Author: James Gang

Yes Boss, I am sick as a dog

DEFINITION: v. intr., To create the impression that you are deathly ill and represent a potentially lethal bio-hazard risk, so that your boss will ask you to “take the next couple of days off”. n., A faked illness.

Yes Boss, I am sick as a dog

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Maladayoff: /malla-day-off/ The boss was suspicious that Ken was only suffering from a maladayoff. In the background he could hear the strains of Greensleeves and the steady crash of waves on a beach. It must have been a case of fauxplague. Etymology: malady + day off (faux + plague + plage fr. for Beach) A fauxplague is a specific type of maladayoff wherein the sufferer returns to work with a case of sunburn. Created by: petaj.

Comments on Maladayoff:

libertybelle, 2007-11-02: 11:09:00
Hee hee so funny!! i like fauxplague too – kinda sexy!

OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-04: 16:49:00
Clever blend. Hope Ken doesn’t get sandy blight!

Illployment: /il-PLOI-ment/ By telling his boss that he was suffering from the barcoo rot, Bob created such a perfect illusion that he was granted immediate illployment on full pay for a month. Etymology: ill: unwell, unfavorable; ploy: 1. trick, manoeuvre, 2. piece of business, task & ment: act. … Illusion: blend of ill & illusion. Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Illployment:

Jabberwocky, 2007-11-02: 12:34:00
glad everything went well with the cardio – nice word

Fluse: /f-lose/ Sandra often calls in with the fluse when she needs a mental health day at the beach. Etymology: flu + false + ruse Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Fluse:

Jabberwocky, 2007-11-02: 13:34:00
Sandra’s such a flusey!

Liephoyd: /lie – foyd/ The boss suspected that Barry’s third tonsillectomy of the year was in reality a case of liephoid fever. Etymology: lie + typhoid (a disease more prevalent around the turn of the 20th century) Created by: libertybelle.

Comments on Liephoyd:

Jabberwocky, 2007-11-02: 12:29:00
funny – I guess he would be Liephoyd Barry – Typhoid Mary’s brother

OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-04: 16:40:00
If Barry keeps carrying on in this way up, his boss will “have him up to his back teeth.” Nice word:imaginative!

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:
https://www.verbotomy.com/verboticisms.php?jid=fake

Be Creative,

James

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

Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2007-11-02: 01:55:00
Today’s definition was suggested by remistram and svnfsvn. Thank you remistram and svnfsvn! ~ James’

Verbotomy – 2007-11-02: 12:29:00
Thanks to everyone for joining me at our Blog Party yesterday to celebrate Verbotomy’s first birthday. It was a lot of fun. Thanks! ~ James

Jabberwocky’s “Dillcapitate” is published in the Toronto Star

Star Verbotomist, “Jabberwocky” made headlines, well she made print at least, this week as her verboticism “Dillcapitate” was published in today’s Toronto Star.

See: The Week’s Best Invented Words by John Sakamoto, published the Toronto Star, Nov 04, 2007 04:30 AM.

And here is Jabberwocky’s complete verboticism:

'I can open this thing!'

Dillcapitate

Created by: Jabberwocky

Definition: v. tr., To strain with all your might, and twist with every muscle in your body including your eyes, tongue and toes in a desperate but perhaps futile effort to open a sealed container, such as a jar of pickles.

Pronunciation: dill/cap/i/tate

Sentence: I will dillcapitate you Dave screamed at the pickle jar – even if my eyes remain bloodshot for a week.

Etymology: dill (as in pickle) + dilapidate + decapitate + cap

Comments: Dillcapitate

remistram – 2007-10-30: 09:23:00
funny!

Great work Jabberwocky!

Be creative,

James

Why do you keep making those stupid faces?

DEFINITION: v. intr., To silently signal the position of a piece of food on a person’s face using hand gestures, facial expressions and tonguing motions. n., A nonverbal communication system used to alert and assist diners with food on their faces.

Why do you keep making those stupid faces?

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Morselcode: /mor-sul-cohd/ i was saved from embarrasment by a nice piece of morselcode from my sister Etymology: morsel, morse code Created by: rikboyee.

Comments on Morselcode:

purpleartichokes, 2007-11-01: 04:43:00
Perfect!

galwaywegian, 2007-11-01: 07:58:00
Hope you repaid your sister with a diamante brooch or similar siBling!

heartnsoul, 2007-11-01: 08:25:00
SOS – stop our slob?

Domhain, 2007-11-01: 09:25:00
Brilliant!

Jabberwocky, 2007-11-01: 10:50:00
ah – Inspector Morselcode no doubt

OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-01: 20:48:00
Simply the best!

Dribblelert: /drib-ble-lert/ Claire sent a well executed dribblelert to Tony about the sauce on his face. Etymology: dribble& lert (alert) Created by: thebaron.

Semafood: /SEHM-a-food/ Martin sat at the table across from his blind date Harriet trying to decide if her facial tics were the result of allergic reaction or just semafood. Etymology: sema(fore) + food Created by: MrDave2176.

