe that is missing one or more key ingredients.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Delessious: /diˈlesh É™s/ Millie made the best pies in the county. She had the blue ribbons to prove it. She never wrote down her recipes so when asked she would write them from memory. Somehow they never turned out the same. Hers were delicious, theirs delessious. Maybe the fact that she would “forget” some key ingredient, by accident of course, had something to do with it. Etymology: delicious (highly pleasant to the taste) + less (a smaller amount of; not as much) Created by: artr.

Comments on Delessious:

Jabberwocky, 2008-11-26: 11:21:00
nice

metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 14:38:00
Mmmm Pies are the zenith of dessert making.

Nosila, 2008-11-26: 20:38:00
Good word…less is more!

Alamodeification: /a-la-mode-i-fi-cay-shun/ Sally’s piece de resistance at the end of a meal was her famous homemade ice cream. When guests begged for her recipe she always gave then the one with the alamodeification. Etymology: a la mode + modification Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Alamodeification:

silveryaspen, 2008-11-26: 13:00:00
Perhaps you left ‘Alamo’ out of your etymology deliberately??? What a clever way to convey the failure of the alamodeification!

metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 14:11:00
A tip of the hat to a MASTER verbotomist.

Nosila, 2008-11-26: 20:43:00
Great word…I’dlike some vanilla right now myself!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-27: 02:16:00
Great word. Also brings to mind of events at SAN ANTONIO, Texas in 1836.

Poultrygeist: /pole – tree – guy – st/ Amanda was disappointed. It looked like she had created a poultrygeist this Thanksgiving. She couldn’t understand why her roast duck, BBQ chicken and most of all, her beloved deep fried Turkey did not look or taste the way that they should. She thought this would be a true poultry smorgasbord, extravaganza….especially since she had obtained all of Aunt Martha’s secret receipes. Etymology: The word “Poultry” starts off this word. We know that poultry is not usually foul but is really “fowl”. The word “Geist” is German and is difficult to translate but is often used to mean mind, spirit or ghost. Created by: rombus.

Comments on Poultrygeist:

Jabberwocky, 2008-11-26: 11:17:00
very fitting this week – great word

silveryaspen, 2008-11-26: 12:45:00
clever word

metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 14:09:00
EXCELLENT word,Rombus! Nice segue from Halloween, too. got a vote from me.

Nosila, 2008-11-26: 20:40:00
Amanda is clearly a victim of Fowl Play! Great word.

OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-27: 02:10:00
great contribution

Wrongcoction: /rong kok shun/ No one could figure out why Marianne made the best chili in the family. When they tried to copy her old family recipe, it never tasted the same. One day her nephew Charlie, a criminalogical forensic chemist, decided to analyze the ingredients in a batch she had made. When he compared it to the recipe she had given him it was no wonder he kept making a wrongcoction. There was no evidence of beef, tomato, beans or known spices in the original recipe. To this day, her wrongcoction remains an unsolved mystery to Charlie. Etymology: Wrong (not in accord with established usage or procedure) & Concoction (any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients;the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components)
Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Wrongcoction:

petaj, 2008-11-26: 02:40:00
clever

silveryaspen, 2008-11-26: 03:17:00
When I said it out loud, it sounds a tad bit risque and made me giggle! Wow … what a fun word!

metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 10:42:00
Please bring a covered dish to the First Annual International Verbotomy Festival and Bake-Off scheduled for 2010 (location TBA)….no tupperware please.

metrohumanx, 2008-11-26: 14:31:00
And how about that sublime BEEF-A-REENO that cleared the house last Christmas?

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James

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DEFINITION: n., The deep feeling of despair, pain, and swelling need for revenge, which occurs when someone thoughtlessly trashes one of your pet projects. v. intr., To cry out at the injustice of it all, especially if it is someone else’s fault.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Grievenge: /grih-vehnj/ Jean decided to take her grievengeful blog down today when she realised that she actually overreacted to the entire situation. Etymology: 1) Grievance: a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation. 2) Revenge: action taken in return for an injury or offense. Created by: logarithm.

