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DEFINITION: v. To get what you wished for, but not exactly what you wanted. n. A wish come true that's a total let down.
Verboticisms
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Suckseed
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: suk seeeeeed
Sentence: Finally he suckseeded in getting her attention. Unfortunately, he also got the attention of her rottweiler
Etymology: succeed, suck
Wishcompoo
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: wish-com-poo
Sentence: Jonny's wishcompoo was a bit messy. He was playing his song on his guitar on the street corner, when he closed his eyes and wished he had a huge hit. The next thing he heard was a roar and screech, which he imagined as a crowd of fans. Unfortunately, it was a cement truck. And it didn't stop until it hit the wall behind him.
Etymology: wish come true + poo
Wishfulfoulment
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: wish full foul ment
Sentence: He stopped tossing his ball from hand to hand for a moment. Slowly swaying his way was a hot princess...oh if he could only just speak to her. He accidentally dropped his ball. She picked it up. “I like this ball, can I keep it?” He stared, unable to speak. She noticed HIM!? She screached, “Stop staring at me! I guess I’ll keep it!” Sometimes wishfulfoulments will happen.
Etymology: A play on "wishfulfillment", "foul".
Desirefluous
Created by: thedreness
Pronunciation: Dee-zigh-err-flu-us
Sentence: To gaze into her yearning eyes longingly was sufficient. To have her boyfriend come from their table to mine to ask me if I had a problem was desirefluous...
Etymology: Desire + Superfluous
Yearnspurn
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation:
Sentence: His yearnspurn was: finally getting the director's job and a big raise, but getting transferred to the Arctic circle office.
Etymology: yearn + spurn
Dayscreaming
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dāskrēming
Sentence: His mother always told him, \"be careful what you wish for\" and now he knew why. Ever since he had taken up boxing to get in shape Sidney would daydream about being good enough to go pro. Now, sitting in the ring across from the champ, his daydreaming had turned into dayscreaming. It was a full-fledged daymare. Sure, it was just a charity exhibition match but the look in the champ\'s eyes when Sidney teased him about his pink trunks left him hoping that his teeth were well anchored.
Etymology: daydreaming (a series of pleasant thoughts that distract one\'s attention from the present) + screaming (give a long, loud, piercing cry or cries expressing excitement, great emotion, or pain)
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COMMENTS:
- good word! - splendiction, 2009-07-28: 20:26:00
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Incogric
Created by: IHeartKiwiTarts
Pronunciation: "in-cog-rick"
Sentence: isn't it incogrick?
Etymology:
Comments:
ATTENTION ALL PLAYERS: Round One is ending today and we will be declaring the first official Verbotomy winner!
We will start Round Two on Monday with fresh scores -- i.e. everyone starts with zero!
So please cast your final votes for this round's verboticisms today. Good luck!
wordmeister - 2006-11-24: 11:16:00
Good word chris. I have been giftmiffed a few times. Hey, does anyone know what the official title will be for the game winner? They should be able to come up with a good title. How about adding "VbD" to the playername since the winner should be awarded a "Doctorate in Verbotomy".
- 2006-11-24: 11:40:00
The winner (mother?) will be drunk with the power, so how about "Verbloto"?
- 2006-11-24: 11:48:00
Mother drunk?? Never!!! (heavy sarcasm)
- 2006-11-24: 11:50:00
the two styles of drawings seem blended now - very cool
Thanks!
deadpanwalking - 2006-12-05: 11:09:00
My vote's for Mother. Consistently clever. Having said that ... watch your back in round 2!