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DEFINITION: v. To expectorate unexpectedly, especially in situations where it is not considered socially acceptable. n. A person who habitually spits, even when among polite company.

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Phlegmboyancy

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: flem boy an see

Sentence: Phil'sh phlegmboyancy wash credited to hish Phlegmish ancheshtry. His Phlegmish accshent tended to make hiss esh shounds more shpitacular and hish shpeechimpediment, the one where he shprayed and lishped and shlurped shimultaneously, ushually left a DNA trail on hish companionsh. Shometimesh there wash sho much fluid, Phil wash thought of ash phlegmbuoyant! Thish shtumbling block became even more of an isshue when Phil whishled or shang shoprano in a sholo performansh at hish shynagogue on Shabbath!

Etymology: Phlegm (expectorated mucus, saliva, discharge from respiritory passages) & Flamboyancy ( marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior)

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Shpectackylar! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-12: 01:06:00

OHHHHH! I was LAUGHING out loud on this one Silveryaspen!!! Great description :)~ BRAVO! STILL laughing trying to read your sentence out loud! - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-12: 01:23:00

Nosila,Forgive me oh great creator of this hilarious word and sentence. I was laughing so hard I gave the credit to the name above me! (I'm a newbie)...sorry about that! - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-12: 01:27:00

hacklassic! brilliant! - galwaywegian, 2009-03-12: 04:33:00

phlemtastic!!! Your story is a classic....creative, funny and shtupendush... - mweinmann, 2009-03-12: 08:16:00

I came to verbotomy.com today to try my hand at the word of the day. Then I saw Nosila's and realized it was pointless. Outstanding! - Banky, 2009-03-12: 14:46:00

You are forgiven, abrakadeborah...I love your name!! I would like to thank the membersh of the Academy and the Shcreen Actorsh Guild for your shupport!!! Cheersh. (And Banky, when I see the great words of otheres here it challenges me and inspires me to match them!) - Nosila, 2009-03-12: 20:12:00

petaj truly horksome! - petaj, 2009-03-13: 06:15:00

metrohumanx Another Nosila Classic! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-16: 02:33:00

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Salivationarmy

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: sali vay shun armee

Sentence: When Judy Drench went out for dinner with Rudy B. Havior, she did not understand that she would be dating the salivationarmy. Rudy shlurped and shpittled his way through the meal. By the end of the evening, she was a human spittoon. Judy had more DNA samples on her than a CSI lab.

Etymology: Salivation (the secretion of saliva) & play on Salvation Army (a charitable and religious organization to evangelize and to care for the poor and homeless)

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COMMENTS:

:D - galwaywegian, 2010-09-23: 14:26:00

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Vesuviyuck

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: vess oooooooooooooo veeeeeeee uk!

Sentence: Alarmed at the sound of the vesuviyucking coming from the kitchen of Metro's Mouthwatering Diner, she decided against ordering the green salad.

Etymology: vesuvius as in volcano, yuck as in yuck

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COMMENTS:

with the special dressing - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-12: 12:17:00

how clever to relate such unwelcome eruptions - Super Create! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-12: 13:55:00

metrohumanx NO SOUP FOR YOU!........next! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-12: 16:46:00

She should ve-sue-vious them! Good word! - Nosila, 2009-03-12: 20:20:00

I'm never eating out again. - Mustang, 2009-03-13: 06:07:00

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Horkiculture

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: hor/ki/cul/ture

Sentence: Sam worked in a lab which always turned out inaccurate results due to his horkiculture.

Etymology: hork + horticulture + culture (as in lab specimen)

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COMMENTS:

petaj your word reminds me of something green, and it's growing on me. ERK. - petaj, 2009-03-13: 06:18:00

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Spitosaurus

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: spit-uh-sawr-uhs

Sentence: The staff of the retirement home were finally able to track down their resident spitosaurus. They followed the trail of brown-tinted phlegm globs to the room of a retired baseball pitcher, Johnny "Spitball" Johnson. Apparently a family member had given him a gift of chewing tobacco.

