Month: October 2009

DEFINITION: v. To compulsively describe, in excruciating detail, the minute events of one’s everyday life as it happens; especially when assisted by modern information technology systems. n. A person who feels compelled to “share” every detail of their life, with everyone.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Diaryhhea: /dya ree ya/ Dahlia talked on the phone all day about nothing. But then with the advent of the Internet…she carried her blethering unto the rest of the world. The trivial details of her boring life were best expressed on her blog, called “Dahlia Diaryhhea”. Her mental constipation also included poor spelling. The one thing positive thing was that Dahlia Diaryhhea made others appreciate how exciting their own lives were by comparison. Etymology: Diary (daily bog or log of one’s activities, no matter how trivial) & Diarrhea (runny bowels; also verbal diarrhea is when people talk way too much…they run on and on). Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Diaryhhea:

mweinmann, 2009-10-29: 08:54:00
funny and clever

karenanne, 2009-10-30: 09:35:00
Good one

Techknowledgme: /tek – nal – edj – mee/ Lillian was great with techknowledgme. Using all of the tools at her disposal; her phone, laptop, voicemail, video game system, she made sure that everyone knew where she was and what she was doing at all times. Etymology: technology, knowledge, me Created by: mweinmann.

Comments on Techknowledgme:

Nosila, 2009-10-29: 00:37:00
good word

Tweeterdum: /twÄ“tÉ™rdÉ™m/ Her user name is Tweet16. Whether on Twitter, her blog, her MyFace or SpaceBook account, she inundates the blathersphere with the mynutia of her life. She is the voice of tweeterdum. Does she have anything interesting to say? She could bore the stink off a skunk. Etymology: Tweeter (A micro-blog post on the Twitter social network site, or the act of posting on it) + dumb (stupid) A play off of Tweedledum, one of the twins in Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass. Created by: artr.

Twitarrate: /twit-ar-rate/ Monica felt like she needed to twitarrate every boring detail of her boring life to anyone who cared to know what she was doing at every moment and how she felt about it. Sadly, no one really cared what she was doing and she blogged and twittered to no one. Etymology: twitter: a free social commentary and micro blogging tool that describes what the tweeter feels or is doing at a particular moment + narrate: to give an account or description; to supply a running commentary Created by: mrskellyscl.

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DEFINITION: v. To push a push-button that has just been pushed by someone else because you “need” to push it yourself; common at elevators, traffic lights, and family meetings. n. A person who “needs” to push their own buttons.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Pressoccupied: /presäkyəpīd/ Ever since she was little Tracy has been pressoccupied. Whenever she was in an elevator she wanted to be the one to press the button. Crossing a downtown street? **ME PUSH, ME PUSH!** It was so bad that she was banned from participating in the Take Your Child to Work program at the missle silo where her father works. Etymology: press (move or cause to move into a position of contact with something by exerting continuous physical force) + preoccupation (a subject or matter that engrosses someone) Created by: artr.

Obpressive: /ob-pres-sive/ Kate’s obpressive-compulsive personality disorder was manifested by a need to push elevator buttons. However, since she was also a germaphobe, she kept hand sanitizer and a pack of Clorox wipes in her purse to disinfect the button first in case there was swine flu or any strange viruses that may have been left by the last person to press it. This activity, once a source of contempt, was welcomed by her coworkers during flu season since she also needed to disinfect everything else she touched. Etymology: wondplay on obsessive-compulsive: a strong psychological obsession on an activity, individual or object; a neurotic need to perform a particular activity, sometimes excessively or ritually. Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Obpressive:

tbAG84, 2009-10-27: 07:20:00
nice one!

Nosila, 2009-10-27: 19:34:00
aaachooo…good one!

Compushive: /com-push-iv/ Sheila tried to pull david away from the already pressed button but it was too late. David was obsessive compushive and the button was re-pressed. Etymology: compulsive- an obsessive desire to perform an action.

Push- move away. opposite of pull. Created by: tbAG84.

