Month: March 2009

DEFINITION: v. To ask someone who is clearly in a store uniform, perhaps on a ladder creating a display or running a cash register “Do you work here?” n. A person who doesn’t know how to ask for assistance in a retail store without asking a stupid question.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Querylyevident: /kweer-lee-ev-i-dent/ Even though Sam stood at the crosswalk in his bright orange vest with the yellow reflective stripe which said Crossing Guard, holding a giant stop sign, pedestrians would still pose the querlyevident question “Are you the Crossing Guard”?
Sometimes it made him feel like running amok in traffic. Etymology: query + evident + ‘clearly evident’ Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Querylyevident:

abrakadeborah, 2009-03-27: 22:49:00
LOL! made him feel like running amok in traffic.
GOOD ONE!

kateinkorea, 2009-03-28: 00:00:00
Funny!

silveryaspen, 2009-03-28: 15:00:00
play on the oft said ‘fairly evident’, too. Excellent word!

Duhblivious: /duh-BLIV-yuss/ Germaine was so bad about overlooking the obvious and asking lame questions his friends had labeled his lame practice as duhblivious and even that was something that got by him. Etymology: Blend of ‘duh’ (used to express annoyance at banality, obviousness, or stupidity) and ‘oblivious’ (unmindful; unconscious; unaware) Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Duhblivious:

Nosila, 2009-03-27: 13:12:00
Duhlicious word, Mustang!

mweinmann, 2009-03-27: 14:46:00
perfect!

kateinkorea, 2009-03-27: 23:59:00
Good one!

silveryaspen, 2009-03-28: 15:11:00
Awared winning word!

Interrograte: /in TER ro GRATE/ As Emma would pose her redundant and asinine questions to wait-staff, store-clerks, and other service industry employees, it became clear she was posing in more ways than one. She would interrograte these poor unsuspecting workers with her snobvious questions to show her tiny bit of power over them. Then she would quickly send them off to answer to her whims. One day we sat at a restaurant table where there was a buzzer to bring the waiters. She had them come about ten times. “Is this water in this jug? Are these organic lemons? Is the coffee fresh? Freshly ground? What is that song playing on the radio right now? Does your boss also own the franchise across town?” She just wouldn’t stop. Etymology: INTERROGATE:
GRATE: to get on someones nerve; irritate Created by: kateinkorea.

Comments on Interrograte:

galwaywegian, 2009-03-27: 10:45:00
like it kate

Nosila, 2009-03-27: 13:10:00
It’s a grate word!

silveryaspen, 2009-03-28: 15:30:00
Great blending! Clever!

Cusdumber: /kus dum mer/ If you have ever worked in retail or other service jobs, you know who they are. Sure, not the nice 95% of Customers who actually pay your wage, happily, but the 5% who are the Cusdumber…the ones that usually don’t end up spending, just making your life harder. They cannot read signs (like “Final Sale, No refunds”; “One per Customer” or “Do not Open Packages”). They ask foolish questions, “This is the only one in my size, will it still be here next week?” or “Do these emeralds come in any other colour but green?” or “It’s 9:00 pm, does that bell ringing mean you are closing? But I just got here!” Sometimes they are rude and say hurtful things like,”Don’t you know how to operate a till?” or “When I ask for a sparkly rainbow thingy with bright lights on it, you should know what I mean…did you flunk your training class?” After one of these frustrating encounters, I console myself with the fact that I am not that person and try to not be a cusdumber myself when it is my turn to be a consumer! Etymology: Customer (someone who pays for goods or services)& Cuss (swear at)& Dumber (slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Cusdumber:

kateinkorea, 2009-03-27: 04:16:00
Awesome job!

abrakadeborah, 2009-03-27: 05:19:00
“Do these emeralds come in any other colour but green?” LOL!!!!

mweinmann, 2009-03-27: 14:45:00
great word!!

silveryaspen, 2009-03-28: 15:07:00
Did she wish the cusdumber went right on buyher? Super marketing word!

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James

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DEFINITION: n. Redundant and often clumsy preparations made before meeting with a “professional” — like a hairdresser, dentist or cleaning lady. v. To prepare for a meeting with a professional by trying to hide the fact that you desperately need their services.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Primpemptive: /primp-em-tiv/ As a primpemtive strike before heading off to her hair colourist Sally dyes any telltale roots. Etymology: primp + preemptive Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Primpemptive:

silveryaspen, 2009-03-26: 10:07:00
No fool like an old fool … perfiction!

mweinmann, 2009-03-26: 17:17:00
perfect word…

Mustang, 2009-03-26: 22:09:00
Sally knows how to get to the root of the problem. Great word!

