Month: November 2009

DEFINITION: v. To remain calm, steadfast and ploddingly systematic in the midst of a huge freaking disaster. n. A person who systematizes everything from their morning routines to personal relationships.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Systemaddict: /sis-tuhm ad-ikt/ Even after his family and friend hosted a very nice intervention, norbertfineblatjr.com was still in systemaddict denial. Etymology: System: given to or using a system or method + addict: to habituate to something compulsively or obsessively Created by: whipspeak.

Comments on Systemaddict:

Nosila, 2009-11-26: 18:57:00
your word is addictive

whipspeak, 2009-11-27: 10:16:00
I can recommend a good program

Zensible: /Pronunciation: zen-si-bol/ Joe is zensible in the worst situations, remaining centered and focussed on what needs to be done to avert disaster and calmly following through.

Etymology: ZEN (calmness and enlightenment through meditation and self-contemplation) + SENSIBLE (having, using, or showing good sense, or sound judgmen)

Created by: Stevenson0.

Tranquilamity: /tran kwill am a tee/ His name was Placido The Gringo. He was a tech on 13th Floor who spoke the lingo. Besides his accessibility, he was blessed with sensibility and tranquilamity. When the alarms sounded flammibility in our facility, Placido shut down the systems auotmatically, with unflapability. While others did panic and behave manic, he was a stalwart systematic. Last to be rescued, he unfortunately miscued. It’s a pity that the smoke affected his motility, so he’ll now face permanent sterility. This will hurt him, no doubt, when his employer finds out. Because working for Xerox, Placido was in charge of reproductivity. Etymology: Tranquility (a state of peace and quiet; a disposition free from stress or emotion)& Calamity (an event resulting in great loss and misfortune) Created by: Nosila.

Supermanual: /soo purr man ewe ahl/ The Supermanual did everything for by the book, which is why she bought him the Kama Sutra for Christmas. unfortunately it was in Spanish, sohe had to have it translated by his cousin, the Supermanuel Etymology: superman manual (manuel) Created by: galwaywegian.

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DEFINITION: v. To have difficulty recognizing, and correctly interpreting, human facial expressions. n. A person who cannot read faces.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Cueless: /Cueless – rhymes with clueless./ “That guy is cueless… ” Etymology: Clueless: missing necessary information + cue (short for non-verbal cue) Created by: whipspeak.

Adoubtface: /a dowt fayss/ Pinky had always thought she was a visagenist, someone who could read faces and know what people were thinking. That was until she met Bruno. It did not help that Pinky had little control over her own facial expressions.
What he interpreted as amourous curiosity on her part, was actually a look of constipation. His leer at her was actually gas pains from the chili he had eaten earlier. Her adoubtface would end in them enjoying a bottle of Pepto together later. Etymology: A Doubt (a lack confidence in or have doubts about;an uncertainty about the truth or factuality of existence of something;the state of being unsure of something)& Face (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear; the expression on a person’s face;status in the eyes of others) & play on word About-face (change one’s mind and assume the opposite viewpoint;a reversal in attitude or principle or point of view;act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation) Created by: Nosila.

Emotionull: /iˈmō sh ənəl/ Rudy is the perfect person to work the exchange desk. He is absolutely emotionull. He doesn*t get rattled by angry, screaming customers because doesn*t understand those feelings. He never learned to read expressions. To him jovial looks just the same as irate. He has been taught to tense certain muscles in his face when working. He has been told that doing this looks something like a smile and that it will help in his job. Most of his clients leave semi-satisfied but creeped out by the look on his face. Etymology: emotional (arousing or characterized by intense feeling) + null (lacking distinctive qualities; having no positive substance or content) Created by: artr.

Kissermisser: /kiss-er-miss-er
/ Joe confused a smirk for a scowl, fear for friendliness, a grin for a grimace. He was a socially inept kissermisser.
Etymology: KISSERMISSER – noun – from KISSER (an informal term for the human face) + MISS (to fail to perceive, or understand)
Created by: Stevenson0.

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DEFINITION: v. To be so immersed in a virtual world that you forget about your responsibilities to the physical world — like your job, your family, or even feeding and washing yourself. n. A person who lives exclusively in their imagination.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Oversimulated: /o-ver-sim-u-la-ted/ Ben could become oversimulated while going on virtual dates online. He would take his laptop into his room and shut the door for hours on end. Mother was happy because she didn’t have to worry about him running off with some hussy and Ben was happy because real girls were scarey. Etymology: stimulated: to excite functional activity (sexual or mental) + overstimulated: a trigger or event that causes hyperactivity or over-excitement in children or adults + simulated: virtual reality; a model meant to resemble a real situation Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Oversimulated:

mweinmann, 2009-11-25: 08:30:00
good one Mrs. K.

Laptoplivion: /lap top liv ee an/ Megan Hertz lives her life in laptoplivion, totally removed from the realities of daily life. She lives in the fantasy realm of the Internet and loses herself there for hours, even days at a time. She neglects herself and subsides on a daily diet of bytes of Apple, cookies, nybbles, Spam, Mac & GEOS, washed down with Java and Port. Her poor diet is ruining her memory and if she does not watch it, she will end up with a deadly virus. Etymology: Laptop (a portable computer small enough to use in your lap) & Oblivion (the state of being disregarded or forgotten; total forgetfulness)

Created by: Nosila.

