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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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Stinxeity
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˌstɪŋˈkzaɪədi/
Sentence: Commercials for the deoderant Sure make good use of people's tendency for stinxeity.
Etymology: From stink + anxiety
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.
Fetidread
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: FETT-id-RED
Sentence: Like aroma from cheese it’ll rise in your head- The terror of reeking called FETIDREAD!
Etymology: FETID+DREAD= FETIDREAD.....FETID: having a heavy offensive smell; Middle English, from Latin foetidus, from foetēre to stink.....DREAD: extreme uneasiness in the face of a disagreeable prospect, causing fear or awe, great fear especially in the face of impending evil or embarrasment; Middle English dreden from Old English drǣdan (“‘to fear, caution against’”), aphetic form of ādrǣdan, ondrǣdan (“‘to advise or counsel against’”) from and- "against" + rǣdan "to counsel, advise". Akin to Old High German intrātan "to fear".
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COMMENTS:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/36787804.html - metrohumanx, 2009-11-12: 06:28:00
November 17: The Leonids
Typically the Leonid shower is a weak display, with fewer than a dozen meteors per hour radiating from Leo’s Sickle. But the parent comet, 55P/Tempel-Tuttle, tends to create narrow concentrated streams that can produce brief but prodigious displays. That was the case during the late 1990s, and we might be in for a reprise this year. A predicted pulse of activity on November 17th — with hundreds of meteors per hour — will involve contributions from the comet's spewings in 1102, 1466, and 1533.
- metrohumanx, 2009-11-12: 06:31:00
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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
Whiffident
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
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
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
Pheretfulness
Created by: ekath
Pronunciation: fer-et-ful-ness
Sentence: Until the inverntion of deoderant, athletes and pubescents alike carried with them (literally) a looming pheretfulness that also inspired the development of ugg boots.
Etymology: from pheromones and fretfulness
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