Vote for the best verboticism.
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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Neeblamme
Created by: sean30
Pronunciation: Nee-Blame-Me
Sentence: I didnt do anything wrong, so Neeblamme!!
Etymology: Nee - No/Dont, Blame - to point finger at another, Me - You
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COMMENTS:
Nema Problema! (my 'old country' ancestors who spoke borken English came up with 'nema problema') Their English-ized way of saying no problem. So your "neeblamme" brought back wonderful memories of my grandmother and her friends. Nice blend! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-06: 16:53:00
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Dessertion
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: des ert shun
Sentence: When Serena ran over to her boyfriend Zack's place in McArthur Park, she got caught out in a dreadful downpour which soaked and ruined the birthday cake for him. She fell down and lay there crying and had a horrible feeling of dessertion. When Zack found her, she was incoherent and made no sense...just like the lyrics to that song...
Etymology: Dessert(sweet course after dinner, like cake or pudding or pie) & Desertion (the act of giving something up, due to hopelessness)
Angstony
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: angst uh nee
Sentence: Poor Tom Turkey. First of all, they were not out to get him a raw deal. They were out to "get him!" It was time to get a move on, before they could get a grip on him. Maybe if he could get across the creek, Tom Turkey might get ahead of them. With that in mind, he tried to make a fast get away. His pursuers decided to get down to it, and managed to get even with him. Quickly, hoping to get in on the act, one of his pursuers swung an axe. Tom did get a pain in the neck! Ordered to get if off his chest, feathers flew. Next he was forced to get the hang of it. But the ultimate pain of it all, came when poor Tom had to get cooking! Worst of all, he had no way to get back at them! Poor Tom, he suffered the angstony of it all!
Etymology: Angst and agony that make one ache for revenge!
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COMMENTS:
poor Tom - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-25: 11:11:00
Wattle he do next? Gobble up this news and accuse us of Fowl Play? - Nosila, 2008-11-25: 23:59:00
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Ubergrossenpisteoffdamyuangst
Created by: CanadianAndyCapp
Pronunciation: Uber-grossen-peest-off-dam-U-angst
Sentence: According to Sigmund Freud, the repeated exclamations of the German radio star Blaubuttle "Du dirtish gerotten schweinehunds, du hast totenknacked mich!" is a perfect example of Ubergrossenpisteoffdamyuangst
Etymology: Ubergrossen: (German) to be elevated. / Pisteoff: (Russian) a negative emotional state. / Damyu (Japanese) deep knee bends that cause pain. (See Tai Chi) / Angst: (German) A negative introspective feeling.
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COMMENTS:
Quite the longest verboticism I've seen! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-06: 15:37:00
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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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Countedcrossbitch
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: cown-ted kross-bich
Sentence: After Jeff used Shelly's hand embroidered monogrammed to wipe up after fixing his motorcycle in the living room, he had to endure hours of her counted cross bitch. didn't he know that those towels were for decoration? How could he not see all the hours she put into each and every thread pull??
Etymology: counted cross stitch -a form of a craft + bitch also the word cross relays that a person is angry. This was my submission last time, too...
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COMMENTS:
terrific word - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-25: 11:12:00
Wickedly clever! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-25: 11:13:00
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Sufferage
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Suff-er-ayge
Sentence: Fiona had spent months on her self portrait, so when her partner came in out of the rain with his mansize brolly he unfortunately stabbed the painting with the pointed end as he as putting it down, leaving a large hole right through the forehead. Fiona gasped and then started to howl, the sufferage she was feeling was beyond words. She was so angry she didn't know whether to hit him with the offending object or throw her masterpiece out of the window.
Etymology: Suffer(be affected by, experience something bad or unpleasant) + Rage(uncontrollable anger, a desire for revenge)
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COMMENTS:
My vote goes to 'sufferage' for today. :-) - logarithm, 2008-11-25: 06:46:00
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Anorakattack
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: anno rak at ak
Sentence: The anorakattack provoked by the inadvertant dumping of the blanket she had made by painstakingly knitting over three decades of her bellybutton fluff was indeed excellint.
Etymology: anorak as in trainspotter type, attack.
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COMMENTS:
Unique creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-06: 07:20:00
nice combo i like it!! - purpleman, 2008-02-06: 07:25:00
she must have felt like lintching him - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-06: 11:48:00
What a blankard! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-06: 16:12:00
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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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Blamestorm
Created by: Magnetic
Pronunciation:
Sentence: When little timmy poked suzie's intricately constructed house of cards, it set of a blamestorm no one could have prepared for.
Etymology: Blame. Storm.
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