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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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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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Bromcious

Created by: vermeulenstevos

Pronunciation: Brohm-chis

Sentence: Whenever I meet my in-laws I get bromcious.

Etymology: Bromhidrosis- medical term for stinky feet anxious-feeling nervous about some uncertainty

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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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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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Stangst

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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:

ohwtepph 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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Whiffsteria

jonzerofourteen

Created by: jonzerofourteen

Pronunciation: wif-ster-ee-uh

Sentence: Tom usually suffered terribly from whiffsteria. His anxiety about people smelling his body odor forced him to seek therapy. And what a change! Thanks to his therapist, he still stunk to high heaven, but he didn't worry about it anymore. His whiffsteria was cured.

Etymology: whiff (trace of odor or smell) + hysteria (outburst of emotion or fear)

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Aromaphobia

Created by: wurdless

Pronunciation: a-rom-A-fo-be-a

Sentence: Here aromaphobia was so extreme she was afraid to go outside and smell the flowers

Etymology: aroma +phobia

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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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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.

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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