Comments on Semafood:

galwaywegian, 2007-11-01: 08:46:00
excellent!

Foodianslip: /food-ee-an-slip/ Janice sent her friend the silent facial foodianslip message across the table to warn her friend of excess crumbs on her face. Etymology: food + Freudian Slip Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Foodianslip:

Jabberwocky, 2007-11-01: 10:47:00
wonderful

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:
https://www.verbotomy.com/verboticisms.php?jid=cake

Be Creative,

James

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

Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2007-11-01: 02:30:00
Today’s definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James’

Verbotomy – 2007-11-01: 02:49:00
Don’t forget to add your thoughts to the Verbotomy Birthday Blog. Go to https://www.verbotomy.com/blog/?p=205. ~ James

One Year of Verbotomy…

Well it was a year ago today that I registered verbotomy.com. I was attending the Cross Platform Mentorship Lab at the Banff New Media Centre in Banff, Alberta, Canada. It was a special program designed to help artists design, develop and produce multimedia art projects. I was getting a lot of positive feedback on the project, but Ravi Shukla the legal advisor, told me I had to come up with new name for my project. I immediately put on my thinking cap and came up with the name “Verbotomy”. It was available as a domain name, and when I searched the word “Verbotomy”, Google produced one, and only one result! It was a reference in the Oxford Dictionary to book published in England in the seventeenth century on the Taxonomy of Language. Perfect! Today Verbotomy produces over 100,000 Google results…

Anyways I haven’t finished today’s comic, so I have to get back to work. If you’d like to leave a comment or ask me question, just post it here.

Be creative!

James

P.S. Just posted the definition and comic so I thought I’d add it to this post.

DEFINITION: v. intr. To silently signal the position of a piece of food on a person’s face using hand gestures, facial expressions and tonguing motions. n. A nonverbal communication system used to alert and assist diners with food on their faces.

Why do you keep making those stupid faces?

To see the definition and today’s verboticisms go to:
https://www.verbotomy.com/verboticisms.php?jid=cake

Aaaaaahh! It’s alive!

DEFINITION: n. The unexpected moment of horror when you realize that you’re sharing your bathroom shower with thousands of rapidly replicating fungi, commonly known as orange slime. v. intr. To be colonized by orange slime.

Aaaaaaahh! It's alive!

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Ewwwreeeka: /ewww reeek aahh/ the ewwreeeka moment in the shower usually occurs backwards; AAAh (standing under the shower), Reek (that strange smell you notice which makes you open your eyes), then the Ewww as you see the onward marching gunk! Etymology: ewww , reek, eureka. Created by: galwaywegian.

Comments on Ewwwreeeka:

Jabberwocky, 2007-10-31: 10:47:00
No no ewwwreeeka – I smell like a field of wildflowers

purpleartichokes, 2007-10-31: 18:38:00
ewwwtiful!

Jacoozie: /jac-oozy/ Her bathtub which was had once been a place for quiet relaxation and meditation had been transformed into a jacoozie teaming with microscopic wildlife. Etymology: jacuzzi + ooze Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Jacoozie:

galwaywegian, 2007-10-31: 07:46:00
funny!

Funghast: /fuhng-gast/ As he leapt from the diving board Leonard was overcome with funghast when he looked down to see the water in the pool was a pea-soup green color. Etymology: Fungus: Latin; fungus, mushroom; perh. akin to Gk spóngos, sphóngos + Aghast: Old English; gǣstan to frighten Created by: xirtam.

Sporror: /spor-rer/ Initially, Leigh thought it was peach shampoo, but when she reached down to further examine the orange stuff clinging to the shower curtain, she recoiled in sporror. Etymology: spore, horror Created by: purpleartichokes.

Comments on Sporror:

Jabberwocky, 2007-10-31: 10:49:00
spooky

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:
https://www.verbotomy.com/verboticisms.php?jid=curtains

Be Creative,

James

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

Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2007-10-31: 00:40:00
Today we have a special “scary” definition just for Halloween. It was suggested by purpleartichokes, who not only sent in a photo of bathroom suffering from such an infestation (It is not hers!), but who also offered to model for today’s comic. Thank you purpleartichokes! ~ James

Verbotomy – 2007-10-31: 01:21:00
VERBOTOMY BLOG PARTY: November 1, 2007 is Verbotomy’s first birthday! We are having a Blog Party to celebrate. Everybody is invited to the Verbotomy Blog to chat. All comments will be published as soon as you post them, so bring your favorite words and definitions and we’ll chat. Go to https://www.verbotomy.com/blog. Talk to you then! ~ James

purpleartichokes – 2007-10-31: 04:57:00
James – thanks for hiding my cellulite! And that shower curtain… sure glad it’s not MINE!

Jabberwocky – 2007-10-31: 13:55:00
busted Purple – those signature artichokes are a dead giveaway

purpleartichokes – 2007-10-31: 14:37:00
Oh well… found out. And they do clash with the orange slime. Guess I should decorate in Tangerines.