Month: December 2012

DEFINITION: n., A belief that the contraptions of yesteryear are superior, in almost every way, to modern, present-day technology. v., To wish that the today’s technology was just as good as it was in the past.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Geezertech: /gee-zer-tek/ Wally just doesn’t trust a phone that seems to be smarter than he is. He’s sure it is constantly pulling a fast one on him. He is much more at ease with his geezertech cell phone that he uses to talk to people and maybe, if he has to, send a text message. Etymology: geezer (an odd or eccentric man) + tech (technology) Created by: artr.

Nintension: /Nin ten shun/ Jamie’s nintension was that all cyber games be as easy and fun as the original ones he had played non-stop as a boy. Etymology: Nintendo (Japanese video game,literally translated means”Leave luck to Heaven” since 1974)& Intension (goal;aim;wish) Created by: Nosila.

Segasnooty: /SAY-geh-snoo-tee/ Elwood was thoroughly segasnooty, totally convinced that his old outdated video games were superior to even the latest and most complex games. Etymology: Blend of ‘Sega’ (video game) and ‘snooty’ (Snobbishly aloof; haughty) Created by: Mustang.

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DEFINITION: v., To “surf”, or ride in a freestanding position on a bus, train or subway. n., A sport popular among transit riders who attempt to complete the entire commute in a freestanding position without using the handrails.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Shuttleshuffle: /SHUT-ehl-shuf-ehl/ Lucille has always enjoyed the rocking and jolting of the subway as she rides to and from her work and other outings and has perfected a shuttleshuffle for her own entertainment as well as providing smiles for her fellow passengers. Etymology: Blend of ‘shuttle'(a bus, train, or airplane that makes frequent short trips between two places) and ‘shuffle’ (to scrape the feet over the floor in dancing) Created by: Mustang.

Crosstownboogie: /kraws-toun-boog-ee/ While some people are content to sit idly on the bus, Sally prefers to crank up her iPod and get her day started with a little crosstownboogie. Etymology: crosstown (a bus running primarily in a crosstown direction) + boogie (to dance energetically, especially to rock music) Created by: artr.

Subwave: /sub wayv/ When Maria rides the subway on her daily commute, she performs the subwave. She balances herself against the motion without holding on to a rail. It keeps her in practice for her vacations in Big Sur. Etymology: Subway (electric underground railway, public transport)& Wave (to emulate the motion of the ocean waves, as what surfers do) Created by: Nosila.

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DEFINITION: v., To “surf”, or ride in a freestanding position on a bus, train or subway. n., A sport popular among transit riders who attempt to complete the entire commute in a freestanding position without using the handrails.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Crosstownboogie: /kraws-toun-boog-ee/ While some people are content to sit idly on the bus, Sally prefers to crank up her iPod and get her day started with a little crosstownboogie. Etymology: crosstown (a bus running primarily in a crosstown direction) + boogie (to dance energetically, especially to rock music) Created by: artr.

Shuttleshuffle: /SHUT-ehl-shuf-ehl/ Lucille has always enjoyed the rocking and jolting of the subway as she rides to and from her work and other outings and has perfected a shuttleshuffle for her own entertainment as well as providing smiles for her fellow passengers. Etymology: Blend of ‘shuttle'(a bus, train, or airplane that makes frequent short trips between two places) and ‘shuffle’ (to scrape the feet over the floor in dancing) Created by: Mustang.

Subwave: /sub wayv/ When Maria rides the subway on her daily commute, she performs the subwave. She balances herself against the motion without holding on to a rail. It keeps her in practice for her vacations in Big Sur. Etymology: Subway (electric underground railway, public transport)& Wave (to emulate the motion of the ocean waves, as what surfers do) Created by: Nosila.

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DEFINITION: v., To run out of batteries during the holidays, especially on Christmas morning when all the kids and half the adults are screaming for their new toys. n., A battery or personal energy shortage created by over-consumption.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Lacknicad: /LAK-nih-kad/ Suddenly realizing that his supply of batteries for toys, clocks and other gifts had run out, Harold suffered a bout of clinical lacknicad depression. Etymology: Blend of ‘lack’ (deficiency or absence) and ‘nicad’, short for nickel cadmium, a type of battery. Created by: Mustang.

Batteruined: /bat-uh-roo-ind/ “BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED” It says it right on the box. Does Dad take the time to read it? No! He has a drawer chocked full of old, power-drained batteries that he wasn’t sure were really dead. Now it’s Christmas morning and what should be a joyful time with the children playing with their new toys, leaving the adults at peace is again batteruined. Etymology: battery (a combination of two or more cells electrically connected to work together to produce electric energy) + ruined (to injure something irretrievably) Created by: artr.

Revoltage: /re vol taj/ After forgetting batteries to accompany all the new toys and gadgets her family had gotten on Christmas morning, Emily was facing revoltage. Tempers flared and you guessed it, there were charges of assault and battery. Sure a few bruises. but nothing terminal. Merry Christmas! Etymology: Revolt (uprising) & Voltage (power measurement in a battery) Created by: Nosila.

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DEFINITION: v., To receive a gift covered in previously used wrap. n., Recycled gift-wrap, may or may not suit the occasion.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Wrapredux: /rap-re-dux/ Though he knew in his heart that he was a miserly skinflint, Lyndal did his best to put positive spin on his habit of reusing wrapping paper, blithely refering to it as ‘wrapredux’, thinking (and hoping) that others would regard it and his stinginess in a positive light. Etymology: Blend of ‘wrap’ and ‘redux’….(‘to bring back’) Created by: Mustang.

Wrapstar: /rap star/ Rodney, aka Dr Rod, was famous for being able to swathe gifts in any type of material for giving. He was the wrapstar in the family and people equally looked forward to and dreaded his creativity… Etymology: Wrap Star, Wordplay on Rap Star (genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged-Star meaning a commercially successful entertainer of the genre) Created by: Nosila.

Giftcrapped: /gift-krapd/ Julie can’t stand anything that has already been used/recycled. When her boyfriend gave her a present festooned with reused paper and a previously-owned bow, she saw it as giftcrapped. Etymology: giftwrap (decorative paper used to wrap presents) + crap (refuse; rubbish; junk; litter) Created by: artr.

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