Category: Verboticisms

DEFINITION: To copy and share an idea, thing, or person because you think that it’s so wonderful that everyone should have one.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Esteemulate: /es teem yu late/ A lot of money and prestige was riding on it. How many other young comedians had gotten the chance to star on not just one hit series, but three at a time? How did he get his scripts memorized, rehearse and do all those press appearances for the media? People often wondered, until they met his large family, especially his twin brother, Larry. Larry had invented the Esteemulate Machine. Yes, you guessed it, he had esteemulated several copies of his famous brother, Drew Carey, so that he could star simultaneously on several hit shows. There was his own show, “The Drew Carey Show”;his “Whose Line is it Anyway” show and now he was replacing Bob Barker on “The Price is Right”. Not to mentioned all his appearances on “The Tonight Show”; “Last Comic Standing”; “Conan O’Brien”;”Craig Ferguson” and “Oprah”;”Ellen DeGeneres” and of course, “What Not To Wear”(…okay, he hadn’t really been on that show, but he should have) Yes, Larry was so proud of his brother, he became a real Drew-Id! Etymology: esteem(an attitude of admiration or esteem; a feeling of delighted approval and liking;regard highly; think much of) & take your pick: simulate;imitate;replicate;duplicate;emulate;recreate (all meaning to copy or reproduce)
Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Esteemulate:

metrohumanx, 2008-07-07: 08:50:00
ESTEEMULATE by Nosila gets a very high ranking in my book.
As usual, we get a LOT of bang for our BUCK…..Thanks.

Mustang, 2008-07-07: 19:03:00
All those big bucks!! Impressive…that’s a lot of esteemed clams.

OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-07: 19:33:00
Clever blend

Splenditto: /-splen-DIT-oh-/ Whenever Ryan stumbled onto something he thought was new and hip, he’d try to get his friends and people around him to splenditto him. He liked to think of himself as a trendsetter, but usually those people would ignore his suggestions, or pretend to be interested just to humor him. Etymology: Splendid – excellent, fine, or very good (from L. splendidus “magnificent, brilliant”) & Ditto – to duplicate or repeat an action or statement (from Italian, detto, pp. of dire “to say”) Created by: Tigger.

Comments on Splenditto:

metrohumanx, 2008-07-07: 08:41:00
I like SPLENDITTO, Tigger!
It’s a lot of fun to pronounce.
It implies adulation with just a smattering of sarcasm.

Jabberwocky, 2008-07-07: 11:33:00
ditto

Mustang, 2008-07-07: 18:59:00
Great! A word I can use myself….mega-splendittoes…..oops, I did it, didn’t I?

OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-07: 19:25:00
Splenditto, faditto, elfadoraditto, ditto-ditto – I like it; great word.

Minimeograph: /mini-mee-oh-graf/ I decided to put the old office equipment to good use and made one million minimeographs to deliver door to door. Etymology: mimeograph + mini-me (character in Austin Powers movies) Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Minimeograph:

metrohumanx, 2008-07-07: 08:46:00
MINIEOGRAPH is very funny, although i stumbled over it at first. Nice reference to American Pop Culture.
Jabberwocky strikes another blow for humor!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-07: 19:31:00
Creative and funny.

Nosila, 2008-07-07: 20:34:00
Love your word…I may have to dooplicate it myself!

Repulate: /REP – yew – layt/ To the consternation of so many of his friends and acquaintances, Elbert would never fail to repulate and even try to improve on their ideas and practices and would share them over and over with others as if they were his own ideas and creations. Etymology: Blend of replicate (to repeat, duplicate, or reproduce), and emulate (to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass) Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Repulate:

metrohumanx, 2008-07-07: 08:48:00
REPULATE….very nice, Mustang.
Etymologically perfect without being too flashy.

Tigger, 2008-07-07: 15:02:00
Ace, Mustang! The spelling of your word also suggests that the [good] Repu[tation] of the idea being copied may be involved as well. Simple and concise.

Nosila, 2008-07-07: 20:35:00
Repulate…sounds like something snakes do…

Mustang, 2008-07-07: 22:28:00
Afterwards they repewdiate?

