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DEFINITION: n. An unpleasant smell caused by the lack of fresh air, and/or stuffy thinking, especially if one has been locked up in a building for a long, long time. v. tr. To exude stale air or ideas.
Verboticisms
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Rancidosis
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ran - sid - OSE - iss
Sentence: Entering the long abandoned library in the vacant house he was appraising, Hector thought to himself that the room had a bad case of rancidosis.....a disgusting fragrance that he thought was likely similar to a bear's breath at the end of a long hibernation.
Etymology: Blend of rancid and halitosis
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COMMENTS:
Innovative powerful sentence simile! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-29: 10:56:00
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Flatuthink
Created by: Niktionary
Pronunciation: flat-chew-think
Sentence: The committee couldn't come up with any ideas, it seemed that all anyone in the room could do was flatuthink
Etymology: Flatuate+think
Unimmaculateconception
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: Un - im - mak - you - lut - cun - sept - shun
Sentence: Peter had been stagnating in prison for years. His mind was filled with unimmaculateconceptions.
Etymology: Un: Not. Immaculate: clean, neat and tidy. Conception: idea, notion, way of thinking.
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COMMENTS:
bit of a mouthful, but clever - petaj, 2008-02-29: 04:35:00
very apt - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-29: 12:17:00
A good mouthful -Like the sentence too! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-02: 20:02:00
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Farticulate
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /fahrt-tik-yuh-leyt/
Sentence: Since his retirement, on most days, Walter would just sit on the porch in his rocking chair, smoke cigars and farticulate, saying things like, "Maybe only half of them A-rabs are terrorists, but so what? Just bomb the whole lot of 'em, is what I says, and let God sort 'em out." He was obviously suffering from farteriosclerosis.
Etymology: Fart - v. to break wind; n. the odorous result of breaking wind; [as in "Old Fart"] (from Middle English, ferten, of imitative origin) + Articulate - to voice or clearly describe ideas (from Latin, articulāre "divide into distinct parts")
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COMMENTS:
what a gas! - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-29: 09:01:00
I'm lovin' "farteriosclerosis"! - Jamagra, 2008-02-29: 10:10:00
Wonderfully witty! Double kudos for two vebotomated creations! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-29: 10:47:00
Outstanding - Banky, 2008-02-29: 14:19:00
Great words; funny sentence! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-02: 19:57:00
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Stagnicogitate
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: stag + ni + codge + i +tate
Sentence: The business was going down, because the planning committee was comprised of stagnicogitaters. Not one innovator. With all that funking going on in their minds, they couldn't smell the corruption emanating from the finance section.
Etymology: stagnate (become stale or fouled) + cogitate (think hard)
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COMMENTS:
"Funking" is a great word! Stagnicogitate is a great big word! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-29: 11:02:00
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Penimentiary
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: Pen-i-MEN-shuh-ree
Sentence: Even though Bob read volumes of "escapist" literature when he was in gaol, a year after regaining his freedom, he still was waiting for others to re-open the "doors of his mind" for him. His psychiatrist said that it would be a very long time before his penimentiary could be cured.
Etymology: PENIMENTIARY: " The prison of the mind" Blend of Penitentiary: prison & Ment:(L): the mind.
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COMMENTS:
nice twist - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-29: 09:02:00
"reopen the doors of hi mind" is such a wonderful way to convey that concept! Ditto for the 'prison of the mind" concept of your creation! Exceptional sentence! Exception verbote! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-29: 11:07:00
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Rancideate
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: rān sī'dē-āt
Sentence: When George was rancideating, the athmosphere in the oval office became so fetid that it would cake on one's nose hairs. "What a rancidiot," thought Dick, stifling his gag reflex.
Etymology: rancid (rank, unpleasant,stale, offensive, nasty or disagreeable) + ideate (to conceive mental images; think). n: rancidiot, one who rancideates
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COMMENTS:
A clever pair of matching verboticisms! Double Kudos! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-29: 10:14:00
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Stenchtorious
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: stench/tory/us
Sentence: Conrad had a stenchtorious air about him which was poisonous to all around him. Some thought him merely a gasbag while others thought of him as a secret weapon.
Etymology: stench + stentorious
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COMMENTS:
Witty sentence! I can hear it loud and clear and smell it clear from here! Strong word! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-29: 10:43:00
Nice -perhaps, not so nice blend! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-02: 19:59:00
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Rhetoreek
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: ret-er-eek
Sentence: I would have stayed for the rest of the speech, however, the rhetoreek and eau de cronie was making me nauseous.
Etymology: rhetoric, reek
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COMMENTS:
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-29: 08:58:00
Your sentence makes you a master of Eau de laughter! Two of the cleverest funny verbotmates in your creates! Both are fun to say! Many Kudos for being the wittiest of the day! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-29: 10:51:00
This word rhetorocks. - Banky, 2008-02-29: 14:20:00
Brilliant! - Tigger, 2008-02-29: 23:47:00
outstanding! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-02: 20:04:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by an anonymous donor. Thank you! ~ James