Nervicecall: /Nur-vis-call/ “They’ve seen it all” I kept telling myself as I frantically added bromide to the hot tub and scrubbed at the scum ring along the top. My husband, while taunting me for my extensive preparations for the nervicecall from the spa guy, was spotted surreptiously hosing out the filter. Etymology: Service call combined with nervous. Created by: Nuwanda.

Comments on Nervicecall:

abrakadeborah, 2009-03-26: 16:38:00
LOL! Too funny 🙂 It makes a LOT of sense! You have my vote!

mweinmann, 2009-03-26: 17:17:00
This is so very clever!!

kateinkorea, 2009-03-26: 21:16:00
Good!

Presheen: /prÄ“shÄ“n/ Despite the fact that she was of legal age doesn’t mean that Martha can’t also be a presheen. Before she takes her car to the car wash she details it herself. Before she goes to her goes to her regular dentist for an annual check-up she will go to another for a dental cleaning. Her children have been known to go into hiding if she mentions the need for a haircut. Etymology: pre (before) + sheen (shine or cause to shine softly) a play off of preteen Created by: artr.

Modusoperandouble: /mo dus op er an dub ull/ Carson wanted everyone to think he took excellent care of his Lambhorgini, so he washed and waxed it every week before he took it to the custom car center for it’s weekly wash and wax. Carson topped off all the fluid levels, and changed the oil, oil filter, fuel filter,
and air filter just before he paid a mechanic to do them all again. He felt gratified, that it was worth the double work and double cost, when they would tell him “You take better care of your Lambhorgini than any other customer takes care of their car.” His need to impress was a success. Carson’s wife, however, was not impressed by this senseless double work grind involving the sweat of two’s brow, because Carson’s modusoperandouble, was also highway jobbery on his wallet. She wasn’t impressed by Carson’s high way snobbery, either! Etymology: Modusoperandouble is a pun on modus operandi and highway jobbery is a pun on highway robbery. MODUS OPERANDI – the way and method of doing anything; in this case the way of doing it yourself then paying others to do it again. DOUBLE – twice; as in double the work and double the cost. Created by: silveryaspen.

Comments on Modusoperandouble:

Jabberwocky, 2009-03-26: 12:34:00
great etymology

abrakadeborah, 2009-03-26: 16:22:00
Yep! I like this one good job! 🙂

Nosila, 2009-03-26: 17:20:00
Very eMOtional!

splendiction, 2009-03-26: 21:21:00
Very funny – Carson! ha!

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James

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DEFINITION: v. To talk to, encourage and advise inanimate objects, in hopes that they will work better. n. A person who talks to their tools, cars, kitchen appliances, furniture, or whatever…

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Utensilexicon: /yew-tens-uhl-LEX-eh-kon/ Rhoda had developed her own very extensive utensilexicon, a language whereby she actually believed she could communicate with and encourage her kitchen utensils and appliances as well as other tools to behave in ways beneficial to her. Etymology: Blend of ‘utensil’ (any instrument, vessel, or tool serving a useful purpose) and ‘lexicon’ (the vocabulary of a particular language, field, social class, person, etc) Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Utensilexicon:

silveryaspen, 2009-03-25: 10:01:00
You picked excellent words for your etymology! Slides over the tongue nicely, too.

Jabberwocky, 2009-03-25: 15:26:00
nice word

Objectihifive: /ob + jekt + eh + hi + fiv/ Cecile often gave her posessions an objectihifive when they performed well and also, she just talked to them because they became dear to her. Etymology: Object, Hi, High Five >> To greet or say hello to an object and encourage it with a High Five. Created by: mweinmann.

Comments on Objectihifive:

silveryaspen, 2009-03-25: 10:03:00
Nice play on the word objectify

galwaywegian, 2009-03-25: 11:26:00
works for me!

Jabberwocky, 2009-03-25: 15:23:00
nice

Nosila, 2009-03-25: 15:41:00
Cute word

kateinkorea, 2009-03-26: 09:34:00
Great!

