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DEFINITION: v., To speak in an inspirational but perhaps incomprehensible manner by stringing together a series of grunts and clichés. n., An inarticulate TV or radio, post-game interview, typically given by a panting, toothless, sweating, verbally-challenged, and hugely overpaid, athletic superstar.
Verboticisms
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Beefcant
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: beef/cant
Sentence: Once all the sports writers were present, the football hero rolled into his beefcant of all the wonderful things his team did on the field today.
Etymology: beefcake (male with a muscular physique) + cant (jargon, lingo)
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COMMENTS:
very nice!!!!!!!! - purpleman, 2008-02-04: 15:38:00
wow its weird that no1 is puting any commants - purpleman, 2008-02-04: 18:11:00
Any comment I make would have me blushing and giggling ... but I'll share ... finally. Stevenson, beefcant is a most appealing verboticism! Simply, because we ladies always like the beefcake that always comes with it! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-07: 21:01:00
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Jockscrap
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: jok sskrapp
Sentence: his jockscrap stunk even more than his joclstrap used to.
Etymology: jock strap, jock crap
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COMMENTS:
Roared with laughter! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-06: 09:07:00
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Ughthlete
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: uh th leet
Sentence: The Killer Bee's were ughthletes who droned on and on after stinging their rivals...it was enough to give everyone hives.
Etymology: ugh! & athlete
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COMMENTS:
Just found your word now after the new word posting. It's funny and right on the button! - bananabender, 2008-02-05: 01:24:00
I agree with banana - great word but didn't see it yesterday - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-05: 09:28:00
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Jocktalk
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: jok tok
Sentence: She was tired of all the pre, during and post game jabber and analyses. The garbled speaking with anyone remotely connected with the sport. Most infuriating was the jocktalk after the big win. There was only one reason the team one...they got more goals than the other team! Duh...
Etymology: Jock (a person trained to compete in sports;an athlete) & Talk (speak)
Animarillson
Created by: sean30
Pronunciation: Ani-mar-ill-son
Sentence: i suffer with Animarillson, but im famous and rich and super and great. What where we talking about again?
Etymology: Animarillson; to remain ignorant and stupid, and to remain so after by luck a person succeeds in sport...(word created from all other sports commenters names; Hill/Motson/Kamare etc)
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COMMENTS:
I like the way you constructed your word - bookowl, 2008-02-04: 15:58:00
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Lexicononsense
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: Lex - i - con - non - sense
Sentence: Speaking lexicononsense, Rick relived the play-by-play highlights of the chess tournament for his hometown. He was receiving the "hero's welcome" after having defeated Boris Batanov in a cliff-hanging, last minute capture of his Queen.
Etymology: Lexicon ( A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary) + Nonsense (Words or signs having no intelligible meaning)
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COMMENTS:
Good word...makes you wonder how many chess sets end up in pawn shops! - Nosila, 2008-11-27: 20:06:00
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Glibanterosis
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: glib-ANT-er-OH-sis
Sentence: After polishing off a magnum of Serbian Plum Brandy, the JOCK-ular comments spewing forth from the ancient jargonauts on the sports channel seemed to lack a certain...clarity. Through judicious use of the MUTE button, we were able to avoid much of the GLIBANTEROSIS which accompanied the pre-game pseudo-shows. It was probably the hogshead of mead we consumed while waiting for the forty-pound bioengineered hybrid turkey to glaze over, but our guest from Slovakia found the narratives much less confusing than I did.
Etymology: GLIb+BANTER+OSIS=GLIBANTEROSIS.........GLIB:marked by ease and informality, nonchalant,showing little forethought or preparation,lacking depth and substance,marked by ease and fluency in speaking or writing often to the point of being insincere or deceitful;probably modification of Low German glibberig slippery.....BANTER:to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner,to speak playfully or wittily;origin unknown.....-OSIS:suffix impying an affliction.
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COMMENTS:
Please have a SAFE and SOBER holiday. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-27: 10:14:00
What holiday is it over there? - logarithm, 2008-11-27: 11:05:00
I'm pouring you a shot of my private stock of slivovica to celebrate your nice create and the holiday! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-27: 12:34:00
Happy Thanksgiving Metro!! - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-27: 13:16:00
Yes, Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends south of the border! We Canucks had ours 6 weeks ago to avoid the rush. - Nosila, 2008-11-27: 20:01:00
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Lipoosuction
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: lip/ooo/suk/shun
Sentence: The hockey superstar was trying so hard to suck up to the interviewer and not offend any of his team that his interview was merely lipoosuction.
Etymology: lip(as in lip service) + ooh(didn't put the 'h' in the word because it turned it into pooh)+ suck (as in suck up) + liposuction
Gatorant
Created by: goldenferret
Pronunciation: gay-tore-ant
Sentence: "Yeah... we really did our... huh... best out there today... Everybody gave 110%... huh..." the athlete gatoranted.
Etymology: Gatorade + rant
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COMMENTS:
excellent! - galwaywegian, 2008-02-05: 07:19:00
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Superfludundant
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: soo-per-flue-DUN-dant
Sentence: Giving his usual superfludundant gobbledygook responses to the rapid fire questions about the game following his teams' victory, Garrison felt was making a good impression on the tv audience while in fact few people actually understood a word of his gibberish.
Etymology: Blend of 'superfluous' and 'redundant'....a word that is doubly redundant/superfluous itself.
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COMMENTS:
just trying to say the word gets your point across - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-27: 13:21:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James