Author: James Gang

DEFINITION: n. Anxiety created by an inability to understand or follow the regulations for recycling, composting and garbage collection. v. To feel confused and conflicted because you produce too much garbage and don’t know how to get rid of it.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Illitteracy: /il lit ter as see/ Betty & Bob both suffered from illitteracy. They still could not figure out what was recyclable, compostable or just plain trash. They even tried joining Waste Watchers. This confusion was further added to by their garbage collectors, who were moody jokers. Sometimes they would take away the stuff, sometimes not. After all Bob & Betty’s efforts and research on the Web about environmental responsibility, imagine their surprise if they found out that their town just dumped it all in the same landfill anyway! Etymology: Ill (sick from; distressing; a cause for complaining ) & Iliteracy (an inability to read;ignorance resulting from not reading) & Litter (garbage, refuse, trash, especially that left in public places)
Created by: Nosila.

Recycoanalysis: /ree SIKE oh ahn AL uh sis/ The amount of recycoanalysis that Ann Ziety goes through just to decide where to put some of her refuse and discarded items makes it almost a second job. It can probably be traced to the fact that her parents are huge environmentalists and were recycling back in the 70’s, before it was cool or even all that convenient. All they ever read when she was a child was “Mother Earth” and the Sierra Club magazine, which they then pressed into pellets and burned in their wood-burning fireplace. Ann never feels that she can measure up to her parents’ high standards. Even today, they pick through the neighbors’ trash and re-sort it into the proper recycling containers. Their neighbors say fondly that they put the “mental” in “environmental.” For example, if Ann’s mother were reading today’s Verbotomy, she would be quick to point out that, of course, used paper towels, as well as napkins and coffee filters, should be COMPOSTED. Etymology: recycle + psychoanalysis Created by: karenanne.

Recyclebabble: /rēsīkləbabəl/ Sally is confused by recyclebabble. One day she hears that you can recycle some items, the next day no. One week everything needs to be separated, the next week no. Just last week somebody told her that many cities put recyclables into landfills. As she finishes a carton of eggs, she shutters at the thought of what to do with it. Etymology: recycle (convert (waste) into reusable material) + babble (talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish manner) Created by: artr.

Insanitation: /“in-SAN-i-tay-SHUN”/ Sharon’s insanitation has greatly increased since she moved to Green Acres, a community where everyone recycles. Her insanitation has gotten so bad she swears to her husband that the “recycle police” are coming to get her! Etymology: Combination of the words “insanity” and
“sanitation” Created by: lplybon.

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DEFINITION: v. To arrive at a meeting completely unprepared and then work diligently and obviously to distract yourself from the proceedings. n. A person who attends a meeting but does not believe that they are paid enough to actually pay attention.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Attendunce: /att enn duhn sssssss/ The attendunce at the meeting was blimpressive Etymology: attendance, dunce Created by: galwaywegian.

Innattention: /In at ten shun/ Oliver worked for Hilton Hotel Chain as it’s IT Chief. He never felt he had to be part of the boring day-to-day matters. Holding them hostage with his superior electronic intelligence, he attended the meetings he was summoned to and ignored everyone and everything. He was guilty of innattention. In fact he had a history of it…when he worked for the sanitation department, he was guilty of binattention. When he worked for the Symphony, it was violinattention; for Lufthansa, it was berlinattention. And when he worked for Tanqueray, he was guilty of ginattention; for the bank, pinattention and for the Las Vegas Tourist Board, it was sinattention. Do you think this is maybe why he’d been fired so often? Etymology: Inn (hotel) & Inattention (lack of attention)
Created by: Nosila.

Participaint: /par TISS ih paynt/ She isn’t much of a participant in office meetings – more of a participaint, as in, she ain’t contributing a whole lot. She mostly plays the Pac-Man game that Google put up free as a Google Doodle for Pac-Man’s 30th anniversary. (Right, like you’ve never heard of it.) I guess she thinks we don’t hear the munching sounds coming from her IPhone…. Etymology: participant + ain’t Created by: karenanne.

Poohpoohbah: /poōpoōbä/ Bob attends meetings as directed. That doesn’t mean he feels the need to contribute anything useful. He is the self-appointed poohpoohbah of the conference. If anybody makes a suggestion he will begrudging look up from his Blackberry long enough to utter something like ”That won’t work” or ”That’s a stupid idea” and go back to ignoring the proceedings. Etymology: Pooh-pooh (dismiss (an idea or suggestion) as being foolish or impractical) + Pooh-bah (a person having much influence or holding many offices at the same time, esp. one perceived as pompously self-important) Created by: artr.

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DEFINITION: n. The moment of loss, hesitation and confusion, which occurs when you enter a room and immediately forget why. v. To forget why you entered a room.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Roomnesia: /room neez ya/ It was happening more and more often. Fran would enter a room and forget why she went there. She was not demented or going gaga, but everyday she would have an episode of roomnesia. She’d make a point of going into a room to do or get something and then totally forget why she went there. One night when she had some colleagues from work over, she went into the bathroom on the main floor. When she arrived, her reason for going there was pressing large on her mind. “It began with a Pee”, she remembered and it was her #1 reason for going, but still she forgot. Was this the start of problems for her??? Depends… Etymology: Room (chamber;an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling) & Amnesia (partial or total loss of memory) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Roomnesia:

artr, 2010-05-28: 03:53:00
Nicely done.

karenanne, 2010-05-28: 19:55:00
“_#1_ reason for _going_” – Ha!! That was a good one!

Nosila, 2010-05-29: 00:22:00
Mais wee! Urine in good company if you liked that one!

