Month: April 2013

DEFINITION: n. A cashier or customer service representative who is so busy chatting with their friends or coworkers that they ignore their customers. v. To be serviced by a very annoying customer service representative.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Snubscribe: /snub skrybe/ “It’s no wonder people shoplift”, Betty thought as she waited yet again at Customer Service to make a payment on her layaway. The cashier was going to snubscribe her again because he was too busy yakking on his cellphone on a social call. Fed up, she went to the Store Manager and told him loudly that the hardest part about shopping there was the fact that you had to wait endlessly for them to take your money. The Store Manager would have responded to her sooner, but he was too busy texting someone… Etymology: Snub (refuse to acknowledge;ignore) & Subscribe (receive or obtain by regular payment;pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals) Created by: Nosila.

Reprehensitive: /rep – re – HENS – uh – tiv/ Gabrielle was appalled at the abysmal response of the customer service reprehensitive who seemed not to even notice her even though she made several attempts to gain his attention. Etymology: Blend of ‘reprehensible’ ( Deserving rebuke or censure; blameworthy)and ‘representative’ (One that serves as a delegate or agent for another) Created by: Mustang.

Narcissistant: /nahr-suh-sis-tuhnt/ Jane stopped to pick up a snack at the convenience store and found that the term was an oxymoron. The narcissistant was also some kind of moron. His mother must have told him he was the sun and that all the planets revolved around him. His attitude was like, “wait your turn Uranus”. Etymology: narcissist (a person who is overly self-involved, and often vain and selfish)+ assistant (a person who assists or gives aid and support; helper) Created by: artr.

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DEFINITION: n. Strange sounds that keep you awake in the middle of the night. v. To lie in bed unable to sleep because you keep hearing weird sounds.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Knockturnals: /nok turn als/ When Velma went to bed that night, she awoke later to strange noises. At about three a.m. she could hear the knockturnals very clearly. Although scared, she finally got up and crept towards the sound. That’s when she discovered that her cat, Tomahawk, had learned how to rap on the back door to get back in, rather than trying to squeeze his massive body through the cat flap. Oh well, she thought it was better than him learning how to use the doorbell… Etymology: Knock (make light, repeated taps on a surface) & Nocturnal (at night) Created by: Nosila.

Nocturnemanations: /nok-tern-em-eh-NAY-shuns/ The nocturnemanations that continuously emitted from the walls, the outdoors, the attic and unseen places kept Gladys on edge thru the night and made sleep impossible Etymology: Blend of nocturnal (during the night) and emanations (. Something that issues from a source; an emission) Created by: Mustang.

Insomniyack: /in-som-nee-yak/ Tonight Joyce is an insomniac. Her boyfriend is having his weekly poker game with his buds. While they insomniyack in the other room she lays in bed, staring at the ceiling trying to not listen. Etymology: insomniac (a person with an inability to sleep soundly) + yack (to talk, to chatter) Created by: artr.

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DEFINITION: v. To be offered regular encouragement, unwavering support and subtle but unrelenting criticism based on the worry that you may not be realizing your “full potential”. n. The helpful but sometimes annoying advice given by a mother to a child.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Admomition: /ad mom ish shun/ Mrs. Jones’ admomition for her only son Gary awas to be better than he was and he should have been a lawyer. Never mind that he was CEO of a multi-million dollar corporation and whisked her away to Florida on his private jet whenever she wanted… Etymology: Admonishion (cautionary advice;a firm rebuke) & Mom (your Mommy, female parent) Created by: Nosila.

Maternexhort: /mah-TERN-ex-ort/ Though she did it lovingly, Hortense would maternexhort relentlessly in trying to steer her son Eggbert in the pursuits she believed to be right for him. Etymology: Blend of ‘maternal’ (of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother) and ‘exhort’ (to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly) Created by: Mustang.

Cynimomism: /sin-uh-mom-iz-uhm/ As Alvin prepares to put his newly-earned degree to work, he understands the correct way to go is somewhere between cynimomism and dadvice. Etymology: cynicism (distrusting or disparaging the motives of others) + mom (mother) Created by: artr.

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DEFINITION: v. To use alternative “code words” instead of proper cuss words, in an effort to satisfy people offended by such vulgarisms. n. A word used as a replacement for an obscene or profane expletive.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Cursorry: /kur sor ree/ Simon ended up using cursorry words when he was vexed. Thus was because he could no longer afford to feed the office’s swear jar. Etymology: Curse (swear;profanity) & Sorry (rue;regret;expressing sorrow)and Wordplay on Cursory (hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough) Created by: Nosila.

Heckspletive: /hek-spli-tiv/ As the pastor of his church John can’t use profane language. As a human that is subject to anger or pain, he has found his own set of heckspletives to get him through these times. Where someone else might say “Shut the F___ up”, John will say “Hush the frog up”. Where someone else might tell someone to “Go to Hell”, John smiles tells them to “have a nice time at the BBQ”. Even though he gets blank stares sometimes, he feels better that he knows what he meant. Etymology: heck (used as a mild expression of annoyance, rejection, disgust, etc.) + expletive (an interjectory word or expression, frequently profane; an exclamatory oath) Created by: artr.

Allewd: /al-LUDE/ Carson has a quick and clever wit and a bit of a dirty mind and will often use ‘substitute’ words that are intended to allewd to something raunchy. Etymology: Play on the words ‘allude’ and ‘lewd’… to refer to something indirectly with couched obscenity Created by: Mustang.

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DEFINITION: v. To be so hardworking and dedicated to your job that you come to work even when you’re sick and dangerously infectious. n. A person who comes to work sneezing, coughing, contagious, and sick as a dog.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Workillholic: /wurk-il-haw-lik/ His skin is a pale green with an overlay of a purple rash. His hair is falling out and he can’t keep any food in his stomach. What does Clyde, the workillholic say? “It’s just a head cold, nothing to worry about.” Etymology: workaholic (a person who works compulsively at the expense of other pursuits) + ill (of unsound physical or mental health; unwell; sick) Created by: artr.

Infecticide: /in-fekt-eh-side/ Delbert seemed to oblivious to the fact that he committed infecticide among his clients and coworkers when he insisted on showing up at work even when extremely ill. Etymology: Blend of ‘infect’ (to pass germs along) and the suffix ‘-cide’ (to kill) Created by: Mustang.

Contaminhater: /kon tam in hay ter/ When Typhoid Mary at work got sick (often) she loved to share her misery…believing if she gave away her germs, she would be rid of them. I thought of her as the contaminhater, because she always made me sick! Etymology: Contaminater (infectious;transmissable of diseases;septic) & Hate her (don’t like her) Created by: Nosila.

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