Author: James Gang

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)

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!

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.

Fatastasize: // Etymology: Created by: sheilamusti.

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DEFINITION: v. To be woken up by a child or pet who is quietly but intently staring at you from the edge of your bed. n. A creepy silent stare that is so intense that it pierces sleep.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Purrmeated: /per mee ayt ed/ It happened every morning at 4:00 am. Yvonne would be deep in sleep until she felt that which purrmeated her reverie. Her tom cat would stare her awake. He would look at her enough with his big eyes until she was wide awake and wondering what happened to her. He commenced his very loud purring just after he got her attention. This would go on until she reached out to pat him under the chin and behind the ears. He made a perfect alarm clock…too bad she couldn’t set Romeo for 3 hours later each morning! Etymology: Purr (a low vibrating sound typical of a contented cat; indicate pleasure by purring; characteristic of cats) & Permeated (sinks in;penetrated; to spread through) Created by: Nosila.

Glarify: /glarəfī/ The cat wanted to glarify his point that more treats and toys were in order so he waited until Sharon had gone to sleep. He sat on the pillow next to hers and laser-beam stared at her until she awoke with a start. The only time she had felt anything that creepy before was in an Alfred Hitchcock movie. The very next morning Sharon went straight to the pet store and bought a crate for the cat to sleep in. Etymology: glare () + clarify (make (a statement or situation) less confused and more clearly comprehensible) Created by: artr.

Stalkat: /Stall Cat/ The dog got into my room while i was sleeping, he snook up to my face, and he was all stalkatting. It was freaky, i got shocked. I fell down at the floor and the dog bit me, i got rabies now. Etymology: The verb “Stare” and the noun “Cat”. Created by: Lazberg.

Gazerbeam: /GAI zer beem/ Although I had clearly told my daughter that she was not to wake me up early on Christmas morning, I felt her gazerbeam focused on me, cutting through my dreams, and opened my eyes to see her staring at me. Next to her was the digital clock, reading 6:07 a.m. I mumbled, “Santa Claus says no one is allowed to get up on Christmas Day before 7:30 or all the presents will disappear,” and she gasped and quickly ran back to her room. Etymology: gaze + laser beam Created by: karenanne.

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DEFINITION: n. An old media format that is no longer popular or easily accessible, such as floppy disks, VHS tapes or stone tablets. v. To try to access data stored in an old-fashioned media format, especially it requires the use archaic technology and/or protocols.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Calookle: /Cal ook el/ Individ 1: “Hey, let’s go to the library and rent some good old-fashion calookles!”
Individ 2: “Ah yes, i totally agree, i haven’t read a calookle in a while, better get reading.”
Etymology: Created by: Lazberg.

Grampaphone: /gram pa fone/ The boys loved going to visit Grampa, because he had so many neat old-fashioned gizmos that they had never seen before. One of their favourites was the grampaphone. It was a gramophone that played very old songs on 78 rpm records. It needed wound up all the time. Their parents were amazed that the boys knew the words to very old vaudeville, burlesque and music hall songs. They knew all the songs recorded by Al Jolson, Gracie Fields, George Formby, Edith Piaf, Rudy Vallee and Fats Waller among others. Their folks knew they spent too much time on the grampaphone, when they said goodbye to their teacher, Mrs. Jones. They would croon to her, “Toot-Toot-Tootsie goodbye, Toot-Toot-Tootsie, don’t cry…” Etymology: Gramophone (an antique record player; the sound of the vibrating needle is amplified acoustically) & Grampa (your father or mother’s father; the affectionate term for a grandfather) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Grampaphone:

artr, 2010-05-24: 07:54:00
A Grampaphone could also be that odd black plastic device that plugs into the wall and works like a cell with an anchor.

Techstinct: /tek STINCT/ Why is it that the VHS video format is considered boring and old-fashioned, while both the Beta tapes and the Beta machines required to play them, which are even older, are now considered “retro” and “cute?” I guess the closer something gets to becoming techstinct, the cooler it becomes for collectors due to its rarity. Etymology: tech + extinct Created by: karenanne.

Hitechniques: /hÄ«teknÄ“ks/ Rotary phones, transistor radios, 8-tracks, cassette players, VCRs, dial-up modems… Once the pinnacle of scientific genius, these marvels are now considered hitechniques, ancient relics of technology that has moved on. Some of them still function with a patchwork of adaptations. Most are only good for cannibalizing to keep others of their kind semi-functional. Etymology: hitech (employing, requiring, or involved in high technology) + antiques (a collectible object such as a piece of furniture or work of art that has a high value because of its considerable age) Created by: artr.

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DEFINITION: v. To allow your pet to sleep in your bed even though it may squirrel into your pillows, hog all the sheets, and bulldoze you on to the floor. n. A pet which sleeps in its owner’s bed.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Baadfellow: /baad fel lo/ Baaraack Obaamaa had shared Cissie & Oscar’s bed since he was a little lamb. Every night he jumped up onto the spread and cuddled in and became their baadfellow. The only problem was that now he was full grown and weighed a good 200 pounds, there was no room for him…he could no longer pull the wool over their eyes. Every night was an udder nightmare, as he kicked like Dan Merino in his sleep. “How can we tell him he’s not human and needs to go into the farmyard and find himself a wife?”, asked Cissie. “We just set him out and make him find his own way…it’s tough love!”, said Oscar. They enjoyed about 6 months of peace, until one cold night, their door was rammed open and in walked Baaraack Obaamaa, his Embraceable Ewe and their triplet lambs: Rambo, Ewelysses and
José Fleeciano. It was when they all piled onto Cissie & Oscars bed and settled in for a nice warm sleep that Cissie & Oscar realized one thing. You really cannot get to sleep by counting sheep! Etymology: Bedfelow (someone you share a bed with) & Baa (a sheep’s cry) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Baadfellow:

karenanne, 2010-05-21: 15:20:00
“Merino” – I got it – as in a breed of sheep. HA – good one!

