Month: March 2012

DEFINITION: v. To “adopt” a cute, baby, wild animal as a pet, which then grows up to become a very large, very wild, and very dangerous predator. n. A person who treats wild animals like pets, only to discover that they are not.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Assassassin: /as-uh-sas-in/ Harry has a very big heart when it comes to animals in distress. All too often, when he takes in a wild animal as a pet it turns out to be an assassassin. Whether it is a matter of costs, trouble with authorities or bad behavior from his charge, he usually ends up taking a bite in the shorts. Etymology: ass (buttocks) + assassin (a murderer) Created by: artr2.

Fostermamba: /fos ter mam ba/ When Ana Conda adopted her baby snake, she was told it was a harmless garter snake which would stay small. But in a few short years it got so big and ate anything in it’s path, without the benefit of adder-tives. It was then she discovered she had become a fostermamba to a not-so-civil serpent! Oh, boa-have… Etymology: Foster (adoptive) & Mamba (poisonous snake) & Wordplayon Foster Mom Created by: Nosila.

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DEFINITION: n. The desire to convert items with sentimental value, like antique hand-crafted jewelery, back into the raw material, like gold bullion, to access its commercial value. v. To cash in something with sentimental value.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Sentimetal: /sen-tuh-met-l/ Times are rough for Tim. He has liquidated a number of his assets just to make ends meet. Today, it’s a sentimetal issue. He may be fond of his Olympic gold but it will pay the rent. Etymology: sentimental (weakly emotional) + metal (any of a class of elementary substances, as gold, silver, or copper, all of which are crystalline when solid and many of which are characterized by opacity, ductility, conductivity, and a unique luster when freshly fractured.) Created by: artr2.

Ingotwetrust: /in got we trust/ When Jane got home she first noticed that Dick was cooking something putrid. Upon further look, instead she found him smelting all her jewellery and valuables. His ingotwetrust activities however were a waste, as she had long ago copied her jewellery and placed the real McCoys in a bank vault. Dick’s cooking smelled more like melting plastic…a recipe for asphyxiation! Etymology: Ingot (gold bullion in a size convenient for handling) & Wordplay on motto “In God We Trust” (placed on US currency) Created by: Nosila.

Rehashforgold: /re-hash-4-goald/ Dylan was sure his rehashforgold would be overlooked by his mother; after all, they were only his Nana’s favorite gold earrings that he scrapped to pay off his parking tickets. Etymology: rehash – to retell or reminisce + cash for gold – shysters that assure you they will send you a fair price for the gold your are trustingly mail to them without prior agreement Created by: libertybelle.

Sentigoldal: /sen-tee-gole-dul/ My father is very sentigoldal. My mother’s already lost ten necklaces! Etymology: SENTI-mental, GOLD, sentiment-AL Created by: Bughunt.

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DEFINITION: n. The feelings that well up inside of you when you’re waiting for service and another person, who arrived after you did, gets waited first! v. To wait and wait in line, only to watch other people jump the queue.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Queuecumber: /kew kum ber/ George was a right queuecumber. He’d line up every day for the commuter train and sure enough, some selfish person would muscle past him at the last minute and get on before him, usually taking his favourite seat. One day, that guy got on George’s last nerve. He shoved him under the tracks as the train was pulling out. George had a one-track mind and the pushy guy is now a choocumber. Etymology: Queue (line up of people) & Encumber (hold back) Created by: Nosila.

Cutniption: /kut-nip-shuhn/ Jerry just about had a cutniption when people appeared to be butting in the line waiting to get into the club. Yeah, sure they are EMTs dealing with an ill patron but shouldn’t they have to wait like everybody else. At least the sick person should have had the courtesy of falling out of the queue. Etymology: conniption (fit, temper fit) + cut (to move or thrust oneself abruptly between others) Created by: artr2.

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DEFINITION: n. The unnameable fear which overcomes one when a large silent UFO cruises arrogantly overhead. v. To be frightened by the huge flying objects which exist (for the most part) in your imagination.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Xtrimaginaphobia: /X-chra-ma-jin-uh-foh-bee-uh/ Afflicted with xtrimaginaphobia as she was, Evelyn could not leave the comfort of her tiny home. If she did, she would be subject to the assault of any or every UFO within 400 light years (or so she thought). Etymology: Xtra-as in extra-terrestrial
magina-imagine
phobia-fear Created by: kalex.

Ufobia: /yoo-foh-bee-uh/ Ginny has a bad case of UFObia. She is afraid of anything she can’t immediately identify that is airborne. Just last week she had a screaming hissy fit when a plastic grocery bag blew her way unexpectedly. Etymology: UFO (unidentified flying object) + phobia (fear) Created by: artr2.

Highsteria: /hye steer eee aa/ her highsteria was probably due to something lower down, such as the grass on which she had been picnicking Etymology: hysteria high Created by: galwaywegian.

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DEFINITION: v. To get freaked out by falling numbers and the prophets of doom who are eternally peddling their message of imminent global collapse. n. A type of mass hysteria created by the fear of falling numbers.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Doomerology: /doom er ol ogee/ The only religion the chicks knew was doomerology. They were born under a number and when the sky did fall down, they would be hit by a number. When your number’s up, you are down permanently. Etymology: Doom(disastrous destiny) & Numerology(the study of the supposed occult influence of numbers on human affairs
Created by: Nosila.

Neganumeraphobia: /neg-uh-noo-muh-rol-uh-foh-bee-uh/ After taking a bath during several stock market downturns, Tim developed a bad case of neganumeraphobia. Even the suggestion of a bad day on Wall Street can turn him into a trembling, quivering mess. A mere whisper of the term 401k can cause a catatonic state. Etymology: negative (lacking positive or affirmative qualities) + numerology (the study of numbers, as the figures designating the year of one’s birth, to determine their supposed influence on one’s life, future, etc.) + phobia (fear of) Created by: artr2.

Numbrunexy: /Num – brun – eks – ee/ The number of people falling victim to numbrunexy is rising every day. Etymology: Created by: notoriousjoeyg.

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