Comments on Compushive:

mweinmann, 2009-10-27: 08:31:00
wonderful!

Nosila, 2009-10-27: 19:32:00
good word

Pushcentric: /push – sent – trik/ Lolita was so pushcentric that she just went nuts if anyone else pushed the buttons. In the elevator, if someone else got there first, she pushed it too. It became complicated if she was playing a game where someone had to hit a timer button. When she was at her mom’s house for dinner and mom hit the oven timer, Lolita pushed it too. She ended up in Therapy and diagnosed as a buttonphrenic with a hint of repressed anger… Etymology: egocentric (selfcentered, push, centric (centered on) Created by: mweinmann.

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James

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DEFINITION: n. An idea that pops into your head just before you fall asleep, which is so big and brilliant, or else so dark and scary, that it keeps you awake all night long. v. To lie awake in bed with a head full of big dreams.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Idreamea: /i – dreem – ee – ah/ Susanna had a brilliant idreamea last night. She thought of new strategies and ideas which came to her in an awake but dreamlike state…..borne out of exhaustion from not sleeping. This must be what happens when you are on the edge of insanity she thought. Etymology: idea, dream Created by: mweinmann.

Comments on Idreamea:

Nosila, 2009-10-27: 01:34:00
dreamy word

Eurekapnea: /yu-reek-ap-nii-ah/ “Johnson this new forecast model you put together last night is spot on! I’d have you in front of the board right now if it wasnt for the bags under youre eyes.” “Thank you sir i have my eurekapnea to thank for both of them.” Etymology: Eureka moment- a moment of sudden and profopund insight.
Apnea: A sleep condition that results in innability to sleep for long periods Created by: tbAG84.

Comments on Eurekapnea:

Nosila, 2009-10-27: 01:18:00
cute word

Bedspiration: /bed-spi-ray-shun/ Clair’s bedspiration helped her to finally finish her second symphony. All she had to do was move the piano into the bedroom and move Gustav out of it since there wasn’t room for both him and the piano. Etymology: bed + bedspread + inspiration: sudden creative act or idea; stimulation of the mind or feelings to special activity or creativity Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Bedspiration:

artr, 2009-10-26: 14:47:00
Bedspiration can be hard on matressimony.

Thinksomnia: /think som neeya/ Apparently he was too busy or preoccupied to think during his busy day, but Joe Einstein got his best ideas at night just before or after he went to sleep and ended up thinking of all the possibilies/obstructions/refinements to his ideas all night. To the point he could not get to sleep. He had thinksomnia real bad and it was only when he actually committed these ideas to paper while he was “on” that he remembered enough of them in the morning to put them in motion. But this meant turning on a light, writing for hours and keeping his wife Mona awake, too. It was not until he had another bright idea one night that she approved of his nocturnal brilliance. He invented a sleeprecorder and told it all his ideas as he got them, so that he could replay in the morning and capitalize on his great ideas! Etymology: Think (ideas;imagine;visualize;an instance of deliberate thinking) & Insomnia (an inability to sleep; chronic sleeplessness) Created by: Nosila.

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James

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DEFINITION: v. To remember those special personal events, like your spouse’s birthday, or your wedding anniversary, while nevertheless forgetting to take appropriate action, like getting a gift, or a card, or flowers. n. A gift that was thought of, but not purchased.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Missedgiving: /mist GIV ing/ Laura was anxious because her husband seemed to really be downplaying her upcoming birthday. She suspected that he thought that she wouldn’t want attention brought to it, since it was her 40th. But she really wanted all the trappings – the big party, fancy jewelry, and maybe an expensive trip. She figured she deserved the attention! But she was starting to have some missedgivings…. Etymology: missed + misgivings Created by: karenanne.

Comments on Missedgiving:

mrskellyscl, 2009-10-23: 11:56:00
good word

Nosila, 2009-10-23: 22:42:00
Excellent word!

