DEFINITION: v., To search for and find a pen to write down an important note, only to discover that the pen does not work. n., A moment in time when the only pens you can find, are pens that do not work.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Inkompentense: /ink kom pen tens/ Inkredibly inkonvenient is what he thought. Here he was trying to find a pen that worked to write down the number given him on the phone message he had just accidentally erased from his answering machine…while that number was still in his head. His inklination was to give up, but it would be inkonsiderate to not call back and arrange that interview. Heaven knows his inkome relied upon his getting hired for this great job. At this moment, without a functioning pen, he was in a state of inkompentense. Luckily, he found his cell phone and managed to get the number inkarcerated into it, before it was lost in the fog of poor memory. Hopefully he would not sound inkoherent at his interview… Etymology: Incompetence (inability of a part or organ to function properly) & Ink (a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing) & Pen (writing implement) & Tense (make tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious;a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time)
Created by: Nosila.
Ballpointless: /bawl poynt lehsssss/ “This pen is ballpointless!” he bawled, pointlessly.. Etymology: pointless, ballpoint Created by: galwaywegian.
Comments on Ballpointless:
Nosila, 2010-03-03: 10:17:00
ballistic word!
Impeniment: /impenəmənt/ When Ralph saw the infomercial for the most wonderful thing he had even seen on late-night TV he just had to have it. As they displayed the phone number he frantically tried one impeniment after another. By the time he found one that worked they had moved on to products for incontinence. Ralph was pissed-off. Etymology: impediment (a hindrance or obstruction in doing something) + pen (an instrument for writing or drawing with ink) Created by: artr.
Comments on Impeniment:
thegoatisbad, 2010-03-03: 14:17:00
your sentence almost made me pee in my pants
Expendead: /ex-pen-dead/ Every pen I find in this house is expendead. Etymology: expended: used up; consumed + pen + dead Created by: mrskellyscl.
Comments on Expendead:
Nosila, 2010-03-03: 23:51:00
exzcellent
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