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DEFINITION: v. To do something decisive and then immediately start to have doubts, wondering if you did the right thing. n. Second thoughts, or second guesses, about a decision or an action you have made but cannot change.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Deskepticision: /duh-skept-ah-sish-un/ Kat’s deskepticision about jumping out of the airplane proved to be unnecessary and a waste of time. Etymology: decision + skeptical Created by: remistram.

Doubtbout: /daowt baowt/ For a moment after Naomi squished the cockroach, she experienced a doubtbout. Would Karma be waiting to pay her back? Do these bugs do any good, like eat other bugs? Can she get the goo off her shoe? But her biggest doubt about the demise of the huge insect was even more worrying. How many of his friends and family would show up at her place for the funeral??? Etymology: Doubt (indecision; lack confidence in or have doubts about) & Bout (A period of time spent in a particular way; a spell) Created by: Nosila.

Pregret: /prēgret/ Tim’s mom is a guilt trip travel agent. If there is one emotion she taught him, it is shame. As an adult, Tim can not only feel bad after making a hard decision, he can experience pregret and premorse long before he takes action. The one thing he feels good about is putting mom’s favorite phrase on her headstone, ”Don’t mind me, I’m just your mother”. Etymology: pre (before) + regret (a feeling of sadness, repentance, or disappointment over something that has happened or been done) Created by: artr.

Regrecision: /REE-greh-ci-zhun/ Alice suffered so acutely from regrcision that she never left home for fear of making a choice she might later regret. Etymology: Derived from “regret”, “regress”, and “decision”. Created by: BookWorm579.

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DEFINITION: v. To expire, pass away or kick the bucket while at the office; often occurs when someone is overworked, underpaid, and desperately trying to hang on for a full pension. n. A person who has been suddenly, and permanently, terminated while a work.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Deadicated: /dedikātid/ Everybody thought Bob was a dedicated worker. He was in his office when people arrived in the morning and there when they left. Last week they discovered that he was a deadicated, desiccated worker. His bosses now have the difficult task of determining just when he passed away and how much pay should be retrieved from his estate. Etymology: dead (no longer alive) + dedicated (devote time, effort, or oneself to a particular task or purpose) Created by: artr.

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Tombinate: /toom in ayt/ Overworked and stressed, Bob finally had enough one day and collapsed at his desk. The EMT’s were unable to save him, so he expired while on the clock. Bob had worked at the company for over 30 years until he decided to tombinate his employment. Bob sold life insurance, his specialty was sudden death cases. But sadly this underwriter is now in the underworld. Etymology: Tomb (a place for the burial of a corpse) & Terminate (bring to an end or halt;concluding the employment of) Created by: Nosila.

Deskeased: /desk eeeeee st/ They had to break the deskeaced’s legs to get him out of the chair. Seems he had died six months previously but the a/c was so cold it froze his ass to the chair. Etymology: deceased Created by: galwaywegian.

Employcroakment: /emm-ploy-croke-ment/ Troy knew that employcroakment was in his future, so he made sure that he always wore clean underwear to work. Etymology: employment + croak Created by: remistram.

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DEFINITION: v. To ask someone who is clearly in a store uniform, perhaps on a ladder creating a display or running a cash register “Do you work here?” n. A person who doesn’t know how to ask for assistance in a retail store without asking a stupid question.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Customoron: /kəstəmôrän/ ”It must be National Idiot Day” Debbie said to herself as one customoron after another took up the challenge of asking the stupidest question. ”Do you work here?” was beat out by ”Is this stuff (on the clearance table) on sale? She can’t wait to see what they come up with today. Etymology: customer (a person or organization that buys goods or services from a store or business) + moron (a stupid person) Created by: artr.

Klutztomer: /klutz tum urrrr/ trying to keep this particular klutztomer satisfied was like trying to herd cats Etymology: customer klutz Created by: galwaywegian.

