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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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Stunblock
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: STUHN-blok
Sentence: The moment Chrissy walked into the room, Jeremy developed a bad case of stunblock. He's been like that since noon.
Etymology: stun+block
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COMMENTS:
Good! - wordmeister, 2007-02-08: 09:26:00
great! I like this one. - w5lf9s, 2007-02-11: 02:49:00
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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.
Stagnitized
Created by: tealismyname
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I was competely stagnitized when i saw that crazy bear!
Etymology:
Failock
Created by: chofu67
Pronunciation: fail lock
Sentence: We might have expected stammering or nervous gestures, but we were not prepared for his total failock in the face of a challenge from the floor.
Etymology: fail + lock as in vapor lock or lock up
Numbdumb
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: num/dum
Sentence: When he came face to face with his boss to ask for the deserved raise, he became totally numbdumb.
Etymology: numb + dumb
Catastronic
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: cat-a-stron-ic
Sentence: For a moment, Kelly was catastronic, when he realised the potential catastrophe he had narrowly avoided.
Etymology: catatonic (muscular rigidity and mental stupor) + catastrophic (failure - big time)
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COMMENTS:
Nice one! - BMott, 2007-02-08: 03:28:00
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Emotocomitosis
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation: eemoto-comit-osis
Sentence: Wracked with emotocomitosis, he pushed out his arms to shake hands before instantly drawing it back
Etymology: emoto - connected to matters emotional; comitosis - in a frozen, lifeless state
Rigorated
Created by: moltentim
Pronunciation: rig-or-ate-ed
Sentence: Sam became rigorated at the sight of Jane.
Etymology: rigor+intimidated
Goofcoma
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: goof-co-ma
Sentence: Brad went into a goofcoma whenever he saw Brandy enter the room.
Etymology: goof + coma
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COMMENTS:
funny! - wordmeister, 2007-02-27: 10:00:00
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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
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
Hey this room is nice.... Not too big