Author: James Gang

DEFINITION: n. A fashion accessory or style of dress which purports to improve one’s appearance and attitude, but actually does the opposite. v. To follow a fashion dictum in an effort to improve your social standing even when it causes physical discomfort.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Hurtcouture: /hurrt koo chooor/ Her obsession with hurtcouture ended tragically when she took her own life by jumping from her jimmy choo stilettoes, Etymology: haut couture hurt Created by: galwaywegian.

Gagrag: /gagrag/ Though he hated the choking feeling they induced and the ridiculous expense Tom knew that to get ahead as a manager he had to conform and wear a gagrag. His only solace is that someday when he owned his own company he would outlaw the stranglestrap. Etymology: gag (choke or retch) + rag (a piece of old cloth) Created by: artr.

Crapparel: /krap per el/ Henry resented the dress code at his work. Mainly because he hated having to wear a tie. He called it crapparel and was always pushing for casual Fridays, without much luck. Finally one day, he snapped. He marched into the boss’ office and removed his tie and that of the boss. The boss was taken aback, especially when Henry ranted that wearing a tie did not make him a better executive and not wearing one would not make him a worse one. He continued that the tie made everyman look uptight and not relaxed and was only good for catching his lunch spillings on it (or as he called it Tie Food). The boss turned red, banged his desk and smiled. He agreed and declared that the office would now be a tie-free zone everyday. After work they went out for a My-Tie. Etymology: Crap (obscene terms for feces;obscene words for unacceptable behavior) & Apparel (clothing in general;attire) Created by: Nosila.

Abcessory: /ab-sess-o-ree/ As Joel saw it, Karen’s tie was no less offensive to his senses than the bloody pustule he once bravely bore on his 11 year-old wrist for a whole month after his 5th grade ‘girlfriend’ broke up with him by stabbing him with a pencil — it was, in other words, an abscessory. Etymology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abscess Created by: moonquakes.

Comments on Abcessory:

moonquakes, 2010-06-14: 23:18:00
damn, I spelled it wrong. I meant ‘abscessory.’

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DEFINITION: n. A driver who ignores the rules of the road by driving very slowly (i.e. at the legal limit) in the fast lane. v. To strictly observe the “suggested” speed limits, even when using the fast lane.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Slotorist: /slōtÉ™rist/ It never fails. The only day that you are behind schedule, you get stuck in back of a slotorist. Through the rear window all you can see is a fedora and a set of wrinkled white knuckles. The brake lights pop on at every curve or dip in the road. Just when you think you’ll explode, you get a section of the road where you can pass. On you go to make up some time only to get pulled for speeding. The procedure takes a few minutes. Just long enough for you to resume your position behind Methuselah. Etymology: slow (not quick or fast) + motorist (driver of an automobile) Created by: artr.

Comments on Slotorist:

Nosila, 2010-06-11: 11:56:00
been there done that

Lackcelerate: /lak sel er ayt/ When Sydney drove his old sports car out and about, he drove very slowly even in the fast lane, behind a big cow. His failure to lackcelerate caused many passersby to give him the finger and hurl abuse at him. Sydney did not care…he was nearly deaf, wore thick glasses due to his myopia and put-putted his way along. One day the local constabulary pulled him over for obstructing the flow of traffic. The officer was confused why Sydney was always following a cow. Sydney pointed out that the cow was towing him because it saved him a fortune on gas! Etymology: Lack (to be without) & Accelerate (to move faster) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Lackcelerate:

galwaywegian, 2010-06-11: 03:40:00
must have been fresian with the top down 🙂

Nosila, 2010-06-11: 11:53:00
But he lived happily heifer after…

Cruisader: /“Kroo-SA-der”/ Although he adored her, Bart detested having to go grocery shopping with his Aunt Nelly. Aunt Nelly insisted on driving despite being blind in one eye and deaf in one ear. And she was such a cruisader! She consistently drove 10 miles under the speed limit, signaled in the parking lots, and stopped at all “stale green” (her phrase) lights. Etymology: Combination of the words “cruise,”
“crusade,” and “sadism” Created by: lplybon.

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DEFINITION: v. To pick up a piece of lint from the floor that your vacuum missed, and then drop it in front of the vacuum again, to give the vacuum another chance to suck it up. n. A piece of lint that a vacuum will not pick up.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Ifatfirstyoudontsuckseed: /iff aht furst ewe dohnt suk seeeeeed/ ifatfirstyoudontsuckseed, purrsevere Etymology: if at first you don’r succeed, suck Created by: galwaywegian.