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DEFINITION: Embarrassing pet behavior; may be perfectly natural for the pet, but often makes humans feel self-conscious or ill at ease.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Droolofdenial: /drool of de ny al/ When Jack Russell ran into Germaine Shepherd at the Greyhound Bus Depot, he had been walking his hound, Fido. Fido immediately jumped all over Germaine and slobbered all over her face. She shouted at Jack to Puli him off her. Jack tried valiantly but said, “Sorry, he’s just friendly…he has so much love to give, like me! You are such a pretty Lassie!” Germaine unleashed her fury and demanded that Jack & Fido’s adoration be harnassed. To calm Germaine, he invited her into the nearest pub, “The Dirty Dog” for a hair of the dog that bit her. She told the bartender, “I’ll Havanese…no, make it a double!” Jack ordered a Scotch Terrier and soda. “Muzzle Tov!”, he said and they had a few more. “Jack”, she said, “You are not such a bad breed, but you need to send Fido to obedience school”. When he objected, she told him she was not usually a Pointer, but he was in a Droolofdenial and that if he wanted to see her again, he’d have to obey. Well, our Jack tried many schools, he even went as far away as Labrador, Newfoundland, the Great Pyrenees, even Afghanistan, Lhasa Apso, Chihuahua and Brittany. But none could train his Fido not to drool. He had run away for months. He even prayed to Saint Bernard for guidance. Finally, he returned to the pub and was panting when he saw Germaine,looking fetching in her Poodle skirt, eating Beagles & Lox and drinking Bassett Ale. When he went over to Retriever, he saw that she was curled up with a Husky Boxer, a Great Dane named Erik, who was eating his Chow with a Pinscher salt,some Collieflour and some Maltese candies. He was also taking a Pekingnese at her Schnauzer with his Bischon Frise, his Mastiff, as he tried to Whippet out. Russell thought it disgusting and trotted over to mark his territory. “Oh, Jack”, she said, “Don’t be Samoyed… what you felt was only Puppy Love for me, what I love about Erik is that he is a Rover, not a Setter, the best Keeshond I’ve had and he won’t Stay unless I want him to!” Jack slinked out of the pub, with his tail between his legs, saying, “That Bitch, I’m so past Cairn! I don’t give a Rin Tin Tin for her” Etymology: drool (slobber, saliva spilling from the mouth,pretentious or silly talk or writing) & denial ((psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts;the act of refusing to comply (as with a request);the act of asserting that something alleged is not true) & Jewel of The Nile (for rhyming effect)(a popular 1985 Michael Douglas/Kathleen Turner/Danny DeVito movie whose tagline was “When the going gets tough, the tough get going”. Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Droolofdenial:

OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-04: 03:07:00
Great K9 tail. Tell Jack Russell that Afghani Stan is full of kabul. By the way, where did Din go?

Mustang, 2008-07-04: 17:09:00
I had a dog like that once….half poodle and half poodle…a poopoo dog.

Nosila, 2008-07-05: 00:22:00
Bob, I think Din was led by his nose somewhere…aren’t thney all? Cheers!

Profaunation: /pro-FAW-nay-shun/ Eleanor lunged backwards as Fido’s attentions elevated from a friendly tail wag to intense profaunation. As though talking to Jed wasn’t difficult enough, with his intense staring and too-friendly shoulder rubs and sneaky thigh touches, now his dog was invading her space. Feeling violated, Eleanor exclaimed to Jed, “Help! Your dog is trying to kiss me!” Jed snickered, and grabbed Fido’s leash. “Down Fido! Down!” he exclaimed. “Sorry,” he said, halfheartedly. “He’s just very friendly.” Eleanor wondered what else Fido and Jed had in common… Etymology: PROFANATION: the act of profaning; desecration; defilement; debasement (PROFANE: to misuse something that should be held in reverence or respect) + FAUNA: the animals of a given region or period considered as a whole Created by: airlie.

Comments on Profaunation:

Jabberwocky, 2008-07-04: 10:26:00
great word – hey metro – you missed one

OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-05: 07:12:00
Terrific.

metrohumanx, 2008-07-05: 10:19:00
PROFAWNATION’s nice- but it could be misinterpreted as a nation populated by professional adolescent whitetail deer…..?
Which are SURE to be chased by……FIDO!

Fidodidoes: /Fye – doe – DYE – doze/ The overly friendly and boisterous fidodidoes of his dog, Charlie, when visitors came around, had caused great consternation for Worthington and had even gotten to the point where he was considering getting rid of Charlie or abandoning his desire to entertain friends and coworkers. Etymology: Blend of Fido (generic dog name) and didoes (mischievous tricks; pranks; antics) Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Fidodidoes:

metrohumanx, 2008-07-04: 07:43:00
FIDODIDOES is very creative. But why restrict ourselves to criticism of canine-americans? This smacks of rampant specieism.
Love the word, though.
Good work, MUSTANG!

Jabberwocky, 2008-07-04: 10:34:00
fun to say

OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-05: 07:06:00
Very interesting combination.

Faunagaffe: /FA-NUH-GAF/ Rescued from an animal shelter in her youth, KATIECAT returned my affection by killing a rabbit and bringing it home. The neighborhood children were grossed out by this feline FAUNAGAFFE, but they’re sure to experience many more examples of misguided animal behavior as they grow up.
Etymology: FAUNA-animals in general + GAFFE- a socially inappropriate act or faux pas (Fr- false step) Created by: metrohumanx.

