Vote for the best verboticism.
DEFINITION: v., To ignore a "friend" at work because you don't want anyone else to know that you are friends. n., A co-worker and secret "best friend" with whom it is best to keep your friendship confidential.
Verboticisms
Click on each verboticism to read the sentences created by the Verbotomy writers, and to see your voting options...
You have two votes. Click on the words to read the details, then vote your favorite.
Inchummunicado
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: in-chuhm-myoo-ni-KAH-do
Sentence: Bob and Roxie remained paloof shushmates, in inchummunicado, through months of management meetings.
Etymology: Blend of "chum" & incommunicado. Paloof: pals who deliberately remain aloof for business or other reasons. Shushmates: mates who keep quiet for gain or favour.
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Blend of "chum" & incommunicado. Paloof: pals who deliberately remain aloof for business or other reasons. Shushmates: mates who keep quiet for gain or favour. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-25: 06:34:00
Nice! - purpleartichokes, 2007-10-25: 06:52:00
you always pack your sentences with more than one great word - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-25: 11:16:00
----------------------------
Mystimate
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: mis-ti-meyt
Sentence: She mysticated almost everyone in the office and it seemed to be working well so far. Next on her list was to conquer the cleaning staff - after hours of course.
Etymology: mystic (secret) + mate (pal)
Hushmate
Created by: vmalcolm
Pronunciation: /hʌʃmeit/
Sentence: :- "You thought we were friends!!! We are darling, but a new kind of friends which is very hype today: we're hushmates..." (and if you don't like it then hush up).
Etymology: HUSHMATE. Hush (To keep from public knowledge; suppress mention of) + Mate (A person with whom one is in close association; an associate)
Differsociate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: dif-er-SOSE-she-ayt
Sentence: Peggy Sue was a social climber as well as being professionally ambitious and she made social distinctions in public between those who could help or who might hinder her professionally as well as socially and would only associate with 'substandard' friends in private...to her, to differsociate was a survival mechanism more than it was a social aberration.
Etymology: Blend of 'differentiate' (to make a distinction) and 'associate' (to join as a companion, partner, or ally)
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
clever - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-23: 10:18:00
Is that like differsity? - Nosila, 2008-09-23: 12:49:00
I'll bet Becky Sue, in her attempt to "sniff out" who would help and who would hinder...I am sure she has done quite a bit of kissassociating. :) - lumina, 2008-09-23: 16:56:00
----------------------------
Hushhushpal
Created by: Missnah
Pronunciation: hush-hush-pal
Sentence: As hushhushpals Sarah and I pretended to barely tolerate each other at work.
Etymology: To keep sth hush hush - to keep it quiet/secret pal - friend
Palnopalism
Created by: SteveMB1959
Pronunciation: Pal-no-pal-ism
Sentence: At weekends she's my pal, then weekdays she's not. Pal, no pal. (Part-time friend)
Etymology: Meaning pal (friend) some days, not a pal other days.
Conafiliate
Created by: Katie
Pronunciation: con-afil-iate
Sentence: I know we are friends but i cant conafiliate with you in public.
Etymology: con+afiliate
Egalitard
Created by: DaddyNewt
Pronunciation: ee/gal/i/tard
Sentence: With her pleasant demeanor and slow wit, Connie was the perfect egalitard.
Etymology:
Nocquaintance
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: no kwayn tans
Sentence: Although Sally had hired her best friend Melissa and had still socialized with her outside work at non-work functions, she did not want it known they were friends. Melissa was now a nocquaintance and went along with this charade.In truth, Sally and she were long-time lovers and their employer, The Straight Times, a gay-bashing extreme newspaper tended to frown on this type of relationship!
Etymology: No (not, negative) & Acquaintance (colleague, associate)
Appropriatalis
Created by: StrangerThenFiction
Pronunciation: app-rope-ree-at-al-is
Sentence:
Etymology:
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
lumina - 2008-09-25: 12:01:00
"Yay!" :)
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James