Laptrapped: /lap-trap-ed
/ Jenny was no different from many of her friends, laptrapped and totally emersed and esnared in her virtual world, fingers poised at her keyboard ready to discuss and solve all her friends’ problems.
Etymology: LAPTRAPPED – verb – from LAPTOP (a portable, battery-powered computer small enough to rest on the user’s lap) + TRAPPED (to ensnare, or capture and prevent from escaping, or getting free)
Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Laptrapped:

Nosila, 2009-11-24: 23:18:00
Lapracadabra

Microselfed: /my – kro – selfd/ Jed was a difficult person to carry on a conversation with. He was so microselfed that he only imagined himself. He felt only truly alive as an avatar and ceased to belive in real friends; only imaginary ones sufficed now. In those few minutes that he did “look up” from his laptop, all we saw was a blank stare and no recognition that he knew who we were either. Etymology: micro (microcomputer, Microsoft, self Created by: mweinmann.

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DEFINITION: v. To copy and share an idea, thing, or person because you think that it’s so wonderful that everyone should have one. n. An open source clone.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Mirrorvelous: /meer – or – vel – us/ The copy of a copy was so mirrorvelous that Hal kept making them; much to the annoyance of everyone else. If I get another one for Christmas this year, I will now own 13 of them. Etymology: mirror, marvelous Created by: mweinmann.

Comments on Mirrorvelous:

Nosila, 2009-11-23: 19:22:00
marvy word

Chainlitter: // Edna was known for chainlittering, with her indiscriminate bulk forwarding of all trivial emails. Etymology:
Created by: theCountess.

Comments on Chainlitter:

galwaywegian, 2009-11-23: 17:55:00
nice

Nosila, 2009-11-24: 01:13:00
good one

Psychiclone: /sy kik klone/ Roger had gotten his grant to further study the likelihood of mass-cloning an individual. It had taken lots of persuasion and hard work on his part to convince the powers that be that this could be a worthwhile pursuit. He had sold them with ideas like, “Imagine being able to psychiclone the Queen or The President or any other famous leader so that governments remained stable and economies did not suffer through misfortunate events”. They had bought it and now only he knew how to achieve this miracle. He got busy and psychicloned one hundred new clones. The only trouble was that the one he psychicloned was himself and then he immediately disappeared, so that the authorities never knew which one to arrest…Bring on the clones! Etymology: Psychic (pertaining to forces or mental processes outside the possibilities defined by natural or scientific laws;affecting or influenced by the human mind) & Psyche (that which is responsible for one’s thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason) & Clone (an unauthorized copy or imitation;make multiple identical copies of) & Sounds like Cyclone (a violent rotating windstorm)
Created by: Nosila.

Repligrating: /REP lih grate ing/ The mass e-mails in my mailbox each day are really repligrating on my nerves. Some of them say, “Hello, Friend” or “Here’s good luck to pass on,” and demand that I cut-and-paste portions and send them to 20 friends. I must have seen some of the same ones 10 or 15 times already. Judging from the number of times I get them and DON’T forward them on, I guess I will soon suffer grave misfortune AND have no friends. Etymology: replicate + grating (annoying, irritating) Created by: karenanne.

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DEFINITION: n. A feeling of euphoria which occurs when you finally quit your boring, mind-numbingly dull, and emotionally unrewarding job. v. To quit your job and feel good about it.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Resignandshine: /ree zyne and shyne/ Jake was so excited, he experienced resignandshine. After many years of toiling at a job he hated, for ungrateul bosses and a company who did not value him, he quit. He had taken that fateful stroll through the Disenchanted Forest, from where no employee returns. He never felt better. The relief, sense of liberation and possibilities bedazzled him. It was great to call the boss from Tahiti and tell him to stuff his crummy job. Yes, winning that big lottery turned his vocation into a vacation, permanently! Etymology: Resign (quit voluntarily from a position or job) & Shine (experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion)…Play on Rise and Shine
Created by: Nosila.

Freelation: /free-lay-tion/ The sense of freelation that Ross experienced as he left the building was exhilarating. Someone once told him that a person can say anything they want on their last day of work, and he did. Carrying the remnants of the last 5 years in his little box, he had no doubt that with his special skills and exceptional talent he could find work in no time at all. There was another McDonald’s just down the street. Surely they needed an experienced burger flipper. And if they weren’t hiring, there was a Wendy’s, a Burger King, a Sonic, and a Dairy Queen within walking distance. Etymology: free: not imprisoned, having liberty, to not be under the control of the will or obligation to another + elation: an exhilarating phychological state of pride and optimism, and absence of depression Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Freelation:

galwaywegian, 2009-11-20: 08:39:00
nice

artr, 2009-11-20: 13:52:00
When I was in charge of hiring I used to see any number of resumes from what i called job frogs who hopped from menial job to menial job, quitting at the drop of a hat when things didn’t go their way. 🙂

Giddyparture: /gid – dee – part – chure/ After her boss yelled at her yet again, Gloria had a giddyparture. She made one last grand “gesture” at him; picked up her purse, clicked her heels, gave a loud cheer and walked out for good. Etymology: giddy, departure Created by: mweinmann.

Comments on Giddyparture:

Nosila, 2009-11-21: 01:24:00
giddyup!

Redundancing: /rehd unnn dan sing/ News of his sacking led to a bout of redundancing. The court summons was not as ecstatically recieved Etymology: redundancy, dancing Created by: galwaywegian.

Comments on Redundancing:

Nosila, 2009-11-21: 01:23:00
redundancing with the stars…

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