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DEFINITION: v. To demonstrate your superior knowledge and intellect by using complex, confusing and mind-numbingly stupid jargon. n. A person who uses big words to inflate their unusually small ideas.
Verboticisms
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Bush
Created by: starwarsgeek8
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: you know, W.(hat the hell did you do to my country)
Pompbastic
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: pomp/bas/tic
Sentence: Petty, pushy, pathetic Paul, the executive assistant of the boss, takes an annoyingly pompbastic approach to simple office memos, agrandizing them with complicated, enigmatic, esoteric and over bearing verboseness that pisses every body off.
Etymology: pompus + bombastic (high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious)
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COMMENTS:
Sentence and words have great alliteration! Fun to say! Meaning full! Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-06: 11:11:00
Nice! Describes the definition without looking at it. - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-06: 18:09:00
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Overmcthinker
Created by: mzzmee265
Pronunciation: over-mc-thinker
Sentence: She is an overmcthinker, she just has to sound smart by using big words without big thoughts
Etymology: over-beyond, to much; mcthinker-to try to think something that one cannot think really;
Ostendictious
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: OS ten DIC shus
Sentence: I think my ostendictious co-worker has swallowed a dictionary and wants us all to know.
Etymology: ostentatious:expensive or noticeable in a way that is intended to impress people. and dictionary
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COMMENTS:
This is a clever combination of impressive overinflation....like it. - mweinmann, 2008-12-31: 09:10:00
Like it alot. - OZZIEBOB, 2009-01-01: 00:20:00
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Blahsay
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: bla-zay
Sentence: Jill's constant yakking in her hypnotic, dull voice is so blahsay she put the entire office to sleep at the meeting.
Etymology: blase'/say
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COMMENTS:
Different angle! Your verbote is a clever homonym! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-06: 11:09:00
Excellent - Mustang, 2008-03-06: 17:34:00
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Blowphisticrat
Created by: twocent
Pronunciation: blow-fist-e&-krat
Sentence: Whenever he spoke with authority he came across with all the polish of a D.M.V. blowphisticrat.
Etymology: n. Compound of sophisticated: overly complicated, blow-hard: braggart and bureaucrat: a rigid official lacking intelligent judgment v. blowphisticate
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COMMENTS:
Very nice - OZZIEBOB, 2009-01-01: 00:04:00
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Gabyrinth
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: GAB-uh-rinth
Sentence: Bob thought that his gabyrinth, a form of English, but with a strange admixture of words gleaned from Old English and Yiddish, made him sound super intelligence.
Etymology: Blend of GAB: loquaciousness, prattle, chatter & LABYRINTH: Any confusing, bewildering, complex state of affairs
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COMMENTS:
love it - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-06: 10:33:00
Outstanding! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-06: 11:12:00
I like it too - bookowl, 2008-03-06: 13:08:00
Very creative. I never would have thought to go down the labyrinth path - I would'a got lost. - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-06: 21:19:00
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Vocabularry
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: voh-kab-yuh-ler-ee
Sentence: When Mary saw the note on the snack machine she was confused. It read: This incremental pecuniary aggrandizement is repugnant to the proletariat. She asked Jane what it meant. "It just means that VocabuLarry; I'm sorry VocabuLawrence, our resident sesquipedalian, is pissed that they jacked up the price on the Cheese Doodles."
Etymology: vocabulary (the stock of words used by or known to a particular people or group of persons) + Larry (a nickname for Lawrence)
Masterverbate
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: mas-ter-ver-beyt
Sentence: After Jim finished his daily masterverbating on everyone, going on and on about proper code of conduct they all felt icky and wanted to take a shower.
Etymology: masturbate + verb (as in verbal gratification through self-stimulation)
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COMMENTS:
Love it! "Master", as in I am so much better than you, should be in the etymology as well! - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-06: 18:08:00
Laughed long and hard! Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-06: 21:32:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James
purpleartichokes - 2008-03-06: 21:11:00
Love the 'toon today James. I think my boss is considering installing one on our bathroom doors, complete with an age-appropriate timer, which leaves me wondering when I'm gonna get a chance to pluck my eyebrows.
Thanks Purple, Is there a personal purpose code for plucking your eyebrows? ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James