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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Hypocandor
Created by: DaddyNewt
Pronunciation: hahy-po-can-dor
Sentence: Larry's dating suffers from his hypocandor.
Etymology: hyper + candor
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.
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
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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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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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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Mingleupping
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: mingle upping
Sentence: I´m just loking at you and my mind and mouth are mingleupping
Etymology: i dont know
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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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