Month: February 2012

DEFINITION: n. A hiding place which is used to store emergency supplies like donuts, booze and candies. v. To hide special treats in secret locations around your home or office, so you can access them when needed.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Cachedrawer: /kash draw er/ Simon had a place to hide goodies for a rainy day, or a day when his Mom decided he had not earned any treats. His cachedrawer was a hollowed out section on his old computer. Eventually though his mom caught on…when the ants kept crawling in and out of his hard drive. They were his original computer bugs. Etymology: Cache (a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons);(computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics;a secret store of valuables or money) & Cash Drawer (a till or place to lock valuables)
Created by: Nosila.

Laysaway: /leys-uh-wey/ Josh has more hiding places for snacks around the office than he can remember. He definitely believes in the Laysaway plan. Etymology: Lays (a snack brand) layaway (an article or item put away for annuitized payments) Created by: artr2.

Snackpack: /Snak-pak/ John decided to snackpack his Mars bar, for safekeeping. Etymology: from snack (Food eaten between meals) and pack (To put into a receptacle for transporting or storing) Created by: Negatrev.

Snackcess: /snak sess/ Bbubba could be on a desert island, in the operations room in the pentagon or diving on the wreck of the Titanic, and he would still have snacksess 24/7 Etymology: access snack Created by: galwaywegian.

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DEFINITION: n. Annoying neighbors who spend endless hours mowing their lawns, painting their fences, washing their cars, and browbeating you because you have a life. v. To express disapproval for someone’s lifestyle.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Neighbores: /nay borz/ Alice lived in an average urban housing tract of single family dwellings. She lived next door to that one couple on every block who spends every spare second out there tending their yard. These neighbores used scissors to eradicate every long single blade of grass. Their yard looked unnatural in its manicured state and even the bugs avoided it. Too bad they treated Alice and her country garden home with such disdain. They thought she was a hoe… Etymology: Neighbors (persons who live near each other) & Bores (a person who evokes boredom;make a hole with a pointed power or hand tool) Created by: Nosila.

Jerkaholics: /jurk-uh-haw-lik/ Nicky lives next to jerkaholics. They are constantly mowing and trimming out in their yards. Clearly it is a conspiracy to make her look lazy. To make matters worse they dump their clippings in her overgrown lawn. Etymology: jerk (a contemptibly naive) + workaholic (a person who works compulsively at the expense of other pursuits) Created by: artr2.

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DEFINITION: v. To increase the world’s liquid water supply (and dramatically raise the level of our oceans) by accidentally melting the polar ice caps. n. The rising seas and associated flooding due to melting ice caps.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Aquageddon(ner): /ah-kwa-ged-dun/ Arks became all the rage after I singlehandedly spurred the melting of the polar ice caps. Etymology: Aqua-water
geddon-suffix associated with apocalypse Created by: kalex.

Polarthawgraphy: /pole ar thaw gra fee/ When Jill entered university to study polarthawgraphy, she was confused. She first thought polar ice caps were drinks. She thought placing freezers over the poles would ensure they did not melt away, as she was afraid Santa would drown at the North Pole… Etymology: Polar (ice caps) & Thaw (melt) & Graphy (suffix indicating an art or descriptive science) Created by: Nosila.

Theathaw: /theethaw/ Maybe it was his choice of words, maybe his lisp, but when Henry tried to warn people about global warming, his efforts fell on deaf ears. His proclamation to “beware the arctic theathaw” left people wondering why a teetertotter in the tundra could be any concern to them. Etymology: thea (ocean) + thaw (to pass or change from a frozen to a liquid or semiliquid state; melt) play on seesaw with a lisp. Created by: artr2.

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DEFINITION: v. To exclusively use credit cards, debit cards and/or electronic banking in order to avoid using, or even touching, old fashioned cash. n. A person who never pays for anything using real money.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Phobuc: /foh buhk/ his psychiatrist diagnosed him as phobuc, and set up a direct debit billing system Etymology: phobic, buck Created by: galwaywegian.

Buckstopper: /buk stop per/ Let’s be Franc…Mark had a Yen to use plastic. He liked it so much because he did not have to dirty his hands with cash. He would Peso himself spending by only charging items. He would not Baht an eye at high service fees and comPound
interest rates. His friends called him Robert Dinero… Etymology: Buck (dollar in slang) & Stopper (to no longer use or be part of) Created by: Nosila.

Nodough: /nohdoh/ Chris read a report about the germs and drug residue that is often a part of paper money. At that point he declared his household to be a nodough zone. Now he’s read an article about the danger of handling certain types of plastic. He’s considering a switch to bartering if he can just verify the bacteria-free nature of chickens and goats. Good luck! Etymology: no (dissent, denial, or refusal) + dough (money) Created by: artr2.

Plasdeceptikon: /Plas-dee-sep-tick-awn/ Soon enough there will be plasdeceptikons who have never even seen money.

With the end of paper money, plasdeceptikons will rule the world! Ah-ha ha ha ha!(sinister laugh) Etymology: Taken from words of the future Created by: kalex.

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DEFINITION: v. To expectorate unexpectedly, especially in situations where it is not considered socially acceptable. n. A person who habitually spits, even when among polite company.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Muculeptic: /m-yoo-ka-lep-tick/ My brother is a muculeptic, he spontaneously and perpetually spits all over the place. Etymology: Muc-derived from mucus; leptic-to compulsively and persistently be afflicted

VERB:Muculactate Created by: kalex.

Spewtifulpeople: /spu ti ful peep ell/ He was a bon vivant, a man of the world, but he was also one of the spewtifulpeople. He was the spitting image of a successful person, except for his one bad habit. We could expectorate no less from him…he was a cuspidor, not a toreador. Etymology: Spew (spit) & Beutiful People (Wealthy, prominent people, especially those in international society)

Created by: Nosila.

Spitosaurus: /spit-uh-sawr-uhs/ The staff of the retirement home were finally able to track down their resident spitosaurus. They followed the trail of brown-tinted phlegm globs to the room of a retired baseball pitcher, Johnny “Spitball” Johnson. Apparently a family member had given him a gift of chewing tobacco. Etymology: spit (to eject saliva from the mouth; expectorate) + saurus (lizard: used to form the scientific names of certain genera of reptiles/dinosaurs) Created by: artr2.

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