Author: James Gang

DEFINITION: v. To obsess over, and fantasize about electronic gadgets even though you can never figure out how they actually work. n. A beautiful but useless gadget.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Whatchamashinything: /wəchəməshīnēθing/ Ralph loves his gadgets. Though he hardly knows how to use them, he just has to have the newest whatchamashinything. Etymology: whatchamacallit (used to refer to a person or thing whose name one cannot recall, does not know, or does not wish to specify) + shiny thing (used to express something that is distracting) Created by: artr.

Troglobright: /Oooh ooohhh ugg ugg flllahhhhh/ Me like, me want … me take, so troglobright, so shiny… better than fire, better than wheel… head hurt so shiny. Etymology: Troglodyte – Bright (lots of light, smart sardonically) Created by: Mrgoodtimes.

Comments on Troglobright:

Nosila, 2011-05-09: 17:26:00
love it…trogolodyte is one of my favourite words!

Mrgoodtimes, 2011-05-09: 18:47:00
Me like you like, like… hungry

Gizmobsession: /giz mob sess shun/ Brandy had a gizmobsession with her latest purchase. She showed it to all her friends who thought it was cool, but did not understand its function. Truth is, Brandy did not know what it was for either. Her friends were too embarrassed for her to point out that her latest download app was actually a letter opener/windshield scraper mounted on a fridge magnet… Etymology: gizmo (a device that is very useful for a particular job; something whose name is either forgotten or not known) & Obsession (an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone)

Created by: Nosila.

Beautronic: /Bew-tron-ik/ Al was in awe of Katie’s shiny new beautronic device. To his dismay…it was not something he could compute. Etymology: Taken in part of the word Beautiful: “Beau” – The concept of beauty.
Taken in part of the word Electronic- “Tronic” – Of or pertaining to electronics or to devices, circuits, or systems developed through electronics Created by: abrakadeborah.

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DEFINITION: n. An extremely intimate, but completely innocent, relationship with an online “partner”. v. To be virtually unfaithful while strictly maintaining physical loyalty.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Idulterer: /eye-dull-ter-err/ While Jessica knew that Henry wasn’t physically cheating on her, she saw him for the idulterer he was as he spent seven hours every night chatting with his email pal “Karen”. Etymology: adulterer + i-prefix popularized by apple electronics Created by: libertybelle.

Newlyweb: /noōlēweb/ Joyce is a newlywed. Everybody knows how she hates to waste money so nobody was too shocked when she introduced her eHarmony newlyweb on Facebook. How could she have just left her paid-for account lapse without getting full use? Her real world husband isn’t sure how he feels about his virtual counterpart. Etymology: newlywed (a recently married person) + web (short for World Wide Web) Created by: artr.

Sinternet: /sin ter net/ When Jez E-Bell met Webb Site online, they had an instant connection. Despite the fact that she was already married to Ian O. Sent, Jez flirted shamelessly with her new domain guy and craved his cyber touch on the sinternet. Ian put up with it until the day he found Webb trying to breach her portal. Henceforth, her access was denied. Etymology: Sin (Commit a sin;violate a moral law) & Internet (a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange)

Created by: Nosila.

Flirtual: /Flur-tu-al/ Slommy was such a flurtual guy. Poor Bonny had no idea how many hours he spent online. Etymology: Flirt- To make playfully romantic or sexual overtures.

Part of “Virtual”- Simulated, or carried on by means of a computer or computer network: virtual conversations in a chatroom. Created by: abrakadeborah.

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DEFINITION: n. The sense of discomfort created when “a couple” says you are welcome to stay, even though their behavior suggests that you are getting in the way. v. To sit uncomfortably between two lovers.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Lubmiliate: /lub-mi-lee-ate/ Rick felt a little bit uncomfortable when Annie and her boyfriend Hunky invited him up to the bedroom to “watch a movie”. But when Annie started feeling on Hunky’s butt, Rick was completely lubmiliated. Etymology: love + humiliate Created by: jrogan.

Menaceatrois: /men ass a twa/ It was difficult for Joe to have his mother-in-law come for one of her long, unannounced visits. She would sit between them on the couch and nooky was out of the question as the walls were paper-thin. Their relationship always grew strained when she visited, as it was a menaceatrois. Etymology: Menace (threat) & Menage A Trois (French: a threesome;household for three; an arrangement where a married couple and a lover of one of them live together while sharing sexual relations)

Created by: Nosila.

Blokatised: // Etymology: Created by: abrakadeborah.

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DEFINITION: v. intr. To frustrate oneself by sending emails to someone who cannot receive them, especially when “over quota”. n. An emotional response to bounced-back email.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Emoticonfuse: /ee mo tik kon fuze/ After their passionate one night stand, Erin had e-mailed Derrin hundreds of times. His non-response, in fact returned e-mails, had the affect to emoticonfuse her and make her wonder where she went wrong. Being rejected in person was bad enough, but being e-jected was even worse to someone like Erin who lived her life on-line. Etymology: Emoticon (a representation of a facial expression (as a smile or frown) created by typing a sequence of characters in sending email) & Confuse (be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly;cause to feel embarrassment) Created by: Nosila.

Ejectshun: /ējektshən/ Gloria couldn’t help but feel ejectshun when every e-mail she sent out bounced back. Turns out most of her friends are just as lazy as she is about clearing old e-mails. Etymology: e (electronic) + rejection (refuse to agree) + shun (persistently avoid, ignore, or reject) Created by: artr.

Geewhizmail: // Etymology: Created by: galwaywegian.

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DEFINITION: v. To lie about your age. n. A misrepresentation about your age, usually done in order to appear younger or older.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Mendageous: /men day jus/ When Edna joined up with the Under 60’s Dance Club, a few people (ok, the lights were poor in there) suspected she was well past her sell-by date. But claiming to be 49 when you are really 89 is just plain mendageous activity. After her jitterbug/merengue/polka triathelon, she had chest pains and was short of breath. When the hunky firemen showed up, they got her going again in time to catch up on the Schotticshe and Virginia Reel. How did they do it? They used the De-FIB-rillator…guaranteed to ensure they tell the truth before they meet their makers in that great Dance Hall in the Sky! Etymology: Mendacious (intentionally untrue;given to lying) & Age (begin to seem older; get older) Created by: Nosila.

Elderfib: /eldərfib/ Hanna and her friends at the retirement home are all too happy to spread false rumors about their respective ages. Hanna’s elderfib would make her ineligible to live at the home. Etymology: elder (of a greater age) fib (a lie, typically an unimportant one) Created by: artr.

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