Month: December 2008

DEFINITION: v. intr. To be unable to remember the name of a person you are speaking to, even though you’ve had a long-standing, and perhaps even an intimate relationship. n. An inability to remember a person’s name.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Chumnundrum: /chum-NUN-drum/ When Bob couldn’t remember the names of his five former partners and his ten children, his friends asked whether he was suffering from palzheimers, or was this chumnundrum just a last-hitch attempt to avoid palimony Etymology: Blend of CHUM: mate, cobber,buddy & NUNDRUM of Conundrum: riddle, enigma.
Alternative etymology: Chum: close friend; nun: none, not any & Drum: the facts, info. Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Chumnundrum:

silveryaspen, 2008-12-29: 10:16:00
Terrific word. Very orignal etymology and that isn’t easy with this definition!

Jabberwocky, 2008-12-29: 15:23:00
love it

Nosila, 2008-12-29: 18:49:00
Love it and palzheimers, too! What was the definition again??

metrohumanx, 2008-12-29: 19:11:00
A#1

mweinmann, 2008-12-30: 09:01:00
This is clever….parumpachumdum.

Misshandle: /mis-han-dell/ It is terribly embarrassing to me and greatly insulting to someone when I misshandle who they are. Etymology: MISSHANDLE – verb – from MISS (the loss, or absence of something) + HANDLE (Slang: a person’s name, someone’s given name)
Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Misshandle:

silveryaspen, 2008-12-29: 23:47:00
A ver handy dandy word.

Nomduhplume: /nom-duh-ploom/ It is difficult enough to remember names of old friends but getting together with a writer’s group became a nightmare trying to remember their nomduhplumes. Etymology: nom de plume (pen name) + uh? + duh Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Nomduhplume:

silveryaspen, 2008-12-29: 10:15:00
Delightful!

Mustang, 2008-12-30: 00:28:00
Eggzellunt!! Wish I’d thought of it!

Amornesia: /ämoŏrnÄ“zhÉ™/ Wendy was no good in the morning. Until she had had at least 2 cups of coffee, she was lucky if she could remember her own name. To work her way around her amornesia she took on the habit of calling anybody who ended up in her bedroom sweetheart. Unless she woke up in Starbucks, this is the way it was destined to stay. Etymology: amore (love – Italian) + amnesia (a partial or total loss of memory) Created by: artr.

Comments on Amornesia:

metrohumanx, 2008-12-29: 19:14:00
Absolutely caffeine-dish!

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DEFINITION: v. tr. To purchase a low-cost product and cover it with the label, or put it inside the packaging of a premium brand. n. A cheap product, which has been repackaged, or relabeled, by the consumer to make it look like an expensive brand.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Schlockoff: /shläkôf/ It was bad enough that Rudy bought knockoff products but relabeling them took it up a notch to make them schlockoffs. Did he really believe that people were fooled by his made-in-China, phony “Chucks” because he had embroidered a Nike swoosh on the sides? Etymology: schlock (cheap or inferior goods or material; trash) + Knockoff (a copy or imitation, esp. of an expensive or designer product) Created by: artr.

Comments on Schlockoff:

wayoffcenter, 2008-12-26: 08:45:00
Schlock is one of those words that just roll off your tongue. 🙂

silveryaspen, 2008-12-26: 10:12:00
Has a naughty (not he) appeal! Funtastic word!

Fauxtagraft: /FOE-tag-graft/ By attaching phony designer tags to his ordinary wardrobe Wilson was convinced that other folks would be fooled though most in fact, were on to his fauxtagraft tactics and secretly laughed at him behind his back. Etymology: Blend of ‘faux’ (false) ‘tag’ (designer label) and ‘graft’ (to attach as if by grafting) Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Fauxtagraft:

Nosila, 2008-12-26: 18:48:00
What a fauxtogenic word!

Mustang, 2008-12-27: 01:18:00
It was a fauxtofinish…..just sort of developed….

Mustang, 2008-12-28: 00:38:00
It was a fauxtofinish…..just sort of developed….

Lamborweenie: /lam bowr wee neee/ he put hios foot down and it immediately became obvious that the only horses under the hood of his lamborweenie were on the way to the knackers yard
Etymology: lamborghini, weenie Created by: galwaywegian.

Comments on Lamborweenie:

silveryaspen, 2008-12-26: 10:17:00
Jolly good word!

Nosila, 2008-12-26: 18:50:00
It’s a weener!