Retaildundunce: /re tayl dun duns/ Chad was what we call a retaildundunce. He’d come into the store, approach a clerk who was obviously wearing a uniform, complete with name tag and ask them if they worked here? He did this in every department he went into and yet he never bought anything or asked about our merchandise. It turned out that Chad was a “Mystery Shopper” who was hired by an agency to check on our customer service levels. How did we find out what he did? When our security department apprehended him, under his jacket he wore a uniform complete with name tag that said, “Chad, Mystery Shopper!” DUH! Etymology: Retail (the selling of goods to consumers; usually in small quantities and not for resale) & Redundant (repetition of same sense in different words; use of more words than required to express an idea) & Dunce (these words are used to express a low opinion of someone’s intelligence)
Created by: Nosila.

Boutiquery: /bow-teek-qwery/ His boutiquery was likely a sad excuse for a pick-up line but she didn’t mind – she liked his slacks. Etymology: boutique + query Created by: remistram.

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DEFINITION: n. Redundant and often clumsy preparations made before meeting with a “professional” — like a hairdresser, dentist or cleaning lady. v. To prepare for a meeting with a professional by trying to hide the fact that you desperately need their services.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Preproprep: /prēprōprep/ Mitch has a very busy life. That’s why he regularly calls on professionals to handle some of the tasks that others usually handle themselves. The only problem with that is that he doesn’t want to let anybody know how messy he is, so he will preproprep before going to a carwash, hair dresser, or have a cleaning service in. Etymology: pre (before) + pro (professional) + prep (make ready) Created by: artr.

Prephairedness: /prep hair ed ness/ Tressa had touched up her roots and trimmed her bangs the night before. She showered and shampooed her hair three times that morning. She then blew dry her hair with a rolling brush, styled her hair with mousse and curled it with her curling iron. After spending three hours doing her hair, she declared a state of prephairedness and she rushed out of the house to get to her 10:00 am hair appointment. When her stylist saw the roots and her bangs, she asked who had done this to her hair. She replied, “Why, you did!” Little did she know that hair stylists have forensic skills and after intense questioning, our client broke down and admitted her desperation. Her stylist said, “Why Tressa of the Ubervilles, all you had to do was make your appointment a few days sooner!” Etymology: preparedness(the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action) & Hair (any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal;dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head); helps prevent heat loss) Created by: Nosila.

Forexperfix: /four-x-per-fix/ Trudie forexperfixed her house right before the cleaning lady came, and soon realized that after her cleaning lady finished, her house seemed dirtier than before. Etymology: fore + expert + fix Created by: remistram.

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DEFINITION: v. To talk to, encourage and advise inanimate objects, in hopes that they will work better. n. A person who talks to their tools, cars, kitchen appliances, furniture, or whatever…

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Woktalk: /wok tok/ Judy talked to her appliances. She’d have a toaster toast; a spout shout; a fridge bitch; a kettle prattle and her favourite was a woktalk. She loved to stir-fry gossip and chopped vegetables with her fancy new wok, Wokker, the Texas Ranger. He understood her better than her husband and didn’t argue back. One day, Judy and Wokker plotted the demise of her hubby, Ralph. By having a woktalk with her sharp knife, David Bowie and her ax, Nurse Hatchet, Judy’s plan to eliminate an animate object was coming together. Ralph’s shaver, Darth Razor, overheard the plotting and yelled at Ralph, “Run, don’t Wok!” Etymology: Wok (pan with a convex bottom; used for frying in Chinese cooking) & Talk (express in speech) Created by: Nosila.

Autopomorphize: /ôtōpəmɔrfaɪz/ Most couples have ups and downs in their relationships. John and Camaro are no exception. Some mornings he has to sweet talk her just to get her to turn over. When she is happy she practically purrs. John’s male friends understand how he could autopomorphize his car. His female friends are just a little jealous of Cammy. Etymology: auto (a road vehicle, typically with four wheels, powered by an internal combustion engine or electric motor and able to carry a small number of people) + anthropomorphize (the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object) Created by: artr.

Objectorate: /ob-jek-tor-ate/ Your PC won’t go any faster if you objectorate to it Etymology: Object (a tangible and visible thing). Orate (To speak in a formal, often pompous manner).
Created by: BoltonAlan.

Gadgetyack: /gah-jet-yak/ Her gadgetyack was performed not only to encourage the lawn mower, but to scare all the neighbours into thinking she was crazy, and more importantly not to mess with her. Etymology: gadget + yack (as in yackety-yak) Created by: remistram.

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