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'You must me so hot in those boots.'

DEFINITION: n. Anxiety caused by fear that one's body odor may offend others; often exacerbated when required to remove heavy sweaters, or footwear.v. To worry about the way you smell.

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Smelfconcious

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: smelf-con-shus

Sentence: when i realised i would be expected to take off my shoes i started to feel very smelfconcious

Etymology: smell, selfconcious

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Hehe! Love the sound of it! - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-26: 05:02:00

love it! - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-26: 10:50:00

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Whiffsteria

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Created by: jonzerofourteen

Pronunciation: wif-ster-ee-uh

Sentence: Tom usually suffered terribly from whiffsteria. His anxiety about people smelling his body odor forced him to seek therapy. And what a change! Thanks to his therapist, he still stunk to high heaven, but he didn't worry about it anymore. His whiffsteria was cured.

Etymology: whiff (trace of odor or smell) + hysteria (outburst of emotion or fear)

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Footophobia

Created by: daisy

Pronunciation: foot-o-fo-bi-ah

Sentence: Sam's footophobia kept him out of the podiatrist's office long enough, he was going to get those corns taken care of come hell or high water.

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Hodour

Created by: patb

Pronunciation: ho pdour

Sentence: Katie's hodour was so strong that she imagined that she smelled like a ho after spending the afternoon with her boyfriend. The weird thing is that it was just her imagination.

Etymology: ho odour

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Phobio

Created by: imcvey

Pronunciation: fo-be-oh

Sentence: Despite suffering in the August heat, Suzanne succumbed to her phobio and would not remove the thick woollen sweater.

Etymology: Phobia - to be disproportionately anxious about something, and B.O. (body odour).

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ohwtepph Oooh, nice. Asian? - ohwtepph, 2007-04-26: 11:07:00

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Stankingitis

Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: stank/in/gitus

Sentence: Though it was 98 degrees in the shade, Billy Bob continued to try and convince others his boots really WERE cooler than being barefoot. Something about a mesh lining and gel inserts. Due to the worst case of stankingitis this year, he was forced to keep his feet "indoors" so to speak, the entire summer.

Etymology: stankin: slang for stinkin. gitis: gitis lets us know that we are dealing with inflammation.

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Whiffxiety

Created by: thinkbolt

Pronunciation: whif-zy-a-tee

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Instinktiveness

Created by: Noble

Pronunciation: in-stink-tive-ness

Sentence: When you just know, without actually taking your shoes off, that there will indeed be an unpleasant smell...

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nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-04: 10:42:00

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Pewleery

Created by: MuskokaMuffin

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Wetsweatypeeyou

Created by: idavecook

Pronunciation: it's czech, sound it out

Sentence: Gina's wetsweatypeeyou had gotten so bad that she still wears her skinny jeans when she goes swimming at the beach. Damn hipsters.

Etymology: Stinky people, and the way you feel after a shag.

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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-26: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by magenta.
Thank you magenta! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-26: 00:56:00
Vonnegut Week's top Verbotomist, Rikboyee, reveals his secret creative strategy! Read The Verobotomy Interview: Rikboyee on the Verbotomy Blog.

Jabberwocky - 2007-04-26: 10:59:00
I really enjoyed reading the Rikboyee interview. Perhaps you could choose random verbotomists to interview from time to time. It adds yet another dimension to an already fabulous game.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-26: 13:53:00
Hey Jabberwocky, Excellent idea! Are you, perchance, offering yourself for a splinterview? (Note: Splinterview is word created by Rikboyee to describe the way I spliced together our email exchange to create the "interview" for the blog.) I would love to splinterview the winner each week, and I see you are very near the top of the list... I have also heard rumours, although it is not official yet, that the winner this week will be awarded a Verbotomy Cup (See the sneak preview here) imprinted with the Author's own Verboticism. ~ James

Jabberwocky - 2007-04-26: 14:20:00
While it would be a frabjous (blend of fair, fabulous and joyous, taken from the Lewis Carroll poem about the Jabberwocky)honour to be splinterviewed, I have been close many weeks but have a difficult time maintaining my stamina. I suspect the winner this week will be Petaj who has put in some superlative words. There are also several dark horses moving up as well, along with the indomitable Stevenson0. The cup is tempting though - great idea

petaj petaj - 2007-04-26: 19:11:00
OOh that cup looks great. I hope I can hold on to my lead with those dark horses closing in.

Mustang - 2008-07-03: 06:14:00
Psychosis....good one. gmta?

artr artr - 2009-11-12: 03:41:00
Not to be THAT guy but shouldn\'t the first line be \"You must BE so hot in those boots\"?

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2011-04-01: 00:04:00
Today's definition was suggested by magenta. Thank you magenta. ~ James