Crapsimile: /crap-sim-i-lee/ Most products from that particular country are a crapsimile of the original brand-name product.

Etymology: CRAPSIMILE noun – from – CRAP (rubbish; junk) + FACSIMILE
(a copy, or reproduction)
Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Crapsimile:

silveryaspen, 2008-12-26: 14:48:00
Terrific sentence!

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James

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DEFINITION: To wish for peace on earth, and then do something to help make it happen.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Paxcentrate: /pax-cen-trate/ Johnny is going to paxcentrate on world calmness this Christmas by starting with his family and not bitching about every present he receives.

Etymology: PAXCENTRATE – verb – from PAX (peace) + CONCENTRATE (to converge; to focus) Created by: Stevenson0.

Loveolution: /LOVE-O-looshun/ We need to do more. We need a compleat LOVEOLUTION. Etymology: LOVE+revOLUTION=LOVEOLUTION…..LOVE:strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties, affection based on admiration, benevolence, or common interests, warm attachment, enthusiasm or devotion, unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another; Middle English, from Old English lufu; akin to Old High German luba love, Old English lÄ“of dear, Latin lubÄ“re, libÄ“re to please…..REVOLUTION: a sudden, radical, or complete change, the overthrow or renunciation of one government or ruler and the substitution of another by the governed, activity or movement designed to effect fundamental changes in the socioeconomic situation, a fundamental change in the way of thinking about or visualizing something; Middle English revolucioun, from Middle French revolution, from Late Latin revolution-, revolutio, from Latin revolvere to revolve.
+ Created by: metrohumanx.

Comments on Loveolution:

Mustang, 2008-12-25: 22:44:00
You only go around once in a revolution.

Nosila, 2008-12-26: 01:05:00
You say you want a loveolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
You tell me that it’s loveolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
But when you talk about destruction
Don’t you know that you can count me out
Don’t you know it’s gonna be all right
all right, all right

Karmactive: /kärmaktiv/ The world would be so much better if more people were a bit more karmactive, following through on what they know are good ideas and actually doing something. Etymology: karma (in Hinduism and Buddhism) the sum of a person’s actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences.) + active Created by: artr.

Comments on Karmactive:

Nosila, 2008-12-26: 01:06:00
What comes around, goes around!

Tranquilappeal: /tran-QUIL-uh-peel/ Morris felt a bit guilty for having benefited from great abundance thru the year and his conscience finally bade him to make a sincere tranquilappeal for the world and the new year. Etymology: Blend of tranquil and appeal. Created by: Mustang.

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DEFINITION: v. tr., To run out of batteries during the holidays, especially on Christmas morning when all the kids and half the adults are screaming for their new toys. n., A battery or personal energy shortage created by over-consumption.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Neverready: /nevÉ™redÄ“/ Christmas morning at Tim’s parents house was always a struggle. Tim’s dad was confounded by anything electronic. If a flashlight wouldn’t work, he was never sure if it was one of the batteries or maybe the bulb, perhaps the switch. So, he kept them all. He had several drawers full of neverready batteries. This matched nicely with the closet full of defunct light bulbs. If you want something with batteries to work, you’d better bring some. Etymology: never (at no time in the past or future) + Everready (brand of batteries) Created by: artr.

Comments on Neverready:

Nosila, 2008-12-24: 09:32:00
Merry Christmas Duracellebrations!

silveryaspen, 2008-12-24: 11:09:00
Clever! Meaning so apparent!

galwaywegian, 2008-12-24: 15:57:00
very good!

Listlessmess: /list less mess/ Adults have more Christmas lists than kids. Kids have one Christmas list-en-up of what they want. Adults have a gift list of what to buy to glisten their kids eyes. A liquor list to glisten other adults eyes. A too-cook list that glistens everyone’s eyes. Adults work feverishly to complete their lists. They list up, list in, list do, and eventually expend so much energy as they list down, by Christmas morning they are a listlessmess.
Etymology: LISTLESSNESS – lacking energy. MESS – in a muddle due to a lack of energy. Created by: silveryaspen.

Comments on Listlessmess:

Ismelstar, 2008-12-24: 12:32:00
Oh, so accurate.

