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DEFINITION: To put your foot in your mouth by saying what you're thinking, rather that thinking of what your saying.
Verboticisms
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Streamofwrongciousness
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: streem-ov-rong-shus-ness
Sentence: telling his boss that it looked like she'd put on quite a bit of weight over the holidays was another case of his streamofwrongciousness getting him into trouble
Etymology: stream of conciousness, wrong
Gaffiloquy
Created by: chofu67
Pronunciation: gaff ill o kwee
Sentence: With only a brief gaffiloquy, he managed to offend everyone in the room
Etymology: gaffe = iloquy (speech)
Freudrage
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: FROYD-raje
Sentence: Jim was fired after he ran into his boss at a boozy party and freudraged when the guy asked him how he liked his new assignment.
Etymology: Freud, as in Freudian slip, + rage via outrage, road rage and 'roid rage
Toejammin
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: toh/jam/in
Sentence: He couldn't stop himself from toejammin whenever he went to a party. It took him hours to get the taste of his foot out of his mouth
Etymology: toe + jammin
Pedoralisis
Created by: moltentim
Pronunciation: ped-oral-isis
Sentence: Jim was diagnosed with pedoralisis after he told the doctor, "anybody could do this."
Etymology: foot + mouth + dysfunction
Podios
Created by: mja188
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Jim didn't realize until it was too late, that he podiosed.
Etymology: "pod" from latin foot , "in os" is latin for in the mouth. possible alternate is podinos however podios sounds better.
Mindburp
Created by: chris
Pronunciation: mynd-berp
Sentence: Julian's propensity to mindburp had made him a regular at the A&E department
Etymology: A burp is something embarrassing (and often involuntary) that comes out of your mouth. A mindburp is the same - but is caused by the brain rather than by the body.
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COMMENTS:
I like that. It makes more sense than a "brainfart," which describes something that needs describing, but doesn't describe it very well. - ErWenn, 2007-02-06: 01:16:00
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Oraloops
Created by: BMott
Pronunciation: or - ul -oops
Sentence: Justin stuttered as he tried to recover from his oraloops when "boobs" slipped out instead of "boots while he was trying to charm Amber.
Etymology: Oral - Latin or-, os mouth; Oops - surprise, or dismay
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COMMENTS:
good word in the "oral tradition" - wordmeister, 2007-02-05: 19:52:00
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Tongueshui
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: tung-shway
Sentence: When he tried to charm the beautiful girl at the bar, Jeremy's tongueshui was once again his downfall.
Etymology: tongue + feng shui
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COMMENTS:
tongueshui sounds like you would always say the appropriate thing but I love the way it sounds - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-05: 16:31:00
You can have bad feng shui, right? But yeah, I was a bit confused by today's definition, so I went for the aesthetics instead. (I've figured it out now) - sodium, 2007-02-06: 00:26:00
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Comments:
ErWenn - 2007-02-05: 02:06:00
Isn't that what a Freudian slip is?
Discoveria - 2007-02-05: 04:12:00
Yes, I think so too.
Bulletchewer - 2007-02-05: 07:10:00
No, it's not a Freudian slip, it's a Freudianblip mahahahaha...
ErWenn - 2007-02-05: 09:35:00
You know what _I_ think we need a word for? A word for a non-Freudian slip of the tongue. Granted, I don't think Freud thought that they existed, but enough people do that it'd be nice to have a word to differentiate the two situations.
Bulletchewer - 2007-02-05: 10:00:00
I like blaming Freud, the sex-obsessed legend deserves it! Plus, one word is enough, so, next verboticism please.
Hey ErWenn, Thanks for the suggestion! I will see if I can create a definition for that... ~ James