Month: August 2009

DEFINITION: n. A “natural process” which, smokers believe, makes cigarette butts magically disappear. v. To clean up someone else’s butts.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Disintokration: /disintōkrāshən/ Just about every car sold in America is equipped with an ash tray. Many go unused because smokers believe in disintokration, that magic process by which their butts, wrappers and even packaging go up in smoke just like the cigs themselves. A quick flick of the wrist and all responsibility is done. Etymology: disintegration (the process of coming to pieces) + toke (the drawing of a puff from a cigarette or pipe) Created by: artr.

Comments on Disintokration:

Nosila, 2009-08-27: 15:21:00
Sadly, too true! Good Word.

Confagation: /kon fag ay shun/ When Virginia Slims started dating the Marlborough Man (Smoky to his friends), she worried not what would happen after they butted out their emberous reamains. She believed that the natural process of confagation would remove the reminders of their nicotine assignations. She was partly right, as often there would be a fire after they left the area and the coffin nails smouldered and flared up. Etymology: Conflagration (a very intense and uncontrolled fire) & Fag (finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking)

Created by: Nosila.

Buttification: /but-ti-fi-ca-tion/ Because she loved the park, Norma engaged in buttification every weekend so that visitors, especially the children, wouldn’t have to put up with the sights and smells of tobacco waste. Etymology: beautification: to make or become beautiful + butt: the discarded end of a cigarette. Created by: mrskellyscl.

Cigarbage: /see-gar-bage/ Jonathan inhaled deeply, while his girlfriend complained (again) about the cigarbage on their living floor. He dropped his cigarette to the floor and carefully stubbed it out. Then he turned to her letting out a puff of smoke, and said, “What garbage? I don’t see garbage.” Etymology: cigar + garbage Created by: jrogan.

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DEFINITION: v. To offer unquestioning support and enthusiasm, when perhaps, some “constructive criticism” would be more helpful. n. Support which is given without restraint or consideration.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Slopport: /slop – port/ Rufus often gave Genevieve overwhelming slopport for her ideas and projects. No matter how ill-contrived and illogical her ideas were, he found a way to “cheer her on” and enthusiasticly encourage her endeavors. Etymology: slop (the waste by-product of the distilling process;wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk), sloppy (haphazzard), support (aiding the cause or policy or interests of, backing) Created by: mweinmann.

Backpateror: /BACK-PAT-ER-OR/ Harold’s always so nice. He really came thru as my backpateror when I started my hampster milk empire. Etymology: A good ol Pat on the Back + Awesomer + Terminator Created by: idavecook.

Enthusipid: /enθoōsipid/ The company seems to fling itself from one dissaster to another, perhaps attributable to to the corp of enthusipid managers who can stand up and cheer for any idea presented. They can get behind anything as long as it doesn*t require them to think. These bandwagoneers are just as quick to jump camps if the program they were supporting receives any flak. Etymology: enthused (say something that expresses one*s eager enjoyment, interest, or approval) + insipid (lacking vigor or interest) Created by: artr.

Enfooliasm: /en-fool-lee-azm/ Mark was so emboldened by his coworkers enfooliasm that he marched into his Boss’s office and demanded a raise. Etymology: enthusiasm +fool Created by: jrogan.

Comments on Enfooliasm:

Nosila, 2009-08-26: 19:17:00
Good word…please give us a good sentence too to amuse us wordsmiths!

mweinmann, 2009-08-27: 07:43:00
great word and sentence!!

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DEFINITION: v. To reject a compliment. May indicate low self-esteem, or false modesty, or even a psychopathic aversion to flattery. n. A person who has difficulty accepting praise.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Stompliment: /stomp – le – ment/ Douglas turned every compliment into a stompliment as he could not accept them.
Instead he ignored or stomped all over anything positive that people said about him. Etymology: stomp, compliment Created by: mweinmann.

Disacclaim: /dis-ac-claim/ Gwen disacclaimed Gary’s attempt at showering her with compliments and hid in the ladies room until he gave up and went away. Etymology: disclaim: to deny the validity of; repudiate + acclaim: praise enthusiastically Created by: mrskellyscl.

Kudoschop: /koo dose chop/ If a handsome guy paid Helen a compliment or chatted her up, she took it in stride. But when a loser in her office called Troy… an unkempt, loud jerk, tried to sing her praises, she always gave him a kudoschop. Afterall, she did not want to end up being Helen of Troy… Etymology: Kudos (an expression of approval, compliments and commendation) & Chop (strike or hit sharply and suddenly) & Play on Judo Chop (The act of taking your hand and making a chop motion on a persons shoulder near the neck area while saying in a loud manner, “Judo chop-HAI!”)

