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DEFINITION: n. The sacrifice a mother makes when she gives everything to her children, including life itself, and then simply lets them go. v. To give someone everything and then watch them walk away.
Verboticisms
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Bratlifice
Created by: katytee
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After 28 years of bratlifice, Mary ran away to Tuscany with the milkman.
Etymology: brats + life + sacrifice
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COMMENTS:
nice word. anywhere but Bratislava would probably have sufficed. - galwaywegian, 2007-05-11: 06:27:00
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Stuckrifice
Created by: jonobo
Pronunciation: - this has been censored and noboody has been insulted ... the original was a simple freefice aka funkrifice... whatever... i love verbootoomy ;! phaque + a short form of "rice fiction" aka "rifi" + ce like in ice.
Sentence: Stupid by DEFINITION. Giving life is a gift. Kids just go, even if you don't let them - so it's not something the mother does.
Etymology: Stuckrifice = Stuck + Sacrifice. - censored - the irieginal funkrifice - If you start funkrificing for real, the only thing you sacrifice is your irresponsibility. Peace.
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COMMENTS:
I agree that the definition is stupid and I hope nobody tries to censor this. Gets a vote for the *#!% of it! - Bulletchewer, 2007-05-11: 11:55:00
Hey jonobo and Bulletchewer -- Seems like you guys have some issues! So I put your definition and comments into the washing machine to clean it up a little. You can complain about the definition if you want, but please don't insult people. Thanks. ~ James - Verbotomy, 2007-05-11: 13:39:00
No Problem with keeping verbottomy clean ;) Those thoughtcrimes just come out of my brain - i don't know why i do that all times. Whatever - i'm happy. Butt the Definition still schmucks - actually - the definition was more spinsulting than reeeeeee-wind-sponse-bob-hemp-pants-grand-pa''nts-party-show. peace, over and spinside out. - jonobo, 2007-05-11: 22:30:00
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Lifeprovisionist
Created by: guesser
Pronunciation: Life + pro + vision + ist
Sentence: Her journey consisted of being a lifeprovisonist , a choice she would make out of the love in her heart.
Etymology:
Kidtropia
Created by: ldikarev
Pronunciation: kid-tro-pia
Sentence: As summer went on she felt kidtropia looking at her garden from the wheelchair. True feeling of kidtropia enveloped him as he watched his spaceship leap into the unknown time and space.
Etymology: kid, kids. - atrophia (in this case 'self' is atrophied in order to make room for needs of the child)
Mumblebee
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: mum bil bee
Sentence: Busy Lizzie was a Queen Bee who lays thousands of eggs in her honeycomb. One of her offspring was chosen to be the next Queen. Despite the fact that Busy Lizzie laid 2000 eggs a day and ruined her figure, it stung for her to be overthrown by her own kids. The way they treated their Mumblebee was enough to give you hives. At least that's the buzz...
Etymology: Mum (mother) & Wordplay on Bumblebee (robust hairy social bee of temperate regions)
Albotify
Created by: blinkinglight
Pronunciation: Al-Bo-Tee-Fuy
Sentence: I haven't fully understood the hidden message in the commercial, could you please albotify?
Etymology:
Mombotomy
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: mom-bot-oh-mee
Sentence: It took 4 years of college and not returning countless phone calls from her mom but Jill was finally able to perform a successful mombotomy.
Etymology: Mom, lobotomy
Permast
Created by: callum
Pronunciation: per-mast
Sentence: "she held her children in permast"
Etymology:
Sprogression
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: sprog-resh-shun
Sentence: Cynthia was sad to see her first born leave home - particularly in such a flippant and nonchalant manner. But she sighed and waved, knowing that her thankless task of bringing up baby was a natural sprogression.
Etymology: sprog (slang for child) & progression (advancing, moving forward)
Pansacrifigo
Created by: duchessella
Pronunciation: pan-SA-cri-fi-go
Sentence: Lily Potter, mother of Harry Potter, is the prodigo of pansacrifigo. (prodigo of pansacrifigo... it sounds NICE!)
Etymology: Pan (all) + sacrifice + go And it sounds very Spanish!
Comments:
Today's definition was inspired by Cory Doctorow's novel Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town, which is a story about a guy who's mother is literally a washing machine. It's a great read! And since this weekend is Mother's Day, it seems like the perfect fit! I was also thinking about "After the Siege" in Overclocked, where a mother pushes herself beyond exhaustion trying to save her child - the sacrifice. And purpleartichokes inadvertently suggested the mother idea with her comments on the younger degeneration. Thank you Cory and purpleartichokes! ~ James
ErWenn - 2007-05-11: 09:39:00
I noticed that many verbotomists focussed on the "letting go" part of the definition as the key, while others treated it as just one small part of the maternal sacrifice. I'm sure it says something about our personalities, but I'm not sure what.
We have posted The Petaj Splinterview on the Verbotomy Blog. ~ James
Bulletchewer - 2007-05-11: 16:55:00
I "have issues" because I advocate free speech as opposed to miserable hypocrisy of censorship? HUSH
Hey Bulletchewer, I replaced four letters in your message with non-alphanumeric symbols. Did that make you unhappy? ~ James
Hey ErWenn, I agree with you. The words and language we choose to use do indeed reflect our personalities. And with a definition like today's, there are many different viewpoints, so it gets complicated... I guess that's why they have Freudian psychiatrists. ~ James
Bulletchewer - 2007-05-11: 19:18:00
It made me THE most $@*#ing miserable crybaby in the whole world! Just kidding.
Me too. But that's okay, it's a game ~ James
Anyways, in many parts of the world, this Sunday is Mother's Day, so I would like to remind all our verbotomists to take appropriate action (e.g. buy flowers). And to all our verbotomists who happen to be mothers, I would like to say thank you. Thank you for your wonderful creativity. ~ James
*gasp* I am so honored. Petaj used my word TWICE!!! in his splinterview. Now, I can die peacefully.
Clayton - 2007-05-12: 17:21:00
Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that the highest scoring words often do not reflect the part of speech suggested by the definition? Occasionally, this can be somewhat difficult to determine from a given description, but "the sacrifice a mother makes" clearly indicates that this word is meant to be a noun. Just nitpicking.
Hey Clayton, I have made a blog posting about this question. See: Parts of Speech and Verbotomy. It will be very interesting to hear what ErWenn has to say about this issue, since he also asked similar questions. ~ James
Clearly I should have mentioned that ohwtepph can also be relied on for coming up with not only amusing words, but very useful additions to everyday language.
Today's definition was suggested by doctorow. Thank you doctorow. ~ James