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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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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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like the Canadian reference - porsche, 2007-04-26: 11:26:00

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Smellofoldsocksitis

Created by: christinepucser

Pronunciation:

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Etymology:

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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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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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Detaphobia

Created by: Ellemorpheus

Pronunciation: Deh-tah-pho-bee-ah

Sentence: His detaphobia caused him to pretend he was allergic to the cold in order to avoid taking off his coat.

Etymology: Deta-detach phobia- fear

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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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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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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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Ponganoia

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: pong ah noy aah

Sentence: The midnight garlic salami binge only increased her ponganoia

Etymology: paranoia pong

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COMMENTS:

jonzerofourteen Brilliant! I'm actually going to start using this word in everyday conversation. - jonzerofourteen, 2011-04-02: 00:08:00

piepowder With luck it will end up in the OED - piepowder, 2011-06-05: 13:36:00

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Pungiphobia

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: pun-geh-foe-bia

Sentence: Betsy had severe pungiphobia and was afraid that the smell of her feet would clear the room if she took off her shoes.

Etymology: pungent + phobia

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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