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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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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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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)
Automobabble
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: aw-tuh-moh-bab-uhl
Sentence: In lieu of scheduled service on his car Tim talks to his Civic. His automobabble can be better described as begging or cajoling. "I know it's cold, please start today. Com'on baby don't quit on me. Get me home and I'll give you a little oil tomorrow".
Etymology: automobile (a passenger vehicle designed for operation on ordinary roads and typically having four wheels and a gasoline or diesel internal-combustion engine) + babble (to talk idly, irrationally, excessively, or foolishly; chatter or prattle)
Objectorate
Created by: BoltonAlan
Pronunciation: ob-jek-tor-ate
Sentence: Your PC won't go any faster if you objectorate to it
Etymology: Object (a tangible and visible thing). Orate (To speak in a formal, often pompous manner).
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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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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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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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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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