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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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Aupairanoid
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: oh/pear/a/noid
Sentence: Angela was so concerned about the safety of her children that she hired an aupairanoid to help supervise them.
Etymology: au pair + paranoid
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COMMENTS:
Nice! - purpleartichokes, 2008-02-22: 06:59:00
could all go aupair shaped - galwaywegian, 2008-02-22: 09:27:00
Au! The children need an escape pairashoot! This is a pairagon among verboticisms! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-22: 13:22:00
If she had the money, Angela would probably hire au-pair of 'em, I bet. Fun word. - Tigger, 2008-02-22: 15:11:00
Good One, Jab...no wonder they invented Nanny 911- pairental discretion advised! - Nosila, 2008-02-22: 23:44:00
Another creative verbotomy! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-25: 19:08:00
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Chastehole
Created by: leegro
Pronunciation: \ˈchāst-hōl\
Sentence: Bob feared that his new girlfriend's father was a true chastehole and would thwart his dreams of an uplifting senior prom.
Etymology: chaste - pure, free from sexual conduct/I think you know what-hole
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COMMENTS:
Perhaps Bob's father knew how to make him and his daughter buckle-under! Very forthright! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-22: 14:22:00
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Obtective
Created by: Biscotti
Pronunciation: ob-teck-tive
Sentence: Joe was obtective with his family, they never saw the light of day while he was gone.
Etymology: Obsessive + Protective
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COMMENTS:
Scary! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-23: 16:28:00
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Possibully
Created by: Aardvark
Pronunciation: Possi-BULL-ee
Sentence: "I don't know why my dad won't let me go. He's such a possibully!"
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Inventive! Great blending! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-24: 14:09:00
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Parencious
Created by: princesscharli
Pronunciation: Parr-en-shus
Sentence: He wouldn't let his daughter out, he's such a bad parent, no he's just parencious.
Etymology: a parent who's causious
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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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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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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Doomfeed
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: DOOM-feed
Sentence: For Bob the signs were all there: a harmaggedist who knew all the apocryptic signs. And, futhermore, his family were never free from his daily doses of doomfeed. But happily - perhaps, not in Bob's case - he found karma, no longer worrying about tomorrow - for he knew anyway everything would turn out wrong.
Etymology: DOOMFEED: doom: unpleasant or disastrous outcome; Feed: to satify, gratify or minister to, as in any sense, ego, desire, fear etc.
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COMMENTS:
Trapped in a doomfeedback loop! Very innovative! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-22: 14:32:00
you went right for the dark side on this one - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-22: 14:39:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Biscotti. Thank you Biscotti. ~ James