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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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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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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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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
Hoofinmouth
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: Hoof-in-mouth
Sentence: Dave seemed to mess up again and again as he blurted out the first thing on his mind. The doctors told him he had a case of hoofinmouth disease.
Etymology: hoof, as in foot/ mouth
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
Inopiacognition
Created by: sirshade
Pronunciation: in/opee/a/cog/ni/shun
Sentence: jerry got slapped because of his habit of inopiacognition
Etymology: inopia=latin for "lack of" cognition=a fancy for "thinking"
Pedomouthise
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation: ped-o-moth-eyes
Sentence: Looking around the restaurant, he was sure he saw many bugs running wild. "Can I have fried lice, please?" he pedomouthised
Etymology: pedos = foot and put it in mouth
Boohps
Created by: w5lf9s
Pronunciation: boo.ps
Sentence: "That was a rather typical instance of boohps back there. You might at least have complimented her on her shoes first"
Etymology: "to boob" to commit a faux-pas or blunder and "oohps"
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COMMENTS:
good - wordmeister, 2007-02-09: 23:50:00
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Boobabble
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: boo baa bull
Sentence: Frank just boobabled at her and managed to cause great offense.
Etymology: to make a boob of yourself or to stare at her boobs, and babble.
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