Author: James Gang

Communicaddiction: Did you get my email?

DEFINITION: n. A psychological dependency on electronic messaging which often leads to compulsive emailing, even among people who are sitting inches apart. v. To email, twitter, or text compulsively.

Did you get my email?

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Communicaddiction: /kom myoon ick ad dikt shun/ Byron had a communicaddiction and was never seen without being glued to a computer, blackberry ot other latest device to contact other humans. The main problem with this communicaddiction, was that Byron could not communicate verbally in person with other humans. Without the crutches of modern technology, he was powerless to transmit his emotions and develop real relationships. He was not alone in his dependency. We know that the early pioneers of e-mail, only developed it so that a person could send a joke to a co-worker only inches away in the same room, on company time… Etymology: Communicate ( transmit thoughts or feelings or information;be in contact; interchange information or ideas) & Addiction (being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming) Created by: Nosila.

Thumbunicate: /θəmyoōnəkāt/ Qwerty can only thumbunicate with the rest of the world via his Crackberry from his home deep in the heart of Textus. Etymology: thumb (the short, thick first digit of the human hand, set lower and apart from the other four and opposable to them) + communicate (share or exchange information, news, or ideas) Created by: artr.

Comments on Thumbunicate:

galwaywegian, 2009-09-23: 12:14:00
🙂

Commpulsion: /kom puhlll shun/ Harry the commpulsive comms wizard told his fluffy white owl his message carrying services would no longer be required since the arrival of twitter. Twitt? to who? his feathered ex-friend hooted Etymology: communications, compulsion Created by: galwaywegian.

Comments on Commpulsion:

Nosila, 2009-09-23: 10:36:00
What a hoot…owl like it!

Qwertycate: /kw3rti-cate / Ashley, Meghan and Tiffany would qwertycate with each other for hours, even if they were sitting in the same room together, at the movies or in school. When they began to text instead of speak, their parents and teachers worried that they were losing the ability to express themselves in speech, except for an occasional “whatever” when questioned by an adult.
Doctors are becoming concerned that qwertycation can become a powerful addiction with teenagers, young adults and those parents who have learned how to text by their kids who constantly hunt them down via the phone to ask stupid questions. Etymology: qwerty: a computer keyboard. Named for the first six letters on the left hand of a standard English typewriting keyboard, it is the name adopted for miniature keyboards used in texting devices such as phones. + communicate: exchange ideas or information Created by: mrskellyscl.

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:

https://www.verbotomy.com/verboticisms.php?jid=email

Be Creative,

James

www.verbotomy.com
the create-a-word game

Jasper Fforde’s invented words Lost in a Good Book

How many invented words are there in Jasper Fforde’s vocabulary? No one really knows… And perhaps it is incalculable. However the number of “made-up words” used in his books has been closely monitored and documented by the Goliath Corporation. In fact, if you check the dedication page of “Lost in a Good Book” you will see that officially it includes 44 made-up words.

Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
This book allegedly contains 44 made-up words. Fact or Fiction?

This number, 44, is however suspect. There are many rumors circulating that the actual number of neologisms contained within this book may be much higher! Some fictioneers suggest that the Goliath Corporation is deliberately hiding the actual number of neologisms found within the book! (Note: The Goliath Corporation never publicly uses the word “neologism” because it has been deemed to be far too “academic” by their all-powerful, and much feared, Marketing Department.) If you do search through the book you may, or may not, find more made-up words. It is believed that this inconsistency is result of tampering by illegal fictional characters, or perhaps by the over-active imaginations of readers who have immersed themselves within Fforde’s books. If the wording has been tampered with, and the meanings changed without prior permission, we need some serious literary detection! Ergo, we are sending out the Bat Signal to Thursday Next!

Test your creative wits and play with some “made-up words”. Go to:
https://www.verbotomy.com/verbotomy.php.

If you’re funny and lucky, you can win a signed copy of Jasper Forde’s second Thursday Next novel, Lost in a Good Book.

About the book: “Lost in a Good Book”

Thursday Next, literary detective and newlywed is back to embark on an adventure that begins, quite literally on her own doorstep. It seems that Landen, her husband of four weeks, actually drowned in an accident when he was two years old. Someone, somewhere, sometime, is responsible. The sinister Goliath Corporation wants its operative Jack Schitt out of the poem in which Thursday trapped him, and it will do almost anything to achieve this – but bribing the ChronoGuard? Is that possible? Having barely caught her breath after The Eyre Affair, Thursday must battle corrupt politicians, try to save the world from extinction, and help the Neanderthals to species self-determination. Mastadon migrations, journeys into Just William, a chance meeting with the Flopsy Bunnies, and violent life-and-death struggles in the summer sales are all part of a greater plan. But whose? and why?

