Month: May 2009

DEFINITION: n. A fashion accessory or style of dress which purports to improve one’s appearance and attitude, but actually does the opposite. v. To follow a fashion dictum in an effort to improve your social standing even when it causes physical discomfort.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Accessorry: /ak-ces-sor-ee/ Matt realized that the peacock blue sequin jacket was an accessorry that didn’t help him achieve his goal of becoming police chief, especially when the city council members stared at him in disbelief. “Perhaps it’s a bit over the top,” he thought. “Next time I’ll go with the periwinkle scarf.” Etymology: accessory: something nonessential that contributes to an effect + sorry: feeling regret or shame Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Accessorry:

mweinmann, 2009-05-27: 09:51:00
Making a fashion statement….clever.

Noosence: /noōsÉ™ns/ Alan is happy with his raise. He has worked hard for it and feels he deserves it. What he doesn’t love was the fact that he is now expected to play the corporate dress-up game. He hates ties. At best they are a nuisance, at worse a noosence. Etymology: noose(a loop with a running knot, tightening as the rope or wire is pulled and typically used to hang people or trap animals) + nuisance (a person, thing, or circumstance causing inconvenience or annoyance) Created by: artr.

Crosstumed: /kross toomd/ Ned & Nancy lived together and worked in the same office. Ned worked for Ida and Nancy worked for Bruce. Every month there were new contests and events designed to increase employee morale and engage the workers. Today was “Dress Like The Boss” Day, so Nancy had crosstumed herself in a suit and tie and Ned had gotten himself crosstumed in a diaphanous bridesmaid dress, the colour of bubblegum, complete with accessories. Off they went to work, only to be greeted by their snickering, jeering co-workers wearing bandannas, torn jeans, sleeveless shirts, carrying guitars and microphones. Yes, it was actually “Dress like The Boss Day” alright…Bruce Springstein, that is! Etymology: Cross (as in cross-dressing, where someone of one gender wears the clothing typically associated with the other gender) & Costumed (dressed in clothing characteristic of a period, country, or class) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Crosstumed:

Mustang, 2009-05-27: 07:48:00
Do you suppose someone was being a little costumacious?

hyperborean, 2009-05-28: 21:06:00
I really enjoyed your story! Perfect for the cartoon!

Fauxchic: /fo-SHEEK/ While Miriam believed she was very stylish and stunning, the styles she chose were invariably fauxchic, either outdated, recommended by people with trashy fashion sense, or just chosen because of her utterly poor taste. Etymology: Blend of ‘faux’ (false) and ‘chic’ (stylish) Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Fauxchic:

Nosila, 2009-05-27: 09:22:00
Fee Fye Faux Fum!

mweinmann, 2009-05-27: 09:53:00
Fuax No Miriam!!! Fun word.

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James

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DEFINITION: n. A driver who ignores the rules of the road by driving very slowly (i.e. at the legal limit) in the fast lane. v. To strictly observe the “suggested” speed limits, even when using the fast lane.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Flowpoke: /flow-poke/ The flowpoke ignored the stream of enraged drivers behind her and continued to chat with her passenger, driving for several miles in the passing lane with her turn signal blinking oblivious to the horns and salutes from her fellow drivers. Etymology: Flow: continuity of movement as in a stream + poke: take more time than necessary; dawdle (wordplay on slowpoke) Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Flowpoke:

Mustang, 2009-05-26: 06:43:00
Would also apply to dimwitted cowboy. Excellent word!

Nosila, 2009-05-26: 16:05:00
Good word and all too many of them, on the road…love the ones who eat, talk on a cell and apply make-up simultaneously as well!

mweinmann, 2009-05-27: 09:47:00
Great word….

Slowffeur: /slo fewer/ Archie drove his ancient Triumph convertible every day down the freeway to his appointments and errands. He was a slowffeur and believed his car lasted longer if he drove slower. Luckily he was very hard of hearing, so he missed all the honks he got from his fellow commuters in the fast lane. He believed that a safe speed was one that was exactly one half of the posted limit. He was finally pulled over one morning by the Highway Patrol. The officer naturally requested to see his license and insurance papers, to which Archie finally shouted: “Never needed either, since I never go over the limits. I don’t need papers, I know how to drive!” Etymology: Slow (not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time) & Chauffeur (someone paid to drive a person in a car;to drive someone in a vehicle;a person who drives vehicles for a living) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Slowffeur:

Mustang, 2009-05-26: 06:42:00
I think I rode in his taxi once.