Axecent: /aks sent/ When Wanda spoke to her ax, Blade, she spoke with an axecent, in the hopes that her husband, Biff, would not understand. His open-mouth snoring and drooling had gotten on her nerves. Log-cutter or not, it was time to ax him from her life. His bad habits annoyed her and she found him incredibly boring. When Wanda felt this way, she knew she had to act and get a replacement quickly. She needed to make room for husband #4, Axel, someone far more suited to her. He was handsome, rich and wanted her badly. She spoke tenderly in her axecent to Blade and encouraged him to use his power on the hapless Biff. She persuaded him to do the deed and bury him in the back yard with the first 3 husbands who annoyed her. They were dead only because she could not hack them anymore! Etymology: Ax (an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle; to terminate) & Accent (a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation;distinctive manner of oral expression) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Axecent:

mweinmann, 2009-03-25: 08:46:00
What a hilarious story….great word.

silveryaspen, 2009-03-25: 09:57:00
If ever discovered, she could claim it was an axident!

galwaywegian, 2009-03-25: 11:26:00
axcellent

Jabberwocky, 2009-03-25: 15:19:00
I think ax might need an accomplice to bury #3 – perhaps she would have to enlist the shove(woo)l

Wheedlededoodad: /whee-dle-dee-doo-dad/ Jenny wanted the job done and she wanted it done now, even if she had to wheedlededoodad all night long. Etymology: Wheedle — to use beguiling or artful persuasions,
De– colloquialism meaning the,
Doodad–thing or object Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Wheedlededoodad:

silveryaspen, 2009-03-25: 09:53:00
Funtastic!

kateinkorea, 2009-03-25: 10:07:00
Very clever.

Jabberwocky, 2009-03-25: 15:26:00
terrific

Mustang, 2009-03-25: 23:42:00
Wheedle dee and wheedle dum….very good word!!

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James

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DEFINITION: v. To drive around in your car with the widows down and stereo blaring. n. The sounds emanating from the suped-up vehicles driven by strutting human males as they participate their annual spring mating rituals.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Carcophony: /kärkäfÉ™nÄ“/ It’s not that any one of them a major noise pollution offender but when classes let out at the high school, the carcophony of stereos shook the leaves off trees in a 3-block radius. The mixture of hip hop, rap, heavy metal, indie & country was enough to make squirrels to chew off their own ears. Etymology: car (a road vehicle, typically with four wheels, powered by an internal combustion engine and able to carry a small number of people) + cacophony (a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds) Created by: artr.

Comments on Carcophony:

galwaywegian, 2009-03-24: 05:33:00
brilliant!

wayoffcenter, 2009-03-24: 07:12:00
Love it! Poor squirrels!

kateinkorea, 2009-03-24: 11:08:00
Good one.

Testostereo: /TES tos STARE ee OWN/ In spring, the blaring testostereo sounds fill the streets as young hormonal boys take to the streets in their noisy, suped-up cars; and the young girls swoon to their mating calls.
Etymology: TESTOSTERONE:

STEREO: Created by: kateinkorea.

Comments on Testostereo:

silveryaspen, 2009-03-24: 01:59:00
You really know how to tickle our funny bones! Not only is it a fun word, it so very well, describes those thunder-us sound systems!

mweinmann, 2009-03-24: 08:33:00
hahahaaa the romance of it!!

Jabberwocky, 2009-03-24: 11:05:00
great combo

splendiction, 2009-03-24: 20:51:00
Excellent

abrakadeborah, 2009-03-25: 13:47:00
Well said 🙂 & good word!

Deciballs: /dess ih bawlz/ The Civic swung around the corner, deciballs swinging, turbo ejaculating flames and axles groaning under the weight of the speakers which blasted out the pheremoans of his favourite band, The Testostertones. Etymology: decibels, balls, bawls Created by: galwaywegian.

Comments on Deciballs:

mweinmann, 2009-03-24: 08:30:00
this captured it….exactly

silveryaspen, 2009-03-24: 10:19:00
What a picture you paint with innuendo filled words, puns and verbotromies! Vivid picture and vigorous verbotomy!

Jabberwocky, 2009-03-24: 10:58:00
another excellent verbotomy!

bookowl, 2009-03-24: 13:34:00
funny

Nosila, 2009-03-24: 23:55:00
Perfect!