Birthdaze: /bərθdāz/ Brenda has a mind like a steel trap. She can remember every day of her life in vivid detail. Where other people have an internal clock, she has an internal calendar. She can call up any of her friend*s anniversaries, birthdays or graduation dates. She can tell you the date that each of her siblings each lost each of their baby teeth. What she can*t do is turn any of that memory power into action. As dates roll by she is in an anniversary stupor, a birthdaze, never once getting so much as a card for anyone she knows. She loves the phrase **It*s the thought that counts** because that*s all she ever has. Etymology: birthday (the annual anniversary of the day on which a person was born, typically treated as an occasion for celebration and present-giving) + daze (unable to think or react properly; stupefy; bewilder) Created by: artr.

Negligift: /neg-li-gift/ Marsha tried to excuse her negligift by saying “It’s the thought that counts,” but no one would buy it, especially her son Evan who was turning seven. Etymology: negligence: a failure to act either willfully or through a lack of concern + gift: present Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Negligift:

Nosila, 2009-10-23: 22:44:00
Negliexcellence

Naryanniversnary: /nairy annee vers nairy/ You just knew that after 37 years, the honeymoon was over. In the early years, Peaches and Howard had bought each other elaborate gifts and surprises to mark their wedding anniversaries…exotic trips, a new home, elegant gifts and expensive cameras, perfumes,jewellery, etc. After that long, people start to take each other for granted. Medicines and their side effects to keep symptoms at bay replace romance and passion with menopause,ED,gastro reflux and more frequent potty trips. Now they celebrated a naryanniversnary. Maybe he’d remember to shave that day and maybe she’d cook him a nice supper. They still loved each other, but they didn’t remember why. Life just sometimes gets in the way of love… Etymology: Nary (negative;not in any degree or manner; not at all) & Anniversary (the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it);ie: a wedding)

Created by: Nosila.

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DEFINITION: n. A person who immediately answers all cell phone calls, then chats on and on, leaving the people they’re with, hanging. v. To answer your phone even when you are in the middle of another conversation.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Cellcentered: /selsentər/ Joey is completely cellcentered. If his phone rings, he*s on it like a hawk on a mouse. It doesn*t matter what*s happening or who he*s with, the phone gets all his attention. It*s gotten to the point where his girlfriend called to break up with him despite the fact that they were in the same room. Of course she had to leave voicemail because he was already on a different call. Etymology: Cell (a telephone with access to a cellular radio system) + centered (in the center) A play on self-centered Created by: artr.

Comments on Cellcentered:

galwaywegian, 2009-10-22: 05:51:00
Nice one

Nosila, 2009-10-23: 01:31:00
Joey will be cellibate now…

Cellout: /sel-lout/ Jim became a cellout to be more popular. Although his mother raised him to be polite and respectful, if one of the “plastics” called he would stop everything to answer his phone. He was so rude and irritating that even Mother Theresa would have slapped him upside the head. Etymology: Wordplay on sellout: one who turns his back on his principals or compromises integrity for personal advancement — cell: cellular phone + lout: rude, ill-mannered. (plastics – term used for the popular kids in the movie “Mean Girls”) Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Cellout:

Nosila, 2009-10-23: 01:30:00
good one!

Nokiass: /no key ass/ She sighed as she watched him fumble through the sheets in search of his phone. This was the last straw. He may have been humg like a stallion, but he acted like a complete nokiass Etymology: nokia ass Created by: galwaywegian.

Comments on Nokiass:

artr, 2009-10-22: 06:23:00
Looks like he’ll have to resort to mastercallwaiting.

Callisinterruptus: /kawl is inter rup tus/ Wendy was furious at her fiance Paul’s poor manners. He always took phone calls when they were in the middle of something together, like a serious discussion and put her on hold until he was finished. The final straw was on their honeymoon, when at the most intimate moment, he answered a call and talked for ten minutes. She was really mad when she found out that the callisinterruptus was a poll company doing a survey about what he did to make his relationships more romantic! Etymology: Call is (telephone connection is) & Interrupt us (interfere in someone else’s activity)& play on Coitus Interruptus (contraceptive method) Created by: Nosila.

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James

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