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DEFINITION: n. Advice which is asked for, considered, and then promptly forgotten -- until it is too late. v. To ask for, listen to, and then reject or ignore advice.
Verboticisms
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Contramentor
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kon-truh-men-tawr
Sentence: After a series of poor results following advice offered by a co-worker Joyce started using him as a contramentor, doing just the opposite of whatever he suggested. So far things are going along swimmingly.
Etymology: contradiction (asserting the contrary or opposite) + mentor (a wise and trusted counselor or teacher)
Consultheyshun
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: rhymes with CONSULTATION
Sentence: Her consultheyshun with dad about getting the tatoo served to confirm her decision.
Etymology: From CONSULT (ask advice), HEY , SHUN (avoid).
Inquirkyadda
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: in-KWERK-EE-YODDA
Sentence: Help me please she beckoned… But I had not quite reckoned- How rapidly discarded Would be advice departed. A mental intifada.... Don’t seek INQUIRKYADDA!
Etymology: INquiry+QUIRKy+YADDA(yadda)=INQUIRKYADDA.....INQUIRY: a request for information; 15th century.....QUIRKY: a peculiar trait; origin unknown Date: 1565 .....YADDA(yadda): alteration of earlier yatata idle chatter, probably ultimately from British dialect and argot yatter-yatter to chatter, of imitative origin Date: 1980 :)
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COMMENTS:
great sound to inquirkyadda - a fun to use word - splendiction, 2009-04-27: 21:46:00
It sounds Spanish. - hyperborean, 2009-04-28: 00:58:00
You're all too kind.Thank you! - metrohumanx, 2009-04-28: 01:32:00
Vote early, vote often!
A pox on poseurs!
Throw the shills from the balcony!
Twenty lashes with a wet noodle for stuffing the ballot box!
Where's my medication? - metrohumanx, 2009-04-28: 01:35:00
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Caushun
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: cor-shen
Sentence: Foulia, consulted her mother for a caushunary tale on choosing a hairstyle for a job interview. The slimy looking green locks did not work to her advantage and she was shuffled out of the interview in less than 5 minutes.
Etymology: caution (warn) + shun (ignore)
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-27: 15:22:00
Good one, petaj...hair, hair! - Nosila, 2009-04-27: 22:52:00
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Counsilliness
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: cown-sill-ee-nehs
Sentence: "In the multitude of counselors there is wisdom," the Good Book says, but Tiffany consistently rejected the advice of her elders, calling it counsilliness.
Etymology: Blending COUNSEL, meaning advice, guidance + SILLINESS, meaning a lack of good sense
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COMMENTS:
now I understand the Tiffany reference - nice sounding word - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-27: 15:27:00
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Ignarnate
Created by: jynx102
Pronunciation: Ihg-nar-nate
Sentence: My wife's tattoo is now droopy and it looks dilapidated. When we were younger she chose to ignarnate my advice and now she's paying for it.
Etymology:
Cancelcounsel
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: CAN-suhl-coun-suhl
Sentence: As was her usual practice, Sharon would ask those about her for advice on pressing problems, then would do her puzzling cancelcounsel routine and do what she had intended to do from the start.
Etymology: Blend of cancel and counsel
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COMMENTS:
I think cancelcouncil is perfect - wish I had another vote to cast! - splendiction, 2009-04-27: 20:15:00
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Fadmonishun
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: fad mon i shun
Sentence: Betsy had asked her aging old hipster dude of a Dad as to whether or not she should get a tattoo. He told her to learn from his misspent youth and forget about putting graffiti on her body. His fadmonition clearly fell on deaf ears. She returned home with a large tattoo of Justin Bieber's initials on her arm. Dad advised her the whole story about his tattoos. He too had honored his favourite bands with tattoos. KISS on his ring fingers;THE KINKS at the nape of his neck;SPINAL TAP on his backbone;ABBAdomen on his stomach;THE STONES you-know-where and just above his heart, GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS.
Etymology: Fad (an interest followed with exaggerated zeal;popular trend) & Admonition (cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger);a firm rebuke)& Shun (ignore;avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of)
Untakenwisdom
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: un-take-in-wiz-dum
Sentence: Rockford Kizzfan talked for several hours to his youngest sister Gailgroupeez to PLEASE not get a tattoo! He thought he had finally gotten through to Gailgroupeez of the perils of tattoos as you age in the business world... Only to find out the very next day his "untakenwisdom" was wasted on Gailgroupeez, as she gleefully showed Rockford her hideous huge tattoo of a local basement band that Gailgroupeez had just met!
Etymology: Un:To reverse or undo the result of a specified action. Taken:Understood in a certain way; made sense of. Wisdom: The ability to discern or judge what is true,right,or lasting;insight, common sense; good judgment.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by abrakadeborah. Thank you for the good advice. I have decided to take it. ~ James
I have added a new "Twitter" function to Verbotomy. Now you can post your verboticisms directly to Twitter. Of course the trick with the Twitter, is that your post can only be 140 characters long, so some editing may be required ;-). The Twitter function pre-edits your verboticism to include the word, part of the sentence, your player name, and a link. You can edit this as you see fit. And of course if you have your own twitter account, you can also post there. See the Verbotomy Twitter Stream on the Verbotomy home page. ~ James
In other news, I found the bug in the weekly scoring totals, and I think I have corrected it. We will see... ~ James
readerwriter - 2009-04-27: 14:09:00
It's Springtime, James, when Bambi became "twitterpated." This is such exciting news, I am twitterpanting! You have seen that Verbotomy has been "twitterpatented," eh?
Yes, we're twitterpanting from the tips of our fingers to the bottom of our toes. Thanks! ~ James
abrakadeborah - 2009-05-02: 06:27:00
Ok wow! You've just pulled me back on here...I had this happen last week. I thought it looked like my definition so thanks for chosing my 3rd definition. :) It made me feel great thx! :) I needed that...NOW I've got to get to makng up words for the week :) Thanks James~ OH wow new feature all the better thx!!!! Inspired...I was losing faith in being creative on here anymore...I'm BACK :)
Today's definition was suggested by abrakadeborah. Thank you abrakadeborah. ~ James
I love the KISS tattoo on the dad! Precious.