Created by: Nosila.

Flatterflop: /flatərfläp/ Every time Jim tries to give Judy a compliment it turns into a flatterflop. Judy is so self-deprecating that she sometimes apologizes for the air she breathes. Etymology: flattery (excessive and insincere praise) + flop (a total failure) Created by: artr.

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DEFINITION: v. To talk to yourself in a high-pitched, squeaky voice while performing complex mental gymnastics.n. The sounds a person makes when they are trying to think.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Thoughticulate: /thot tik yoo layt/ Kim could always tell when Sheldon was having a brainstorm. His process to thoughticulate involved making weird sounds, similar to dolphins calling to coyotes. His heretofore mental constipation would erupt into a noisy verbal diarrhea…That was why she panelled his office in sound-proof materials. Etymology: Thought (the process of thinking, especially thinking carefully) & Articulate (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way;expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Thoughticulate:

artr, 2009-08-24: 11:21:00
I wonder what the coyotes would think of dolphin talk?

Nosila, 2009-08-24: 20:54:00
They would probably wonder at the porpoise of it all…

Smartycants: /smart – ee – kants/ When Edward Eisen started thinking, we heard the unique and often soprano pitched sounds of his smartycants emerging from the quiet of the classroom, library or whatever room he happened to be using for his study. Etymology: smarty, cants (musical singing sounds,the jargon of a particular class or subgroup), play on “smarty pants) Created by: mweinmann.

Comments on Smartycants:

mrskellyscl, 2009-08-24: 07:46:00
Tee hee! Bravo Cantore!

Nosila, 2009-08-24: 20:57:00
cants for the memories…

Scaticulate: /scat-tic-u-late/ Jan could tell by the grinding and squeaking noises coming from the study that Paul had begun to scaticulate about the budget. Etymology: scat: in jazz– a vocal style where the singer shows vocal dexterity by improvising a melody over the chords or rhythm using sounds or meaningless syllables a la Bobby McFerrin, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway or Popeye + tic: involuntary movements or vocalizations (often seen in persons with tourette syndrome) + speculate: to meditate or reflect on a subject Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Scaticulate:

Nosila, 2009-08-24: 20:56:00
scategorically good word!

Thinkophony: /θingkəkäfənē/ Rob once watched a scientific special that showed a group of geniuses attending a symposium. He noted that a number of them made audible noises as they thought. In a misguided effort to boost his own mental abilities, he began what his friends have deemed thinkophony, grunting, squealing and snorting as he contemplated world issues. All it accomplished was expulsion from the library club. Etymology: think (direct one*s mind toward someone or something) + cacophony (a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds) Created by: artr.

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DEFINITION: n. A conclusion or an assumption developed after careful listening to, and analysis of one-half of a telephone conversation. v. To listen to one-half of a telephone conversation.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Bewildheard: /bee – willd – hurd/ Jeremy was bewilheard after he listened in on Josiah’s phone conversation. Because he only heard half of the dialog, he came to some strange conclusions. Etymology: bewildered, heard Created by: mweinmann.

Comments on Bewildheard:

Nosila, 2009-08-21: 12:38:00
Bewilderado…

Converplation: /con-ver-play-shon/ Ray’s imagination and contemplation mixed with Renna’s conversation and became a converplation when he failed to get a clarification of her predication, so he developed a fabrication about elimination when the conversation was a merely a preindication of the eradication of his hamster, Jay. Etymology: conversation: informal dialogue or discussion + contemplation: cogitation, consideration, deliberation or rumination (don’tcha just love dictionaries?) Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Converplation:

Nosila, 2009-08-21: 12:35:00
Excellent rodentation!

Hearhersay: /heer hur say/ Phonecia talked to her friends and relations constantly on the phone. George, who had neither friends nor relations, could not do the same. Therefore he tended to listen in on those half conversations and got his exercise jumping to conclusions. He always incorrectly assumed they were discussing him. He was half right. Especially the night he overheard Phonecia talking to her cousin, Vinny, who was an exterminator. Although it was hearhersay, George was pretty sure the pest control solution was meant for him. And he was right…RAID! Etymology: Hearsay (heard through another rather than directly;gossip;assumption) & Hear Her Say (Hear a woman say, as opposed to hear what she hears). Created by: Nosila.

Bialog: /bīəläg/ Drawing conclusions from a bialog of an overheard phone call can be as difficult as doing a dot-to-dot puzzle using only the even numbers. Etymology: Bisect (divide in two [half]) + dialog (conversation between two or more people) Created by: artr.

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