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DEFINITION: v. To worry about the proliferation of nuclear weapons and the ultimate demise of our planet. n. Anxiety caused by the fear of nuclear bumblers.
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Babybugaboom
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: bay-bee-bug-a-boom
Sentence: Here it comes again, Zoe sighed at the core of her heart, the nucleus of her being. Things really seemed to be coming full circle. She was referring to all the babybugabooming in the news lately: North Korea, Iran. Now her boss was entertaining ideas for marketing it and here was this crazy guy in front of her. They...whoever they were... had to keep fear in the mix and at bay, she supposed. It was enough to make you inert. However, she thought, as her creative juices started flowing, little children the world over might enjoy a BabyBugaBoomerang!
Etymology: From slang for worry, BUGABOO + BABY BOOMER referring to those born between 1946 and 1964 and grew up during the Cold War. Emphasis on BOOM!
Pessibush
Created by: jajsr
Pronunciation: Pess-e-bush
Sentence: John, an avid BBC fan, always managed to bring up his pessibushitic views during casual conversations at work. Screw your upcoming vacation or your kid's accomplishments in school, the world is going to be at nuclear war!
Etymology: Combination of "Pessi" from pessimist - an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome; and "Bush" from former President Bush.
Alarmageddon
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: al ahrm ah gedd ohn
Sentence: alarmageddon, when vocalised, is usually met with armagedouttahere
Etymology: armageddon, alarm
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COMMENTS:
astute observation, readily apparent meaning, right on the definition, great originality. Exceptional verbotomy. - silveryaspen, 2009-02-04: 09:32:00
can always count on you to diffuse a scary concept - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-04: 12:41:00
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Paranukia
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: parənoōkiə
Sentence: Boomer is one of the few people we know who still maintains a fallout shelter. His paranukia runs deep. He tells his skeptics ”When they blow you up, don’t come running to me”.
Etymology: paranoia (a mental condition characterized by delusions of persecution) + nuke (a nuclear weapon)
Bingbangdoom
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bingbangdoōm
Sentence: Gerry just knows that the world is in deep peril. Some nitwit somewhere with an itchy finger is going to set off a chain of events that will bring the end of the world. It won't be difficult, just a matter of bingbangdoom. Even the tinfoil inside his baseball cap might not be enough to keep him safe.
Etymology: bing (exclamation - indicating a sudden action or event + bang (a sudden loud noise) + doom (death, destruction, or some other terrible fate)
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COMMENTS:
baddabang-baddaboom! - otherguy, 2009-02-04: 06:29:00
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Conflaggravation
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: con-flahg-rah-VAY-shun
Sentence: Though his colleagues tried to convince Professor Larson that his fears of a nuclear holocaust were unreasonable, the professor nevertheless suffered an almost constant state of conflaggravation.
Etymology: Blend of 'conflagration' (A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning) and 'aggravation' (A source of continuing, increasing irritation or trouble)
Kevinbaconeutronstarophobia
Created by: GlobalGallery
Pronunciation: Kevin-Bacon-Neutron-Star-o-phobia
Sentence: 1. A Neutron Star is an astronomical object in the dying stages of it's existence. 2. A star that is dying could be referred to as a Death Star. 3. The Death Star is a fictional moon-sized space station and superweapon occupied by Darth Vader and his crew. 4. Darth Vader is the cental antagonist in the Star Wars films. 5. 'Star Wars' was the pet name for the SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative) proposed by President Ronald Reagan in 1983. 6. The SDI was designed to protect the United States from attack by strategic nuclear ballistic missiles. =Kevinbaconeutronstarophobia
Etymology: Based on the trivia game 'The Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon' that links many major Hollywood actors to Kevin Bacon through six or less interconnecting film roles.
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COMMENTS:
great blent of what is and what might be, a very savvy insight into fact and sci-fi. Extraordinary! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-04: 09:39:00
blend not blent, darn my fingers! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-04: 09:39:00
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Wmdiety
Created by: chaiandallthatjazz
Pronunciation: dub-ul-u-m-dI-e-tee
Sentence: Approaching 2012 there's an air of WMDiety amongst the peoples!
Etymology: WMD (weapons of mass destruction) + anxiety (worry, apprehension) + deity (God, divinity)
Fearoshima
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: feer - oo - sheem - ah
Sentence: Nester constantly watched documentaries and read dozens of books about the cold war, World War II, nuclear capabilities and armaments. Although he had learned a great deal of history and could expound on scientific theories, knowing more about these topics also resulted in a great deal of fearoshima for Nester. He began to fret more and more that the end could be near.
Etymology: Fear + Hiroshima >>>Fear (be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event) Hiroshima (a port city on the southwestern coast of Honshu in Japan; on August 6, 1945 Hiroshima was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb)
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COMMENTS:
Powerful verbotomy - silveryaspen, 2009-02-04: 09:25:00
hehehe - galwaywegian, 2009-02-04: 10:48:00
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-04: 12:44:00
I agree...excellent! - kateinkorea, 2009-02-06: 02:21:00
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Nuclearandpresentdanger
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: nu kleer and prez ant dayn jer
Sentence: Adam Bomber was the top sales rep for Gone Fission...the Nuclear Product Company whose sales targets were not bang-on! Adam Nuisance is what the Military Buyer, Dr.Oppenheimer, called him, because he was after them every week selling add-ons. "Yes, for this week only we are offering a BOGO on Pogo (a Buy One, Get One nuclear armaments sale, where you could wipe out the island of Pogo. What Adam did not realize was that POGO was an acronym for Project On Government Oversight, an independent nonprofit that investigates and exposes corruption and other misconduct in order to achieve a more accountable federal government.) You could say that his sales pitch bombed, his profits would not mushroom, he was a nuclearandpresentdanger to his peers and his targets imploded. People were not surprised to read in the Society columns that Mr. Adam Bomber would soon be marrying Miss Eva D. Struction were spending their honeymoon in Nagasaki Japan!
Etymology: Nuclear ((weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy) & Clear And Present Danger (Play on a Title of a Tom Clancy Novel, made into a movie)
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COMMENTS:
Awesome! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-05: 13:08:00
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Comments:
Verbotomy - 2009-02-04: 00:01:01
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
Verbotomy - 2010-08-19: 00:08:00
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
artipt - 2018-08-19: 18:15:00
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