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DEFINITION: v. To ignore anything positive and focus your energy on problems, disasters, and whatever bad news you find. n. A person who searches for, and feeds on, other people's weaknesses, failures and mistakes.
Verboticisms
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Woewallow
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: wōwälō
Sentence: Willy watches the news with great interest. He loves to woewallow. If there is bad news he wants to share it. Disasters, tragedies, agony? A new study that finds your favorite food as a possible cancer cause. He's there! He firmly believes that every silver lining is wrapped in a big beautiful grey cloud.
Etymology: woe (great sorrow or distress) + wallow ( indulge in an unrestrained way)
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COMMENTS:
You met my dad? - wayoffcenter, 2009-04-21: 07:35:00
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Follyfication
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: faw ly fi ca tion
Sentence: Shrugh really looked forward to follyfication of all the silly human errors around him.
Etymology: From FOLLY (human stupidity) and JOLLIFICATION (find joy in or revel).
Flawyer
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: flôyər
Sentence: Tony entered the field of law with high hopes of making the world a better place. What he soon discovered was that he was really in a world of flaw enforcement. When somebody messes up he makes money. Once he got all of that Don Quixote nonsense out of system he became a real flawyer.
Etymology: flaw (imperfection) + lawyer (a person who practices or studies law)
Fixhate
Created by: Biscotti
Pronunciation: f-icks-h-ayt
Sentence: Joey was such a fixhate, always making those around him feel miserable. Even in public, he would be told "Have a nice day" and promptly responded, "Why should I?". He went so far as to paint his cubicle at work all black, just so his co-workers would feel gloomy too.
Etymology: Fixate (focus or obsess on something) + hate (anger or disdain for something)
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COMMENTS:
Very Strong and Powerful Word! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-21: 09:40:00
Biscotti,what a great word! I'm visualizing that black cublicle...lol :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-04-22: 05:55:00
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Sinnic
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sin nik
Sentence: Woody was a sinnic in the worst sense of the word. If your actions did not benefit him directly, he thought you had no business being on the planet!
Etymology: Sin (commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake) & Cynic (someone who is critical of the motives of others)
Indoomnify
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: in - doom - nef - i
Sentence: Gloomy Grant sought to indoomnify the world against happiness by spreading gloom, doom and negativity. It was almost guaranteed that a few hours in his presence would depress even the most cheerful among us.
Etymology: indemnify (to secure or compensate for), doom (pronounce a sentence on; make certain of the failure or destruction of)
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COMMENTS:
nice - galwaywegian, 2009-04-21: 09:25:00
Meaning so readily apparent, easy to remember, and right on the definition. Another of today's Super Duper Creates! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-21: 09:43:00
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Focuss
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: ffff oh kuss
Sentence: her focuss had everyone cussing before long
Etymology: focus cuss
Schadendfraudster
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: schad en frawd stur
Sentence: She was a total schadenfraudster. the onlt time she use the word "good", was to precede "grief"
Etymology: schadenfreude, fraudster
Maggoteer
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: meh-gah-teer
Sentence: If only Dart could find two more people to join him in his cause of whining, grumbling and complaining about every rotten thing then they could call themselves The Three Maggoteers.
Etymology: Using MAGGOT, a larvae that feeds on diseased or dead cells + a play on "The Three Muskateers," a French novel about a young hero named d'Artangan by Alexandre Dumas, pere
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COMMENTS:
I would hate to run into three Maggoteers types at one time! I really enjoy everyone's words and what they come up with in sentences! Very creative :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-04-22: 06:41:00
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Shadyfraud
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: Shade-E FROD
Sentence: Steven is scuh a shadyfraud he always laughs at me when I spill scalding coffee all over my keyboard.
Etymology: Schadenfreude. God love the Germans
Comments:
Today's definition was inspired by one of my favorite university professors who would respond to complainers with what he said was an old Japanese proverb -- "In among the cherry blossoms, the woodpecker hunts for a dead tree." ~ James
silveryaspen - 2009-04-21: 01:43:00
Like today's definition and cartoon, that Japanese proverb, provides plenty of food for thought .... naughty knotty thoughts ... until I want to thought naught about it any more!
silveryaspen - 2009-04-21: 09:56:00
This thought provoking definition and cartoon certainly inspired every one today! Kudos to the professor and James and all the verbotomists who played today. All are terrific sentences and verbotomies, today.
readerwriter - 2009-04-21: 10:33:00
Do I live in the wrong hemisphere or does my day begin too late???? Either that, or you all are up past midnight EST! Fun word today to play with. How you do it, James, I will never know...you are an artiste!
Thank you silvery and readerwriter. Fortunately, there not a lot of woodpeckers among us, but apparently there are a lot of night owls. ~ James
abrakadeborah - 2009-04-22: 06:03:00
This word and cartoon today was very descriptive! I LOVE the old Japanese proverb you added "In among the cherry blossoms, the woodpecker hunts for a dead tree." :) I have known a FEW toxic people like this in my life~