Zimmerlane: /zim-err-layn/ i enjoyed heading out on the weekend for some zimmerlaning Etymology: zimmer frame, lane Created by: rikboyee.

Pedalfoil: /Pehd-uhl-foyl/ Steve was just barely going to be on time for his new job when he was delayed on the interstate. “Great, my new boss will never believe I was stuck behind this pedalfoil.” He said to himself dismayed. Etymology: A play on pedophile: Pedal (as in gas or break pedal) + foil (to thwart). Created by: SethelMerman.

Comments on Pedalfoil:

Nosila, 2009-05-26: 16:03:00
Great word!

hyperborean, 2009-05-27: 13:13:00
WORK!

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James

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DEFINITION: v. To pick up a piece of lint from the floor that your vacuum missed, and then drop it in front of the vacuum again, to give the vacuum another chance to suck it up. n. A piece of lint that a vacuum will not pick up.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Relinterate: /re-lint-er-ate/ “Let me relinterate,” said Marcia, as she dropped the missed lint back in front of the vacuum cleaner for the third time. Etymology: reiterate: to say or do something repeatedly + lint: clingy piece of fiber or fuzz. Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Relinterate:

Mustang, 2009-05-25: 21:02:00
Very good!

Worldcupsuccor: /wirld kup sokkor/ It was already a year away, but still the agencies vied to carry the games leading up to the big match. World Cup Soccer was like the world’s biggest vacuum match or in this case, worldcupsuccor…try your hardest, with all your great equipment and sponsorship, but your chances of winning were split out against each small nation who dared have a team who came back, again and again. Etymology: World Cup Soccer (The biggest sporting event on the planet, televised every four years.) & Succor (assistance in time of difficulty;help in a difficult situation)& Sucker (a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of; a machine with a big sucker on it, to remove debris)

Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Worldcupsuccor:

Mustang, 2009-05-25: 21:03:00
A new kind of fuzz….err….football.

Velcruzz: /Vell-Cruzz (soft u sound)/ Regina tried and tried again to the get laundry room rug vacuumed clean, but the seemingly unrelentless velcuzz bits had her hand-pick it clean. Etymology: Velcro – that amazing hook and latch technology that incorporates some extreme friction with some human engineering. + Fuzz – a synonym for lint that we find ourselves getting out of a dryer, of a chair, or even out of a belly button. Created by: toy4769.

Comments on Velcruzz:

artr, 2009-05-26: 07:28:00
Not to be confused with velcrud which is even harder to get rid of. Nice word!

Unrelinting: /un – ree – lint – ing/ Despite numerous attempts to suck up the bright purple piece of lint, the fiber was unrelinting. Todd could just not explain it and became more determined than ever that it would be Hoover and not himself that would do the final pick up…. Etymology: unrelenting (persistent: never-ceasing), lint Created by: mweinmann.

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DEFINITION: v. To feel stressed and anxious and when your mobile phone runs out of battery power, drops its network connection, or in the worst case, gets misplaced and lost. n. A panic attack caused by an interruption in your mobile phone service.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Blackedoutberry: /blakd owt berree/ SONYa Ericsson went into Blackedoutberry mode, when her communicator failed to connect with the Mother ship. In her Qwest for an I-mate, she had gotten out of the Rover, and in one Cingular move had stepped on something Sharp, fell on her Acer, got a Gigabyte on her Vertu and did a Handspring back onto her Mitsubishi spacecraft, just before she ran out of O2. Over the Verizon, she spied a Cricket on a Palm and Samsung the praises of a Nokia No Kiss, NoTel policy before she Motorola’d back to Earth. When she landed safely in the Pacific, all the Siemens gave her a Boost Mobile, so she is now no longer a Virgin Mobile. Wit-DaeWoo! Wit-Daewoo! Etymology: Blackberry ( a wireless handheld device which supports push email, web browsing, internet faxing, instant messaging, text messaging and other communication services.) & Blacked Out (a momentary loss of consciousness
;the failure of electric power for a general region;darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft);a suspension of radio or tv
broadcasting ;partial or total loss of memory) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Blackedoutberry:

Mustang, 2009-05-22: 01:15:00
Wonder if you couldn’t make a great pie from blackedout berries.

