Vote for the best verboticism.
DEFINITION: v. To leave your pet, child or lover in the care of a friend or relative who teaches them a stupid trick or bad habit. n. A stupid trick or bad habit learned from a caregiver.
Verboticisms
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Prankma
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: prank-mar
Sentence: Bonny was starting to suspect that her mother was behaving subversively when babysitting her toddlers. Every time they stayed at Nanna's they would spend the following days saying that singlets were uncool, only dweebs wore hats and that making them tidy up their toys was inhibiting their creative development. Bonny was ready to confront Nanna about the prankmas.
Etymology: prank (joke, jape, trick) + grandma (an overly put upon family member who often cares for their grandchildren)
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COMMENTS:
welcome back petaj - great little story - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-26: 13:14:00
Good comeback! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-26: 16:13:00
Clever interplay! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-26: 19:25:00
thanks for the welcome back - although I did verbotomize a couple of days back it has been weeks since i played regularly. - petaj, 2008-02-27: 05:29:00
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Malerudio
Created by: newmaa14
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: Mal-meaning bad and Eurido- latin for teach
Manureism
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: man/ur/ism
Sentence: A weekend with his 8 year old twin cousins was all it took to teach the toddler all sorts of manureisms. Talk about potty mouth
Etymology: manure + mannerism
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COMMENTS:
Good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-26: 16:14:00
Would you like some Mum spray deodorant for the manureism mouths? - silveryaspen, 2008-02-26: 18:55:00
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Nipinthebeak
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: nip - in - the - beek
Sentence: Someone's in the kitchen with Mynah! Someone taught him to say "*****". Help! I don't know how to stop Mynah from saying that! How do I nipinthebeak?
Etymology: Play on "Nip in the Bud" which means to stop it before it gets worse. Beak: bird's bill, slang term for mouth. Obviously, the cartoon inspried this bit of nonesense.
Misdeminder
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: miss de mine der
Sentence: Rex's new misdeminers had increased since she left him for a fortnight with her teenage nephew. Chief among the new ones was his ability to whip the knickers off any visiting lady who got near enough to pat his head.
Etymology: misdemeanor, minder
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-26: 11:28:00
like it - yellowbird, 2008-02-26: 15:28:00
Very good! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-26: 16:00:00
So innovative! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-26: 19:10:00
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Nannierism
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: nan/ni/riz/um
Sentence: We just put our three-year olds ability to swear with an accent down to another nannierism learned from his live-in babysitter.
Etymology: NANNIERISM - noun - from NANNY (a person employed to care for children in a household) + MANNERISM (Exaggerated, or affected style, or habit, as in dress, or speech)
Rolemuddle
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: Rohl-MUHD-l
Sentence: No, no, don't give up. I must put the words into my mind's blender. Beaugross; Impravity; Paracretinize. Damn it, they haven't mixed too well, have they? I must stick to my system to the letter. Faginize -that's a new twist. Don't panic; don't despair. I gotta keep my negativity in check. Peccachickie, braternize, "wickedpedia". I give up, it's all skyscrimble. My mind's in a muddle, a muddle, a muddle. Muddle - that's something a bit more like it - that's it, I think I've got it: "rolemuddle".
Etymology: ROLEMUDDLE: role: part played by a person in life; Muddle: to cause to be confused, mixed up; to muddy
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COMMENTS:
good word! - libertybelle, 2008-02-26: 08:49:00
Oh, this is a good one. Though "faginize" would've been nice too if it weren't for the fact that our Dickens-starved, PC society would probably think to lump the first three letters together instead of the first five. "You've got to pick a pocket or two, boys..." - ErWenn, 2008-02-26: 10:11:00
you certainly ended up with a god word - I go through the same mental gymnastics every morning - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-26: 13:17:00
sorry - I meant good word - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-26: 15:54:00
Not only is it an excellent word ... it fits my mind and life to a T today ... sometimes we just have to muddle onward! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-26: 18:50:00
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Anticsrudeshow
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: an tix rood sho
Sentence: With no other babysitting options when she left town on business trips, Marcie had no choice but to live with the anticsrudeshow than ensued after her kids went to stay with her elderly Aunt FiFi. Aunt FiFi was ancient but spry, had never wed, and among other things, had travelled the world, been mistress to many famous and notorious men and entertained in burlesque in Vegas and Atlantic City in her checkered career. From her, Marcie's 5 year old daughter and 7 year old son had learned how to shoot craps, read the racing handicaps, mix martinis extra dry, swear like troopers, dance the Charleston and tango, load a derringer, and had watched every mob movie ever made. They had learned to say a lot of new words in Sicilian, spell "Witness Relocation Program" and knew that "RICO" stood for Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. Yes, Show and Tell days at school after visits to Aunt Fifi were always riotous and resulted in Marcie's being called to the Principal's Office. Marcie thought that the word describing those days should have been called "Aunticsrudeshowandtell" instead!
Etymology: antics (a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun) & rude (socially incorrect behaviour) & show (a public exhibition or entertainment) & Antiques Road Show (showing off something old whose value is relative and usually not worth as much to others.
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COMMENTS:
Wow, clever creation and amusing story! Was Aunt Fifi inspired by Auntie Mame, perhaps? - Tigger, 2008-02-26: 02:07:00
great story - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-26: 11:43:00
Clever and funny story! Anyhow, it could have been worse: imagine if Beavis & Butthead were Marie's only choice as baby-sitters! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-26: 15:59:00
Admire the inventiveness of your word and the play on the tv show! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-26: 18:46:00
Cheers, my friends and in the words of the show....How much do you think it's worth?.... - Nosila, 2008-02-26: 22:15:00
Tigger, I think it was spelled Auntie Maim in this case... - Nosila, 2008-02-26: 22:52:00
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Aninnoyance
Created by: Biscotti
Pronunciation: ani-noi-ance
Sentence: The whole family was frustrated when they found that their parrot suddenly had a bad case of tourrets syndrome. This aninnoyance must have been tought by grandpa while the family was on vacation in Australia.
Etymology: animal + annoyance
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COMMENTS:
Very inventive sentene and word! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-26: 19:21:00
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Cluckaktua
Created by: logarithm
Pronunciation: kluhk-kE-tu-wa
Sentence:
Etymology: 1) Cluck: the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks) 2) Kakaktua or 'cockatoo': from the Malay name for these birds, kaka(k)tua (either from kaka "parrot" + tuwah, or "older sister" from kakak "sister" + tua, "old").
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COMMENTS:
Alternative spelling: 'Cluckatoo'. - logarithm, 2008-12-11: 00:03:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James