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DEFINITION: To be so afraid of failure that you become paralyzed -- unable to move, respond or even say a word.
Verboticisms
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Flatatonic
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: flat a ton ik
Sentence: When Star Trek geek Jaune Yellowhead pushed his other Star Trek geek friend, Ginger Carrotop, to ask the new girl out, Ginger went into a flatatonic state. The new girl with the magenta hair, Pinky Purple, was so cute that Ginger was speechless. Apparently love is colorblind and the phasers were on stunned that day.
Etymology: Flat (having lost effervescence;completely or partially deflated) & Catatonic (a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods
Thicktongue
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: thiktonque
Sentence: hecould not speak he had a thicktonque
Etymology: thik as in fat en tongue as in your mouth
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COMMENTS:
And maybe his head was thick too! - wordmeister, 2007-02-08: 17:38:00
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Incompetrify
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: In-com-pet-triff-fy
Sentence: Bob, a soft-spoken geologist, always became incompetrified whenever he had to give a speech in public.
Etymology: Incompetent+petrify. Incompetent: unable to do something well. Petrify: to turn to stone.
Freezeframed
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: frEEze-frAmed
Sentence: The professor of David's Physics class got an inside tip that David has stolen the upcoming exam. When the professor confronted him, David just sat freezeframed, not being able to speak in his defense.
Etymology: freeze, as in motionless/ frame, as in catching one moment of time./ framed, being set up using false evidence.
Terralysis
Created by: Guthlaf1
Pronunciation: TERR-a-LI-sis
Sentence: He was halfway to the group when the terralysis hit, and he was stuck there, thinking "Oh no - how are you supposed to break into conversation again?".
Etymology: 'terra' - from 'terror' '-lysis' - from 'paralysis'
Rigorated
Created by: moltentim
Pronunciation: rig-or-ate-ed
Sentence: Sam became rigorated at the sight of Jane.
Etymology: rigor+intimidated
Northpoleaxed
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: north/pole/axd
Sentence: The thought of rejection completely northpoleaxed him leaving him frozen in place like frozen tag.
Etymology: north pole + poleaxed
Verbrozen
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: ver-brO-zen
Sentence: After playing verbotomy so much, his exotic vocabulary became a crutch. And when his co-workers demanded that he speak in plain English, he was simply verbrozen.
Etymology: verb+frozen
Trancefigured
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: trans/fig/urrd
Sentence: He became tancefigured before every exam. He became famous as moveable art.
Etymology: trance + transfigured
Startalized
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: star ta lye sd
Sentence: colin was startalized to the point of hardly even breathing when tracy walked in to the room.
Etymology: from startled and paralyzed.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by mana1066. If you have an idea that you'd like verbotomized, send it to us! Go to: http://www.verbotomy.com/verbinition.php.
Thanks! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by mana1066. If you have an idea that you'd like verbotomized, send it to us! Go to: http://www.verbotomy.com/verbinition.php.
Thanks! ~ James
wordmeister - 2007-02-08: 14:08:00
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