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DEFINITION: n., The deep feeling of despair, pain, and swelling need for revenge, which occurs when someone thoughtlessly trashes one of your pet projects. v., To cry out at the injustice of it all, especially if it is someone else's fault.
Verboticisms
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Macarthurparkininsons
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: mak arth ur park in sons
Sentence: Out for a walk in Mac Arthur Park, Phoebe tried to forget about the lovely cake she had just made. Although it took so long to bake it, her brother had destroyed it. He was not well and had macarthurparkinsoned the hapless confection. Melting in the dark, all the sweet green icing flowing down...those lyrics made as little sense to him as this does to us...
Etymology: MacArthur Park (song by Jimmy Webb) & Parkinson's Disease (a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination)
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COMMENTS:
I like it, even with the extra \"in\". - artr, 2010-04-26: 12:00:00
Sweet use of that "someone left the cake out in the rain" song! - splendiction, 2010-04-26: 22:06:00
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Angsquish
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: angskwish
Sentence: With two coworkers vying for the soon-to-retire Director’s job, every pet project Julie tried to protect turned into more angsquish.
Etymology: anguish (severe mental or physical pain or suffering) + squish (yield easily to pressure when squeezed or squashed)
Naggerpression
Created by: purpleman
Pronunciation: nag/er/press/tion
Sentence: i lost the air bags to my car because last night someone stole them, now im in a great naggerpression
Etymology: nagging/depression
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COMMENTS:
Strongly emotional verboticism! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-06: 07:28:00
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Projectdecry
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: pro/ject/dee/cry
Sentence: All he could do was projectdecry when his mother came to visit and carefully stored away all his lego pieces that had formerly been a perfectly replicated Mount Everest.
Etymology: project + decry + objectify
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COMMENTS:
Interesting choice of words to blend! bit of a tongue twister when you try to say it three times real fast! Unique! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-06: 16:44:00
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Hulkulation
Created by: DaddyNewt
Pronunciation: hul/kyoo/LAY/shun
Sentence: As bad as the howling and furniture breaking was, Harold's hulkulation reached new levels when he started throwing cars around.
Etymology: Hulk(me angry, me smash)+ ululation(a long loud emotional utterance)
Emoterise
Created by: Dougalistic
Pronunciation: E-moat-er-eyes
Sentence: So cut my wrists and black my eyes. So I can fall asleep tonight, or die. Because you kill me. You know you do, you kill me well. You like it too, and I can tell. You never stop until my final breath is gone.' OMG I hate my life!! why am I emoterised!!!' .. Errr Sarah, it's just a nail..
Etymology: Emo - Short for 'emotional', also a genre of music which depicts death and pain and basically want to end your life music.
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COMMENTS:
Rude drivers, and careless ones on their cell phones, certainly emoterise this driver! I will certainly use this word, this way, a lot. Great creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-06: 07:36:00
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Ruinrage
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: roon-raje
Sentence: Andy was beside himself with ruinrage. Just as his toothpick model of the Eiffel Tower was almost complete, his neighbor burst into the den and knocked over the card table it rested on. Thousands of hours of work and 85,000,000 toothpicks flew around the room. As if by instinct, Andy went for his throat.
Etymology: Ruin (an irrecoverable state of devastation) + Rage (is a mental state that is one extreme of the intensity spectrum of anger)
Hobbuse
Created by: Banky
Pronunciation: hawb-byoos
Sentence: Randall took a great deal of hobbuse from the other Hell's Angels because of his extensive scrapbooking, usually featuring his pomerdoodle Mitsi.
Etymology: hobby + abuse
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COMMENTS:
Humorously clever! Easy to say. Meaning immediately evident. Nice creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-06: 07:18:00
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Blundertaching
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: blun-der-tay-king
Sentence: after i watched my house of cards tumble to the floor, i stared at my friend and let out the unmistakable sounds of my blundertaching
Etymology: undertaking, blunder, aching
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COMMENTS:
Great blending! Catchy creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-06: 07:25:00
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Blament
Created by: simoneshin
Pronunciation: blah-meant
Sentence:
Etymology: blame/lament
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COMMENTS:
I like your creation. Wish you had created a sentence with it. - silveryaspen, 2008-02-06: 16:38:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Dougalistic. Thank you Dougalistic. ~ James
perfect visual with the drawing for today!!And i understand that old song a little better, too!
Yes, the sweet green icing is flowing down... Oh no!!!!!! ~ James
silveryaspen - 2008-02-06: 16:05:00
The face and fists were an excellent portrayal of her anger and frustration! I tried to match that drama in your caricature with the words in my sentence. Very inspiring!
And I will never have that recipe again! Thank you silveryaspen! ~ James
silveryaspen - 2008-11-25: 11:53:00
So many great creates every day by such excellent wordsmiths, that I have trouble voting because it's hard to limit my choice for best to just two! I'm also amazed at all the new creations for the temporary re-run of old definitions! Almost proves everything is better the second time around!
Today's definition was suggested by Dougalistic. Thank you Dougalistic. ~ James