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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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Spewtifulpeople
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: spu ti ful peep ell
Sentence: He was a bon vivant, a man of the world, but he was also one of the spewtifulpeople. He was the spitting image of a successful person, except for his one bad habit. We could expectorate no less from him...he was a cuspidor, not a toreador.
Etymology: Spew (spit) & Beutiful People (Wealthy, prominent people, especially those in international society)
Spitosaurus
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)
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:
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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Horkule
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: hork yewl
Sentence: Her blind date turned out to be a mystery date, especially after he covered her in his trachial fluids. He was none other than Horkule Poirot and her little grey cells wished she had never agreed to this outing.
Etymology: Hork (to release phlegm from nose or throat)& Hercule Poirot (Agatha Christie's fictional Belgian Detective)
Inhospittable
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: in hoss pit abel
Sentence: anyone that inhospittable was always going to end up in hospittle
Etymology: inhospitable spit
Spitiosyncrasy
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: spitēəsingkrəsē
Sentence: People have learned to give this guy on the bus plenty of personal space. It is well known that he suffers a particular spitiosyncracy. If anybody dares to engage the phlegmonster in conversation they are sure to do it from a distance.
Etymology: spit (saliva, typically that which has been ejected from a person’s mouth) + idiosyncrasy (a mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual)
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COMMENTS:
heh - galwaywegian, 2010-09-23: 14:26:00
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Spitaligy
Created by: kairi988
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Don't give up ... you have great potential! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-18: 12:36:00
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Malapropel
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: mahl-APP-row-PELL (malapropeller)
Sentence: Hank was quite gross in his youth- and now he's so crude and uncouth. He hacked up some moisture- and launched a thick oyster- so hard it included his tooth. Yes, Hank the Skank would belittle- all those who would swallow their spittle- For him it was sport- to land one in the port- We hope that he gags on a Skittle. (Hank was a MALAPROPELLER of the worst kind. An unrepentant DISGUSTOLAUNCHER, he would decorate the sidewalk with loathome lung by-products, repellent dollops of drool and vulgar volumes of vile vapours, too.)
Etymology: MALAPROpos+proPEL= MALAPROPEL.....MALAPROPOS: in an inappropriate or inopportune way; French mal à propos (1668).....PROPEL: to drive forward or onward by or as if by means of a force that imparts motion;Middle English propellen, from Latin propellere, from pro- before + pellere to drive.
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COMMENTS:
Ptyalize expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth - metrohumanx, 2009-03-12: 16:31:00
Metrohumanx, I was imagining the graphic details as I read your sentence :)~ EWWW WEEE Old Hank is one Malapropel type Fella! I just hope he doesn't smoke as he starts to choke and fling out something YELLOW! (GOOD one!) - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-12: 21:05:00
excellent create! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-13: 10:14:00
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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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COMMENTS:
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
truly horksome! - petaj, 2009-03-13: 06:15:00
Another Nosila Classic! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-16: 02:33:00
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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:
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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Comments:
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!
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James