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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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Mechannilingus
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: meh-can-nil-ling-gus
Sentence: Hunched in the corner, Robert was enamoured in mechannilingus over the new features of his new iPhone.
Etymology: mechanical+cunnilingus
Carmitment
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kar mit ment
Sentence: When Duane met his new vehicle, Stella, it was automatic carmitment. Not only was she a lovely looking little number, she was easy on his wallet, purred when he turned her on and never gave him any trouble. He practically lived in her and was so proud to be seen with her. His wife was not amused and eventually left him, citing irreconcilable differentials.
Etymology: Car (automobile) & Commitment (devotion)
Propencilty
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: pro/pensil/tee
Sentence: Percy demonstrated proprietary propencilty towards his new mechanical pencil that had been awarded him for his long years as a bookkeeper. Having been a slave to pencil sharpeners and messy shavings, he was enthralled with it's elegant shape and its never ending supply of lead.
Etymology: propensity + pencil + pro
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: AUTODOLATRY - noun from AUTO (automobile) + IDOLATRY (worship of idols; excessive, or blind adoration)
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COMMENTS:
Someone just crashed into my 75 Alfetta sedan. She's-a-no more. - metrohumanx, 2009-01-19: 15:55:00
Clever! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-19: 18:45:00
Good one! - Mustang, 2009-01-19: 22:19:00
terrific - OZZIEBOB, 2009-01-20: 04:22:00
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Burnon
Created by: simoneshin
Pronunciation: burn-on
Sentence: that new shiny electrical thingy was such a burn-on, he couldn't wait to touch it... and then it hit him in his head and bit him in the ass.
Etymology:
Personifate
Created by: Niktionary
Pronunciation: pur-sahn-i-fate
Sentence: Rick personifates his new computer: he sent out birth announcements
Etymology: personify+hallucinate
Mymachineamour
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: My-mash-een-amoor
Sentence: When it came to his motorbike, it really was a case of mymachineamour with James. His wife knew if it was a choice between her and that wretched machine, the bike would win hands down.
Etymology: My(belonging to) + Machine(an apparatus using mechanical power) + Amour(Love). See also My Cherie Amour(song by Stevie Wonder)
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COMMENTS:
love it - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-19: 15:46:00
Music for our ears! The meaning is loud and clear! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-19: 18:56:00
I wonder what you will come up will next? Great word; funny too/ - OZZIEBOB, 2009-01-20: 04:40:00
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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)
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)
Mechanimism
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /muh-KAN-uh-miz-um/
Sentence: 'Janice seems to really love her new food processor,' mused Charles as he left her apartment. She'd invited him over for dinner, but then she'd spent most of the evening in the kitchen with it. He was sure he'd heard Janice humming and cooing to it everytime she switched it on, and she would meticulously clean it between and after each use, admiring the sharp, shiny, new blades. As he got into his car, Charles told himself that he wasn't jealous, but this was surely a case of mechanimism, and he began to wonder about Janice's sanity. "Oh well," he thought, patting the dashboard of his Porche, "that just means more quality time for us, right Katrina?" (the car was named for her stormy personality).
Etymology: Mechanical - having to do with machinery (from Greek, mekhanikos "an engineer") + Animism - the belief in the existence of individual spirits that inhabit natural objects (from Latin, anima "life, breath, soul")
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COMMENTS:
I was going to use 'Mechanthropomorphism' but that seemed a bit too long... - Tigger, 2008-03-27: 07:29:00
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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
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