Reviews: “Lost in a Good Book”
“Jasper Fforde certainly rates an ‘E’ for Excellence in imagination. Asimov gave us a scientific look at future possibilities, Heinlein gave us imagination with a comic religious slant, and others have fictionally tweaked our imaginations to some degree. But no one except Jasper Fforde has opened up the vast possibilities of using characters from all fiction – fantasy, humor, scientific, adventure – whatever – to create such an incredible world as found in Lost In A Good Book.” whodunnit.com

“It may be that Fforde has succeeded in doing for the anxieties of 21st-century book lovers — nagged by the feeling that perhaps they aren’t getting as swept away by books as they used to — what Helen Fielding did for the anxieties of the 30-something single urban female. In attempting to come up with an adult Harry Potter, he may also have stumbled across that other Holy Grail of modern fiction, the male-friendly (or at least the gender-neutral) Bridget Jones — which, for everyone but Fforde’s accountant, is a fairly terrifying prospect.” New York Times

Invent some words and win a copy of Lost in a Good Book at Verbotomy
Play Verbotomy. The top player of the week starting on September 28, 2009, will win a copy of the book!

Official Stuff:

Prize: Lost in a Good Book (Paperback) by Jasper Fforde (Approximate Retail Value: $15.00 US.)

Note: The book will be awarded to the Top Scoring Player who did not win a Jasper Fforde Book in last week’s contest at Verbotomy.

Contest Start Date: September 28, 2009 at 12:01:00 am EDT
Contest End Date: October 3, 2009 at 11:59:00 pm EDT

For the Jasper Fforde: Lost in a Good Book weekly author ranking see: See: https://www.verbotomy.com/verbotomists.php?week=2009-09-28

For complete contest rules and regulations please see our Verbotomy Contest Rules and Regulations.

Be creative,

James

Thumbunicate: Did you get my email?

DEFINITION: n. A psychological dependency on electronic messaging which often leads to compulsive emailing, even among people who are sitting inches apart. v. To email, twitter, or text compulsively.

Did you get my email?

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Thumbunicate: /θəmyoōnəkāt/ Qwerty can only thumbunicate with the rest of the world via his Crackberry from his home deep in the heart of Textus. Etymology: thumb (the short, thick first digit of the human hand, set lower and apart from the other four and opposable to them) + communicate (share or exchange information, news, or ideas) Created by: artr.

Comments on Thumbunicate:

galwaywegian, 2009-09-23: 12:14:00
🙂

Qwertycate: /kw3rti-cate / Ashley, Meghan and Tiffany would qwertycate with each other for hours, even if they were sitting in the same room together, at the movies or in school. When they began to text instead of speak, their parents and teachers worried that they were losing the ability to express themselves in speech, except for an occasional “whatever” when questioned by an adult.
Doctors are becoming concerned that qwertycation can become a powerful addiction with teenagers, young adults and those parents who have learned how to text by their kids who constantly hunt them down via the phone to ask stupid questions. Etymology: qwerty: a computer keyboard. Named for the first six letters on the left hand of a standard English typewriting keyboard, it is the name adopted for miniature keyboards used in texting devices such as phones. + communicate: exchange ideas or information Created by: mrskellyscl.

Tweetfreak: /tweet – freek/ When I met Elijah, I knew there was something different about him. He seemed to be mute. If I asked him a question, he would smile and type. By the time I walked away, I had the answer on my Blackberry. Elijah had become a tweetfreak; he had apparantly decided he would rather twitter than talk. Etymology: tweet (Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users’ updates known as tweets), freak (addict: someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction) Created by: mweinmann.

Communicaddiction: /kom myoon ick ad dikt shun/ Byron had a communicaddiction and was never scene without being glued to a computer, blackberry ot other latest device to contact other humans. The main problem with this communicaddiction, was that Byron could not communicate verbally in person with other humans. Without the crutches of modern technology, he was powerless to transmit his emotions and develop real relationships. He was not alone in his dependency. We know that the early pioneers of e-mail, only developed it so that a person could send a joke to a co-worker only inches away in the same room, on company time… Etymology: Communicate ( transmit thoughts or feelings or information;be in contact; interchange information or ideas) & Addiction (being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming) Created by: Nosila.

