Category: Verboticisms

Gizbo: That’s cool technology! It’s my deodorant.

DEFINITION: v. To obsess over, and fantasize about electronic gadgets even though you can never figure out how they actually work. n. A beautiful but useless gadget.

That's cool technology! It's my deodorant.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Gizbo: /giz-bo
/ Joe had one gizbo after another on his desk. He usually bought them from the Dollar Store and they ran on ‘AA’ batteries, made wonderful sounds, flashed multi-coloured lights and made great conversation pieces, but served no purpose in the real world.
Etymology: GIZBO – noun – from GIZMO (a small specialized mechanical device) + BIMBO (useless, inconsequential, foolish, or stupid) Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Gizbo:

OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-27: 17:45:00
Good word

Utensilly: /you-tense-silly/ Chris had a workshop full of every utensilly ever sold on the shopping channel. Etymology: utensil + silly Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Utensilly:

OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-27: 17:46:00
Nice word.

Technologlee: /TEK-NAH-LO-GLEE/ Sharon was too overcome by technologlee to realize that her “new iPhone” was actually an old Walkman. Etymology: A combination of technology and glee. Created by: jerschneid.

Agogatech: /uh-GOG-uh-tek/ Irascable Ira Gobler was perpetually AGOGATECH because his boys in R&D were quite prolifically producing a plethora of plastic playthings, electronic exotica, rubber replicas and extremely dangerous yet undeniably appealing appliances.
Ira had no idea how they worked,nor did he care. As long as they clicked and buzzed, emanating their eerie electronic inducto-flux, he was more than satisfied- and downright dazzled.
In fact, he was constantly AGOGATECH! Etymology: AGOG-pleasantly mystified+AT+Tech(nology)

Please see:

http://goblertoys.com/

Created by: metrohumanx.

Comments on Agogatech:

Mustang, 2008-07-25: 07:05:00
Very clever. I like it!

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:

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

Be Creative,

James

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

Verbotomy launches on “b”, Baltimore’s free daily newspaper


Verbotomy: Are you stuck for a word? Play Verbotomy at b.

Verbotomy, the daily create-a-word game is launching at b, Baltimore’s free daily newspaper. The game has been completely integrated into b’s website (www.bthesite.com) using the paper’s existing log-in system. Each day, b readers are challenged to invent a word to match the new definition, and vote for their favorites. Winning word of the day is published in the print edition.

The launch with the b is being promoted with the release of a new Verbotomy “movie trailer”, titled “Are you stuck for a Word?” The video features invented words created by (or for) Dan Pink (Johnny Bunko), Amy Sutherland, Kurt Vonnegut and Britney Spears — artists and writers who have all been featured on Verbotomy. The video is also a “call to action”, urging everyone to invent new words “to describe the incredibly weird things that are happening today”. And to do it, not just for themselves, but “for the whole frigging planet!”

See and share the video here:
https://www.verbotomy.com/verbotomize.php

How Verbotomy Works
Verbotomy works like a three-way cross between a puzzle, comic and blog. Every day we would publish a new definition and comic. Readers are challenged to create an invented word to match the definition, and vote for their favorite. The winning word of the day gets featured with the comic in the print edition.

Here are sample print pages from the first week:

Verbotomy in b
July 22 PDF

Benefits for b:

  1. Integrated Cross-Platform Entertainment: Daily content for web and print editions.
  2. Hilarious User-Generated Content: It’s a showcase for reader creativity and cleverness.
  3. A Social Networking Game: Voting, sharing, groups, and something to talk about every day.
  4. Right-Brain Exercise: Verbotomy is good for you! It’s the daily brain exercise that keeps your creative mind sharp — like Sudoku for your imagination.
  5. Snack Culture: Daily easy-to-digest content fix.

Verbotomy is Easy

  • Easy-to-understand game concept (Invent a word to match the definition and comic.)
  • Easy to manage content and users (Daily content fix which encourages short, funny and focused, user-generated content.)
  • Easy technical set-up (Integrated int site using the same technology as Google Gadgets. Produces daily print-ready PDFs sized to fit publisher print specifications.)

For more details see the Verbotomy Publisher’s Overview

About Verbotomy
Verbotomy is the create-a-word game and comic. Every day we publish a new definition and comic. Players are challenged to create a word to match the definition, and then vote for the best. It’s creative, satirical and quirky, so it’s usually good for a laugh… And as a creative brain exercise, it’s also good for you!

Newspaper publishers use Verbotomy as a tool to build local communities and showcase cross-platform, user-generated content. The game works like a three-way cross between a puzzle, a comic and a blog and can be easily integrated into the publishers site. The online game produces daily batches of short, funny, localized, user-generated content — the winning word of the day and comic — which get published in the print editions.

About “b”
b is the new Baltimore free daily newspaper and website for people in their 20s and 30s. With its companion newspaper, b, the site is an ongoing conversation among our reporters, bloggers and readers, to provide the most complete picture of what’s going on in the area. See : www.bthesite.com

Threedundancy: Oh please stay! And don’t worry about Robbie.

DEFINITION: The sense of discomfort created when “a couple” says you are welcome to stay, even though their behavior suggests that you are getting in the way.

Oh please stay! And don't worry about Robbie.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Threedundancy: /three-dun-dan-see/ Henri felt an acute sense of threedundancy when he learned that he was the fallback for a menage a trois. Etymology: redundancy + three Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Threedundancy:

Mustang, 2008-07-22: 00:30:00
Excellent word.

OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-22: 05:59:00
Very clever;wonderful word.

