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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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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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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.
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
Odorthroes
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: OH-der-throhs
Sentence: Bob had perpetual pong-pangs and didn't want anymore to catch a whiff of his odorthroes.
Etymology: ODOR or ODOUR: a disagreeable smell & THROES: a sharp attack of emotion; rueful throes; upheaval, tumult, chaos, turmoil.
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
Eaudoubt
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: oh-dowt
Sentence: You would think that after spending the entire afternoon in the hot sun putting in a stone walkway Mark would have eaudoubt, but to the contrary, he walked in the house and blithely peeled off his shirt, taking out two of my guests in the process.
Etymology: eau, doubt, no doubt
Halitoesies
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: halitōzēz
Sentence: The Scout group loved to go hiking. Days of trekking in heavy-duty boots left some of the troop with a bad case of foot stank. One member (name withheld to save embarrassment) was granted a special dispensation from the group leader to stick his un-booted feet out the car window because of his advanced halitosies.
Etymology: halitosis (technical term for bad breath) + toesies (any of the five digits at the end of the human foot)
Olfacprehention
Created by: Pasicheio
Pronunciation: Oal-Fack-Pre-Hen-Shun
Sentence: She was paralyed by olfacprehention and declined an invitation to enter her friend's home
Etymology: Olfaction; Apprehention
Smellyfriztfootboot
Created by: LogoEggoGurl
Pronunciation: Sme/Lly/Fri/Zt/Foot/Boot
Sentence: u r a smellyfriztfootboot person!
Etymology: i means u hav on boots that smell like frizts!
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COMMENTS:
hahha - LogoEggoGurl, 2007-04-29: 15:19:00
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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