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DEFINITION: v. To talk to, encourage and advise inanimate objects, in hopes that they will work better. n. A person who talks to their tools, cars, kitchen appliances, furniture, or whatever...
Verboticisms
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Machintercourse
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: ma-sheen-ta-cors
Sentence: Sharleen's children were stressed and jealous because their mother's machintercourse took precedence over any attention she gave to them. But, my goodness she never had a day's trouble from any of her appliances.
Etymology: machinery + intercourse (conversation - keep it clean!)
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COMMENTS:
now that's just too wierd! :) - galwaywegian, 2009-03-25: 06:05:00
it is a little disturbing - makes me wonder how you spend your spare time petaj - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-25: 15:22:00
Sounds borderline kinky. I LIKE it!! - Mustang, 2009-03-25: 23:41:00
Did Mach have intercourse? lol!:)funny! - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-27: 05:30:00
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Drillvel
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: drill/vil
Sentence: It may seem like drillvel but it works.
Etymology: drill + drivel
Anthropomoreprate
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: AN throw po MORE prate
Sentence: "May I sit on you?” she said to the chair. “Of course I can. I know you don’t mind.” And then turning to the table, she said, “Now I will put my soup on you. Don’t worry it’s not too hot. Now then where was I yesterday? I was telling you about the time that I went to France twenty years ago and how I met that nice gentleman there, and…” All day long she would anthropomoreprate and we would have to listen to her anthropomoreprattle bore us to tears, other than to make us want to laugh. But she continued, as if everything around her had ears and held on to her every word.
Etymology: ANTHROPOMORPHIC: treating inanimate objects, gods, or animals like they are real MORE: lots, continuous PRATE: to talk too much in a stupid or boring way
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COMMENTS:
:) nice word there Kateinkorea! - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-25: 03:21:00
Great sentence, excellent choice and blending of words! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-25: 09:52:00
terrific - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-25: 15:14:00
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Carmmunication
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kärmyoōnukāshun
Sentence: We think it all started to go wrong when Chad named his car Rusty (short for rust bucket) Next he was indulging in carmummication, coaxing it to start on cold mornings, asking it to stop making those odd noises. Soon it spilled over to most every inanimate object he came into contact with. He has been known to demand an explanation from the company laserwriter when his document doesn't print correctly. If he sets a pen down on a table and it starts to roll, he will bark "STAY!" Friends are beginning to worry.
Etymology: Communication (the imparting or exchanging of information or news) + Car (a road vehicle, typically with four wheels, powered by an internal combustion engine and able to carry a small number of)
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COMMENTS:
More common than one would think - am I correct computer? - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-25: 15:20:00
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Gadgetyack
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: gah-jet-yak
Sentence: Her gadgetyack was performed not only to encourage the lawn mower, but to scare all the neighbours into thinking she was crazy, and more importantly not to mess with her.
Etymology: gadget + yack (as in yackety-yak)
Relationchip
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: ree lay shun chip
Sentence: Sylvia believed that wood was alive, so she tried to develop a relationchip with all things wooden, from tree hugging to joining splinter groups
Etymology: relationship, chip
Utensilexicon
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: yew-tens-uhl-LEX-eh-kon
Sentence: Rhoda had developed her own very extensive utensilexicon, a language whereby she actually believed she could communicate with and encourage her kitchen utensils and appliances as well as other tools to behave in ways beneficial to her.
Etymology: Blend of 'utensil' (any instrument, vessel, or tool serving a useful purpose) and 'lexicon' (the vocabulary of a particular language, field, social class, person, etc)
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COMMENTS:
You picked excellent words for your etymology! Slides over the tongue nicely, too. - silveryaspen, 2009-03-25: 10:01:00
nice word - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-25: 15:26:00
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Objecterize
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: Ob-jek-ter-ize
Sentence: In Sally's sleepless thoughts she would often objecterize an ax across flying across the room to clunk her sleeping husband in the head with...so he would stop snoring.
Etymology: Taken from the word ~ Object -Something perceptible by one or more of the senses, especially by vision or touch; a material thing. 2. A focus of attention, feeling, thought, or action: an object of contempt.
Objectihifive
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: ob + jekt + eh + hi + fiv
Sentence: Cecile often gave her posessions an objectihifive when they performed well and also, she just talked to them because they became dear to her.
Etymology: Object, Hi, High Five >> To greet or say hello to an object and encourage it with a High Five.
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COMMENTS:
Nice play on the word objectify - silveryaspen, 2009-03-25: 10:03:00
works for me! - galwaywegian, 2009-03-25: 11:26:00
nice - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-25: 15:23:00
Cute word - Nosila, 2009-03-25: 15:41:00
Great! - kateinkorea, 2009-03-26: 09:34:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by mweinmann. Thank you mweinmann. ~ James
silveryaspen - 2009-03-25: 11:08:00
It was such a good definition and quite a challenge today, mweinmann!
silveryaspen - 2009-03-25: 11:15:00
You don't have to ax me, I'll tell you James ... your cartoon succeeded in producing a lot of angstiety and axiety!
mweinmann - 2009-03-25: 11:21:00
Glad you liked it Silvery but, yes, it was a challenging one. I really enjoyed the cartoon....as usual.
Thank you again silvery and mweinmann. It is funny idea, because it is what we do. At least it is what I do, especially when I am working on the computer. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by mweinmann. Thank you mweinmann. ~ James