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DEFINITION: n. A harmless untruth, intended to comfort simple souls. v. To use a little bit a fiction to smooth over the perplexities and complexities of life.
Verboticisms
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Cheerfullofit
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: chEEr-ful-of-it
Sentence: Jill is cheerfullofit, telling David that no one noticed him in the fancy restaurant, as he walked around with the store tags still hanging from his pants and shirt.
Etymology: cheerfulness, to comfort/full of it, slang for telling lies or full of sh**
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COMMENTS:
hahah reserve this for Bring it on 2... but clever i like it - ekath, 2007-04-16: 18:50:00
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Placeebull
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: pla/see/bull
Sentence: 'Hard work always pays off' - a placeebull to keep workers motivated
Etymology: placebo + bull (as in bullshit) (had to put the second e in my word to emphasize sound)
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COMMENTS:
okayee - galwaywegian, 2007-04-16: 06:30:00
Ain't it the truth!?! - Sed8ed, 2007-04-16: 06:33:00
That example sounds like an alfalsism. Or a generaLIEzation. - petaj, 2007-04-16: 06:37:00
That's a great play on words! - jedijawa, 2007-04-16: 12:56:00
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Lieability
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ly ab ili tee
Sentence: Kurt's lieability helped improve his likeability.
Etymology: Lie (untruth;to deceive) & Ability ( possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done0 & Woredplay on Liability (the quality of being something that holds you back)
Foma
Created by: vonnegut
Pronunciation: fo-ma
Sentence: Nothing in this book is true. "Live by the foma* that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy." The Books of Bokonon. I: 5
Etymology: Created by Kurt Vonnegut for Cat's Cradle, published in 1963.
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COMMENTS:
foma - accept no substitutes. - Alchemist, 2007-04-16: 06:51:00
we can't go through the whole week respelling Vonneguts words....or can we? - rikboyee, 2007-04-16: 09:24:00
It's the best way to win the prize.... :-) - jedijawa, 2007-04-16: 12:54:00
What's the singular? And should I have heard of Vonnegut? Has he been on TV? Recently? Bliss. - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-16: 15:11:00
The singular form is "fomum", like phenomena (plural) and phenomenum (signular). Comes from Latin. Did you study Latin in highschool? I did, and I'm still trying to get over it. - wordmeister, 2007-04-16: 15:22:00
It's all Greek to me! - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-16: 16:14:00
you can even go into the news/blog section and it will tell you which word this definition comes from.... i honestly feel that using Vonneguts word taints the wampeter of our humble karass - rikboyee, 2007-04-16: 17:44:00
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Plafibo
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: pla-FEE-bo
Sentence: "What do I say?" thought Bob. That was what he had been asking himself all week. But Roxie's questions were flying faster than any of his answers were coming in to land. He needed a plafibo to allay her fears; he hoped he would find one before she found out that he had lost the tickets for their upcoming overseas trip.
Etymology: PLACEBO: ME from Latin: I shall be pleased;an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier & FIB: a small trivial lie, minor falsehood.
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COMMENTS:
great - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-23: 16:03:00
Good one! - lumina, 2008-06-23: 22:55:00
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Perjildance
Created by: mana1066
Pronunciation: per-jilled-ence
Sentence: granpa always had a perjildance for every question we asked as kids, but he still uses them even tough were in our late twenties
Etymology: perjury( of course, not in the court of law) + child (as in how you're spoken to when lied to in this sense)
Spinnice
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: spin + nice
Sentence: Sometimes you have to just throw out a few spinnices to settle folks down.
Etymology: spin + nice.
Comforlie
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: kuhm - fer - lahy
Sentence: Knowing that Mom would be upset if she heard how her son died, the doctor told the best possible comforlie: "Your son is in heaven."
Etymology: Comfort + Lie
Phope
Created by: alex88
Pronunciation: fOp
Sentence: I was filled with phope after listening to Barack Obama promise the moon.
Etymology: f (for false) + hope
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COMMENTS:
it's a phunny one! - reverb, 2008-07-12: 15:39:00
got my vote - wurdless, 2008-07-12: 18:09:00
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Consolie
Created by: justinchau
Pronunciation: con-sol-lie
Sentence: I had to consolie my patient when he wanted assurance that x-rays had no radiation. I consolied the hypochondriac by assuring her the pill wasn't a placebo.
Etymology: console + lie
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COMMENTS:
Hmm, what about alieviate (alleviate + lie)? - justinchau, 2008-06-23: 05:55:00
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Comments:
ErWenn - 2007-04-16: 08:00:00
Best verbotoon ever. So it goes, buddy, so it goes.
ErWenn - 2007-04-16: 08:20:00
Just noticed what was written on the typewriter. Ha!
Today's definition was suggested by Kurt Vonnegut and first appeared in his novel Cat's Cradle.
Thank you Mr. Vonnegut! ~ James
RE: "Best Verbotoon Ever" Thanks ErWenn! However I must say it was all inspired by KV himself. So it goes... ~ James
See the top 4 words of the day at Yeah, I'm in heaven now ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Kurt Vonnegut and first appeared in his novel Cat's Cradle.
Thank you Mr. Vonnegut! ~ James
wurdless - 2008-07-12: 15:23:00
Vonnegut is cool!
reverb - 2008-07-12: 15:31:00
cat's cradle rocks
Today's definition was suggested by vonnegut. Thank you vonnegut. ~ James
Live it or live WITH it!