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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.
Verboticisms
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Pungiphobia
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: pun-geh-foe-bia
Sentence: Betsy had severe pungiphobia and was afraid that the smell of her feet would clear the room if she took off her shoes.
Etymology: pungent + phobia
Sweathreat
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: swet thret
Sentence: "Dang it", said the Lone Ranger. "I knew I should have never worn these fancy new boots to my faithful companion Tonto's party. They make my feet so hot that I am afraid of being a sweathreat to everyone there!" It was too late to turn Silver around and go home, so the Masked Man went up and knocked at the flap of Tonto's teepee. His anxiety evaporated when Tonto bade him enter and told him to remove his boots and be comfortable. When he hesitated, Tonto knew what was wrong right away (he had that esp thingy going) and said, "Don't worry about your feet,Kimo Sabe, because this is a Sweat Lodge anyway!" The Lone Ranger laughed and relaxed until Tonto said, "Besides it's only the two of us tonight..."
Etymology: Sweat (perspiration, body odour) & Threat (a warning that something unpleasant is imminent)
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COMMENTS:
LOL - I forgot how much I enjoy your stories, Nosila. Hysterical... - Tigger, 2009-11-12: 01:56:00
Yes I agree, this is another hilarious one! - splendiction, 2009-11-12: 21:30:00
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Trepongdation
Created by: pinwheel
Pronunciation: trep/ong/day/shun
Sentence: I have a wardrobe full of shoes that don't fit me properly. Every time I go to buy a new pair I suffer such trepongdation that I can never bring myself to actually try them on.
Etymology: trepidation (trembling anxiety) + pong (wrinkled nose yeuch!)
Fearoma
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: fee a roma
Sentence: When Clayton was invited over for games night at his neighbours, he insisted on keeping his boots on, lest the fearoma commence. Everything was fine until he landed on the B&O Railroad in the Monopoly game.
Etymology: Fear (an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) & Aroma (a smell, odor)
Smelfconsciousness
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: smelf KON shus nes
Sentence: Kara's extreme smelfconsciousness kept her from enjoying herself while dancing. She refused invitations to dance, which led men to think she was aloof and self-centered, but her friends knew she was just self-SCENTered.
Etymology: smell + self-consciousness
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COMMENTS:
perfect word for the definition! - splendiction, 2009-11-12: 21:27:00
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Stinkytoesis
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: stin/kee/tow/sis
Sentence: Barb's acute stinkytoesis caused her to break out in hives whenever she encountered a display of flip flops. She had to order all of her footwear online.
Etymology: stinky + toes + psychosis + halitosis
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COMMENTS:
Very good - TJayzz, 2008-07-03: 15:17:00
Clever etymology & nice word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-04: 06:54:00
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Rancidychosis
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ran - sid - uh - CO - sis
Sentence: Felix was a real neat freak with a clean fetish and fearing he had multiple kinds of body odors and emanations, he suffered severe bouts of rancidychosis whenever he had to be around other people.
Etymology: Blend of rancid (of an odor or taste- rank, unpleasant, and stale), and psychosis (a mental disorder characterized by symptoms, such as delusions or hallucinations, that indicate impaired contact with reality)
Aromalarm
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ah-ROM-ah-larm
Sentence: Facing the upcoming gathering where he was about to meet the family of his fiance', Matilda, for the first time and fearing a 'sweating meltdown', Freddie's aromalarm went off which, unfortunately, caused an immediate and profuse perspiration attack.
Etymology: Blend of the words 'aroma' and 'alarm'.
Stangst
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: stank-st
Sentence: Colin was in a spiral of increasing anxiety. His stangst caused him to never remove an item of clothing, which lead to even more perspiration, causing an even greater stink of body odour and greater levels of stangst.
Etymology: stank + angst
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COMMENTS:
nice. you changed angst subtly. - ohwtepph, 2007-04-26: 06:12:00
No doubt Colin reekgretted his decision to remove his clothes. - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-26: 08:11:00
fabulous word - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-26: 10:51:00
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Scaredsniff
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Sk-air-d-sniff
Sentence: When the GP asked Tom to remove his trainers in order to hop on the couch, Tom was Scaredsniff, that the doctor would feel nauseous with just a slight whiff of the awful odour emanating from his smelly tootsies.
Etymology: Scared(Feeling or showing fear or nervousness.) + Sniff(smell by drawing in air through the nose) = Scaredsniff
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COMMENTS:
love it! - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-03: 12:09:00
I smell a winner... - Nosila, 2008-07-03: 20:11:00
Excellent. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-04: 06:42:00
Mock on! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-05: 05:35:00
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Today's definition was suggested by magenta.
Thank you magenta! ~ James
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.
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
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?
Not to be THAT guy but shouldn\'t the first line be \"You must BE so hot in those boots\"?
Today's definition was suggested by magenta. Thank you magenta. ~ James