Jabberwocky, 2008-12-24: 15:14:00
nice

Ohmnavidud: /OM-navi-DUD/ Despite months of work decorating his house with lights and other yuletide paraphernailia, Bob’s Christmas, quickly, upon the flick of a switch, turned into a personal and festive ohmnavidud.
Merry Xmas to all. Etymology: Georg OHM, in 1827, gave his complete theory of electricity. His work greatly influenced the theory and applications of current electricity. OM or AUM: In Hinduism (and some other religions) the source of manifest existence. OM pervades life and runs through our breath: it is our spiritual and emotional energy. NAVIDAD: “Christmas” in Spanish, as in “Feliz Navidad.” DUD: an event or thing that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; “the
first experiment was a real turkey – a christmas one, no doubt.” Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Ohmnavidud:

metrohumanx, 2008-12-24: 04:02:00
EXCELLENT techno-blend!

silveryaspen, 2008-12-24: 11:10:00
Excellent originality and etymology, too.

Jabberwocky, 2008-12-24: 15:13:00
terrific – Merry Christmas

Festigue: /fest-teeg/ Festigue usually sets in about noon on Christmas Eve because of all the shopping and partying the last two weeks. We are all just too tired to enjoy the holiday. We’re totally festigued.

Etymology: FESTIGUE – noun – from FESTIVE (something joyous, or merry) + FATIGUE (physical, or mental weariness)

Created by: Stevenson0.

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DEFINITION: v. intr., To show appreciation for a gift, even if it is something that you do not really need or want, by feigning joy. n., A faked display of gratitude.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Giftwink: /gift-wink/ I learned from my mother at a very early age to giftwink when I received clothes from my grandparents instead of a toy. Since then, my giftwinking is as natural and undetectable as my appreciation for a fine present.

Etymology: GIFTWINK – verb – from GIFT + HOODWINK (to deceive, or trick)

Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Giftwink:

silveryaspen, 2008-12-23: 10:25:00
luv it! The wink gives it such an appealing and fun flair. That wink that says “I’m just kidding” so nicely.

mweinmann, 2008-12-23: 23:27:00
fun word….perfect.

OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-23: 23:48:00
Top word.

Gratefool: /great fool/ A sister and sister-in-law had a Christmas contest every year, to see which one could give the other, the ugliest pair of earrings. To show they were gratefool for them, they were required to wear them Christmas day, as the ultimate act of wreckognition. Everyone else in the family got to vote on which pair was the ugliest. Etymology: GRATEFUL, FOOL Created by: silveryaspen.

Comments on Gratefool:

Jabberwocky, 2008-12-23: 11:01:00
nice

OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-23: 23:48:00
With Christmas all but upon us, I’m fearing the onset of the Gratefool Dread! Terrific word.

Shampreciation: /sham pree she ayshun/ Sharmaine had the biggest and best garage sales ecery summer. Most of the things she sold were new, not-ever-out-of-the-packaging type things. The reason for these sales was that Sharmaine was the Queen of Shampreciation. She could never say a bad word about a gift, she always faked her gratitude. And then she piled the offending gift into the spare room to pile up for the next big garage sale. If only her friends and family paid somne attention to her likes and dislikes, she wouldn’t have to hold these huge sales all the time! Etymology: Sham (feign, pretend,a person who makes deceitful pretenses) & Appreciation (indebtedness, gratitude) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Shampreciation:

silveryaspen, 2008-12-23: 11:06:00
Always find the gift of laughter in your creations. This one leaves me wondering if any one would buy these even at garage sale prices!

Mustang, 2008-12-23: 23:58:00
Cant help but wonder if that offensive gift was shampoo….eeewww

OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-23: 23:58:00
Nice blend

Cheschagrin: /cheshəˈgrin/ From the time Marnie got up on Christmas til she went to bed, she wore her best cheschagrin. And just like the Cheshire cat, there was little-to-nothing behind it. What her family lacked in originality they more than made up in repetitiveness. Yes, she was brought up Catholic but why did Uncle Phil think she needed her third Pope-soap-on-a-rope? Yes, it rained but why did Aunt Alice think Marnie need her sixth Totes umbrella? And ever-practical Mom gave her some lovely plain white underwear. By the end of the day, from all the forced smiling, her jaw muscles hurt as much as her heart. She was never going to get her pony. Etymology: Cheshire Cat (a cat depicted with a broad fixed grin, as popularized through Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland) + chagrin (distress or embarrassment at having failed or been humiliated) Created by: artr.

Comments on Cheschagrin:

wayoffcenter, 2008-12-23: 04:33:00
Always loved the Cheshire Cat.

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