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DEFINITION: n. A chronic slow talker, who plods relentlessly, even when everyone else has figured out what they are trying to say. v. To talk in a painfully slow manner.
Verboticisms
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Syllabroadening
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: sill a brawd enn ing
Sentence: his syllabroadining was so pronounced, it took him two minutes to say"two minutes"
Etymology: syllable, broaden
Molassaversation
Created by: buck180
Pronunciation: Mo 'lass' a ver say shun
Sentence: As soon as he opened his mouth I knew the conversation was going to be a molassaversation. I was already on the next topic before he finished his first sentence.
Etymology: A combining of molasses and conversation.
Slowspoke
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: slow-spoke (said very slowly with long drawn out syllables - OK you figured it out long ago)
Sentence: Colin was a renowned slowspoke, and could never work out why his conversants kept toe-tapping or clock-watching or finger-drumming.
Etymology: slow poke (a dawdler) + spoke (past tense of speak) + slow (not quick witted esp. not realising that the audience already understands)
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COMMENTS:
you even have to say this word slowly - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-02: 09:14:00
good... one... - wordmeister, 2007-03-02: 10:41:00
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thaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnk yooooooooooooooooo so muuuuuuuch - petaj, 2007-03-02: 19:57:00
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Onandonmoron
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: on-and-ON-mor-on
Sentence: Phil's friends considered him to be a chronic onandonmoron and had begun to avoid being around him because of his incessant droning on so many incredibly mundane topics
Etymology: Blend of the words 'on', 'and', and 'moron'.
Likeahdrone
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: lyk/ah/droe/n
Sentence: A likeahdrone is an individual who intersperses like ah between every word
Etymology: like ah + drone (to go on and on and on)
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COMMENTS:
I've like ah come like ah across some of like those - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-02: 10:35:00
You must be Canadian like ah, EH? - Stevenson0, 2007-03-02: 17:57:00
Although we are aussies are guilty of putting ays on the end of sentences, the kiwis do this something chronic. Would that be the antipodean version of ah? - petaj, 2007-03-02: 19:59:00
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Insomniyack
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: in/som/ni/yak
Sentence: Chris was a motivational speaker at sleep deprivation conferences - his sessions always sold out first
Etymology: insomnia + yack
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COMMENTS:
I likes this one. - erasmus, 2007-03-02: 10:39:00
thanks erasmus - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-02: 10:46:00
when i need to sleep its hard to decide between an imsomniyak and a saidative - rikboyee, 2007-03-02: 17:06:00
I've found tranquspielizers quite effective. - petaj, 2007-03-02: 20:19:00
Narcotalks work too! - Discoveria, 2007-03-02: 21:35:00
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Comunicomma
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: com uni co maa
Sentence: Steve had chronic comunicomma, he could'nt finish even a two word sentence within a minute.
Etymology: from communicate and comma and coma. Always putting commas where they are not needed and so slow that he can put you in a coma.
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COMMENTS:
that,is, I, think, a, very, good, way...(ran out of commas) :) - Alchemist, 2007-03-02: 06:39:00
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Cumbercone
Created by: w5lf9s
Pronunciation: cum.ber.cone
Sentence: Hubert is such a flucking cumbercone! By the time he has told everyone at the office about ... about ... about ... his weekend it's Monday night.
Etymology: cumbersome + cone (as in the shape of a loudspeaker or other orifices put to a similar use)
Turtletongue
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: TER-tel-tung
Sentence: Criminey! Joe is a turtletongue! It took him 15 minutes to order breakfast! How long does it take to say "coffee and a bagel"?
Etymology: turtle + tongue
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COMMENTS:
Too bad if he was also a cloth-ears, a favourite term of my Dad's - petaj, 2007-03-02: 04:18:00
What happened to slothmouth? My comment seems inappropriate now! - petaj, 2007-03-02: 20:07:00
I had a change of heart~ don't worry, your comment still applies... - Alchemist, 2007-03-02: 21:51:00
Simple and good. - ErWenn, 2007-03-03: 08:25:00
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Lowgear
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: lowgear
Sentence: Just let him talk, he is talking in lowgear
Etymology: low and gear as in gearbox
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Stevenson0.
Thank you Stevenson0! ~ James
BMott - 2007-03-09: 00:10:00
Loved this one!
Today's definition was suggested by Stevenson0. Thank you Stevenson0. ~ James
Hey Verbotomists, Jasper Fforde is sending us signed copy of The Eyre Affair for the top writer this week. I guess Fforde did not want to see his heroine, Thursday Next, trapped in verbalaze of boratoric snailocution. ~ James