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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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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)
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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Frwrench
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: fur - rench
Sentence: Suzy slowly turned the bolt and this time; used soothing words spoken in frwrench. It seemed to work as the wrench smoothly fit over the bolt and responded to her parisian accent. Job done, thought Suzy as she tipped her beret....
Etymology: french (a romantic languate), wrench (a tool used to tighten bolts).
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COMMENTS:
tres bien! - Nosila, 2010-10-07: 21:52:00
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Woktalk
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: wok tok
Sentence: Judy talked to her appliances. She'd have a toaster toast; a spout shout; a fridge bitch; a kettle prattle and her favourite was a woktalk. She loved to stir-fry gossip and chopped vegetables with her fancy new wok, Wokker, the Texas Ranger. He understood her better than her husband and didn't argue back. One day, Judy and Wokker plotted the demise of her hubby, Ralph. By having a woktalk with her sharp knife, David Bowie and her ax, Nurse Hatchet, Judy's plan to eliminate an animate object was coming together. Ralph's shaver, Darth Razor, overheard the plotting and yelled at Ralph, "Run, don't Wok!"
Etymology: Wok (pan with a convex bottom; used for frying in Chinese cooking) & Talk (express in speech)
Stillifecoach
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: still leye fff kowch
Sentence: Dorothy was a stilllifecoach on speaking terms with her red shoes and intimate with a tin man.
Etymology: still life, life coach
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COMMENTS:
Your refer to those in the land of Oz won some Ahhhs! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-25: 14:34:00
intimate with a tin man? you and petaj have obviously been talking - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-25: 15:25:00
I'm picturing the tin man in red high heels in bed with petaj with an ax "to grind"!:) LOL - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-27: 22:54:00
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Axplain
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: aks playn
Sentence: Mary had to axplain to her trusty hatchet what would happen when she could not hack her snoring hubby anymore.
Etymology: Ax (edge tool with heavy sharp blade) & Explain (define, make to understand)
Incarnatoonist
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: ihn-carh-nay-toon-ihst
Sentence: Celeste's first words were spoken to the shiny black buttons on her car seat. Her all-time favorite movie was "The Brave Little Toaster." Now, all grown up, she truly believed, as all incarnatoonists do, that at night her applicances came to life. And so, at the end of every day, she left a note near the dirty dishes instructing them to take a bath and dry themselves off before she saw them again in the morning.
Etymology: From INCARNATE, meaning embody, personify + CARTOONIST, meaning one who creates caricatures
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COMMENTS:
wonderful combo - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-25: 15:21:00
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Toolekinesis
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: tule/eh/kin/ee/sis
Sentence: Sam thought that by means of toolekinesis he could build his deck at record speed. He took it as a personal affront and considered it a rebellion when he accidentally screwed his foot onto a plank.
Etymology: tool + telekinesis
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COMMENTS:
Is Sam related to Tim the toolman on the tv show Home Improvement? - silveryaspen, 2009-03-25: 14:48:00
It's such a cute creation I can't help exclaiming Holy Tooledo! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-25: 14:53:00
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Axecent
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: aks sent
Sentence: When Wanda spoke to her ax, Blade, she spoke with an axecent, in the hopes that her husband, Biff, would not understand. His open-mouth snoring and drooling had gotten on her nerves. Log-cutter or not, it was time to ax him from her life. His bad habits annoyed her and she found him incredibly boring. When Wanda felt this way, she knew she had to act and get a replacement quickly. She needed to make room for husband #4, Axel, someone far more suited to her. He was handsome, rich and wanted her badly. She spoke tenderly in her axecent to Blade and encouraged him to use his power on the hapless Biff. She persuaded him to do the deed and bury him in the back yard with the first 3 husbands who annoyed her. They were dead only because she could not hack them anymore!
Etymology: Ax (an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle; to terminate) & Accent (a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation;distinctive manner of oral expression)
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COMMENTS:
What a hilarious story....great word. - mweinmann, 2009-03-25: 08:46:00
If ever discovered, she could claim it was an axident! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-25: 09:57:00
axcellent - galwaywegian, 2009-03-25: 11:26:00
I think ax might need an accomplice to bury #3 - perhaps she would have to enlist the shove(woo)l - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-25: 15:19:00
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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