Jabberwocky, 2009-05-22: 13:08:00
excellent

splendiction, 2009-05-22: 21:56:00
clever!

Flipanic: /flipanik/ Marcia is known to flipanic whenever she loses the signal for her cell. Her friends know the signs. First there is the look of dread on her face, followed by the quivering lip and finally the wailing and gnashing of teeth. Before she starts pulling out her hair they just need to nudge or move her to a spot where she can get bars. Etymology: flip phone (The flip phone or clamshell is an electronics form factor which is in two or more sections that fold via a hinge) + panic (sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety) Created by: artr.

Hysterimissedcall: /hiss-ter-i-mist-call/ Sally became hysterimissedcall when her cell phone broke down just as she was about to accept a once in a lifetime job offer. Etymology: hysteria + missed call + hysterical Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Hysterimissedcall:

Nosila, 2009-05-22: 12:00:00
Good one…nightmare scenario. Don’t you think they should call it histeria when it’s a guy and hersteria when it happens to a girl???

libertybelle, 2009-05-22: 14:24:00
clever!

Cellphobia: /sell-FO-bya/ Celine would suffer bouts of debilitating cellphobia whenever her cell phone service suffered even a momentary outage and as often as not she’d shriek or make other kinds of noises that gave those around her great concern. Etymology: Blend of ‘cell’ (short name for cell phone) and ‘phobia’ (irrational fear)
Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Cellphobia:

Nosila, 2009-05-22: 11:54:00
She needs to get weaned off cells gradually with some cell-you-light! Good Word.

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DEFINITION: v. To join a discussion group or social network and immediately become identified as a villain by picking on the friendliest person in the community. n. A person who steps on other people’s toes and kicks bunnies.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Joylessfrumper: /Joy-less-frump-er/ Froncene was a mean old joylessfrumper and when she would get angry, it would make you want to kick her in her rumper!
Etymology: Joyless: Cheerless; dismal,lacking joy.
Frumper: (slang for frumpy) A girl or woman regarded as dull, plain, or unfashionable,dowdy,dreary and drab.
A person regarded as colorless and primly sedate. Created by: abrakadeborah.

Primabullyrina: /preema-bal-ur-een-a/ Natasha believed she was destined to become the prima ballerina in the troupe and would relentlessly crush the feet of aspiring dancers with awkward jumps. She became known as the primabullyrina. Etymology: bully + prima ballerina Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Primabullyrina:

Nosila, 2009-05-21: 23:58:00
Bully for you…

Blunderella: /blun-der-EL-lah/ Ellen was known (behind her back, of course) as blunderella for her lousy social skills and the appellation was derived from her uncanny ability to immediately turn a friendly discussion into a disaster thru her mindless though unintended insults which usually targeted the most innocent of the participants. Etymology: Blend of Blunder and the name Ella, a far fetched play on the name Cinderella.
Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Blunderella:

Nosila, 2009-05-22: 00:10:00
What happens to her at midnight???

Fauxpaw: /fōpô/ Buffy just can’t seem to get things right. She doesn’t quite understand the etiquette of the local dog park. She is always the one who creates the fauxpaw. All the others are having fun roughing around when she arrives. As soon as she tries to join in, the people there start screaming at her and pulling their dogs away. Its not her fault that the Pomeranian looks and sounds just like a squeaky toy. Such is the life of a pitbull. Etymology: faux pas (an embarrassing or tactless act or remark in a social situation) + paw (an animal’s foot having claws and pads) Created by: artr.

Comments on Fauxpaw:

wayoffcenter, 2009-05-21: 12:47:00
It gives one paws…

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James

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