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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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Pheretfulness
Created by: ekath
Pronunciation: fer-et-ful-ness
Sentence: Until the inverntion of deoderant, athletes and pubescents alike carried with them (literally) a looming pheretfulness that also inspired the development of ugg boots.
Etymology: from pheromones and fretfulness
Wiffphobia
Created by: charmed3
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: From the stinking past
Anxietydisodor
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: angs-eye-ity-dis-Odor
Sentence: After a long day in the sun David had anxietydisoder, sniffing his under arm after taking off each layer of clothing.
Etymology: anxiety disorder/ odor
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COMMENTS:
exsmellent! - galwaywegian, 2007-04-26: 07:23:00
I'll return the compliment toadstool57 - very clever - your word is very fun to say!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-26: 10:42:00
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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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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
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
Odorboding
Created by: iwasatripwire
Pronunciation: ode-or-bode-ing
Sentence: Hippies have no sense of odorboding.
Etymology: odor + foreboding
Appreekhension
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: ap-reek-hen-shen
Sentence: She was swelled with appreekhension when her boyfriend asked if she wanted a foot message because she just did a five mile run in leather shoes.
Etymology: Apprehension (anxiety that something bad will come) reek (smell foul or disgusting)
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COMMENTS:
like it! - toadstool57, 2007-04-26: 07:08:00
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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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Myodaphobic
Created by: heb319
Pronunciation: my oda fobic
Sentence: Henry was too myodaphobic to remove his shoes in front of his new girlfriend.
Etymology: my oda-odor phobic
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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