Eurekagain: /yoŏrēkəgen/ Milly is one to give everybody a second chance. This even applies to dust bunnies. If her sad old vacuum isn’t able to pick up a lump of dust, she has been known to give them the Eurekagain treatment, running over and over these fuzzy little critters usually with less-than-wonderful results. She may even get down on her hands and knees to break up dustballs to make them easier to deal with. Etymology: eureka (A brand of vaccuum)(a cry of joy or satisfaction when one finds or discovers something) + again (another time; once more) Created by: artr.

Muffigan: /[muhFF-again]/ I had to turn up the setting on the vacuum because of a damn muffigan. Etymology: Created by: ballandcue.

Hoovermaneuver: /hoo ver man oo ver/ Al Capone was one nasty gangster who terrorized Chicago during Prohibition. Despite many arrests by the FBI, he always slithered out of their reach by having even more dishonest lawyers and buying out the police, judges and city officials. The FBI called in the Treasury and under Eliot Ness, Capone was eventually caught on tax evasion and sentenced to life. This hoovermaneuver sucked him out of mainstream, like a piece of lint into a giant canister until he died in prison of syphilis. Here endeth the lesson. Etymology: Hoover (vacuum cleaner brand;lawyer who director of the FBI for 48 years) Created by: Nosila.

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DEFINITION: v. To feel stressed and anxious and when your mobile phone runs out of battery power, drops its network connection, or in the worst case, gets misplaced and lost. n. A panic attack caused by an interruption in your mobile phone service.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Cellyoufrightus: /sell ewe freye tusss/ she had all the symptoms of cellyoufrightus, red face, hyperventilation, itchy finger and tunnel vision. They all cleared up once the train left the tunnel. Etymology: cellulitus cell you fright us Created by: galwaywegian.

Comments on Cellyoufrightus:

Nosila, 2010-06-11: 11:55:00
she should have remained cellyoubate!

Phonbia: /fōnbÄ“É™/ Jill practically lives with her celly in hand. Talking, texting, surfing… she’s all about it. One of the problems this causes is a major case of phonbia, a general case of what if. What if the signal fades? What if the battery fails? What if she sprains her thumb? AAAAAAAAAAAA! Etymology: phone (a system that converts acoustic vibrations to electrical signals in order to transmit sound) + phobia (an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something) Created by: artr.

Tranxiety: /trang zye it ee/ Cella was experiencing it again. That feeling of tranxiety that she only felt while travelling on a train and losing her cell connection. Even if it was only momentarily, she was so addicted to her connections, that being without them, even temporarily, made her feel like a druggie without a fix. The truly sad part was that she was only calling the Weather station to find out the local temperature. It was seriously time for Cella to talk to her tranxichologist about her dependency. What the heck did people do before the onslaught of mobile communications??? Etymology: Transit/transport (to make a passage or journey from one place to another/a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion;move something or somebody around; usually over long distances)& Anxiety ( a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune;a relatively permanent state of anxiety occurring in a variety of mental disorders)

Created by: Nosila.

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DEFINITION: v. To feel stressed and anxious and when your mobile phone runs out of battery power, drops its network connection, or in the worst case, gets misplaced and lost. n. A panic attack caused by an interruption in your mobile phone service.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Phonbia: /fōnbÄ“É™/ Jill practically lives with her celly in hand. Talking, texting, surfing… she’s all about it. One of the problems this causes is a major case of phonbia, a general case of what if. What if the signal fades? What if the battery fails? What if she sprains her thumb? AAAAAAAAAAAA! Etymology: phone (a system that converts acoustic vibrations to electrical signals in order to transmit sound) + phobia (an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something) Created by: artr.

Tranxiety: /trang zye it ee/ Cella was experiencing it again. That feeling of tranxiety that she only felt while travelling on a train and losing her cell connection. Even if it was only momentarily, she was so addicted to her connections, that being without them, even temporarily, made her feel like a druggie without a fix. The truly sad part was that she was only calling the Weather station to find out the local temperature. It was seriously time for Cella to talk to her tranxichologist about her dependency. What the heck did people do before the onslaught of mobile communications??? Etymology: Transit/transport (to make a passage or journey from one place to another/a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion;move something or somebody around; usually over long distances)& Anxiety ( a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune;a relatively permanent state of anxiety occurring in a variety of mental disorders)

Created by: Nosila.

Cellyoufrightus: /sell ewe freye tusss/ she had all the symptoms of cellyoufrightus, red face, hyperventilation, itchy finger and tunnel vision. They all cleared up once the train left the tunnel. Etymology: cellulitus cell you fright us Created by: galwaywegian.

Comments on Cellyoufrightus:

Nosila, 2010-06-11: 11:55:00
she should have remained cellyoubate!

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