Month: May 2011

DEFINITION: n. A chosen mating partner who is not well-accepted by one’s parents. v. To fight with one’s parents over the selection of a suitable mate.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Romeohno: /romee o no/ When Juliet brought her fiance home to meet the folks, her father called him Romeohno. Her parent’s hostility just increased her determination to marry her true love. When asked why she wanted to spite her folks, she answered quite simply, “Forsooth,I love him and when we wed, I have the chance to change my name from Juliet Capulet. If my parents had really loved me, verily they would not have picked such a rhyming name to torture me!” Etymology: Romeo (ardent male lover in Shakespeare play Romeo & Juliet, who was the son of the Montague Family, feuding enemies of Juliet’s Capulet Family)& Oh No (a term to describe fear or regret…and used by Mr.Bill on the old SNL skits, just before something awful happened) Created by: Nosila.

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Hubbysnubber: /hÉ™bÄ“snÉ™bÉ™r/ Mary’s mom never liked anyone she dated. She didn’t think anybody was good enough for her little princess. Now that she has married, mom has become a hubbysnubber, alternately ignoring and snarking his every action. Etymology: hubby (husband) + snubber (one who rebuffs, ignores, or spurns disdainfully) Created by: artr.

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DEFINITION: v. To spend years and years wishing you could be young again, only to discover that it’s actually happening, but not exactly as you imagined. n. The fear the you are getting so old that people will start treating you like a baby

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Youthless: /yooth les/ Doctor Payne broke the sad news to Theo that his mind was starting to reverse itself and go from adult to child again. He would soon go from youthless to useless and that prospect was sadder than any physical disability she could have diagnosed for him. Etymology: Youth (the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person) & Less (comparative of little;used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs) Created by: Nosila.

Repubesce: /re-pew-bess/ Fred had worked his whole life, right up until his 86th birthday when the symptoms began. Repubescophobia had gripped him at 55 and refused to let go. His family had called it for what it was, just getting old, but Fred had stoically worked long and hard to stave off the inevitable. Now, he looked hopefully up at the doctor for an answer, but he quickly saw, with what remained of his vision, that her face said it all. He was going to repubesce, and there was nothing he could do. His repubescence was upon him, and there was no miracle drug on the planet that could stop repuberty. Fred was doomed, so he resigned himself to his fate and asked the pretty young doctor for a lollipop. Etymology: re-: prefix, used to indicate repetition, or with the meaning again, back or backward to indicate withdrawal or backward motion.
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pubescence: to arrive, or begin puberty (the beginning of adolescence when the sex glands become functional) Created by: airliebee.

Doddler: /dädlər/ LLoyd may be retired but he is still very active. He is part of a group that power walks the local shopping mall each morning. He hates it when he gets stuck behind a doddler. Etymology: dodder (tremble or totter, typically because of old age) + toddler (a young child who is just beginning to walk) Created by: artr.

Dependaby: /dah – pend – ay – bee/ Old Tom loved most aspects of growing old, more time with family, playing golf, long walks with no destination, if only he could stop the dependaby transformation. Etymology: Depends (diapers) – baby (infant), antonym of dependable Created by: Mrgoodtimes.

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DEFINITION: v. tr. To eat in a peculiar or ritualistic manner in an effort to lose weight while consuming more. n. An idiosyncratic method of eating, usually adopted for “health reasons”.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Gluttiquette: /gluh-tee-kett/ Michelle ate each pea, each grain of rice and each lentil individually, with chopsticks, observing carefully the gluttocol of her gluttiquette. Afterwards, she rewarded herself for her excellent adherence with a big bowl of choc-chip caramel swirl extra-sugar superfudge ice-cream, eaten with a fork whilst standing up so that the calories were cancelled out.

See also: Gluttocol, the rules of gluttiquette. Etymology: gluttony + etiquette.

(gluttocol = gluttony + protocol) Created by: airliebee.