Matecrasher: /mate-crash-er
/ When Jenny and Joe started making out on the living room couch after dinner, Ellen felt like a matecrasher and not the guest of the evening.
Etymology: MATECRASHER – noun – from MATE + GATECRASHER Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Matecrasher:

OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-22: 06:00:00
Great word.

colapop, 2008-07-23: 03:43:00
A mate who is crashing in on the lovers mating action, genius.

Paltrudement: /pal-TROOD-muhnt/ Bob, aka Robbie, didn’t wish to paltrude when his friends, Phil and Pauline, became interlocked in a submission hold. And despite Phil’s assurances that he was only teaching Pauline self-defence, the overpowering feeling of paltrudement told Bob it was time to leave. Etymology: PAL: chum, friend, mate; TRUDE: push & -MENT: action, act or process; the instrument or means of. Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Paltrudement:

Jabberwocky, 2008-07-21: 14:05:00
when I first read your word I thought of pall as in “glut or surfeit” which would work as well

Amourtification: /ah-more-tif-i-cay-shun/ Amourtification occurs when one person drops out of a double date. Etymology: amour (love affair) + mortification (embarrassment) Created by: bookowl.

Comments on Amourtification:

Mustang, 2008-07-22: 00:30:00
Very good!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-22: 06:01:00
Very funny.

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:

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

Be Creative,

James

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

Emailsculated: I guess it’s really over…

DEFINITION: v. intr. To frustrate oneself by sending emails to someone who cannot receive them, especially when “over quota”. n. An emotional response to bounced-back email.

I guess it's really over...

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Emailsculated: /ee-male-scu-lay-ted/ Chris felt totally emailsculated by his empty inbox. All of his heartfelt notes were flying around in cyberspace, rejected. Etymology: email + emasculated Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Emailsculated:

hooterbug, 2008-07-24: 07:59:00
Awwwwwwwwwwwwww

OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-25: 17:43:00
Nice word.

Correspondespondency: /COR-RE-SPON-DE-SPON-DEN-CY/ With every bounced email to my ex-girlfriend, my correspondespondency grows. Etymology: a combination of “correspondence” and “despondency” Created by: jerschneid.

Comments on Correspondespondency:

Jabberwocky, 2008-07-24: 14:20:00
excellent word

lumina, 2008-07-24: 16:08:00
Perfect!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-25: 17:43:00
I like it.

Missage: /mis-sage/ Despite receiving twenty bounced emails from Jason, Kylie still felt compelled to repeatedly missage him. Etymology: From miss (to fail to hit) and message (a communication containing some information). Created by: cascadingstylesheet.

Comments on Missage:

Jabberwocky, 2008-07-24: 14:19:00
nice etymology

Emotirts: /e-MO-terts/ After several of her emails bounced back, Roxie thought that a few emoticons in her text might get a better response. But when she broadcast the following email: “:o, 4col, Im :e tis adih: afiniati (iI) Im sobt u :8)(U=xc) W.B.S A.* Etymology: Blend of EMOT (as in emoticon); EM: for email & acronym: R.T.S: return to sender. Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Emotirts:

OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-24: 05:58:00
After several of her emails bounced Roxie thought that a few emoticons in her text might get a better response. But when she broadcast the following email: “:o, 4col, Im :e tis adih: afiniati {iI} Im sobt u :8)[U=xc] W.B.S A.*

OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-24: 06:03:00
The last part of my sentence to read: “her emotirts grew rapidly.” * Cannot save it in the sentence box????

OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-24: 06:15:00
Think it got through now? Hope so, otherwise Roxie’s may have “bounce-back” breakdown.

Jabberwocky, 2008-07-24: 14:16:00
I keep wanting to add rig to the beginning of your word which might be appropriate

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:

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

Be Creative,

James

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

Unagerrate: Of course I’m twenty-one!

DEFINITION: v. intr. To lie about your age. n. A misrepresentation about your age, usually done in order to appear younger or older.

Of course I'm twenty-one!

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Unagerrate: /Un-age-errate/ She does tend to unagerrate Etymology: un as in under or less than
age as in age
errate from exaggerate Created by: cupoftea.

Alterageify: /All-turr-ay-gif-i/ When Simon and Linda went on their first date, she told him that she was only 34 years old, when, in fact, she was nearer 45. When he eventually found out the truth he dumped her on the spot. She vowed from that day on she would never alterageify ever again. Etymology: Alter (to change) ORIGIN alterare from alter ‘other’ + Age (the length of time a person or thing has existed) ORIGIN Old French, from latin aevum ‘age,era’. + Falsify (alter(information) so as to mislead) = Alterageify Created by: TJayzz.

Comments on Alterageify:

Jabberwocky, 2008-07-23: 12:08:00
nice blend

OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-25: 17:51:00
Looks good.

Agenhance: /Ayj – en – hans/ Although her appearance gave her away Muriel was confident that she could fool people with a bit of agenhance deceit and would always fudge her age by 5 or more years…..downward, of course. Etymology: Blend of ‘age’ and ‘enhance’ (make better or more attractive) Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Agenhance:

metrohumanx, 2008-07-23: 01:49:00
AGENHANCE- a VERY useable word!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-25: 17:50:00
Good word.

Misagery: /mis-age-er-ee/ Misagery is a common practice among first year college and university students using fake I.D.’s to gain access to bars near the campus.
Etymology: MISAGERY – noun – from MIS (wrong; amiss) + AGE (a period measured by years from birth) + FORGERY (something counterfeit, or fraudulent) Created by: Stevenson0.

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:

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

Be Creative,

James

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

Definition Comments:

metrohumanx – 2008-07-23: 00:41:00
LOVELY word, misagery…intuitive,impeccable etymology, and unlike my word, mercifully brief.