Nosila, 2010-05-22: 01:10:00
Oh, Ewe…I am glad you herd of it. My sheep is a flock star!

Codepetent: /co dee PET ent/ You know how 1-year-olds move around a lot when they sleep and wind up in funny and cute positions? And how if you sleep with them, you sometimes end up with a foot or a butt in your face? Well, it isn’t so cute when they are 8 and still in your bed, but taking up a lot more room, and you get kicked or punched all the time. So you have to feel bad for Indy Cysive, whose 8-year-old happened to be a chimpanzee who still insisted on sleeping in Indy’s bed every night. Indy had even bought a special bed just for Harry the chimp, but every night when she tried to put Harry in it, he whimpered and wrapped his arms around her. Indy secretly missed those chimp baby years when he had needed her so much, and she was too much of a codepetent to say no to Harry. So the expensive pet bed remained unused. And almost every morning, Indy woke to find a fuzzy arm draped over her face. At least Harry was willing to keep his diapers on, since he did weigh 150 pounds by then. Etymology: codependent + pet Created by: karenanne.

Comments on Codepetent:

Nosila, 2010-05-21: 17:57:00
ooo ooh, aah aah…Indy (love her name) has my chimpathy!

Somnanimalism: /Som-nan-nee-mal-ism/ Astrid’s somnanimalist tendencies precluded her ability to function as a normal human being. Etymology: Somna – to fall asleep.
Animal – mobile multicellular organism. Created by: Prostheta.

Xenocturnalia: /-ze-noc-tur-na-li-a-/ Sleeping on the same bed with Clarisse Starling is one thing, but this was above and beyond the XENOCTURNALIA that Daizy the Sheep signed up for when it joined agent Starling to be a true and faithful sidekick. As Hannibal Lecter smiled and whispered his customary: “Good evening Clarisse,” the poor lamb went silent and quietly left the bedroom. Etymology: XENO – prefix that usually refers to an across-species process or act (e.g. XENOtransplantation; XENOgraft); NOCTURNAL – night-related, usually sleep related; -ALIA – a suffix reserved for a ritual of a sexually suggestive nature (e.g. SaturnALIA) Created by: XMbIPb.

Comments on Xenocturnalia:

karenanne, 2010-05-21: 15:17:00
“Merino” – I got it – as in a breed of sheep. HA – good one!

karenanne, 2010-05-21: 15:19:00
Oops – sorry – I entered my comment in the wrong place. But for yours – I like how the “lamb went silent” – good movie reference!

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DEFINITION: v. To habitually object to and contradict other people’s statements, especially if they include any facts or opinions. n. A person who finds fault what other people say no matter what it is, and lets them know it.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Zigele: /-zi-ge-le- (note: the stress is on the first vowel of the word)/ WOMAN No.1: “So I tell my Moishe: ‘Don’t climb up that ladder. You’re no spring chicken!’ And what does he tell me? He tells me: ‘I’m no spring chicken, but I still know how to change a light bulb!’ And I say: ‘Don’t change that light bulb. We will call Isak. He will change the light bulb.’ And what does my old ZIGELE say? He says: ‘Go away woman. I will change the light bulb!’ So now he’s a triple impotent, can you imagine?” WOMAN No.2: “A triple impotent? What is a triple impotent? How do you go from changing a light bulb to being a triple impotent?” WOMAN No.1: “Well he fell. I tell you, that ZIGELE fell off the ladder. It was a really bad fall. Oi, vei…” WOMAN no.2: “So what? What does it have to do with impotence? What is triple impotence?” WOMAN no.1: “Well… he was a regular impotent before, you know… except now he has two broken hands and he bit half his tongue off.” Etymology: ZIGELE (fr. Yiddish) – a goat Created by: XMbIPb.

Comments on Zigele:

Nosila, 2010-05-20: 17:55:00
So Moishe is now geschnecktigezoik? Oi, who knew! That story made me verklempt!

Contracisor: // Etymology: Created by: ericman.

Lambastard: /LAM bas terd/ John is a lambastard who tends to angrily dismiss or criticize everything he hears. If he can pick apart any detail and prove you wrong, he will. He doesn’t even seem to really be enjoying himself – he just seems pissed off all the time. He still hasn’t figured out that being friendly is sometimes more important than being right. Etymology: lambaste (to criticize severely, berate harshly) + bastard. Yes, OK, I know that the first word is correctly pronounced “lam’ bast,” with a short “a,” but I just couldn’t resist. Anyway, the alternative was “contradickt,” and I already used “dick” this week. Created by: karenanne.

Contraryan: /kon trayr ee yan/ Marian, Marian, quite the Contraryan,
You argue with everyone you know,
If your friend had said rain or shine, you would have said, snow!
When warned of the truck, you said it was a van and that was your final answer,
Your Teutonic pride should have told you it was actually a very fast Panzer.
Etymology: Contrary (very opposed in nature or character or purpose) & Aryan (according to Nazi doctrine, a Caucasian person of Nordic descent) &
Panzer (German armoured tank) Created by: Nosila.

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