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DEFINITION: v. tr. To be so overly protective about a person or object, that you become completely possessed by the fear of what could go wrong. n. A person who is so worried about protecting something that they smother it with their own fears.
Verboticisms
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Mothersmuthered
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: Muh-ther-Smuth-erd
Sentence: At home, I play a game of "Mother, May I" constantly. Due to my mom's fears, she has ruined the game, by making her answer always the same: "Mother says you may not!" Mother says I can't join the school band, for she doesn't want me playing around. Mother says I can't join science club, chess club, or a bridge club because she doesn't want me going to the clubs at night! Mother says I can't play baseball, volleyball, football, or basketball. She says "Who knows what you'll catch playing with all those balls!" It is nice to be mothered, but I need help. I've become a none in this motherhouse. You've heard of Mother Hubbard. Mine is MotherSmuthered.
Etymology: Mother and Smothered and a play on Mother Hubbard = MotherSmuthered. Mothered: loved, cared for, and protected Smothered: overly suppressed
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COMMENTS:
> She says "Who knows what you'll catch playing with all > those balls!" — Now that sounds like something a Sexcavator would say. - Tigger, 2008-02-22: 02:48:00
Are you related to Tom and Dick, the smothered brothers? - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-22: 10:13:00
Wouldn't that be neice? - silveryaspen, 2008-02-22: 14:42:00
Great word play! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-25: 19:09:00
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Uberwarden
Created by: picabomama
Pronunciation: ooh/burr/war/den
Sentence: Violet skipped down the stairs to tell her Daddy that she had been invited on her first date. She was so excited about this development that she was totally taken aback by her father's reaction. He began to turn red and then he began to stammer and then he started locking all the doors and windows. "What are you doing Daddy?", Violet asked timidly.Her father replied, "I am no longer your father. I am now the uberwarden and this home is your prison. How do you feel about homeschooling?"
Etymology: Uber (German for super) + warden
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COMMENTS:
great story - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-22: 16:28:00
Uber! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-23: 16:35:00
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Abominablesnowrabbit
Created by: davem
Pronunciation:
Sentence: If you abominablesnowrabbit that child, he will have a bad first day of school.
Etymology: Eponymous to the character in a 1961 Warner Brothers Cartoon in which Daffy Duck and Buggs Bunny take a wrong turn on vacation and find themselves in the Himalayas as candidates to be the new pet of the Abominable Snow Rabbit, a giant yeti who "will love
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COMMENTS:
Novel concept: children as pets! Superb etymology. Fantastic eponomy! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-23: 16:49:00
Your ephonymous verboticisms have inspired other verbotimists to create some great eponymous verboticisms. - silveryaspen, 2008-02-23: 16:57:00
Mistakenly, I thought an epononym was any word that contained part of a name; a name with a syllable or prefix added to 'wordify' it as more than a name. But I was wrong!!! It is a name, and only the name, no additions, that is a true epononym. While I think you have inspired name-based creations, which are not true eponyms, it seems that (at least for the short time I've been playing) that you are the only one who has created a truly eponymous verboticism, in the strictest sense of the definition. Wow! Thank you for piquing my curiosity enough to researth this out. Any one else curious about the strict meaning of eponym might find this link helpful http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/eponyms/index.html - silveryaspen, 2008-02-24: 14:18:00
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Beauphyxiate
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: bow/fik/see/ate
Sentence: Jenny's insecurities and need to totally control and dominate all aspects of his life causes her to beauphyxiate any relationship.
Etymology: beau + asphyxiate
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COMMENTS:
Is she the beaustrangler of Boston? Great ingenuity! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-22: 14:09:00
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Whatifamania
Created by: CanadianAndyCapp
Pronunciation: Watt-iff-a-main-ee-a
Sentence: After three generations of "Politically Correct" parenting, it is little wonder that most of the current generation of young adults have absolutely no parenting skills and have reverted to a state of Whatifamania when it comes to their children.
Etymology: Whatif- derived from the perpetual question of the incompetent. / Mania- excessive emotional state.
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COMMENTS:
Great perspective. Very perceptive! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-23: 16:36:00
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Obsesify
Created by: Niktionary
Pronunciation: ahb-sess-i-fye
Sentence: When my father bought the plasma tv he'd saved for for months, we thought he would obsesify over it; but we never thought he would make us do a background check before Superbowl Sunday to watch it!
Etymology: obsess+objectify+possesses
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COMMENTS:
Interesting choice of words to blend. Clever sentence! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-23: 16:45:00
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Catastrophyxiaphobe
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: cat-astra-fixia-fobe
Sentence: Melanie was gasping for breath after her catastrophyxiaphobic father had hidden the keys to the murcielago her husband gave her as a birthday gift.
Etymology: catastrophe + asphyxiate + phobie
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COMMENTS:
Interesting choice of words in your etymology! Innovative Blending! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-23: 16:40:00
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Parannoyed
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: par-a-noid
Sentence: The coddling and paranoid actions of Jill's father to try to watch her every move and protect her from the harsh cruel world outside, just made Jill more parannoyed.
Etymology: paranoid/annoyed
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COMMENTS:
Is her father related to the computer annoybot? (an Internet computer program having the sole function of sending annoying or unwanted messages)! Very inventive! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-22: 13:48:00
Good one! - Tigger, 2008-02-22: 15:03:00
Very good verboticism. - Mustang, 2008-02-22: 18:37:00
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Anxicovet
Created by: diyan627
Pronunciation: angz-i-covet
Sentence: Ben's last anxicovet was enough to swear him off women for a while. Now he just spends his nights online or at the bar and with whomever will hang with him for a while.
Etymology: anxiety + covet
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COMMENTS:
Very Unique! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-23: 16:31:00
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Guantanamother
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: gwan tan am oth hur
Sentence: Her Guantanamother scared her girlfriends and terrified her boyfriends. she came downstairs on prom night to find her date hooded, naked, standing on a stool, while her mother made doberman noises.
Etymology: guantanamo, mother
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COMMENTS:
Thanks Galway - you exorcised Love Shakle but now I'm stuck with 'Guantanamera, guajira, Guantanamera' - sing it purple!! - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-22: 10:09:00
wantanamera, theres only wan tanamera - galwaywegian, 2008-02-22: 10:27:00
One ton o' mayo! Might heal ya, one ton o' mayo... - purpleartichokes, 2008-02-22: 10:48:00
You three guan and on ... singing your little hearts out! Guanatanamother is so farfetched it just hangs right out there, drawing us to it like a magnet! Fun one, galwayegian! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-22: 13:12:00
Loved it, galwaywegian, you GITMO better every day! - Nosila, 2008-02-23: 00:05:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Biscotti. Thank you Biscotti. ~ James