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DEFINITION: n. A person who gets completely disoriented whenever they try to do more that one thing at a time. v. To make a big mess because you are trying to do too many things at once.
Verboticisms
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Sloperative
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: slohpp ur aht iv
Sentence: George Jnr was a natural born sloperative, just like his dad. The only family in thos parts that were allergic to Wrigleys
Etymology: operative, slop
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COMMENTS:
terrific - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-14: 14:47:00
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Complextrophe
Created by: BeauKnows
Pronunciation: Complex-Tro-fee
Sentence:
Etymology: Complex:Composed of many interconnected parts. Catastrophe:A sudden and widespread disaster.
Monoahmono
Created by: emdeejay
Pronunciation: Mono Umm Oh No!
Sentence: Poor Chris. His left hand really didn't know what the right was doing. Picking up an object with the left meant dropping whatever he held in the right. While he had managed to master talking and walking simultaneously, he was still a real monoahmono kind of guy!
Etymology: From the Spanish "mano a mano", literally hand-to-hand, but frequently (mis)used in English to mean "one on one". One Chris, one activity. No exceptions!
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COMMENTS:
Hand to hand the chaos goes, where it stops no-one knows. - dochanne, 2009-05-15: 04:27:00
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Juggleputz
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: jug-ul-putz
Sentence: Juggleputz wasn't a clever word but it did seem to sum things up and i was trying to make dinner and look after the kids while verbotomizing, so if i spent too long trying to think of a cleverer word i was bound to make a complete juggleputz of myself.
Etymology: juggle, putz
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COMMENTS:
how truly funny and realistic, plus nice to see a sentence from you, backing up your great word(s) - DrWebster111, 2009-05-13: 19:52:00
Good Job! Keep up the sentences :) It's 11 points to complete all areas! You got my vote! - abrakadeborah, 2009-05-14: 11:14:00
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Distasker
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: dihs-tahs-ker
Sentence: Whether it was calculated or not, every time Rip Van Winkle tried to do anything other than sleep, he showed his nagging wife he was a real distasker.
Etymology: Playing on DISASTER, using DIS/not + TASK/ a piece of work, usually assigned
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COMMENTS:
really like this word! - splendiction, 2009-05-13: 22:46:00
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Pluralost
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: ploo-ral-ost
Sentence: Carter had to leave the orienteering club because he could not read a map, use a compass, carry a pack and observe the position of the sun at the same time to figure out his location. He was a pluralost.
Etymology: plural (more than one) + -ist (suffix as in pianist) + lost (disoriented)
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COMMENTS:
Good job! I was pluralost trying to figure out a word for this definition. - hyperborean, 2009-05-14: 12:35:00
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Multitsk
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: mull-tee-tsk (tongue clicking sound)
Sentence: The sever car pile-up on Route 287 was the direct result of Gary's attempts to multi-tsk. I mean driving and singing along with the radio is one thing. Driving, singing and drinking coffee is another, but Gary was driving, drinking coffee, sending a text message, shaving and reading the paper all at the same time. Tsk tsk, Gary.
Etymology: multi-task + tsk tsk tsk - tonge clicking noise synonamous with "shame on you"
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COMMENTS:
hehe - galwaywegian, 2009-05-13: 12:27:00
I hope Gary has learned his lesson! good word - splendiction, 2009-05-13: 22:51:00
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Shatterscattered
Created by: logan260
Pronunciation: shatt-ur-scat-urd
Sentence: Man, you are so "shatterscattered"....every time you try to do more than one thing, you screw em both up.
Etymology: shattered--obvious scattered--someone who is experiencing mental disarray.
Clumsitasking
Created by: griffiegrrl
Pronunciation: Clum-see-task-ing
Sentence: "George made a big mess Clumsitasking by changing a diaper while talking on the phone and watching the evening news."
Etymology: Clumsy - Tasking (akin to Multitasking)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by mweinmann Thank you mweinmann ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by mweinmann. Thank you mweinmann. ~ James