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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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Snarecastle
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: SNARE cass el
Sentence: I got caught in another snarecastle in the grocery store when I saw a beautiful woman looking at me and then after I smiled at her, realized she thought I worked in the store.
Etymology: SNARE: trap AIRCASTLE" head in the clouds, dreams, fantasies
Disdreamay
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: diss-dreem-may
Sentence: She couldn't wait to get her new Ken doll for Christmas but suffered much disdreamay when she discovered that he had plastic hair and not flowing real hair like Barbie.
Etymology: dismay (thwarted, disappointed) + dream (wish, hope)
Foolfilment
Created by: sisternyx
Pronunciation: fool-fil-ment
Sentence: Jim wished for a vacation but his foolfillment was that he was fired Friday.
Etymology: fully fooled
Rainblow
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: rain-blow
Sentence: Jim was always chasing rainblows. Everytime he thought his dreams would come true, something always managed to blow it.
Etymology: rainbow: "I'm always Chasing Rainbows" was a song by Harry Carroll in 1918 about an optimistic person who was constantly pushed back by the events of life, and was a popular song of the time. It was featured in a 1941 movie sung by Judy Garland. It was also recorded by Bing Crosby, Perry Como and other crooners of the era. It was also one of my grandmother's favorite songs. + Blow: 1) a sudden unexpected event 2) slang - "that blows" -- something that sucks or is a bummer
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COMMENTS:
Pefect! I love it. - mweinmann, 2009-07-28: 08:00:00
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Disrequest
Created by: Luke01
Pronunciation: Dis-re-kuest
Sentence: The man made a disrequest to...
Etymology: Dislike request
Iwanic
Created by: Fleury
Pronunciation: eye-WAH-nik
Sentence: It was pretty iwanic -- he did, after all, tell the blackjack dealer "hit me!"
Etymology: sloppy conflation of "ironic" and "I want it"
Wishlashing
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: wish lash ing
Sentence: he got such a wishlashing when he found out what happened.
Etymology: its like a backlash from a wish.
Obliteraled
Created by: jboehnker
Pronunciation: uh blit' er eld
Sentence: Bob's hopes were obliteraled the moment he saw the twelve-inch pianist appear; the genie had obviously misheard his wish.
Etymology: obliterated + literal
Wishboned
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: wishbohnd
Sentence: The young comedian wanted more than anything to make the beautiful blonde in the front row laugh. He was completely wishboned when she started braying like a donkey with hiccups.
Etymology: wish (desire)+ boned (screwed)
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!