Comments on Grievenge:

logarithm, 2008-11-25: 02:17:00
Jean’s grievengeful blog has been taken down today by the administrator after much complaint received from the readers and subjects in her blog.

logarithm, 2008-11-25: 02:21:00
Whoops!

Is there a way we can delete wrong comments?

metrohumanx, 2008-11-25: 10:05:00
I don’t think so. My comments pop up in the strangest places….

logarithm, 2008-11-25: 18:35:00
Hahah… I noticed that too… 🙂

Angstony: /angst uh nee/ Poor Tom Turkey. First of all, they were not out to get him a raw deal. They were out to “get him!” It was time to get a move on, before they could get a grip on him. Maybe if he could get across the creek, Tom Turkey might get ahead of them. With that in mind, he tried to make a fast get away. His pursuers decided to get down to it, and managed to get even with him. Quickly, hoping to get in on the act, one of his pursuers swung an axe. Tom did get a pain in the neck! Ordered to get if off his chest, feathers flew. Next he was forced to get the hang of it. But the ultimate pain of it all, came when poor Tom had to get cooking! Worst of all, he had no way to get back at them! Poor Tom, he suffered the angstony of it all! Etymology: Angst and agony that make one ache for revenge! Created by: silveryaspen.

Comments on Angstony:

Jabberwocky, 2008-11-25: 11:11:00
poor Tom

Nosila, 2008-11-25: 23:59:00
Wattle he do next? Gobble up this news and accuse us of Fowl Play?

Desperadough: /des-per-ah-doh/ Betty had 92 batches of cookie dough in the freezer. She was so proud of her contribution to the Church Christmas Bazaar this year. They would bake some to sell and also sell dough there. She always came through with the most cookies and dough and was well known for her generousity. But this year, it was ruined….someone had unplugged the freezer while the basement remodeling was being done. Was it one of the remodelers? Was it her husband? She had worked herself into a desperation she had never before known, crying and wretching in despair and anger at the unkown person who had done this. In the distance, she heard some music and, wait, she heard the familiar voice of her husband. She strained to hear him as she fought back her tears……”Desperadough, won’t you come to your senses”….. Etymology: This word is a blend of Desperate(of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair; and the word Dough (Dough is a paste made out of any cereals (grains) or leguminous crops by mixing the flour with a small amount of water. This step is a precursor to making bread, pasta, noodles, pastry, cookies, and muffins.) Whew…
Created by: rombus.

Comments on Desperadough:

metrohumanx, 2008-11-25: 11:06:00
You get my vote! Great sentence!

Jabberwocky, 2008-11-25: 11:10:00
very funny

silveryaspen, 2008-11-25: 11:12:00
Yesterday I had a desperadough … I ran out of flour in the middle of making dough for a povitica. Like the song Desparado a lot … guess what I’ll be humming everytime I make dough! And think of you and this excellent word, rombus!

Sufferage: /Suff-er-ayge/ Fiona had spent months on her self portrait, so when her partner came in out of the rain with his mansize brolly he unfortunately stabbed the painting with the pointed end as he as putting it down, leaving a large hole right through the forehead. Fiona gasped and then started to howl, the sufferage she was feeling was beyond words. She was so angry she didn’t know whether to hit him with the offending object or throw her masterpiece out of the window. Etymology: Suffer(be affected by, experience something bad or unpleasant) + Rage(uncontrollable anger, a desire for revenge) Created by: TJayzz.

Comments on Sufferage:

logarithm, 2008-11-25: 06:46:00
My vote goes to ‘sufferage’ for today. 🙂

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James

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DEFINITION: v. tr., To write an email while under the influence of an intoxicating substance. n., An email or blog post where the author has chosen to ignore standard literary and social conventions — thanks to a liberal consumption of alcohol.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Pinablogada: /Pee – na – blog – ada/ Stanley loved to blog. He could blog while he was cooking dinner and cleaning the house. He even blogged from his riding lawnmower. His most special contributions were the occasional pinablogada that he treated the world to during happy hour from his local bar. He would tap away on his laptop while he sipped away… “Twodaa i work late n jest nedic a drenc haaa. It a peeno coludee annd dats abut eit.” Etymology: The popular drink, Pina Colada forms the first and last parts of this word. The word blog is dropped in the middle. Created by: mweinmann.

