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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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Pewleery

Created by: MuskokaMuffin

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Decrode

AnnieChandon

Created by: AnnieChandon

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Sweatfret

Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: SWEHT-freht

Sentence: After the five-mile hike to his girlfriend's house soaked his sweater, Alex was bound to get into a sweatfret.

Etymology: sweat + fret (agitation)

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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

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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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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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Appwhiffhensive

Created by: Rutilus

Pronunciation: ap-wiff-hen-siv

Sentence: Pat had always been prone to sweating. Nobody thought he was odourous, and in fact he was no more than any average guy. Still, this didn't help his mental state of mind. He had always been appwhiffhensive about taking his shoes off in other people's houses and he wasn't about to change any time soon.

Etymology: whiff - smell pong; apprehensive - anxious worried

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Coldorsweat

ohwtepph

Created by: ohwtepph

Pronunciation: kol - dor - swet

Sentence: Mr. Badd O. Door came over to my house wearing a a leather jacket, leather pants and heavy leather boots during a hot summer's day last year. I complimented them about his boots and he asked me if I wanted to try them. It was kind of a dare actually, since those boots seemed to be heavy. I quickly said, "Yes, take them off." And not missing a beat, he sped off like Flash into the horizon. I guess coldorsweat must have overcome him.

Etymology: cold sweat (figurative language associated with uneasiness) + odor

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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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Smellofoldsocksitis

Created by: christinepucser

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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