Alphabedining: /alfa be dyn ing/ Being a slave to fad dieting, Trixie had found a new regime to try. It was called alphabedining and basically you could order whatever you wanted as long as you ate fruits and vegetables in the alphabetical order of their names. So she would eat the apples, apricots or avocados first. Then the bananas, beans, beets next. By LMNO, she was usually full. At this rate, Trixie would never get to eat yams or zucchini again. Etymology: Alphabet (a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language) & Dining (eating,consuming food) Created by: Nosila.

Gourmandate: /goŏrmändāt/ Rudy has tried every diet that has come down the pike. The latest? The gourmandate. You eat as many dates as you possibly can on the theory that you overwhelm the digestive system so that it can’t possibly process the excess. Has he lost any weight? What do you think? Etymology: gourmand (a person who enjoys eating and often eats too much) + mandate (an official order or commission to do something) + date (a sweet, dark brown, fruit) Created by: artr.

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DEFINITION: n. A pop culture entertainment property, which has transcended itself and become a de facto religion with legions of devotees, prescribed rituals and sacred texts. v. To follow a pop culture icon with unquestioning devotion.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Trekumenical: /trek u men i kal/ According to the Annual fans of the Star Trek conventions worldwide, Gene Roddenberry’s classic Star Trek TV series has evolved into a trekumenical phenomena. There is a King James T. Kirk version of the Bible. People who follow this faith are vulcanized, not cannonized. The Starship Enterprize is a modern day Ark. Anyone from any planet may join this faith…the only qualification is that the believer just took up space in school. Etymology: Trek (referring of course to Star Trek) and Ecumenical (religion of worldwide scope or applicability; concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions) Created by: Nosila.

Vulcanonized: /vəkanənīzd/ Most people aren’t quite so obsessive about a TV show as Wendell. He loves every and anything Star Trek. He views it as a religion. With his good acts and pointed ears, he fully expects to be vulcanonized after he dies. Etymology: Vulcan (a race of beings from Star Trek) + canonized (to be declared a saint by the Catholic church) Created by: artr.

Fanaticonophile: // Etymology: Created by: DJDragonfly.

Comicoke: /Comi – coke/ Girlfriend…. nope,
Job …. nada,
Health…. no bueno.
But as long as Hermes had his WOW character “LadiesMan”, he had all the comicoke he needed. Etymology: Comicon – cocaine (both addictive and debilitating) Created by: Mrgoodtimes.

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DEFINITION: n. An unintended consequence of medical or psychological therapy, especially if the therapy is supposed to make you feel “young again”. v. To feel young and stupid again.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Therapeuttics: /ther-a-pew-tix/ Jim felt young again after he started taking the pills. He had endless energy and couldn’t sit still. Unfortunately, the side effect was an uncurable nervous tic, where his head twitched manically all day and night. His wife left him and everyone pointed and laughed at him in the streets. But to him the therapeuttics were worth it. They’d all be dead and he’d be living it up in Ibiza. Etymology: therapeutic (helpful healing) + tic (persistent muscular contraction) Created by: CharlieB.

Pubescebo: /Pu – bes – cebo/ Martha would not have told her husband that she added a multivitamin to his breakfast if she could have foreseen the pubescebo effect it would have on him, resulting in a trip to the doctor after his back went out. Etymology: Pubescent – Placebo Created by: Mrgoodtimes.

Viactra: /Vie Act Tra/ Eugene’s viactra had gotten so bad, he just asked his granddaughter to the prom. Etymology: Viagra + Actor Created by: idavecook.

Reptiledysfunction: /rep tyl dis funk shun/ When Stan’s libido started to take long vacations, he went to the doctor to get some help in the form of little blue pills. After taking one or two, he started displaying unusual side effects. One of the more disturbing was what his wife Joyce called his reptiledysfunction. He ran around like a randy iguana. He stood in a menacing stance, tongue flicking in and out of his mouth, singing, “We’re off to see the Lizard, the wonderful Lizard of Awes”. Time to get that dosage checked… Etymology: Reptile (any cold-blooded vertebrate) & Dysfunction ((medicine) any disturbance in the function of an organ or body part) and Wordplay on Erectile Dysfunction (the reason they made Viagra and such products-impotence resulting from a man’s inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis)

Created by: Nosila.

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