Vote for the best verboticism.
DEFINITION: v. To be physically overcome by a sudden illness, disability, or even death when asked to participate in unrewarding activities -- like work, or household chores. n. A person who gets sick when asked to work.
Verboticisms
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Disinterestation
Created by: Puptentacle
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Obviously he is suffering from advanced disinterestation.
Etymology:
Downforthecountability
Created by: TheBocaj
Pronunciation: DOWN-for-thuh-KOUN-tuh-BIL-i-tee
Sentence: Steve was asked to clean his room on Saturday; however, when his mother checked up on him at lunchtime, she discovered he had contracted yet another case of downforthecontability, which put him out of commission until dinner was served.
Etymology: To be out for the fight [down for the count] when others are relying on you [accountability]
Laborified
Created by: Frejesal
Pronunciation: Lah-BORE-if-eyed
Sentence: When I asked him to run an errand he fell to the ground, totally laborified at the prospect of work!
Etymology:
Shwirk
Created by: ipswich78
Pronunciation: As it sounds
Sentence: He's just shwirking again...
Etymology: Combination of Shirk and work.
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COMMENTS:
Hey Ipswich78: Good word! I'm voting for it! - wordmeister, 2006-12-13: 13:38:00
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Federlinely
Created by: Chistinalove
Pronunciation: Federline (like in Kevin Federline) with a "lee" at the end. Federlinely.
Sentence: I felt Federlinely at the thought of rearranging my house by myself.
Etymology: Britney Spears husband is Keven Federline ... he acts Federlinely whenever he doesn't want to do something. Therefore Federlinely's definition is what it is.
Slackache
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: SLAK-ayk
Sentence: Whenever called upon to work late, Jim developed a slackache that forced him to go home ill.
Etymology: slacker + backache
Chordom
Created by: Steerpike
Pronunciation: Chore-dom
Sentence: As Andy saw the list of tasks for this month's milestone he slumped in his chair, overcome with chordom.
Etymology: Chore + Boredom
Undignidied
Created by: crazytown
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After the cops found Joe's body, they concluded he had somehow undignidied sometime between cleaning his ears and clearing the table, or possibly doing both at the same time.
Etymology:
Comments:
Divakar - 2006-12-13: 02:03:00
Hey guys...I'm new and maybe I'm misunderstanding something. It's called "verbotomy" but do our words have to be verbs? Because to me, this seems to ask for an adjective. I mean, "To fake a sudden..." or "To react with sudden illness..." would sound more verbish.
wordmeister - 2006-12-13: 03:02:00
Hey Divakar, Any kind of word will do, as long as it is you can use it in a sentence. And the funnier that sentence that more votes you'll get...
verbatul - 2006-12-13: 07:54:00
Divakar has a point though. An attempt should be made to supply a verb when one is asked for (and still maintain wit).
BaruMonkey - 2006-12-13: 10:32:00
insofar as the name of the game is concerned... Verboseness, Verbosity (n) - An expressive style that uses excessive or empty words.
DarthWader - 2006-12-13: 11:53:00
I agree with Divakar... The definition begins with "To be..." not "The condition of..." Verb, verb, verb. Verb is the worb.
Hey Players,
As you may have noticed we have lot's of new Verbotomists. Welcome to everyone! We are working on setting up a grouping system, so that we can play in smaller groups... We will keep you posted, as we update the system! Cheers, James
warped - 2006-12-13: 13:40:00
Bah, I should read the list FIRST next time: I accidently ended up using someone else's word (shirkitis). Ah well. Also, grouping people into smaller groups would be great, it seems we got a flood of people from Jay Is Games...
wordmeister - 2006-12-13: 13:45:00
Hey read the sentence for Workumvent -- it's funny
TheCapn - 2006-12-13: 20:57:00
Im pretty sure there is a real word for this...
TheCapn - 2006-12-13: 21:16:00
There is, its "Malinger"
- 2006-12-13: 22:12:00
DarthWader, "verb" also refers to words and speech, as in the words "verbal" and "verbalize," or as BaruMonkey pointed out, "verbose." Thus this game is not about the part of speech called "verb," but rather about words in general.
oxhead - 2006-12-14: 00:09:00
Bifurcated Rivets posted a link to your site recently. That's how I got here.
missparaguay1991 - 2006-12-15: 10:34:00
James you are geniatic! how didn't I think of possibilizing such a fun game! At least we've you! Congreetings!
Hey missparaguay, Thanks for the compliment. What really amazes me, is the super-creativity of all our the players -- there are so many terrific words and sentences! ~ James
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