Vote for the best verboticism.
DEFINITION: v. To fret and worry after the accidental trashing of an important document, file or friend. n. The state of anxiety caused by an accidental deletion.
Verboticisms
Click on each verboticism to read the sentences created by the Verbotomy writers, and to see your voting options...
You have two votes. Click on the words to read the details, then vote your favorite.
Delebiejeebies
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: dee/lee/jee/beez
Sentence: With one keystroke, Jenny realized that she had eliminated four hours work and a most important document. She was overtaken by the delebiejeebies characterized by uncontrollable shaking and sweating.
Etymology: dele (to delete)+ heebie-jeebies (a condition of extreme nervousness caused by fear, worry, strain)
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Rhyming syllables , great choice of words, fun blending, not only is the meaning evident, but the feeling it brings! Great creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-05: 13:14:00
----------------------------
Shredderfretter
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: shredərfretər
Sentence: It happened to him once. Fred shredded an important document. From that point forward Fred was a shredderfretter. He was afraid to shred anything for the fear that it could happen again. His office was so full of paper that his coworkers didn't know if he was in there or not.
Etymology: shredder (a machine or other device for shredding something, esp. documents) + fretter (someone who is constantly or visibly worried or anxious)
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Another nice one that rolls off the tongue and plops on the floor. :) - wayoffcenter, 2008-12-30: 04:33:00
Good one! - Mustang, 2008-12-30: 23:35:00
----------------------------
Shredgitate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: shred jit ate
Sentence: Nathalie had found her new boyfriend in a compromising position with his teenage lover. Of course, she lost no time in revving up her chain saw and dispensing of the guilty parties. She did shredgitate a bit because, in hindsight, on such short notice, where else would she find another date for the New Year's Eve bash she had booked and a babysitter for her 6 kids? It was inshredulous that she might spend such a special day in jail!!!
Etymology: Shred(a tiny or scarcely detectable amount; tear into shreds) & Agitate (a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance;the feeling of being agitated; not calm)
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Was surprised there was no reference to the most famous shredding incident of all time, Watergate. Luv shredigate! Do you ever wonder how much shredding is part of office politics, too? - silveryaspen, 2008-12-30: 16:40:00
----------------------------
Mishabolish
Created by: brasstax82
Pronunciation: miss-haa-ball-ish
Sentence: Realizing too late that it WAS in fact her bra in the back seat of her BF's car, jenny quickly regretted her little mishabolish.
Etymology: Mishap: An unfortunate accident Abolish: To put an end to. Slang often used in many prominent law firms, political offices, and Energy company board meetings.
Scintillattrition
Created by: twocent
Pronunciation: sin-till-AH-tri-shun
Sentence: Upon pressing the delete key, Pam's eyes glazed with an uneasy scintillattrition.
Etymology: scintilla: a speck, shred or particle attrition: a wearing down or regret for sin arising from fear of retribution
Pulpitation
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: pulp-per-TEY-shun
Sentence: Little did the young reverend know that datastrophe dangled above him like damoclean sword, as he mistakenly shredded, and pulped the last dirty document from the Archbishop’s 666 boxes of private pornographic papers. But when he heard a ranting, raving, roaring, purple-robed, crimson-faced figure storming towards him, he fell to his knees in prayer. And as he prayed, his thoughts were only of the Archbishop’s pornografia, including the sincunabula he had unwittingly pulped, so much so that his pulpitations became so strong that he thought that his heart was a about to leap from his chest. Looking to the heavens for comfort all he could see were the church walls with Michelangelo’s face staring back at him. Resorting to scripture, he yelled out in panic, "It‘s the "Textasy and Datagony. Textilence, perhaps - in the Archbihop's case, sextilence - is upon the land; Infogeddon is at hand."
Etymology: Blend of PULP: to reduce to pulp, destroy, crush; PALPITATION: to throb, flutter like the rapid beating of the heart when excited, anxious, nervous, etc; and, in this case, PULPIT.
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Was it an apse in concentration? or was he just a nave? No doubt he aSPIRED to a higher existence. - petaj, 2008-03-05: 05:13:00
I assume its pulpiataion fiction! - galwaywegian, 2008-03-05: 06:23:00
pulpitation fiction! - galwaywegian, 2008-03-05: 06:24:00
another good one - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-05: 11:05:00
Datastrophe is right up there with pulpitation! Great sentence and verboticisms! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-05: 13:31:00
----------------------------
Schnippelangst
Created by: CanadianAndyCapp
Pronunciation: Shh-nip-pull-ang-st
Sentence: The otherwise efficient receptionist's fetish for deleting "unwanted" e-mails, files and documents at the circumcision clinic, inevitably led to a mistake that erased the appointment schedule; causing her to mistakenly make a number of re-bookings for work that had already been done! Leaving her with a permenant case of shnippelangst
Etymology: Orig;German - Schnippeln (To delete) / Angst (Fear)
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Sure glad you put the etymologym, cause the nippel in the middle was really baffling! Uber originality! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-05: 13:45:00
Nice word. Makes me think of all those lovely german words in English, such as kindegarten, Edelweiss, Weltgeist, and the many german placenames in Australia: Coburg, Brunswick, Heidelberg, (suburbs of Melbourne) Klemzig, Hermansburg, and many more in South Australia. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-06: 04:47:00
Nice word. Makes me think of all those lovely german words in English, such as kindegarten, Edelweiss, Weltgeist, and the many german placenames in Australia: Coburg, Brunswick, Heidelberg, (suburbs of Melbourne) Klemzig, Hermansburg, and many more in South Australia. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-06: 04:47:00
----------------------------
Oopsolysisophobia
Created by: Ritalinda
Pronunciation: oop'-so-ly-sis'-o-pho'-bia
Sentence: The paper, all the paper, endless paper. They lawyers, all the lawyers, endless lawyers. The shredder--hours and hours at the shredder. So confusing, and out of Valium. Indeed, this was the prescription for an inevitable and intractable oopsolysisophobia.
Etymology: oops--comment associated with an accidental act. lysis--Greek term for separation or tearing. Phobia--an anxiety.
Delebiejeebies
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: dee/lee/jee/beez
Sentence: With one keystroke, Jenny realized that she had eliminated four hours work and a most important document. She was overtaken by the delebiejeebies characterized by uncontrollable shaking and sweating.
Etymology: DELEBIEJEEBIES - noun - from DELE (to delete, or remove, especially printed, or written matter); delete; deletedele (to delete)+ HEEBIE-JEEBIES (a condition of extreme nervousness caused by fear, worry, strain; the jitters; the willies)
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Great create. So fun to say. - silveryaspen, 2008-12-30: 00:55:00
YEAH! VERY inspired. - metrohumanx, 2008-12-31: 01:06:00
Terrific - OZZIEBOB, 2009-01-01: 00:29:00
----------------------------
Regrete
Created by: Jamagra
Pronunciation: re/greet'/
Sentence: The realization that the wind had somehow blown her soon-to-be-ex-husband's tax documents out of the lockbox in the attic, down two flights of stairs, around the corner, into the office and right into the shredder filled her heart with awe. The fact that this should happen just as she was pressing the "shred" button, almost filled her heart with regrete.
Etymology: regret + delete
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Filled with regrete as she re-greets her ex! Nice use of exaggeration and irony! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-05: 13:24:00
----------------------------
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by an anonymous donor. Thank you! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James