Month: April 2012

DEFINITION: v. To assess an individual’s current mental state, or identify hidden personality traits, through careful analysis of their hairstyle. n. A method of psychoanalysis based hairdos and don’ts.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Failohan: /Fail-O-han/ Starting off in a parent trap. Later becoming a mean girl on a freaky Friday. Then driving a Volkswagen bug “fully loaded”, spells disaster. That’s not a bad hair day! That’s a failohan. Etymology: Failing and Lohan Created by: BeauKnows.

Ponytelltale: /poh-nee-el-teyl/ Anne is usually quite meticulous with her appearance. She spends a fair amount of time in the morning getting her hair just right. It doesn’t require tips from Sigmund Freud to pick out her bad-mood days. The ponytelltale sends co-workers scurrying in every direction but in her path. If all she has done is cram her locks into a scrunchie the world better look out. Etymology: ponytail (an arrangement of the hair in a long lock drawn tightly against the back of the head and cinched so as to hang loosely) + telltale (a thing serving to reveal or disclose something) Created by: artr2.

Toplockraphy: /top-lock-ruh-fee/ Jane’s toplockraphical signs indicated that she prefers her wild nights on the carpet as opposed to more conventional furniture, based on the residual static electricity swirling about her like a psychotic halo. Etymology: topographical….assessing geography based on the upper appearance of the earth.

locks…….hair Created by: logan260.

Psychiatress: /sigh kai ah tress/ definately a bad hair day, on so many levels, her psychiatress said in clipped tones Etymology: psychiatrist tress Created by: galwaywegian.

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DEFINITION: n. Something, or someone, that/who always seems to break or fall apart, just when you need it/them the most. v. To fall apart just when you need to get it together.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Vacellate: /va sel layt/ Mona’s phone was often on the fritz. It never happened when robocall election polls came through, heavy breathers or debt consolidation recordings happened. It would only vacellate when Mona needed it for emergencies, work calls, making important appointments or talking to cute guys on the 1-900 numbers. Etymology: Vacillate (to be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action)& Cell (Cellular telephone) Created by: Nosila.

Quitessential: /kwit-uh-sen-shuhl/ Marsha assumed that the owner’s manual had a typo when it described her new computer as quitessential. Not so. All too often, when she was at a crucial juncture in a tabulation, it would just quit. She wouldn’t even get the dreaded blue screen, just a few Chinese-looking Kanji characters and a shutdown. When she had the characters translated, they said “I have a headache, goodnight”. So much for buying a cheap PC from the back of a van. Etymology: quit (of the pure and essential essence of something) + essential (absolutely necessary; indispensable) Created by: artr2.

Emergencyalater: /emergence-see-u-later/ Dan always disappeared when it came down to crunch time, definitely an emergencyalater kind of guy. Etymology: Emergency + See you later Created by: dekra.

Iphoneular: /I-Phone-U-Lar/ Etymology: Iphone + Failure Created by: BeauKnows.

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DEFINITION: n. A person who adopts the stylings, mannerisms and even of the personality of their favorite rock, movie or television star. v. To derive your identity from someone else, especially a famous person.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Lilwaynker: /Lil-Wayn-Ker/ Dave struggling through a midlife crisis, did not buy a Corvette. He decided to unleash is inner rapper. When the auto tune craze hit he was unstoppable. He was so obsessed, he even got a tear drop tattoo. He became a lilwaynker. Etymology: Lilwayn (the rapper) Wanker (pejorative term of English origin) Created by: BeauKnows.

Replicrooner: /rep-li-kroonr/ When Alvin is in the shower he seems to think he is the embodiment of Frank Sinatra. More than once the neighbors have called animal control on this replicrooner sure that he is abusing some poor defenseless animal. Etymology: replica (any close or exact copy or reproduction) + crooner (singing or humming in a soft, soothing voice) Created by: artr2.

Autocroon: /Auto-crewn/ Johnny couldn’t resist breaking into falsetto every time the Bee-Gees came over the airwaves. Janice just laughed, “Here we go again with the autocroon!” Although Johnny could really stand to prop up his vocals with some Auto-Tune. Etymology: Auto-Tune + Croon Created by: dekra.