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:

https://www.verbotomy.com/verboticisms.php?jid=email

Be Creative,

James

www.verbotomy.com
the create-a-word game

Laguage: Why… do… you…?

DEFINITION: n. A chronic slow talker, who plods relentlessly, even when everyone else has figured out what they are trying to say. v. To talk in a painfully slow manner.

Why... do... you...?

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Laguage: /layg – wij/ Tessa spoke her own laguage. By the time she finished a sentence, everyone knew what she was trying to say and had long since ceased to listen. Etymology: lag, language Created by: mweinmann.

Comments on Laguage:

Nosila, 2009-09-22: 10:57:00
Great word!

Boratory: /bôrətôrē/ Whenever Jim has insomnia he knows just what to do. He goes into the guest room and turns on the TV to C-Span. The boratory is sure to put him right to sleep. He has to be careful to be lying down when he clicks to the channel so that he doesn*t fall and hit his head as it comes on. Etymology: bore (make [someone] feel weary and uninterested by tedious talk or dullness) + oratory (the art or practice of formal speaking in public) Created by: artr.

Comments on Boratory:

galwaywegian, 2009-09-22: 10:21:00
heh!

Longuist: /lon gwist’/ My friend Daryl, a gifted longuist, knows how to leave a voice mail message that, while saying very little, is so drawn out it exceeds the voice mail time limit. Starting with a period of silence followed by “Uhhh… heyyy…” just adds to the effect. Etymology: long + linguist Created by: karenanne.

Hourator: /ow ray tor/ Father Murphy’s houratory style had a very wholesome effect on anyone thinking sinful thoughts. After one of his sermons no one could remember what sins they were thinking of committing, not even the ones who remained awake Etymology: orator, hour Created by: galwaywegian.

Comments on Hourator:

Nosila, 2009-09-22: 10:57:00
Houray for you!

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:

https://www.verbotomy.com/verboticisms.php?jid=talker

Be Creative,

James

www.verbotomy.com
the create-a-word game

Sociopathletes: Wait! Can’t you guys read?

DEFINITION: n. A group of runners that moves as a single entity, ignoring traffic signals and pedestrians alike. v. To run in a herd without watching where you are going.

Wait! Can't you guys read?

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Sociopathletes: /so shee o path leetz/ Every Saturday you could see them running through the neighborhood. The 8 of them called themselves The Marrythoners, as they had all met while in marathon training and ended up marrying each other. We however called them the Sociopathletes. When they set out each weekend, they travelled as one and ignored traffic rules and basic mores of society. They thought they were Kings of the Road but we thought they were Things Needing Towed. They set race relations way back… Etymology: Sociopath (someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath’ was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath’) & Social (a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity;marked by friendly companionship with others) & Athletes (a person trained to compete in sports) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Sociopathletes:

artr, 2009-09-21: 11:29:00
If everyone were a sociopath what would normal be?

galwaywegian, 2009-09-21: 14:30:00
nice:)

mweinmann, 2009-09-23: 08:57:00
hehe, like it…

Joggernaut: /jopg gur nawtt/ The joggernaut appeared large and quite formidable as it came down the road. It was amazing how one small(cranky) pitbull could cause such a massive effect. Etymology: juggernaut, jog Created by: galwaywegian.

Comments on Joggernaut:

Nosila, 2009-09-21: 12:26:00
good word…run with it!

Scuttlepack: /-SKTLPK- / The scuttlepack of joggers training for the upcoming mini-marathon clogged the streets downtown, causing me to be late to work. Etymology: Scuttle + pack

Scuttle conveys both the movement of the runners and the destruction they wreak through their pack-like running style. Created by: Filthy.

Gangruntality: /gang-run-tal-i-ty/ When Jason ran with his group he joined a gangruntality with his fellow runners as they blatantly disregarded all traffic laws, daring people to honk or swear at them. His mother told him never to get involved with a gang, but he couldn’t help it. This was the street, and jogging alone here was asking for trouble. Besides, running through stop signs and knocking down old ladies made him feel rebellious and free, just like James Dean — a runner without a cause. Etymology: From “gang mentality”: a feeling that allows individual members of a group feel invincible, larger in importance or strengthened — often used in reference to street gang behavior + Gang: refers to a herd of buffalo, elk, or a pack or wild dogs; a group of people who engage in wrongdoing + run: jog + mentality: attitude or way of thinking Created by: mrskellyscl.

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:

https://www.verbotomy.com/verboticisms.php?jid=runners

Be Creative,

James

www.verbotomy.com
the create-a-word game