Category: invented words

I guess I’ll do a little window shopping…

DEFINITION: v. intr., To do what boyfriends and/or husbands do when waiting around while their girlfriends/wives shop. n. A person doing such a thing.

I guess I'll do a little window shopping...

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Mallinger: /Mahl-LING-er/ Two hours after the Wife entered Old Navy, Bob was seen in the food court, mallingering on the cement bench with an empty bag of Cinnabons. Etymology: Mall: a large retail complex with no hardware stores. Linger: to pass time in a tedious manner. Created by: kabloozie.

Masterwait: /mas-ter-weyt/ To keep her happy, he goes along shopping and will masterwait patiently while she tries on every pair of shoes in the store. Etymology: master (of course she is this) + wait Created by: Stevenson0.

Spreeander: /spree-an-durr/ Spreeandering about the mall for hours while Sandy tried on countless pairs of jeans left Jack barely coherent, and hungry. When he saw his honey finally emerge from her umpteenth dressing room, he grunted something about “done yet” and “food court” – much to her annoyance. “Geez, Jack, don’t be such a Spreeanderthal” she retailiated (retail + retaliate), handing him the most expensive pair she had found. Etymology: (shopping) spree + meander Created by: ScrabbledEgg.

Contemplaza: /con-tem-pla-za/ While dutifully lugging bags around like a pack mule, Chris would quietly contemplaza the meaning of life. Etymology: contemplate + plaza Created by: Jabberwocky.

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Did I miss my stop?

Did I miss my stop?

DEFINITION: n., A semi-conscious state experienced by early morning commuters on a subway or bus. v. intr., To mentally transport oneself in the opposite direction of which you are traveling.

Did I miss my stop?

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Tranceportation: /trans-per-tay-shuhn/ Monday morning. Coiffed, clean-shaven, & caffeinated. He looked alert-crisp even- as he took his seat; yet within minutes the familiar cadence of the commuter train put him into a deep state of tranceportation. People and places blurred past his opened yet unfocused eyes. Thoughts wandered through his open yet unfocused mind. As his railcar hurtled forward, dragging him and his fellow captors closer to the monotony awaiting them, he tranceported himself further and further back through his all too quick weekend. Etymology: trance + transportation Created by: ScrabbledEgg.

Metrograde: /me-truh-greyd/ Tim was experiecing metrograde as he bounced along on the vapidtransit system, thinking back on his weekend in Monaco watching truly rapid transit in the form of a grand prix. Of course, he lost his metrosexappeal when the drool dribbled down his chin and puddled on his chest. Etymology: metro transit + retrograde Created by: Scrumpy.

Transitdentalmeditation: /tranz-it-den-tal-med-i-tay-shun/ I find the transitdentalmeditation technique is the most effective way to remove the stress of the daily commute while bringing fulfillment and contentment to life – it is achieved by gently gritting your teeth to absorb the vibrations of the subway track – no drooling allowed! Etymology: transit + dental + transcendental meditation Created by: Jabberwocky.

Tubatose: /toob-a-tohs/ As passengers settle down for the long ride to the city core, tubatose overtakes the passengers until they arrive at their destination. Etymology: tube (British subway) + comatose Created by: Stevenson0.

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James

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When I said that you’re a loser, I meant it as a compliment

DEFINITION: v. tr. to exercise power through the strategic use of personal insults, while pretending to offer encouragement. n. A leader who uses such methods.

When I said that you're a loser, I meant is a compliment.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Condemnagog: /kun-dem-ah-gog/ At the meeting, we counted six insults proffered by Frank, the condemnagog, including one subtle double-slam on the presenter’s mentor. Etymology: condemn, demagog Created by: purpleartichokes.

Mockliment: /-ˈmÉ‘kləˌmÉ›nt-/ It wasn’t the fact that he mocklimented everyone that was so annoying; it was the fact that he seemed to think everyone was too stupid to notice. Etymology: From compliment + mock Created by: ErWenn.

Demeanager: /duh-meen-aj-err/ he liked his job but he couldn’t stand his new demeanager Etymology: demean, manager Created by: rikboyee.

Humiliaid: /hyoo-mil-ee-eyd/ Rachel would humiliaid every salesman in the department. She ripped every salesman apart personally then pushed them to exceed last month’s sales targets. Etymology: humiliate + aid Created by: Stevenson0.

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Ooopy goopy poopy poo.

DEFINITION: n An invented language similar to baby talk, used by pet owners to communicate with their pets. v. tr. To speak to an animal using such a language.

Ooopy goopy poopy poo.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Petois: /pet-twa/ Madeleine took her tiny dog off to Paris in her handbag and spoke to it lovingly in petois to stop it barking on the Metro. It was a curious mix of French and doggy noises. Etymology: pet + patois (non-standard speech/creole) Created by: petaj.

Furnacular: /Fer-nack-yoo-ler/ It takes hard working and determination, almost 7 years in college, and 4 years of trade school to learn the furnacular of pets. Etymology: Fur (the hair of certain animals) + vernacular (language spoken in a specific place) Created by: ziggy41.

Bingolingo: /bing-oh-ling-oh/ There was a farmer who became famous for his bingolingo. They even have a song about him (Ready Purple) There was a farmer had a dog and bingo was his name oh – all together now B-I-N-G-O Etymology: lingo + Bingo (famous dog) Created by: Jabberwocky.

Petsperanto: /pets-puh-RAHN-toh/ Petsperanto became fashionable once again in the 23rd century, but by then it resembled Klingon. Later it would lean more toward bafflegab, just as it always had, but Star Trek was taken a bit more seriously in those halcyon days. Of all the people to reanimate, why’d they pick Shatner? Etymology: pet + Esperanto Created by: Clayton.

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The Globe and Mail: Getting together to make up words

In a review on collective writing projects published today in Globe and Mail, Verbotomy is described as “the most entertaining” and as “a word-invention game of the sort you’ll find in quality publications”.

The review which appears in an article titled “Wikibook = Wikibomb” was written by Tivor Tossell, a columnist who writes for “Seven” the weekly entertainment review published by the Globe and Mail, Canada’s National Newspaper.

Tossell does an analysis of several online collective projects including A Million Penguins by Penguin Books, Portrayl.com, Glypho.com, Ficlets.com, and Verbotomy. The print article features a screen shot of the Verbotomy website with the caption: “Verbotomy.com succeeds because it only ask writers to invent a single word.” After reviewing the each of the other collective writing projects, Tossell concludes with his take on Verbotomy:

Which knocks us down to the lowest rung on the ladder, which, as it happens, is the most entertaining: getting together to make up words. At Verbotomy.com, users play a word-invention game of the sort you’ll find in quality publications. Every weekday, artist and programmer James Gang posts an illustrated definition; players compete to invent a word to describe it. Most of the results are puns and most of the puns are terrible, which, being puns, only makes them better.

To wit: A third wheel, invited to stay by a couple despite manifest awkwardness, is a “matecrasher.” Emotional frustration at e-mail being returned to sender is “emailaise.” Feeling disappointment at a stupid mistake is to be “blunderstruck.” Think you can do worse? Step right up.

See the full story: Wikibook = Wikibomb

Special congratulations to Steveson0 (matecrasher), Clayton (emailise) and Rikboyee (blunderstruck) for getting their words quoted in the article.