Hallsheimers: /hôlshÄ«mÉ™rz/ Alvin has a bad case of hallsheimers, wandering from room to room trying to remember why he left what he was doing in the first place. Often ha has to return to the room of origin to get back on track. Sometimes he forgets where he started and what he was doing. At these times he goes to the kitchen and makes himself a chicken salad sandwich. He is having a lot of sandwiches lately. Etymology: Halls (a corridor) + Alzheimer’s (progressive mental deterioration that can occur in middle or old age, due to generalized degeneration of the brain) Created by: artr.

Comments on Hallsheimers:

catgrin, 2010-05-28: 08:23:00
Finally, a word for my ailment.

Nosila, 2010-05-28: 09:16:00
If I remember correctly, that was a good word!

Enterhunce: /en-ter-huh ns/ Every time I went back into my room I had a feeling of enterhunce. It wasn’t until I’d locked myself out that I realized I’d forgotten my keys. Etymology: From “entrance” and “huh” trying to give that “what was going on just now” sound to match the feeling itself. Created by: catgrin.

Dejaoublier: /“DA-sha-u-blee-AY”/ Ingrid stood in the middle of the kitchen. She had come to this room … for what? She had just come from the bedroom … was it a snack, a drink — medication — she needed? To let the dogs out? Yes, yes, that was it. After that short period of dejaoublie, Ingrid felt scared and old. Etymology: From the French language:
“Deja”=”Already, ” “Oblie”=”Forgotten” Created by: lplybon.

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DEFINITION: n. The weird feelings that rise up when you notice that you are being followed by a police officer, or a cop car, or the Special Forces Anti-Terrorist Unit. v. To feel nervous, self-conscious and guilty whenever you see a police officer.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Copability: /cop aa bil it tee/ She looked in the rear view mirror and spotted a police car with two officers in it following behind her. Every time she lane changed or made a right turn, the police car was right behind her. For over twenty minutes they continued following her, making her more and more nervous. She was afraid she’d make some small traffic infraction and give them a reason to pull her over. Were her license and insurance papers in her purse? Good thing she’d had no drinks today. The copability started seeping into her conciousness. Sure that they were tailing her but unsure why, she timidly kept up a brave face and drove on carefully. She happily noticed a donut house up ahead and hoped they’d get side-tracked. But no, they sailed on past it and kept on her tail. Her palms sweating and her fear mounting, she decided to try and elude them a bit by turning off onto a quiet street. Just then, their siren and lights went off and scared the wits out of her. Panic almost stopped her heart. They sailed on past her, racing to an emergency call. She pulled over and almost passed out with relief. Thank God they had not stopped her and found the body of her husband bound and wrapped in plastic her trunk! Etymology: Cop (slang name for policeman) & Culpability (state of guilt) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Copability:

artr, 2010-05-28: 06:02:00
Had that problem just last week.

Nerfuzz: /nur-fuhz/ She’d done nothing wrong, but after he’d been following her for six blocks, the cop in her rearview had Gina feeling totally nerfuzz! Were her tags up to date? Were her lights okay? Did she remember her hand signals?! Etymology: From “nervous” and “fuzz” (slang for police) Created by: catgrin.

Fuzzanoid: /fəzənoid/ Jerry can be a real fuzzanoid. He flinches almost every time he leaves his apartment. This might be because is a career criminal who lives next to a police station. Etymology: fuzz (police) + paranoid (unreasonably or obsessively anxious, suspicious, or mistrustful) Created by: artr.

Poleeseyes: /Poh-LEE-siz/ It was an awkward, paranoid moment where the cops had surrounded the perimeter of the beach where I was sunbathing and a sickened state of poleeseyes that caused a sudden case of diarrhea. Etymology: Created by: scissorlips.

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DEFINITION: n. The creepy pounds that sneak onto your waist even though you’ve been exercising and watching what you eat. v. To exercise rigorously, diet fastidiously, and yet still gain weight.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Blubbles: /rhymes with bubbles-bubbles with an l/ I keep exercising virgorously but these blubbes keep appearing! Etymology: derived from the word “bubbles” – refers to the pounds gained even when exercising and dieting. Created by: DragonRider428.

Fridgimen: /fridj a men/ Martin was on a strict fridgimen to change his eating habits and body shape. Six times a day, he would vigorously stride (a cardio pulmonary exercise) to his refrigerator, open and close the door twenty times (to get a good upper body workout) and then bend over to get a beer from the bottom or reach up into the freezer to get an iced beer mug or ice cream treat (stretching exercises). He might also reach far into the back of the fridge (more stretching) to get cold fried chicken or lemon meringue pie out to eat. His theory was that if the food was cold, his body would have to burn more calories to warm it up so that he could digest it. Yes, his fridgimen was a good thermal workout and yet despite his fine muscle tone (for a 300 pound man) he never seemed to lose any weight. He just put it down to the fact that muscle weighed more than fat… Etymology: Fridge (nickname for a refrigerator in which the coolant is pumped around by an electric motor, designed to keep foods cold) & Regimen ((medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet)
Created by: Nosila.

Extercise: /ekstərsīz/ Bob’s extercise program consists of a brisk walk in the morning, down to the local Krispy Kreme. He spends a few minutes boxing up a few of those golden gems. Just a couple basic glazed donuts can put him in a spin. Next step? airobics. Etymology: extra (added to an existing or usual amount or number) + exercise (activity requiring physical effort) Created by: artr.

Comments on Extercise:

Nosila, 2010-05-27: 01:01:00
good one!

Fatastasize: // Etymology: Created by: sheilamusti.

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