Verboticism: Vexferous
DEFINITION: n., Forced small talk used by professional caregivers to put patients at ease. (Not usually effective.) v., To ask insipid questions while subjecting a person to an intimate, awkward or painful procedure.
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Unnecesspeak
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: Un-ne-ciss-speak
Sentence: I longed for a speedy outcome which I knew was unlikely due to a constant barrage of unnecesspeak.
Etymology: Unnecessary Speak.
Chatstract
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈtʃætˌstɹækt/
Sentence: At first, I thought she was flirting with me, but it turns out that the proctologist was just chatstracting.
Etymology: from chat + distract
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COMMENTS:
funny! - remistram, 2007-10-16: 10:05:00
ha ha - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-16: 12:27:00
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Talktomedochomy
Created by: svnfsvn
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Talktomedochomy and novacaine were needed to complete procedure.
Etymology:
Awkwords
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: awk-werds
Sentence: Jim is not a fan of dental appointments, not because of a concern for pain or the loss of productive time. What he hates is the awkwords that fill the room as the procedures progress. It's difficult, at best, to carry on a conversation with fingers, water spray and other tools in your mouth.
Etymology: awkward (lacking social graces or manners) + words (speech or talk)
Eyedoangiveashitchat
Created by: Lolagrrl
Pronunciation: Eye-doan-give-ay-shit-chat
Sentence: The two convention-goers made eyedoangiveashitchat while waiting for the elevator to take them to Karaoke night at the hotel's fireside lounge. Neither were enriched by the experience
Etymology: The name says it all... ;-)
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COMMENTS:
Btw: I consider singing Karaoke at a Hotel lounge to be an intimate, awkward AND painful procedure. ;D - Lolagrrl, 2007-10-18: 15:31:00
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Izeartless
Created by: brimuth
Pronunciation: is - art- less (is heartless)
Sentence: As soon as the the medico inserted the needle the izeartless smalltalk poured from his mouth.
Etymology:
Splatterpatter
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: sp latt ur patt ur
Sentence: She engaged in constant splatterpatter, interjecting euphemisms and repatree through the constant stream of gristle and gore
Etymology: patter, splatter
Speakuneasy
Created by: KenM2
Pronunciation:
Sentence: as soon as the dentist placed the the drill in my mouth he started his speakuneasy.
Etymology: speak and uneasy
Ompafone
Created by: BigKP
Pronunciation: Ew-mp-a-fone
Sentence: The doctor continued to make ompafone with me during the procedure.
Etymology: Ompa- funny little people fone- projection