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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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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

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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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Odorboding

Created by: iwasatripwire

Pronunciation: ode-or-bode-ing

Sentence: Hippies have no sense of odorboding.

Etymology: odor + foreboding

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Halitoesies

artr

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)

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Whiffident

Mrgoodtimes

Created by: Mrgoodtimes

Pronunciation: wif-i-duhnt

Sentence: The leather jacket plus the jog to work, due to the flat tire, left Juan a little whiffident and so he kept it on all day.

Etymology: Whiff - Diffident

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Smelancholia

Created by: wordmeister

Pronunciation: smel-an-col-lee-a

Sentence: Michael suffered from severe smelancholia. And in an effort to mask his real or imagined malodours, he would always wear long sleeve shirts, two or three sweaters, and rubbers boots. While this did relieve the psychological symptoms, it had a rather unfortunate physical manifestation.

Etymology: smell + melancholia

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Funkomfortable

Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: fung-kumft-er-bul

Sentence: Vicky's birthday wasn't getting any better. The day had suddenly turned unseasonably warm, then her dog got loose and she'd had to chase him for 20 minutes before catching him. On top of that, her car's air conditioning stopped working. By the time she got home, she just wanted to take a nice, cool bath. She'd opened the door to a surprise party, and now all of her friends wanted to give her a big hug. She was so funkomfortable!

Etymology: Funk - a strong unpleasant odor (slang) & Uncomfortable - awkward or uneasy

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Funkredible word...Welcome back, Tigger! We've missed you. - Nosila, 2009-11-12: 09:40:00

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Reekopathy

Created by: verysimplegame

Pronunciation: reek-ah-pa-thee

Sentence: Bonny longed to take her coat off in the stifling room, but her reekopathy held her in check.

Etymology: Reek + opathy

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Stenchion

mrskellyscl

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: sten-chen

Sentence: Mark was laying on the gurney in the emergency room after his injury and his stenchion level began to rise when he realized that he was still wearing his lucky underwear that he hadn't changed since the beginning of the season. Now his mother would find out about it. She had warned him. It didn't matter that he had two gold gloves and an MVP, what would the doctor think about him?

Etymology: stench: strong, foul odor + tension: mental, emotional or nervous strain -- baseball players are notorious for being highly superstitious and will regard certain articles of clothing as being "lucky." They have been known to go for weeks without taking off socks, charms, underwear, etc. as long as they're hitting well.

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Wiffphobia

Created by: charmed3

Pronunciation:

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Etymology: From the stinking past

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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