Month: June 2011

DEFINITION: n., Forced small talk used by professional caregivers to put patients at ease. (Not usually effective.) v., To ask insipid questions while subjecting a person to an intimate, awkward or painful procedure.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Jabberflossy: /Jab-ber-floss-ee/ The dental nurse yanked the tape from the spool and pulling it taut, sliced down into Dick’s incisors, grinning as she sawed to-and-fro. He could taste the blood from his gums running down into the back of his mouth. “One, two! One, two! And through and through the vorpal floss went snicker-snack! She left him dead, and with his head she went galumphing back”. As the jabberflossy flowed so did the puddle beneath Dick’s seat … Etymology: Jabber – To talk rapidly, unintelligibly, or idly. Floss – dental floss Created by: wordslikevenom.

Blahnaesthesia: /blah nast eee zya/ The blahnaesthesia ended up being more painful than the filling. Etymology: anaesthesia, blah Created by: galwaywegian.

Communicache: /kom myun i kayke/ Every time Eddy went to see his Dentist, Dr.Iva Payne, he had to endure their usual communicache exchange. She would communicate with him inane questions about the weather, politics and his family and he would endure the ache. He honestly did not know how she understood him, but after years of doing this, she could understand the answers of her victims, er patients. Etymology: Communicate (transmit thoughts or feelings or information) & Ache (pain) Created by: Nosila.

Dentachatter: /dentachatər/ To avoid the dentachatter Ron would sometimes pretend to doze off. Even when he flinched the dentist allowed him to continue the ruse. Etymology: dental (of or relating to the teeth) + chatter (talk rapidly or incessantly about trivial matters) Created by: artr.

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DEFINITION: v., To yawn or sigh repeatedly in an effort to subtly communicate one’s lack of interest in the current conversation. n., A series of long, exasperated, and often escalating sighs indicating extreme boredom.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Onandonandyawn: /awn and awn and yawn/ As she went on and on and on he fealt an onandonandyawn coming on and on and on. Etymology: on and on yawn Created by: galwaywegian.

Tediashun: /tee dee ay shun/ In absolute tediashun, Marco would yawn and sigh in a bored manner whenever Gwen went into one of her longwinded tirades about her job. Etymology: Tedious (so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness) & Shun (avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of)
Created by: Nosila.

Tonsillectoyou: /Ton-select-to-you/ “So, right, ya know wot I mean right. That thing, right, yeah? Ya know …”. A’isha felt she could communicate her interest in the “conversation” much more succinctly through tonsillectoyou … the vocal equivalent of the V-sign Etymology: Tonsillectomy (Ton-sill-ec-to-me) – Surgical removal of tonsils or a tonsil. You – to the person addressed. Created by: wordslikevenom.

Repetitediyawn: /ripetətēdēyôn/ Despite her coworkers repetitediyawns, Gloria didn’t get that she was boring them to tears. Etymology: repetitive (containing or characterized by repetition) + tedium (the state of being tedious) + yawn (involuntarily open one’s mouth wide and inhale deeply due to tiredness or boredom) Created by: artr.

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DEFINITION: v., To finish your plate and eat all the food in front of you, even when not hungry. n., Compulsive over-consumption of food in order to relieve guilt.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Bullshitemia: /buhl shit eeee meee aah/ His bullshitemia increased his hunger whenever he saw starvation on the news. Etymology: bulemia, bs Created by: galwaywegian.

Grubsessive: /grəbsɛsɪv/ Having grown up being chided to always be in the ”clean plate club”, Billy has become grubsessive. The disposer in his sink is in practically pristine condition. Those starving children in Africa don’t stand a chance getting anything out of this food chain. Etymology: grub (food) + obsessive (to be preoccupied) Created by: artr.

Gluttoneed: /glut ton need/ Seymour N. Eadit was the kind of patron restauranteus just hated. Many of the establishments he frequented had to abolish their “All you can eat Buffets” thanks to him or go broke. He has such a gluttoneed, that one of these days he is just going to explode… Etymology: Glutton (a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess;person who performs one of the seven deadly sins, gluttony) & Need (a condition requiring relief0

Created by: Nosila.

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DEFINITION: v., To drop food on the floor, then pick it up and eat it, before anyone else can say “it’s too dirty”. n., A tasty treat which has been accidentally dropped, then quickly salvaged and savored.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Lineoleyum: /lin o lee yum/ Barry hated to waste food. He did not know why, but if it fell on the floor, it tasted a bit better. It was embarrassing to go anywhere with him, as he devoured this lineoleyum no matter who was watching…it was even more embarrassing when he did it at his wife’s boss’s parties! Etymology: Linoleum (floor covering) & Yum (exclamation when something looks/tastes delicious) Created by: Nosila.

Lamineat: /lamənēt/ A true believer in the 5-second rule, Bob is likely to lamineat anything that hits the floor. His mother would fuss at him until she dropped one of her favorite cookies. She practically knocked him into the next room retrieving it. Etymology: laminate (manufactured by placing layer on layer) + eat (put food into the mouth and chew and swallow it) Created by: artr.

Snatcho: /Snatch-oh/ Martin looked on in horror as the martini olive pinged from his cocktail stick and disappeared under the fridge. He made a dash for the fridge door, bending over and swiping his hand underneath it. The manoeuvre managed to snatcho two pieces of Go-Kat biscuit, a crusty malteser and the hairy olive. “Choice!”, he thought. Etymology: Snatch – To take quickly. Nacho – small pieces of fried tortilla Created by: wordslikevenom.

Blitzonomy: // Etymology: Created by: bigdude1o1.

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DEFINITION: v., To eat a strictly regulated diet in order to compensate for a complete lack of control when it comes to drinking. n., A smoker and drinker who becomes a vegan in order to “reverse the damage”.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Faddict: /fad dikt/ Beth was a faddict of any new diet that captured her imagination. She truly believed that eating vegan or other extreme diets would offset her dependence on smokes and drink. She would have had better luck on the vice cream diet, if there was such a thing! Etymology: Fad (an interest followed with exaggerated zeal) & Addict (someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms)
Created by: Nosila.

Artichoker: /Arti-cho-ker/ Lucinda fumbled around the bottom of her handbag for a matchbox, gasping for a light. Striking the match she lit the end of the celery stick drawing a deep drag from it. The uncontrollable hacking that accompanied being an artichoker must surely have it’s benefits? Etymology: Created by: wordslikevenom.

Dietchotomy: /dīetkätəmē/ Though Jim decided to ”clean up” what he was eating he found it impossible to give up cigarettes. It created quite a dietchotomy in his life. Etymology: diet (a special course of food to which one restricts oneself) + dichotomy (a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different) Created by: artr.

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