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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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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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Stankingitis

Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: stank/in/gitus

Sentence: Though it was 98 degrees in the shade, Billy Bob continued to try and convince others his boots really WERE cooler than being barefoot. Something about a mesh lining and gel inserts. Due to the worst case of stankingitis this year, he was forced to keep his feet "indoors" so to speak, the entire summer.

Etymology: stankin: slang for stinkin. gitis: gitis lets us know that we are dealing with inflammation.

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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

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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!)

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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

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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)

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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

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Maloduress

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Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: mal-oh-dure-ess

Sentence: The fear that his feet smelt like rotten eggs left him in a constant state of maloduress.

Etymology: malodorous (having an unpleasant smell) + duress (constraint or intimidation)

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Nidorfabricosis

Created by: iaincb

Pronunciation: knee door fab ri co sis

Sentence: I suspect that he is suffering from nidorfabricosis nurse..you can tell by that heavy jacket he is wearing.

Etymology: Nidor - Latin for smell Fabric - Material osis - condition or disorder

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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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Comments:

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