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DEFINITION: v. To obsessively work on, shine and polish something which has no intrinsic value. n. A item which has lots of imagined shine in the eyes of the owner, but no real value for anyone else.
Verboticisms
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Misapprehenshine
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: miss ap ree hench eye nn
Sentence: The ornamental 300 pound cast iron weathervane which Jane's late demented husband had sculpted into a very rough image of Mount Rushmore and bolted to the chimney, gave way under the force of her polishing and fell into the Jones' garden, killing Mr Jones as he lovingly tended his asparagus. How upset she was to see her neighbour under a misapprehenshine.
Etymology: misapprehension, shine
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-10: 12:20:00
I love this sentence- it has drama, tragedy, and guffaws, too! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-10: 12:29:00
great word, too! - splendiction, 2009-03-10: 16:52:00
I laughed, I cried... - Nosila, 2009-03-10: 22:00:00
hahahaha....fun - mweinmann, 2009-03-11: 07:59:00
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Finetoon
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: fyne toon
Sentence: No matter what Naomi did to her resume, it always looked like someone had had to finetoon it. How else would her work history look like such a piece of fiction?
Etymology: Fine-tune (polish and perfect) & Toon (cartoon;imaginery, humourous drawing;caricature)
Embullish
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: em buhl ish
Sentence: There was no getting away from it. although sasha had a glorious body, her resume, despite all the embullishment, was still bull.
Etymology: embellishment, bullsh*t
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COMMENTS:
Haha, nice. - RightOnTheWin, 2010-09-21: 09:20:00
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Poindify
Created by: toy4769
Pronunciation: Poyn-dif-eye
Sentence: Larry's OCD neighbor, in his usual fashion, trimmed his hedges along the fenceline to nearly a stump to fill his need to poindify something he can control.
Etymology: Poindexter: a pocket-protector wearing over-analyizing nerd. + Modify: to change to suit one's taste.
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COMMENTS:
Creative way to combine words, great job. - RightOnTheWin, 2010-09-21: 12:48:00
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Quartshite
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: kwart shy t
Sentence: She spent cleaning and polishing the quartshite ring he gave her, not knowing it was as worthless and trashy as he
Etymology: quartzite, shite
Possessivecompulsive
Created by: GlobalGallery
Pronunciation: pozessiv-kom-pul-siv
Sentence: Andrea was possesivecompulsive. She spent nine hours cleaning the motel room. The fridge, oven, carpets, windows, bathroom, walls and ceiling were gleaming. Every piece of cutlery was hand polished. "I don't know why you bother" said Mitchell her fiance. "We have to live here, so why can't it be nice?" was her reply. "Live here? We're staying here for one night and we're outta here before breakfast" he said with some concern.
Etymology: 1.Possessive - the case expressing ownership 2.Obsessive-compulsive - a state of neurosis
Vanitize
Created by: BookWorm579
Pronunciation: VAN-i-ties
Sentence: Mr. Jones vanitized over his green lawn, keeping it carefully manicured and watered, even during droughts.
Etymology: Derived from "vanity".
Obuffsess
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: o buff sess
Sentence: Sham first obuffsessed with her car being shinysmooth and clean. Her obsession with well-buffed appearances crept into her home as she obuffsessed about the lustrous glossyness of her leather and wood furniture. Her hands perpetually ached, but there was no end to her obuffsession: woodwork, tile, sinks, lightswitch covers, doorlatches, her dog's collar, the electicity box outside her home...
Etymology: From the words buff (shine a surface) and obsess (have a preoccupation with something - in this case buffing anything, especially commonly-touched surfaces, to a shine).
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COMMENTS:
Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-10: 21:43:00
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Bufflooniery
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: buff/luny/ary
Sentence: Sceptics called it bufflooniery but Sally was convinced that her collection of Canadian loonies would one day be the one true global currency and religiously buffed and polished them.
Etymology: buff + loonie + buffoonery
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COMMENTS:
Funny! (Poor Sally) - kateinkorea, 2009-03-10: 08:35:00
I really took a shine to this word! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-10: 12:21:00
Rich! luv it! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-10: 14:37:00
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Nugatoil
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: NUG a TOIL
Sentence: "Are you going to nugatoil all evening?" he teased her. He knew that probably only about three people would show up to see her display in spite of her endless hours of fixing, changing, rewriting, redrawing and painting things that were fine the way they were six hours ago.
Etymology: NUGATORY: having no purpose or value; worthless TOIL: to work very hard and for a long time
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COMMENTS:
Love the word, kate...At first glance,I thought it was "oil derived from a nugget". - metrohumanx, 2009-03-10: 12:12:00
great combo - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-10: 12:21:00
fun to say, too - silveryaspen, 2009-03-10: 14:32:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James