Vote for the best verboticism.
DEFINITION: v. To have a favorite article of clothing with which you develop a personal, and even a deeply fulfilling, relationship. n. A much loved article of clothing.
Verboticisms
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Obsessartorial
Created by: Torea
Pronunciation:
Sentence: She was obsessartorial about her cashmere wrap.
Etymology: "Obsession" and "sartorial"
Clothicon
Created by: Windyo
Pronunciation: Cluh/Thi/Con
Sentence: This guy really is a clothicon... look how he treats his shoes, as if they're human!
Etymology: Derivated word from "lolicon", word that means a person with a lolita complex.
Sextillism
Created by: isopraxis
Pronunciation: like it reads
Sentence: I can't wear these calvins without having a bout of the old sextillisms.
Etymology: Sex textiles
Smatchilism
Created by: bubbliciousbub
Pronunciation: Sem-hatch-ill-ism
Sentence: I was overcome with smatchilism for the beautiful blue shirt.
Etymology:
Infatugarb
Created by: Divakar
Pronunciation: in-faa-chu-garb
Sentence: Jill couldn't let go of her childhood infatugarb, even though John said it made him feel like he was dating his little sister.
Etymology: infatuation + garb
Regaliaphelia
Created by: kmccardle
Pronunciation:
Sentence: John's regaliaphelia with his worried his wife. She never knew when the two might run away to the Bahamas together.
Etymology: regalia(fancy or dressy clothing) - phelia(attraction or affinity to something)
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COMMENTS:
So I just realized it should be -philia not -phelia, my bad! - kmccardle, 2006-12-14: 20:12:00
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Autotogeroticism
Created by: DIKIDI
Pronunciation: AW-TO-TOG-E-ROT-I-SI-ZIM
Sentence: AUTOTOGEROTICISM IS RAMPANT AMONG TEENAGERS AND METROSEXUALS.
Etymology: AUTO (SELF), TOGS (CLOTHES), EROTICISM (AROUSAL)
Weaventine
Created by: cryptc
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Jerry the weaventine fell madly in love with the wonderful fabric that the sweater was made from.
Etymology:
Attiramorata
Created by: Stinah
Pronunciation: at-tee-rah-more-rah-tah
Sentence: Wendy was susceptible to attiramorata. Unfortunately, her inability to commit meant that her wardrobe changed frequently and her love was fickle.
Etymology: attire/inamorata
Kinshirt
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: kinn-shirt
Sentence: This shirt had been with him everywhere, like Linus and his blanket. This kinshirt began when he had his first kiss, then when he graduated from law school, when he ran his first marathon, and when he climbed Mt. Everest. Each and every milestone his shirt was there. Whether it was on his head, around his waist or on his back it was there.
Etymology: kinship + shirt
Comments:
Jonno - 2006-12-14: 04:40:00
Hi all! New to this and it's fun, but here's my 3 cents worth... 1. Placing the most voted-for words at the top of the list biases the voting. 2. Words entered earlier are subject to more votes. Could you not take all the entries before voting begins? Or have voting for yesterday's word while today's definitions are open? 3. You should add the part of speech to the definition (verb, noun, etc). I think the celeverer words are the ones which match the definition. 4. Please make these comment boxes a bit bigger! Thanks, Jon.
Hey Jonno, Thanks for your suggestions. They are all good! We are working on way to divide players/words into smaller groups, which will change the way verboticisms are listed, and the way voting happens. Stay tuned... In terms of the "part of speech", we actually had that in earlier, but took it out because people didn't like it. We could add it back... What do you guys think? Thanks for playing! ~ James
ErWenn - 2006-12-14: 12:14:00
I've just joined, and so far, every definition has been for a verb, but most of them lend themselves better to nouns. For example, it's easier to name a disease or condition than it is to give a word that describes succumbing to such a condition. Most of the winning words are nouns, as you can see. I think you should either formally open it up for any part of speech communicating the idea, choose the part of speech for each definition more carefully, or strictly enforce matching the part of speech of the definition.
philip - 2006-12-14: 12:31:00
Nice idea, look forward to playing :) Agree with Jonno on all points, especially the problem that entries made earlier will automatically get more votes...
verbatul - 2006-12-14: 12:35:00
James, the parts of speech is a great idea! It seems that we have a lot of clever people suggesting words so I don't think any creativity will be suffer. In fact, it may inspire more ingenuity. Great game!
I think that we might take a tip from ErWenn keep it formally open to all parts of speech, but then allow players to create variants for specific part of speech (e.g, a verb, a noun, an adj,) and award bonus points for the extra creativity. ~ James
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