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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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Mechaneyes
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: MEK uhn ize
Sentence: "I only have mechaneyes for you," Carson crooned softly, as he stroked the side of his '78 Buick Century. "Those sleek new snazzy cars have nothing on you. They have but a shadow of your beauty and grace." His car was like an old friend to him. When people asked if he was getting a new car anytime soon, he would snap, "Would you trade in a friend of 32 years for someone you had just met?" Behind his back, people would say that if they had a friend of 32 years that smelled as bad as Carson's car did, they probably WOULD get rid of that friend.
Etymology: mechanize + eyes
Motofection
Created by: Biscotti
Pronunciation: mow-tow-feck-shun
Sentence: John had severe motofection with the weed whacker. He started to sleep with it next to him in bed; making his wife sick from the fumes and jealousy.
Etymology: motor (an engine of some sort) + affection (love and attention)
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)
Gizmopomorphism
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: GIZmo-po-MORE-fizzem
Sentence: Maria loved Rotwang and the little fixer-upper they shared on the prairie. In an effort to better herself, Maria took an online course in Animal Husbandry and obtained a government grant to develop a slow chipmunk through selective breeding. Rotwang's contribution to domestic bliss was the maniacal disassembly, upgrading and fine-tuning of every mechanical device they owned. Mysterious packages arrived every day, and Rotwang would spirit them into the basement where, to a chorus of clangs, whirrrs and curses, he would assemble the parts into idolatrous animated devices. Rotwang had converted every appliance in the house into a sort of lamp, and when he started locking himself in for days at a time, Maria knew that he had fallen victim to the curse of GIZMOPOMORPHISM...When Maria tried to show Rotwang the fruits of her labor, a really slow stud rodent named Jacques, he callously smacked it from her hands and sent it flying into the anteroom like a little furry meteorite. Weeping profusely, Maria made Rotwang build a quonset hut in the backyard where he lived alone with all his infernal contraptions. When Rotwang finally emerged for a pastrami on rye with mustard, he found that Maria had packed up her beloved chipmunks and moved to L.A. where she joined the Church of Appliantology, met a surfer dude and opened a new-age pet shop out near Hubcap Heaven on the Antelope Freeway. Rotwang was last seen talking incoherently to a mutant shop vac as they dragged him off to Chunga's Home for the Mechanically Insane. The End :)
Etymology: GIZMO+anthroPOMORPHISM=GIZMOPOMORPHISM.....GIZMO: an often small mechanical or electronic device with a practical use but often thought of as a novelty;origin occluded...ANTHROPOMORPHISM: ascribing human characteristics to nonhuman things,a core dogma of appliantology; Late Latin anthropomorphus of human form, from Greek anthrōpomorphos, from anthrōp- + -morphos -morphous.
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COMMENTS:
See Maria and Rotwang here:
http://www.kino.com/metropolis/ - metrohumanx, 2009-01-19: 01:47:00
Maria can be seen here:
http://www.robotisland.com/product_info.php/products_id/453 - metrohumanx, 2009-01-19: 01:59:00
My ranking is plunging faster than an old soviet submarine. - metrohumanx, 2009-01-21: 14:46:00
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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
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]
Contraptionation
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: con-trap-shun-AY-shun
Sentence: Edwin had a serious case of contraptionation for his cars and garden machines that could well be described as a superstitious infatuation.
Etymology: Blend of contraption and fascination
Carsanova
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: Cars ah no va
Sentence: You'd think the old hot rod had a hot bod, the way Pat Brady spoke to his Nellybelle, his 1946 CJ-2A Willys Jeep. "There you are, my little Nellybelle! Come on" Pat would pur to her. It wasn't a blonde with a great figure, but a ragtop four-by-four, yet Pat would tell it "You are in great shape." and "You can go a little further, now!" To Pat, Nellybelle was a sweetheart giving him a sweetcart. When it came to Nellybelle, Pat was a real Carsanova.
Etymology: CARS, CASANOVA. A lover of cars is a Carsanova. Car - a term loosely used to refer to any vehicle. Casanova - one of history's great lovers, so great, his name is eponymous for lover. (Is anyone else old enough to remember Pat Brady and Nellybelle from the Roy Rogers Show? "Happy Trails to You, until we meet again!")
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COMMENTS:
Two days ago, I was trying to think of the name of that jeep. Thanks. Remember Sky King and Sgt Preston of the Yukon?
Wow! - metrohumanx, 2009-01-19: 01:54:00
love it! - galwaywegian, 2009-01-19: 10:09:00
terrific - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-19: 15:42:00
Cute word...sadly I remember it like it was yesterday! - Nosila, 2009-01-20: 22:05:00
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Mechanglory
Created by: diyan627
Pronunciation: mek-in-glor-eeee
Sentence: The mechanglory never faded even when John had to settle for refurbished parts for his '69 mustang. If anything, his humble spirit and refurbished offerings is carrying that torch into the future.
Etymology: mechanical + glory (Great honor, praise, or distinction accorded by common consent; renown. Something conferring honor or renown. A highly praiseworthy asset. Adoration, praise, and thanksgiving offered in worship. Majestic beauty and splendor. The splendor and bliss of heaven; perfect happiness. A height of achievement, enjoyment, or prosperity.)
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
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