Author: James Gang

DEFINITION: To unconsciously adopt the vocal mannerisms and linguistic stylings of the people with whom you are speaking.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Articulape: /are-ti-ku-lape/ It didn’t take long for her to articulape the preschool children she was teaching. The whining and foot stamping was a bit over the top though. Etymology: articulate + ape (mimic) Created by: Jabberwocky.

Audiosmosis: /aw-dee-ahz-moe-sis/ Although initially bewildered, I too was soon speaking in a thick Scottish brogue, thanks to audiosmosis. Etymology: audio + osmosis Created by: ScrabbledEgg.

Assimilocution: // “We are the Borg. You will be assimilocuted. Now we sound the same. Resistance is futile. We are the Borg.” Etymology: assimilate + locution Created by: VersaVice.

Localocution: /low-kal-lo-kew-shun/ “Thirty minutes in a departure lounge, and I’m already doing localocution!” Etymology: locality + locution Created by: Pseudonym.

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DEFINITION: A willingness to wait, forever if necessary, for the perfect opportunity; excessive patience.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Zencessive: /zen-cess-ive/ He has a zencessive personality, constantly in meditation and self-contemplation waiting always for the perfect moment to act. Because of his zencessiveness, he often misses out completely. Etymology: zen + excessive Created by: Stevenson0.

Perfictionism: // Stymied by her own perfictionism, she kept letting go of Mr. Right in search of Mr. Unfreakinbelievable. Now in her 70’s she can frequently be heard muttering “All good things come to those who wait…” to her half dozen cats. Etymology: fiction + perfectionism Created by: phonematode.

Immorebilized: /im-mohr-buh-lahyzd/ His perfectionist tendencies left him completely and utterly immorebolized. Etymology: immobilized + more Created by: ScrabbledEgg.

Steadication: /sted-i-key-shun/ Jean had unlimited steadication when it came to waiting for John’s marrige proposal. Etymology: steady + dedication Created by: Scrumpy.

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DEFINITION: To be so distracted by the fact that you can’t find something, that you forget what you were looking for.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Damnesia: // I had been searching for my lost keys when damnesia kicked in, and I wandered off to the kitchen for a bowl of cereal. Etymology: Created by: recessivejean.

Escalapse: /es-kuh-laps/ He couldn’t remember where he set his cellphone, and it just escalapsed from there. Now he’s just standing there, gazing into the refrigerator, hoping it has what he needs. Etymology: escalate (to increase in magnitude, intensity, amount…) + lapse, as in “a lapse of memory” Created by: ScrabbledEgg.

Confoundcentration: /con-fownd-sent-tration/ he was lost in his confoundcentration. Frustrated he left his house, but to his surprise he couldn’t lock the door. He wondered why. Etymology: con-found-it(frustration) + concentration Created by: loofarama.

Baffooled: /bah + fooled/ I got so baffooled looking for my sunglasses that I ended up looking for my wallet instead. Etymology: baffle + fooled Created by: Osomatic.

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DEFINITION: The feeling you get when fate plays a stupid little trick on you, just to remind you that life isn’t fair.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Vexistentiality: /Veks-ee-sten-shee-AL-a-tee/ When Bob’s life momentarily turned from “joie de vivre” to “jolt de vivre,” his vexistentiality reminded him of life’s vicissitudes. Etymology: Vex-to cause one to feel annoyed, dissatisfied or irritated, etc. Existential-pertaining to existence -ity-expressing state or condition. Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Karmosity: /karm-os-ity/ I’m filled with karmosity when I drop a coin and it rolls into the sewer, the bread lands peanut butter side down, or the milk I just bought is sour. Etymology: karma + animosity Created by: Stevenson0.

Draggravation: /drag + rav + ay + shun/ I missed every dang traffic light on the way to work today – it was such a draggravation. Etymology: drag + aggravation Created by: Osomatic.

Murphimized: /MURF-imm-eyezd/ Ed McMahon just knocked on my door … to ask when my neighbor would be home. It made me feel quite murphimized Etymology: adjective, from the murphy guy that wrote all those “life sucks” laws Created by: brankoz.

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DEFINITION: A discussion among family members, or room mates, which often turns into a full-blown yelling match, and which seems to occur every night whenever it’s time to do the dishes.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Dishcord: /dish-kawrd/ The family decided to buy a dishwasher after the dishcord following supper. Etymology: Dish and cord from discord. Created by: Scrumpy.

Chorefare: /chore-fare/ It was with a sense of foreboding that Ma entered the kitchen. Her offspring were in siege chorefare. Kelly was wedged in the pantry while Bob and Miranda heckled and jeered, threatening her with chopsticks until she promised to empty the dishwasher. Etymology: chore + fare (of the hearty type) + warfare Created by: petaj.

Sinkirmish: /sin-KUR-mish/ Ian tried to be somewhere else each night at the time of the regular household sinkirmish. Etymology: sink + skirmish Created by: trioptimum.

Dishagreement: /dish-uh-gree-ment/ The simple dishagreement turned into an all out war. Etymology: dish + disagreement Created by: graypenguin.

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