Maleuproarpropisms: /male-up-ror-pro-prizms/ The mating call of the human species is often defined by maleuproarpropisms hurled at unsuspecting passersby who unfortunately have their hearing aids turned up. Etymology: male + uproar + prop + malaproprism Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Maleuproarpropisms:

silveryaspen, 2009-03-24: 10:26:00
Wow! Super etymology, great blending, and funny too!

Nosila, 2009-03-24: 23:56:00
Maliciously good word!

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James

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DEFINITION: n. A wayward scent or aroma which invokes distant memories of one’s childhood or younger days. v. To be suddenly catapulted into the past by a very strong odor.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Reminessence: /rem in ess sens/ Howard was completing the Circle of Life. He had started out as a baby, grew through childhood to adulthood and now as a senior was regressing back to needing the care one gives an infant. His wife Margery tended his needs and the odors of caring for another human took her back to her own child-rearing years: the feedings, the changings, the bathing and looking after an increasingly helpless person. Sometimes the scent of adult diapers were reminessence of those she had put on her own children. The scent took her back to a time when she and Howard had worked hard and enjoyed the rewards of a growing family. Who says you cannot go back again? Margery did it every day now… Etymology: Reminiscence (a mental impression retained and recalled from the past;the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort) & Essence (a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Reminessence:

galwaywegian, 2009-03-23: 11:07:00
like it

silveryaspen, 2009-03-23: 13:47:00
You have captured that cradle-to-the-grave, circle of life, with reminissence. Powerful word!

splendiction, 2009-03-23: 16:43:00
Your word is beautiful – I didn’t realize mine starts the same way (remin. from reminisce/reminiscence).

kateinkorea, 2009-03-23: 23:34:00
Captured perfectly!

Scentimental: /scent eh meant all / It does not matter from what corner of his mind, the now elderly Jack Horner, could always find, through out all time, be it from adolescent to his old-age prescent, the fragrance of cinnamon in bread pudding or plum pie, was indelibly etched, from his memory fetched, making his thumb twitch, and with a scentimental sigh, recapture the feeling of “What a good boy am I!” Etymology: SCENT – a nice smell. SENTIMENTAL – tender feelings of nostalgia, tender feelings when thinking of the past. ///// For people whose first langauge is not English, or those so young they may not have heard of Jack Horner, here’s his original nursery rhyme: Little Jack Horner sat in the corner, eating his pudding and pie. He stuck in his thumb, and pulled out a plum and said “What a good boy am I!” Created by: silveryaspen.

Comments on Scentimental:

silveryaspen, 2009-03-23: 01:26:00
Song of the day: Scentimental Journey!

abrakadeborah, 2009-03-23: 06:18:00
You’re making me want some bread pudding!!! Mmmm Good word there Silveryaspen! 🙂

kateinkorea, 2009-03-23: 11:06:00
Awesome word.

galwaywegian, 2009-03-23: 11:06:00
exsmellent!

Jabberwocky, 2009-03-23: 12:26:00
yummy

mweinmann, 2009-03-23: 15:22:00
clever story corner…

Mustang, 2009-03-23: 23:10:00
Now I want some bread pudding just like grandma used to make.

Nosetalgia: /nōstaljÉ™/ Charlie went out for a walk. As he approached a patch of woods he caught the unmistakable scent of skunk. In a case of nosestalgia, he flashed back to his first encounter with one of these odoriferous creatures. It was quite a shock for a puppy to think that something he saw as a possible playmate would do something so rude. His current walk quickly took a new direction. Etymology: nose (the sense of smell, esp. a dog’s ability to track something by its scent) + nostalgia (a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past) Created by: artr.

Comments on Nosetalgia:

Jabberwocky, 2009-03-23: 12:24:00
terrific

Whiffersnapper: /wiff-a-snap-a/ Mmmm! there’s something about the whiffersnapper of packaging materials, that takes me right back to the Christmas parcel Grandma used to send us half way around the world. Etymology: whiff (scent) + whippersnaper (youth) Created by: petaj.

Comments on Whiffersnapper:

Jabberwocky, 2009-03-23: 12:30:00
love it!

silveryaspen, 2009-03-23: 14:02:00
Whiffersnapper conjures up the crackle of the enlightening smell in the air! Wheffervescent!

Nosila, 2009-03-23: 23:05:00
Enjoyed it…whiff love!

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James

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