Author: James Gang

DEFINITION: v. To take the frustration and anger you receive from one person and redirect it towards another person, usually of lower status. n. An act of aggression directed towards an individual or object that was not the source of provocation.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Substitantrum: /suhb-sti-tan-truhm/ For no apparent reason Marcie launched into a tirade of everything Jim had ever done that annoyed her. “You’ve just been on the phone with your mother, haven’t you?” Jim knows a substitantrum when he sees one. Etymology: substitution (acting or serving in place of another)+ tantrum (a violent demonstration of rage or frustration; a sudden burst of ill temper) Created by: artr.

Escapegoat: /es kayp gote/ When Cheryl’s mother got on her back and made her angry, Cheryl tended to make her boyfriend Mark her escapegoat. Afterall, he did not have the smart comebacks her Mom did. Etymology: Escape (an avoidance of danger or difficulty)& Scapegoat (someone punished for the errors of others)

Created by: Nosila.

Transfergravation: /tranz – fer – gruh – VAY – shun/ Through transfergravation, Patsy would assert herself with ferocity on unsuspecting innocent friends, thus avoiding confrontation with those she feared who had actually caused her the stress and annoyances she dreaded. Etymology: Blend of ‘transfer’ (to convey from one person, place, or situation to another) and ‘aggravation’ ( A source of continuing, increasing irritation or trouble) Created by: Mustang.

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DEFINITION: v. To take the frustration and anger you receive from one person and redirect it towards another person, usually of lower status. n. An act of aggression directed towards an individual or object that was not the source of provocation.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Escapegoat: /es kayp gote/ When Cheryl’s mother got on her back and made her angry, Cheryl tended to make her boyfriend Mark her escapegoat. Afterall, he did not have the smart comebacks her Mom did. Etymology: Escape (an avoidance of danger or difficulty)& Scapegoat (someone punished for the errors of others)

Created by: Nosila.

Substitantrum: /suhb-sti-tan-truhm/ For no apparent reason Marcie launched into a tirade of everything Jim had ever done that annoyed her. “You’ve just been on the phone with your mother, haven’t you?” Jim knows a substitantrum when he sees one. Etymology: substitution (acting or serving in place of another)+ tantrum (a violent demonstration of rage or frustration; a sudden burst of ill temper) Created by: artr.

Transfergravation: /tranz – fer – gruh – VAY – shun/ Through transfergravation, Patsy would assert herself with ferocity on unsuspecting innocent friends, thus avoiding confrontation with those she feared who had actually caused her the stress and annoyances she dreaded. Etymology: Blend of ‘transfer’ (to convey from one person, place, or situation to another) and ‘aggravation’ ( A source of continuing, increasing irritation or trouble) Created by: Mustang.

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DEFINITION: v. To prevent someone from participating in an undesired activity by engaging them in another activity which makes it impossible to do the first. n. Two things cannot be done at the same time.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Disattraction: /dis at trak shun/ Whenever Betsy was being quizzed by her skinflint husband, Cyril, about her spending, she would slip into a sexy nightie and make him forget about finances by being a big disattraction to him. Etymology: Distraction (an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations) & Attraction (the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts) Created by: Nosila.

Subterguile: /SUB – ter – gile/ Wilhelmena employed a two pronged game of subterguile on her couch potato fiance, Rutherford, first distracting him with alluring smiles and suggestions and then offering other options to lure him away from another weeked of non stop on-line gaming with his buddies on his computer. Etymology: Blend of ‘subterfuge’ (A deceptive stratagem or device) and ‘guile’ (deceitful cunning) Created by: Mustang.

Predispaversion: /pree-dis-puh-vur-zhuh/ When Janet noticed her boyfriend, Jamie’s propensity for chewing on pens, she decided to treat his bad habit with predispaversion. She dipped all the pens in the house in hot sauce. Her little experiment backfired when he developed a taste for the fiery concoction and almost doubled their food and pen budget. She also got burned the other morning when she wrote her self a note with one of her mangled pens just before applying her eye shadow. Etymology: predisposition (tendency to a condition or quality, usually based on the combined effects of genetic and environmental factors) + aversion (a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy) Created by: artr.

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DEFINITION: n. An ingrained habit which is so entrenched in individual’s personality that they practically have an identity crisis if anyone tries to change it. v. To try to modify a person’s instinctive behavior and/or unconscious habits.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Alterashun: /al ter ay shun/ When Lidia triewd to change George’s behaviour of ignoring others, she found it difficult to make such an alterashun. Etymology: Alteration (change) & Shun (to avoid;banish;ignore) Created by: Nosila.

Alternature: /al-TER-nuht-sure/ Thoroughly fed up with Arties slovenly habits, Miranda devised a complicated alternature scheme wherein she planned to create changes in his long standing habits if only little by little Etymology: Blend of ‘alter’ (change, remake) and ‘nature’ (inherent quality of a person or thing) Created by: Mustang.

Joklivity: /joh-kliv-i-tee/ Andy sees humor in almost every situation. He is always clowning around to make his friends laugh. His joklivity ran head-first into the noclivity of the TSA agent at the airport and almost got him excluded from his flight. That could have caused woeclivity. Etymology: joke (something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act) + proclivity (natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition) Created by: artr.

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DEFINITION: v. To unintentionally encourage bad behavior by responding to it in a manner that incites even worse behavior. n. A response designed to stop bad behavior, which paradoxically produces more of it.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Sincourage: /sin koor aj/ When Stan got behind the wheel, he took driving very personally and reacted badly to all bad situations. His wife, Rosa, would inadvertantly sincourage his actions by stoking his fuels of outrage. Etymology: Sin (commit a fault) & Encourage (promote;support) Created by: Nosila.

Reverbirate: /re-VERB-eye-rayt/ It seemed that whenever Cindy would try to motivate her husband, Charlie, to behave more civilly, her words would only reverbirate in some dark corner of his psyche and have the opposite effect with him responding in even more outrageous manner. Etymology: blend of ‘reverberate’ (echo) and ‘irate’ (angry) Created by: Mustang.

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