Karatcake: I knew you didn’t want anything fattening…

DEFINITION: n. A valentine gift which does not cause weight gain. v. To give a non-fattening gift as a symbol of love, which should not be interpreted — under any circumstances — as a comment on the recipient’s weight.

I knew you didn't want anything fattening...

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Karatcake: /kar at kayke/ Eddie always gave Shirley a karatcake for Valentine’s day. It was a no-cal styrofoam corn cake with a piece of gold jewellery lying on it. But the price of gold kept going up, so next year he would probably get her a caratcake instead… you know the marriage proposal type of diamond ring. Etymology: Karat (the weight of gold) & Cake (small flat mass of chopped food)
Created by: Nosila.

Goodiva: /gooddahyva/ Will’s ample-figured girlfriend loves her chocolate. Valentine’s Day puts him in a quandary. Does he support her desire to be healthier or her vices? He may have found a way to do both as long as she doesn’t notice the slight labeling change on the big box of sugar-free knockoff brand of Goodiva chocolates. Etymology: good (of high quality) + Godiva (brand of high-end chocolate) Created by: artr2.

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Goodiva: I knew you didn’t want anything fattening…

DEFINITION: n. A valentine gift which does not cause weight gain. v. To give a non-fattening gift as a symbol of love, which should not be interpreted — under any circumstances — as a comment on the recipient’s weight.

I knew you didn't want anything fattening...

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Goodiva: /gooddahyva/ Will’s ample-figured girlfriend loves her chocolate. Valentine’s Day puts him in a quandary. Does he support her desire to be healthier or her vices? He may have found a way to do both as long as she doesn’t notice the slight labeling change on the big box of sugar-free knockoff brand of Goodiva chocolates. Etymology: good (of high quality) + Godiva (brand of high-end chocolate) Created by: artr2.

Karatcake: /kar at kayke/ Eddie always gave Shirley a karatcake for Valentine’s day. It was a no-cal styrofoam corn cake with a piece of gold jewellery lying on it. But the price of gold kept going up, so next year he would probably get her a caratcake instead… you know the marriage proposal type of diamond ring. Etymology: Karat (the weight of gold) & Cake (small flat mass of chopped food)
Created by: Nosila.

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Timewash: I just can’t relax in the shower

DEFINITION: v. To take a really long, relaxing, shower; so long in fact, that you loose concept of time. n. A prolonged shower that uses up a whole tank of hot water and leaves the bather looking like a boiled raisin.

I just can't relax in the shower

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Timewash: /tahym-wosh/ I got into the shower and was caught in a timewash. I only escaped when the hot water ran out. Etymology: Timewarp + Wash Created by: friendlyfiend.

Gablution: /gab loo shun/ When Susie takes a shower, she uses her ear-phone and multi-tasks by showering and catching up with her friends and relatives. Her husband calls this ritual her gablution. He also calls it expensive to use her phone so much and use up all the hot water. Etymology: gab (talk excessively, for a long time) & Ablution (ritual cleansing;daily personal hygiene routine) Created by: Nosila.

Sudstained: /suhdz-steynd/ Jerry finds a sudstained shower to be very bathartic. He doesn’t seem to understand why his wife gives his practice such a cold shoulder. It might have something to do with the fact that she rarely gets to take a hot shower. Etymology: suds (froth) + sustained (endure without giving way or yielding) Created by: artr2.

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Failout: I’ve been pre-approved for a new credit card?

DEFINITION: v. To offer pre-approved credit, loans or sweepstake prizes in order to lock the some poor sucker into permanent usury. n. Junk mail, spam or telemarketing offers for pre-approved credit and loans.

I've been pre-approved for a new credit card?

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Failout: /feylout/ Denise was excited to get another “special” credit card offer. How could she turn it down? She was pre-approved. One more piece of plastic, one more failout… Etymology: fail (to fall short of success) + bailout (an instance of coming to the rescue, especially financially) Created by: artr2.

Abusury: /ab yuz yuree/ The real reason that there is a world monetary crisis is because of the abusury of banks, lenders, credit companies and insurers. All those “introductory low interest or interest-free” credit cards and lines of credit were the bait used to lure the innocent consumers into financial ruin! They are the credit crystal-meth designed to addict and enslave. Etymology: Abuse (treat badly;change the inherent purpose or function of something) & Usury (an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest)

Created by: Nosila.

Credituate: // A new credituate in the mail always made her think of new shoes.

Banks credituate their customers. Etymology: credit + habituate, similar to barbituate Created by: matte76.

Fakehoped: /fake-hoped/ I have been fakehoped into a credit card last year, now Im stuck in debts. Etymology: Created by: kitkat1995.

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Adopeytablet: I don’t let my laptop date!

DEFINITION: v. A software update or patch which uses up a ton of memory and hard drive space, stalling the computer with a crippling case of performance anxiety. n. To stall out a computer by installing a software “upgrade”.

I don't let my laptop date!

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Adopeytablet: /Ah : dope : ee : tab : let/ It was no flash in the pan, Kernal Panic thought as he looked blankly at the draped screen on his new Adopeytablet. The last time this happened they told me it would be the last time this happened, so the Kernals recursion relationship with technology trundled on. I guess that’s some kinda feedback loop or loop-the-loop. Etymology: A : indefinite article : Dopey : drugged up or slow dwarf : Tablet : Pill, may be screened (6 letters).
Pun on Adobe : A byword for nightmareish yet essential software, bring a tonne of RAM. Created by: scrabbelicious.

Vaiogra: /vai ou gra/ Minnie knew she had used too much vaiogra to upgrade her computer’s performance. It had been more than four hours since she had not been able to turn off the computer and so it was now time to head to the PC emergency ward, before her terminal became terminal. Etymology: Vaio ( a sub-brand used for many of Sony’s computer products. Originally an acronym of Video Audio Integrated Operation, this was amended to Visual Audio Intelligent Organizer in 20080 & Viagra (virility drug (trade name Viagra) used to treat erectile dysfunction in men)

Created by: Nosila.

Upgreyed: /up graeed/ the upgrade upgreyed Etymology: upgrade greyed out Created by: galwaywegian.

Upstallation: /like installation, with up at the beginning./ “watch out man, that Starcraft patch gave me some major upstallation” Etymology: Created by: BitCrack.

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