Vote for the best verboticism.
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
Click on each verboticism to read the sentences created by the Verbotomy writers, and to see your voting options...
You have two votes. Click on the words to read the details, then vote your favorite.
Purdad
Created by: ekky99
Pronunciation: pur-dah-d
Sentence: The purdad hid his daughter from the gaze of the lecherous youths. Shut away in a curtained room, she paled into insignificance.
Etymology: purdah + dad
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Good sentence. Kudos for being able to come with two words and only change one letter to blend them! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-23: 16:33:00
----------------------------
Alsatiate
Created by: janebrowne
Pronunciation: Al-SAY-she-ate
Sentence: So when my dad met my boyfriend and saw that he had a few cool tatoos and a pierced nose he, like, began to alsatiate all over the place and pushed me back in my room and tried to lock me in! What is his problem?
Etymology: Alsatiate- Both the French and Germans claim this word, insisting that it derives from the behavior of Alsatians or German Shepherd dogs, known world-wide for their tendency to drool and bark, protecting their owners and, in effect, making them hostages.
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Kudos for your etymology and originality! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-24: 14:10:00
Nice word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-25: 19:25:00
----------------------------
Loveshackle
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: luv-shak-ull
Sentence: At first, Tracy thought Marvin was being a doting boyfriend, running all the errands and carrying even the lightest packages for her, but when she found him staring at her image on the computer and singing "You're My Obsession", she came to the realization that she was being loveshackled.
Etymology: love shack, shackle
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Hey Jabber - 2 songs for you today! - purpleartichokes, 2008-02-22: 06:58:00
Love the word purple so I'll put up with the song that's now stuck in my head for the entire weekend!! The Love Shackle is a little old thing that keeps us together Love Shackle baby, Love Shackle bay-bee. - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-22: 08:46:00
Is loveshackle a cousin to Sugar Shackled? Now, there's 3 songs! Great Creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-22: 12:57:00
"Tiiiiin roof... rusted!" Groovy word. - Tigger, 2008-02-22: 15:06:00
Excellent verboticism. Very descriptive and appropriate to the definition. - Mustang, 2008-02-22: 18:36:00
Great word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-25: 19:07:00
----------------------------
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
----------------------------
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
----------------------------
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
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Scary! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-23: 16:28:00
----------------------------
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
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Very Unique! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-23: 16:31:00
----------------------------
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
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
great story - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-22: 16:28:00
Uber! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-23: 16:35:00
----------------------------
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:
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Inventive! Great blending! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-24: 14:09:00
----------------------------
Patrylacticate
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: PAT-ruh-LAC-ti-cate
Sentence: Marvin would patrylacticate Brittany each time he neurotically attempted to protect her from the real and imagined evils of the world. By the time she turned twenty-nine, Marvin had reached the stage of clinical patrylacticosis.
Etymology: Patri-, "father," + prophylactic, "protective measure." Noun form: patrylactication
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Great etymology. Prophylactic was a stroke of .... genius! Great shielding! I'm having too much fun with this one! Way to go stache! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-22: 13:16:00
----------------------------
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
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Perhaps Bob's father knew how to make him and his daughter buckle-under! Very forthright! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-22: 14:22:00
----------------------------
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Biscotti. Thank you Biscotti. ~ James