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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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Frib
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: fribb
Sentence: As was his nature, Alexander once again passed along a frib when asked a hard question with a potentially embarrasing answer, a tiny untruth that was told to spare the feelings of his friend.
Etymology: Blend of the words 'fib' (small lie) and 'rib'...to poke fun or make light of.
Troolish
Created by: wurdless
Pronunciation: troo-lish
Sentence: You look great! he said troolishly
Etymology: true + foolish
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COMMENTS:
yup. everyone I know will be using this now. I love this word. - Headcrab, 2012-06-09: 04:38:00
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Totalloss
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: total loss
Sentence: my life my brain my body are all total loss
Etymology: total as in complete Loss as in lost
Pliecebo
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: ply-see-boh
Sentence: He was happy to soothe her with a simple pliecebo
Etymology: lie, placebo
Mythinformed
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: miθinfôrmd
Sentence: Sally spent most of her childhood mythinformed. The stork*s role in child delivery, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, Santa, were just some of the tall tales her mother fed her. As she grew up and these fibs unraveled her mother replaced them with others, Trickle-Down Economics, Aunt Flo, **a good education will get you a good job**, Social Security and Reality TV to name a few. Now as an adult she she is more confused than ever, but that*s OK. She has 8,000 real friends and a farm and fish to take care of on Facebook.
Etymology: myth (a traditional story, esp. one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events) misinformed (given false or inaccurate information)
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COMMENTS:
good word - splendiction, 2009-11-02: 23:12:00
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Willorized
Created by: willster
Pronunciation: will-or-iz-ed
Sentence: She was extremely willorized by his touch.
Etymology: Will being in the first person; of his magnificness
Fibonaughtchicanery
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: fib/oh/not/chi/can/ury
Sentence: Those wonderful fairytales of childhood are really nothing but fibonaughtchicanery.
Etymology: fib + naught (nothing) + chicanery (deception) + fibonacci
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COMMENTS:
Looks it a tongue twister, but sounds good. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-24: 08:17:00
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Flubbish
Created by: mac33
Pronunciation: flub-bish
Sentence: "Fluffy's in Cat Heaven now," she said to little Susie, feeling guilty for feeding her child such blatant flubbish.
Etymology: flub - an instance of botching or bungling; failure (here failure to tell the painful truth) rubbish - nonsense (UK)
Soitghost
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: soe it goest
Sentence: His soitghosts will remain relevent wherever there is a need for humour in tragic situations.
Etymology: "so it goes" ghost
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!