Timitate: /tim it ayt/ After watching all the Home Improvement series and the subsequent syndicated repeats every night, George tried to timitate his idol. He had a coffee cup at the hospital emergency room with his name on it and he tried to fix things around his home. His wife Julie only got really worried when Tim started making more movies and George came home dressed as Santa or Buzz Lightyear or Capt. Peter Quincy Taggart from Galaxy Quest. She warned him that he would really be the Last Man Standing if he didn’t grow up and be himself… Etymology: Tim (first name of actor Tim Allen) & Imitate (reproduce someone’s behavior or looks) Created by: Nosila.

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DEFINITION: n. A misheard or misunderstood lyric, which gives the song a completely different meaning than originally intended. v. To misinterpret a song because you “hear” different words than the ones actually being sung.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Lyricnorance: /lir-ik-ner-uhns/ John’s lyricnorance led him to some strange conclusions about some of his favorite song writers. He thinks Jimi Hendrix was gay because of ‘Scuse me, while I kiss this guy’ and that some member of Creedence Clearwater Revival was incontinent when they sang ‘There’s a bathroom on the right’. His friends just howl when they take him out for karaoke night. Etymology: lyrics (words to a song) + ignorance (lack of knowledge, inexperience) Created by: artr2.

Eddievedderizm: /Eddie-Vedder-Iz-Um/ One day in 1992 a man named Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament and Mike McCready wrote a hit song called yellow ledbetter. “Did he just say wizard or a whale?” “Box or a bag?” Or “Potato waven?” Who cares its EddieVedderizm.
Etymology: Eddie + Vedder + Izm Created by: BeauKnows.

Melohdear: /mel o deer/ Jackie Chan was motivated by a 1966 hit by Johnny Rivers. He said it inspired him to play the tough guys in all his many movies. While learning the English language, the melohdear which inspired his career was “Secret Asian Man”! Etymology: Melody (tune;musical notes in sequence) & Oh Dear (worrying phrase when something goes wrong, like Oh, My;Oh, Drat, etc) Created by: Nosila.

Mimicrong: /mimikrong/ “‘Wrapped up like a douche,’scuse me while I kiss this guy, A wizard or a whale.’ you mimicrong constantly Brad!”

“I never mimicrong! I saw it in a movie Sam, he defintiely says ‘She was a fax machine, she kept her modem clean.’ AC/DC was named after computer parts!” Etymology: Mimic(To Coppy) + Wrong(Incorrect) Created by: dekra.

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James

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DEFINITION: v. To fall out of love with someone because you have finally realized that they are nothing but trouble. n. A vicious lover who has big problems and likes to share them with you.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Dissenchanted: /dis en chan ted/ When Heidi discovered that her husband was such a jerk, she realized that she had become dissenchanted with him. He had grown old, but never had grown up. Once you take a stroll through the Dissenchanted Forest, you can never go back… Etymology: Diss (slang:to disrespect)& Disenchanted (freeing from false belief or illusions; state of disillusionment or disappointment)
Created by: Nosila.

Sweethurt: /sweet-hurt/ Bob finally hit the road when he figures it was his sweethurt that had the problem. “It ain’t me, Babe” were his parting words. Just like a woman, she told Mr. Tambourine Man, “I shall be released”. He, on the other hand was tangled up in blue. Etymology: sweetheart (person whom another loves) + hurt (to cause bodily or mental pain or distress) Created by: artr2.

Lovernot: /luv er not/ I thought they were together but she was actually his lovernot. Etymology: love her / lover not Created by: Koekbroer.

Amortis: /A-more-tis/ The times they were a-changin, and Bob’s amortis annoyed him incessantly; his visions of Johanna slowly faded. The tambourine man said “It’s alright ‘ma,” I have been released though I’m tangled up in blue. I have amortised the vixen, and though a hard rain’s a-gonna fall, I will carry on like a rolling stone. Etymology: Love + Death, Amore + Mortis Created by: dekra.

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James

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