Comments on Pinablogada:

Jabberwocky, 2008-11-24: 15:09:00
love it!

metrohumanx, 2008-11-24: 16:12:00
You put the lime in the coconut and call me in the morning oo oo ooh …

silveryaspen, 2008-11-24: 16:44:00
ROFL! (rolling on floor laughing). Great fun word and sentence … but the ending was superb … smashing last line!

silveryaspen, 2008-11-24: 17:18:00
I was surprised to see pinablogadas from an mweinmann. Then again … wine not?

Mustang, 2008-11-24: 23:35:00
Excellent!

Inebremail: /in-E-bree-mayl/ Nursing a massive hangover as he reviewed his sent email folder Delbert was dismayed to learn that during the fog of a massive binge he had sent several highly inappropriate inebremails to his boss, his best friend’s girlfriend, and several other friends and business associates and he knew it was going to be difficult to explain. Etymology: Blend of inebriated and email Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Inebremail:

Nosila, 2008-11-24: 20:19:00
Makes you wonder how much “out there” is written under the influence…

Mustang, 2008-11-24: 23:33:00
Probably quite a bit.

Geerbloggle: /gear-blog-ul/ Bella cursed inwardly when she read back the geerbloggle she posted at 2.00am and looked at the photographs from her night out. Just which one of these ugly mugs had she described as a “golden Adonis” on her blog? They were all hideous! Etymology: beer goggle (perception that things are much better than they are – like rose-coloured glasses, but brought on by too much beer) + blog + it’s mixed up as though the interlocutor has had too many drinks Created by: petaj.

Comments on Geerbloggle:

silveryaspen, 2008-11-24: 16:37:00
Could geerbloggle also be a Spoonerism of sorts on your words of beer, blog, goggle … and maybe even the end of the word bottle as in beer bottle? I like it. Very creative … and we don’t see very many spoonerisms here. You might just have inspired more!

Mustang, 2008-11-24: 23:36:00
I think I remember doing something like that myself.

metrohumanx, 2008-11-25: 10:48:00
Very clever. Hooray!

petaj, 2008-11-26: 02:49:00
yes definitely a spoonerism

Gincommunicado: /jin – com – meoon – ick – cod – oh/ Sheila had issues again today. Now on her seventh gin and tonic, she made the mistake of emailing everyone she was angry at or felt had in some way slighted her during the past ten years. She was totally gincommunicado for several hours until she fell asleep at her keyboard. Everytime this happened she would awaken and see the evidence of her rampage as her inbox filled with confused and angry emails, mostly from people she hadn’t seen in years. Thankfully, the number of people who answered her was dwindling….but she really bemoaned the fact that she had few friends left. Etymology: Gin (a type of strong liquor flavored with juniper berries) plus incommunicado which means a state or condition in which one is unable or unwilling to communicate. Created by: rombus.

Comments on Gincommunicado:

Jabberwocky, 2008-11-24: 15:09:00
excellent

DaddyNewt, 2008-11-24: 15:17:00
Nice word!

silveryaspen, 2008-11-24: 15:59:00
Winsome! Whoops … perhaps that should be Ginsome!

Nosila, 2008-11-24: 20:18:00
Sheila was sloe to learn!

metrohumanx, 2008-11-25: 11:07:00
I always thought gin was made from hair tonic.

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James

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DEFINITION: n., The anger and frustration that grows out of an unsatisfying, unfulfilling or unpredictable relationship one has with an electronic device, especially a computer. v. intr., To be trapped in a passive-aggressive, codependency with a computer.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Netserf: /net serf/ Nettie became so addicted to surfing the net, she became a netserf. Etymology: Net – short for internet, aka the web that takes us all in. Serf – enslaved laborer. Created by: silveryaspen.

Comments on Netserf:

Mustang, 2008-11-21: 04:41:00
Good one.

