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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.
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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)
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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Odorosis
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: o/dor/os/is
Sentence: When ever she begins to sweat, her odorosis sets in and out comes the spray-on deodorant with its mists and whiffs of polluting fragrance.
Etymology: odor ('odour' in Canada because we stink differently from the rest of the world and put the 'u' in to blame you - "It can't be us stinking, we're Canadian.")+ neurosis
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COMMENTS:
like the Canadian reference - porsche, 2007-04-26: 11:26:00
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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)
Wiffphobia
Created by: charmed3
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: From the stinking past
Stinkytoesis
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: stinky/toe/sis
Sentence: Barb's acute stinkytoesis caused her to break out in hives whenever she encountered a display of flip flops. She had to order all of her footwear online.
Etymology: stinky toes + psychosis
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COMMENTS:
gymmy choos i suppose - galwaywegian, 2007-04-26: 06:18:00
hehehe. this one made me giggle. - playdohheart, 2007-04-26: 08:41:00
good one jabber! - toadstool57, 2007-04-26: 09:13:00
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Appreekhension
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: ap-reek-hen-shen
Sentence: She was swelled with appreekhension when her boyfriend asked if she wanted a foot message because she just did a five mile run in leather shoes.
Etymology: Apprehension (anxiety that something bad will come) reek (smell foul or disgusting)
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COMMENTS:
like it! - toadstool57, 2007-04-26: 07:08:00
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Phobio
Created by: imcvey
Pronunciation: fo-be-oh
Sentence: Despite suffering in the August heat, Suzanne succumbed to her phobio and would not remove the thick woollen sweater.
Etymology: Phobia - to be disproportionately anxious about something, and B.O. (body odour).
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COMMENTS:
Oooh, nice. Asian? - ohwtepph, 2007-04-26: 11:07:00
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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
Stenchanoia
Created by: jonobo
Pronunciation: "stench" like in stench, "anoia" like in paranoia.
Sentence: I was way too stenchanoid to remove my shorts, so i made a special-excusation-move to the bathroom...
Etymology: stench + paranoia = stenchanoia
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