Etymology: spit (to eject saliva from the mouth; expectorate) + saurus (lizard: used to form the scientific names of certain genera of reptiles/dinosaurs)

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Shootemsputum

Created by: rombus

Pronunciation: shoot - um - spu - tum

Sentence: Clint and Dirk were both heavy spitters.... They could generate bucket sized quantities on a good day. Their sputum was copious and frequent but what irritated their friends was the shootemsputum that landed in places where no one would expect or intend.... Every day for them was a spewtemup at the OK Coral.

Etymology: Shoot, ShootEm and Sputum

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COMMENTS:

terrific - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-12: 12:14:00

metrohumanx Mind- numbing grossology! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-12: 16:37:00

petaj Now, loogie here pilgrim, we don't want no trouble here on the ranch. There's no place for lungfighters at the OK corral. - petaj, 2009-03-13: 06:24:00

Very funny. Yuch, yuch, yuch! - kateinkorea, 2009-03-14: 02:45:00

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Spitalkquelate

Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: spi-talk-q-late

Sentence: Tony is a non-stop babbling kind of guy that while he is so into saying a lot about nothing, the "spitalkquelate" flies all over Mary's new red dress she is fumming! Tony can't slow down his constant "Spitalkquelating" and soon Mary's chin starts to drip. She is becoming more angry the longer the "Spitalkquelation" of Tony's garlic infused "Spitalkquelate" is spewed on her face. She finally has had all she can stand! So she tells Tony,"Ya know Tony,you are an obnoxious spitalkquelating fool, I have had all I can stand of your nonstop spewing spit all over me!"

Etymology: Spit; to expectorate saliva out of your mouth. talk; to speak. quelate;letting spit fly out of your mouth! Spitalkquelates ; the act of continuing the spitting. Spitalkquelation ; being spat upon repetitively.

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metrohumanx Spitalkquelate has a nice "bounce" to it! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-12: 16:43:00

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Inhospittable

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: in hoss pit abel

Sentence: anyone that inhospittable was always going to end up in hospittle

Etymology: inhospitable spit

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Hackattack

Created by: splendiction

Pronunciation: hack a tack

Sentence: His sudden hackattack shocked the restaurant diners. Some of the surprised onlookers noticed his sudden spasm of churling coughs froze; while a few others acted swiftly to aid the man whom they mistook for choking on a piece of steak. One onlooker, obviously either a doctor or first-aid graduate, began applying the h-manoeuvre to the man. He resisted violently with a shout “Whhwaat r u dewing? I ave a orrible cold and need to eat!”

Etymology: From hack (to cough in sudden, uncontrollable spasms) and attack (to act on something with violence or vigor).

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COMMENTS:

metrohumanx EXCELLENT word! I wonder if one can apply the Heimlich Manoever in REVERSE? - metrohumanx, 2009-03-12: 16:42:00

Yes, that would be a good manoever for this particular guy! - splendiction, 2009-03-12: 22:10:00

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Mucustomer

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: mew/cus/tu/mur

Sentence: Sally looked out the window in dismay as she saw Mrs. Smith heading toward her fine linen shop. Mrs. Smith was such a mucustomer that she had become a liability.

Etymology: mucus + customer

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COMMENTS:

clever! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-12: 14:16:00

metrohumanx Very ominous vignette. We like! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-12: 16:38:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-03-12: 00:01:01
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James

galwaywegian - 2009-03-12: 06:39:00
sometimes I worry about metrohumanx :)

mweinmann - 2009-03-12: 16:08:00
This definition really caused me to chuckle....you see, I actually met someone last week who actually did this!!

splendiction - 2009-03-12: 22:13:00
The words today are hilarious and disgusting at the same time - oh, another definition!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-09-23: 00:06:00
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James