Jabberwocky, 2008-11-21: 10:17:00
nice

OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-23: 15:47:00
Good word

Aclikshun: /əˈclik shÉ™n/ PeeCee has a serious aclikshun. As much as she hates it, she just can’t separate herself from her computer. She has given up eating breakfast to play some silly little online word game every morning. She was so aclikted that she has lost the ability to talk to anybody face-to-face. She tried to sign up for a computer-aclikshun class but couldn’t get her calendar program to work correctly. Last weekend, while having dinner with her kids, Doc and Giffer, she placed her order by e-mail. Thank goodness for Wi-Fi. She had trouble accepting her divorce from Mac until he sent the papers to her as a .pdf file. Etymology: addiction (the fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance, thing, or activity) + click (in computing, an act of pressing a mouse button)+ shun (persistently avoid, ignore, or reject) Created by: artr.

Comments on Aclikshun:

wayoffcenter, 2008-11-21: 06:46:00
And here I sit clicking and typing. 🙂

Jabberwocky, 2008-11-21: 10:15:00
funny

silveryaspen, 2008-11-21: 12:35:00
Delightful creation! I will grin and think of you everytime I use it!

Nosila, 2008-11-21: 23:16:00
Acliktic word!

DaddyNewt, 2008-11-22: 00:09:00
rolls off the tongue

Incomputible: /in-com-put-uh-bull/ After many months of anger and frustration and unsatisfying results from her laptop, the technical advisor at the computer store advised Jane that she and her laptop were completely incomputible and she should move onto a new machine.

Etymology: INCOMPUTIBLE – from – INCOMPATIBLE (unable to exist together in harmony) + COMPUTER (a programmable electronic machine)
Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Incomputible:

Mustang, 2008-11-21: 07:11:00
Very good!

Mustang, 2008-11-21: 07:11:00
Very good!

logarithm, 2008-11-21: 08:24:00
Nice one! My vote for you today.

silveryaspen, 2008-11-21: 12:42:00
Very nice e-malgamation!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-23: 15:46:00
Terrific word

Volatronics: /vol-uh-TRON-iks/ Jezebel’s memory loss in forgetting to lock the doors on the “Firewalls” led to volatronics between her and Bob. Finally Bob, frustated with her unpredictability, yelled: ” Get on that “Trojan horse” you let in, and get out of my life – right now!’ Overhearing the heated exchange Roxie interrupted, reminding Bob that, after all, Jezebel is only electronic!

Etymology: Blend of VOLATILE: erratic, sudden changeableness in behavior, Of computers: pertaining to loss of storage when eletrical power is turned off or fails. Electronics: science & technology of electronics phenomena.
Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Volatronics:

metrohumanx, 2008-11-21: 08:38:00
Verycerebral…and funny.

Jabberwocky, 2008-11-21: 10:14:00
great word

silveryaspen, 2008-11-21: 12:55:00
A hit! Llike a volt out of the blue!

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James

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DEFINITION: n., A feeling of discomfort, common while sitting on a plane or train, created by the sense that you are about to be decapitated by your fellow passengers who are tilting aggressively towards you. v. intr., To sit in a very small space, which seems to be getting smaller.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Spaceshuffle: /Spay-ss-shuff-el/ Mike was dreading the business trip to Paris, he knew he would have to spend the whole trip doing the spaceshuffle, due to his mean bosses booking his flight with Cheapo Airlines. He had been on a strict diet for the past week, so that he would hopefully not be quite as squashed as he was on previous occasions. Etymology: Space(the dimensions,width and height of an area) + Shuffle(restlessly shift one’s position in order to be more comfortable) Created by: TJayzz.

Comments on Spaceshuffle:

silveryaspen, 2008-11-20: 07:53:00
Out of this world creation! Quite astro-naughty-call!

Jabberwocky, 2008-11-20: 11:44:00
very funny

OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-20: 16:16:00
Mike was the fastonaut on the spaceshuffle

Nosila, 2008-11-20: 19:33:00
Cheapo Airlines…all their staff took up in school was Space! Great word.

metrohumanx, 2008-11-21: 08:23:00
A Neoclassic. Check in more often!

