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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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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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COMMENTS:
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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Toejambrosia
Created by: hooterbug
Pronunciation: toe\jam-ˈbrō-zh(ē-)ə\
Sentence: A faint whiff! of toejambrosia puffed like a delicate cloud from Marylou's Pink Tony Lama's as she quickly yanked them off and lassoed her legs around her cowboy Jake. Yee-Hah!
Etymology: Combination of Toe jam and ambrosia-the ointment or perfume of the gods
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COMMENTS:
Love it. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-04: 06:41:00
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Aromaphobia
Created by: wurdless
Pronunciation: a-rom-A-fo-be-a
Sentence: Here aromaphobia was so extreme she was afraid to go outside and smell the flowers
Etymology: aroma +phobia
Limburgerous
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: lim BER ger us
Sentence: "Oh no. I can’t take off my boots! My limburgerous feet’ll knock them to the ground!"
Etymology: Adjective from: limb, odoriferous and Limburger cheese (a VERY smelly cheese).
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COMMENTS:
cheesy word...love it. - Nosila, 2009-11-12: 17:16:00
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Sniffrightened
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: snif - fryt - nd
Sentence: Waldo felt sniffrightened when he was asked to take off his shoes. Had had taken Maggie to a Japanese restaurant and he couldn't remember if he had washed his feet.
Etymology: sniff, fright
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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Newwdophohbia
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: neww doh fow beeeee ah
Sentence: Her newwdophohbia left a bad taste at the nudist's convention, but nothing as bad as it would have tasted.
Etymology: nude eww phobia oh
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)
Funkaphobia
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: funk-uh-FOE-be-ah
Sentence: Bobby's piercing body odor caused him acute funkaphobia whenever he went to the beach.
Etymology: funk, phobia
Comments:
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