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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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Platichatter
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: platichatər
Sentence: After an embarrassing comment or two, the coach decided to give players a few talking points to consider. Now the post-game interviews have become so much platichatter.
Etymology: platitude (a remark or statement, esp. one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful) + chatter (talk rapidly or incessantly about trivial matters)
Jockanderthalese
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: JOK-an-der-THAWL-eez
Sentence: Spurred on by the victory and adulation of the fans, the pigskinese of the full-back, during the after-match interview, went from golemic gridiotic to jockanderthalese.
Etymology: JOCKADERTHALESE: blend of JOCK: (short for jockstrap) slang term for an athlete; ANDERTHAL: as in neanderthal - uncouth in manners or appearance. Syn: boorish, clownish, loutish, oafish. & ESE: suffix denoting a language, dialect or parlance. PIGSKIN: Slang term for a football; pig and its grunting & ESE: as in languages as computerese. Golemic: Blend of goal & golem +ic (yiddish) for graceless, tactless, foolish, robotic - altho, not necessarry intentionally.
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COMMENTS:
quite a tongue twister - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-27: 13:17:00
Gotta love an athletic supporter! - Nosila, 2008-11-27: 20:07:00
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Gaspthlete
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: gasp thleet
Sentence: The local hockey team in Castor, Alberta plays hard and wins hard. Tough agricultural types who could only get past grade nine with an athletic scholarship to the Wayne Gretzky University School for Wayward Boys, the team loved the after-game interviews. With misshing teeth, shweaty hair, black eyesh and unusthual grasthp of the Englisth language, they were truly gaspthletes on radio and tv. Yes, the Castor Raiders neutered the Dogs, gelded the Colts, emasculated the Emus, caponated the Bantams,sterilized the Steers, fixed the Foxes and demasculinated the Devils. With "ugh their ugh eunuch way of thspeaking, ugh, after the ugh, games, ugh, on-air, ugh and to the ugh media", the Castor Raiders were a force to be reckoned with. The secret of their success is that none of them had ever been cut from the team!
Etymology: Gasp (breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted;a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open) & Athlete (a person trained to compete in sports)
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COMMENTS:
Luv your sentences so much I have trouble waiting to get to read the next one. This one is Super(bowl) Xcellent! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-27: 01:31:00
Cheers, silveryaspen, back at you! Love writing the stories each night...challenges the old noggin! - Nosila, 2008-11-27: 19:58:00
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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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Moanevate
Created by: WatchdogRibby14
Pronunciation: Moan-a-vate
Sentence: The senior hall-of-famers cruised into the dining room in their wheelchairs, drooling and babbling that they successfully made it out of their private apartments for the "Get Up, Get Out, and Moanevate" Rally and Ice Cream Social.
Etymology: Moan (Low but audible, sustained vocal sound) Motivate (To cause action when great effort is needed)
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)
Sportled
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: sport-old
Sentence: The spokesportsman sportled a badinage of thisthat until he ran out of stupidendous chitchat.
Etymology: Sportled: a play on sports, oracle, and chortled. Stupidendous: a play on stupid and stupendous.
Inspirate
Created by: GeneralBeresford
Pronunciation: Inspi-rate
Sentence: When Glen was interviewed after the game he tried hard to explain how good it felt to win, but only managed to inspirate.
Etymology: Inspire + Irate = Inspirate
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COMMENTS:
good combo - porsche, 2008-02-05: 13:18:00
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Champrattle
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /cham'-prat-el/
Sentence: When the interviewer asked him for his commentary on his boxing win, Tyke Myson issued forth a stream of champrattle, starting with, "I got's just one word for all my fans — 'I did it!' And you know I hadda overcome a lot of diversity ta' get me where I is today," etc...
Etymology: champ - a champion; informal (shortening of "champion") + prattle - to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way (from Middle Low German, praten "chatter")
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COMMENTS:
Right on with your incorporation of prattle and chatter with the word champ. Excellent combo! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-04: 22:30:00
rolls off the tongue well, good word! - bananabender, 2008-02-04: 23:55:00
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Cornballdygook
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈkɔɹnbəldiˌgʊk/
Sentence: If you can speak intelligently to pushy, obnoxious journalists after working yourself to a near collapse without spewing cornballdygook, then I'll be very impressed.
Etymology: 2008, from cornball + (gobble)dygook
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COMMENTS:
bit of a mouthful this one, but I like it ;o) - HerOralHighness, 2008-02-04: 17:19:00
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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