Crimpinge: /krim-PIN-ge (crimpingement,crimpinged)/ RedundantRay was pleased and delighted with his new job as an undercover consumer satisfaction consultant for SkyHigh Airlines. In his short yet brief career he had suggested many small, tiny improvements and modifications which had saved the airline a lot of money and cash. The greatest and most important of these were his recommendations that by slowly and gradually reducing and decreasing the size and dimensions of the fold-down trays and shrinking the available leg room available to each passenger, SkyHigh could eventually increase the number of seats on each L-1011 and no one would notice.
On his latest undercover flight from Tierra Del Fuego, the small yet diminutive Korean tourist in front of him began to CRIMPINGE on his personal space, slowly ratcheting her seat into the reclining horizontal position which stifled and cut off the blood supply to Ray’s lower extremities and legs, inducing an accidental Heimlich Manoever that propelled the tiny Sardinian fish he was choking on the length of the cabin. RedundantRay’s CRIMPINGEMENT made it impossible to hail a flight attendant or stewardess. Imprisoned thus, Ray was only able to regret his stupid, foolish space-saving suggestions which had turned this tedious, arduous flight into a flying airborne version of The Black Hole Of Calcutta. Just before he blacked out into unconsciousness, Ray wondered if his frequent-flier miles would be awarded posthumously after he was dead and gone. Etymology: CRIMP+imPINGE=CRIMPINGE…..CRIMP: to cause to become wavy, bent, or pinched,to form into a desired shape, to pinch or press together (as in passengers) in order to seal;Dutch or Low German krimpen to shrivel; akin to Middle Dutch crampe hook, cramp…..IMPINGE: to strike or dash especially with a sharp collision or a slow squeezing action;Latin impingere, from in- + pangere to fasten, drive in. Created by: metrohumanx.

Comments on Crimpinge:

metrohumanx, 2008-11-20: 02:06:00
Save BIG monies! Fly with confidence:
http://www.skyhighairlines.com/main.asp

metrohumanx, 2008-11-20: 02:07:00
Correct me if I’m wrong.

logarithm, 2008-11-20: 08:40:00
I like this word best! Voted for it!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-20: 16:13:00
Fantastic.

Nosila, 2008-11-20: 19:00:00
tAIRiffic word! I could hardly t’AIR my eyes away from it.

Spotight: /spaht tie t/ Bo sat in the small seat of the air plane, hoping to have a quiet drink, unwind, and relax. Soon seated at his side, Blondie psycho-can-kneesd him, constantly. Then desperately seeking Susan, jambacked him from behind, breathing down his neck. Jordan shoved his seat back, laplancing him with it.
Bo abhorred being in the spottight! Etymology: Spot – your space or place. Tight – diminished or reduced as much as possible. Antonym of spottight: spotlight. Created by: silveryaspen.

Comments on Spotight:

Jabberwocky, 2008-11-20: 11:19:00
great sentence

OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-20: 16:18:00
Good word and terriic sentence

Squeezychair: /SKWEEZ-ee-chair/ As the 500lb Sumo wrestler quaked tectonically to and fro in the seat immediately in front of his, Bob, affright with feelings of crambivalence and queasychairness, focused firmly upon the likelihood of being squeezychaired, or the slim hope of having a fabulous fortnight in The Phillippines.

Etymology: SQUEEZYCHAIR: blend of squeezy: to be press forcibly together; compressed, tightly packed together & CHAIR: a seat, esp. for one person, usually having (four) legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.

CRAMBIVALENCE: blend of CRAM: to press something into something else; jam or cram beyond the normal comfortable capacity, as on a plane or train & AMBIVALENCE: similar conflicting feelings; mixed feelings of uncertainty or emotion, as between safety & unsafety. Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Squeezychair:

silveryaspen, 2008-11-20: 08:00:00
Wonderful word for any air line seat … or any public seat! Slips into the mind and stays with a smile then t slides off the tongue so nicely!

libertybelle, 2008-11-20: 09:42:00
So clever! I like crambivalence too!

Jabberwocky, 2008-11-20: 11:40:00
super

metrohumanx, 2008-11-21: 08:26:00
Concentrated essence of humor and fear!

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James

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