Vote for the best verboticism.
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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Discomboobulate
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: dis-com-boob-bule-late
Sentence: He discomboobulated with abandon whenever she was in the same room. This often had painful consequences.
Etymology: discombobulate + boob. Discombobulate: to confuse. Boob: need I define it? Also has the meaning of "idiot".
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COMMENTS:
I'm sure a similar verboticism has been given before. And there's already a phrase for this one - the 'Freudian slip'. - Discoveria, 2007-02-05: 04:11:00
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Flaptongued
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: flap-tung'd
Sentence: Flaptongued people usually get put in their place pretty quickly, especially if their comment was towards an outgoing person.
Etymology: flapping tongue
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COMMENTS:
By the way, the "your" in the definition for this word should be "you're". - Javeson1, 2007-02-05: 13:30:00
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Freudianblip
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: Froy-dee-un-blip
Sentence: His Freudianblip, commenting on a "nice vase", meant sleeping on the couch again. (Reckon you need to be British to appreciate this)
Etymology: From "Freudian slip" which means pretty much the same as the definition, usually with sexual connotations. "Blip" is a pun on "slip" and "blooper" (mistake).
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COMMENTS:
Yes Bulletchewer, You're right! ~ James - Verbotomy, 2007-02-05: 20:03:00
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Brainfart
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: BRANE-fart
Sentence: "Hey Meg, great ass..sesment back there in the meeting" One thing you could say about Bobby, he could cover a brainfart better than a can of lysol.
Etymology: umm, we used to use this alot back in highschool, college...I is surprised no one else put it up yet...brain+fart
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COMMENTS:
HA! Very funny sentence!!! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-05: 11:19:00
Yeah, funny! - wordmeister, 2007-02-05: 19:56:00
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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)
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
Freudfootenmouth
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation: freud-foot-in-mouth
Sentence: I just freudfootenmouth-ed by telling her that she had nice boobs instead of boots.
Etymology: freud: as in "freudian slip", footen mouth: as in foot in mouth.
Heelatosis
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: heel-a-toe-sis
Sentence: Sue realized she had heelatosis immediately after she asked the blind client if it was bright enough in the room for him.
Etymology: heel- a cad, or a part of the foot, halitosis (bad breath, likely from sticking your foot in your mouth)
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COMMENTS:
Love it! - toadstool57, 2007-02-05: 07:46:00
Bad words equal bad breath? Yes! Good one! - wordmeister, 2007-02-05: 19:53:00
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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