Verboticism: Examoration
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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Talktomedochomy
Created by: svnfsvn
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Talktomedochomy and novacaine were needed to complete procedure.
Etymology:
Snoozeloquate
Created by: pendraghon
Pronunciation: snüz-LO-qwate
Sentence: The dental tech snoozeloquated throughout my cleaning, boring me to tears.
Etymology: snooze (to sleep or nap)origin unknown; Loquate from Loquacious (wordy), Latin loquac-, loquax, from loqui to speak v. snoozeloquate, snoozeloquation, snoozeloquated n. snoozeloquator
Raahhrahhllll
Created by: beardo
Pronunciation: Rah rah l
Sentence: As an answer to the dentists question of how his summer was, Steve replied "Raahhrahhllll."
Etymology: Ra-Cant ahh-now rahh-answer llll-idiot
Jabberflossy
Created by: wordslikevenom
Pronunciation: Jab-ber-floss-ee
Sentence: The dental nurse yanked the tape from the spool and pulling it taut, sliced down into Dick's incisors, grinning as she sawed to-and-fro. He could taste the blood from his gums running down into the back of his mouth. "One, two! One, two! And through and through the vorpal floss went snicker-snack! She left him dead, and with his head she went galumphing back". As the jabberflossy flowed so did the puddle beneath Dick's seat ...
Etymology: Jabber - To talk rapidly, unintelligibly, or idly. Floss - dental floss
Chatquilizer
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: chat-kwil-eye-zer
Sentence: she had become quite adept at chatquilizing her patients
Etymology: chat, tranquilizer
Prostagrabgab
Created by: aayeye
Pronunciation: prŏs'tĭ-'grăb-găb
Sentence: Dr. Stinky would not shut up during my prostate exam. He definately has the gift of prostagrabgab.
Etymology: Postate+grab= prostate exam gab= chit chat during said exam
Shiberism
Created by: Jpwareham
Pronunciation: Shi/ber/ism
Sentence:
Etymology: Shi-random,berism- type of gibberous
Jabwitter
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Jabb-wit-er
Sentence: Dr B. Kindly always resorted to the tried and tested method of jabwitter to put his patients at ease while injecting them. He would ask them trivial questions, such as, where they were going for their holiday or what they intended to have for lunch to distract their attention away from the pain. After twenty years in the profession he found this was the best tactic to use on most people.
Etymology: Jab(a hypodermic injection) + Witter(to speak about trivial matters) = Jabwitter
Docquisition
Created by: zavijava
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After checking my chart, the gynocologist began the docquisition.
Etymology: doctor+inquisition
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COMMENTS:
Could almost be a tax audit. - petaj, 2007-10-16: 09:04:00
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