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DEFINITION: n. The strong feelings of devotion and affection which a person feels towards their favorite mechanical device or appliance, such as a car, boat, power tool, or toilet. v. To lavish a machine with affection, attention and an imagined personality.
Verboticisms
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Nymphotech
Created by: Kevin0719
Pronunciation: nim-fo-tek
Sentence: The way Janie looks at her toaster makes me think she just might be a nymphotech, Steve.
Etymology: "nymphomaniac" and "technology"
Gizmoffection
Created by: spotthecat1
Pronunciation: giz-moh-FEK-shuhn
Sentence: His wife, for the sake of the children and their marriage, tried to be understanding but at times there were arguments. Every Sunday morning he'd rush out of the house to lavish attention on her. When the water was just the right temperature he washed her gently. The special soap he bought for her foamed luxuriously and he rubbed her everywhere. He paid special attention to those hard to reach places. After the wash came the massage therapy. Hours and hours of rubbing and sweating paid off when the glow of satisfaction shined all over her. He laid back admiring her and happy over a job well done. With the sun heading towards the horizon, he cleaned up, put away the toys he had used on his lovely and closed the garage door. He headed back into the house as his wife shook her head praying that doctors would come up with a cure for his gizmoffection.
Etymology: WWII U.S. Navy/Marine slang: gizmo + (a)ffection [Middle English affeccioun, from Old French affection, from Latin affectiō]
Personifate
Created by: Niktionary
Pronunciation: pur-sahn-i-fate
Sentence: Rick personifates his new computer: he sent out birth announcements
Etymology: personify+hallucinate
Inanemotion
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: inanimōshən
Sentence: Suzy is the light of Bob's life. She fills that void left by the fact that he can't have children of his own. He spends more time with her than he does with his wife. She makes him smile every time he sees her. She fills him with inanemotion. Suzy is Bob's car.
Etymology: inanimate (not alive) + emotion (any of the particular feelings that characterize such a state of mind, such as joy, anger, love, hate, horror, etc.)
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COMMENTS:
Car-amba ! - metrohumanx, 2009-01-19: 15:53:00
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Itoiletry
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: I/toy/let/tree
Sentence: Paddy had a fixation about finding the world's perfect toilet since becoming a master plumber. Once he had installed a Toto toilet he was often accused of itoiletry as he surrounded the fixture with candles and bath mats and was often found kneeling in front of it after a long night at the pub.
Etymology: idolatry + toilet
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COMMENTS:
Funny! - TJayzz, 2009-01-19: 16:12:00
Laughter loud here. And the song of your is by Willie Nelson ... "On The Commode Again!" - silveryaspen, 2009-01-19: 18:47:00
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Autodolatry
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: aw/toe/dol/uh/tree
Sentence: Jason spent every Saturday and Sunday cleaning, vacuuming, washing, waxing and detailing every square inch of his Alfa Romeo sports car, a car at the cutting edge of design and technology, which he truly, madly and deeply loved. Jason's wife called it out and out autodolarty.
Etymology: auto + idolatry (love, homage, glorification, veneration, worship)
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COMMENTS:
Very good! - Mustang, 2008-03-27: 18:47:00
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Contrapsaffection
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: con-TRAPS-eh-fecks-shun
Sentence: Edwin had a serious case of contrapsaffection for his cars, his boat, his power tools and his garden machines that could well be described as a superstitious infatuation.
Etymology: Blend of 'contraption' (A mechanical device; a gadget) and 'affection' (tender attachment : fondness)
Personiffair
Created by: Aardvark
Pronunciation: per SONE i fair
Sentence: Bob spent so much time in the garage his family started to wonder what he was up to. One night, when he missed his favourite dinner, Sally went out to see what he was doing. She found Bob gently polishing his boat motor, whispering to it in a way that he used do only with her. Yes, her worst fears were confirmed. Bob was definitely having a personiffair.
Etymology: Personi (from Personify - to give human qualities to objects) ffair (from affair - a secret, romantic encounter)
Automorotic
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ôtəmōrätik
Sentence: Andrew doesn’t just like his new car. He is crazy about it. He feelings are absolutely automorotic. He spends much of his time and most of his income on Sally, his Mustang. Last week he bought her fender skirts. He is beside himself anticipating the installation of her leather bra scheduled for this weekend.
Etymology: automobile (a road vehicle, typically with four wheels) + moron (a stupid person) + autoerotic (of or relating to sexual excitement generated by stimulating or fantasizing about one’s own body)
Agoggomobilia
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: uh-GOG-go-MOH-beel-EE-uh
Sentence: It was true, Bob was jaloopy. Indeed, it would need a entire chapter in a medical dictionary to adequately describe the vagaries of his Obsessive Carpulsive Disorder. At first he succumbed to ferrariosis; then he was humberstruck; recovered for a short time, only to fall victim again to isuzulatry. But when he discovered, and purchased the first goggomobil, made by Hans Glaz, he was completely overtaken by acute agoggomobilia.
Etymology: The "GOGGOMOBIL" a microcar produced in the Bavarian town Dingolfing after World War II by Hans Glas. Blended with AGOG: bewitched, enthralled, thrilled, joyful, breathless & MOBIL: motor car & IA: state, complaint, medical condition.
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COMMENTS:
let's hope he doesn't get the benz - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-27: 11:51:00
Purrfect! Wonderful sentence! - spotthecat1, 2008-03-27: 13:37:00
Uniqueword, Bob...I was afraid this would be just another alfa romeo & juliet story. - Nosila, 2008-03-27: 21:59:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
stache - 2008-03-27: 01:25:00
Have these always been called "verboticisms?"
Yes that's the word we use to describe our invented words. Of course you can also use "neologism". And I think we should create a subcategory for invented words with sexual undertones like your winning word today. It would be "verberoticisms". ~ James
Domenic- go frisk 'em.
galwaywegian - 2009-01-19: 10:08:00
very high standard today :D
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
gendiamJent - 2018-06-03: 14:27:00
Алмазное бурение за разумные деньги.
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