Comments on Faunagaffe:

metrohumanx, 2008-07-04: 07:40:00
True story-exceeded only by the boorish behavior of irresponsible pet owner apologists whose permissive approach to animal discipline results in the alarming rise of leg-humping incidents, pit bull attacks and random neighborhood defecation incidents.

Jabberwocky, 2008-07-04: 10:33:00
verbotomists really struck a nerve with all the FIDO references today – we are into the dogdays of summer though so not surprising you would get so dogmatic about it – love your word btw

Nosila, 2008-07-05: 00:16:00
Metro, do you really want us to BIRDen you with CATastrophic tails of PETophilia? As a proud owner of many species, we all know that the little rascals are capable of many ASPects of antihuman social behavior.I could get HORSE talking about my experiences on this animal planet, but truly dogs do drool the most, even though hamsters are gnawty, guinea pigs squeal on you, bunnies carrot not a bit about your feelings, turtles are shell-shocked, lizards lounge at will and fish annoy you just for the halibut. Budgies won’t budge, canaries sing to the authorities and cats, well they’d be good poker players, not a shred of emotion shown on their smug faces. But keep up the good words…we are all fauned of you!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-05: 06:54:00
Seems like Katiecat’s faunagaffe is largely fawnagaffe. Another top word.

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James

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the create-a-word game

Definition Comments:

metrohumanx – 2008-07-04: 07:54:00
Quit a tail from the punster extrordinaire!
Poor FIDO is the Lee Harvey Oswald of doggie misbehavior.

DEFINITION: To discover that one of your “just friends” friends maintains a lovingly tended shrine in their bedroom, consisting mostly of compromising photos and/or videos of you.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Enschweined: /en sh wine d/ Imagine the shock when Keira entered the apartment of her study friend, Boarus Piggott. She saw hundreds of pictures of herself littered everywhere. Pictures from every aspect of her life, including intimate moments. She was stunned to be enschweined in this manner. Her personal privacy had been invaded and after the initial shock, her anger had exploded. “I thought you were my friend, Boarus, how could you stalk me this way?” Boarus shrugged and snorted, “I guess my name should be Pigout, not Piggott! You are sow beautiful and sty-lish, my little sausage, with your porcinelain complexion and oinkredible smile…I’ll be frank, I’ve always wanted to pork you! All your other boyfriends were hogging you.” Keira walked to the apartment door, where 2 undercover pigs awaited her ham signal. She flashed her police badge and said “I squealed on you, Boarus Piggott, as many other swill! You are under arrest and you are going to the pen for a very loin time, where you will be bacon a lot of license plates!” Etymology: enshrine (a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person ) & schwein (German for Pig or swine;an unclean brute, a lowlife,a piggish slob) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Enschweined:

metrohumanx, 2008-07-02: 02:26:00
Brilliant and sardonic. Pun-gent also.
Hams off to you.

Mustang, 2008-07-02: 04:52:00
Sounds like Boarus had an extensive porkfolio of Keira’s pics. He has very boarish sty’le, and he sounds like a bit of a ham.

Jabberwocky, 2008-07-02: 15:51:00
it’s a wiener

OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-04: 06:35:00
Creative: it brings home the bacon for me.

Porntheon: /PAWRN-thee-on/ Roxie became concerned when she discovered that a casual acquaintance was maintaining a lovingly tended porntheon of her in his bedroom. She feared that the stiff-leather, brief case that this E-lewdster constantly carried and guarded so religiously, might be a pornmanteau. Etymology: Blend of PORN (short for pornography) & PANTHENON:Shrine of the gods. E-lewdster. Electronic pervert- Lewdster coined by Shakespeare, “Against such lewdsters and their lechery Those that betray them do no treachery.” Merry Wivesof Windsor. Act v, sc. 3, l23. (Mrs Page) The only use of “Lewdsters” Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Porntheon:

metrohumanx, 2008-07-02: 02:31:00
PORNTHEON is a sarcasticlassic.

Jabberwocky, 2008-07-02: 15:54:00
walking on Athena ice with this one

Stalkportfolio: /stawk-port-foh-lee-oh/ Joe had spent a lot of time assembling his stalkportfolio and just had to share his investment with Jenny. Etymology: STALKPORTFOLIO – noun – from STALK (to pursue, or follow prey)+ PORTFOLIO (pieces of creative work collected to be shown to potential customers) Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Stalkportfolio:

OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-04: 06:26:00
Another good one.

Revelationslip: /revel-ay-shun-slip/ The revelationslip that made her aware that Jim had feelings for her caused her to hurl all over his new laptop Etymology: revelation + relationship + slip Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Revelationslip:

Mustang, 2008-07-02: 19:26:00
Good one!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-04: 06:33:00
Not all newa is good news -but good word.

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James

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DEFINITION: To pace, stare or drool in front of your stove or microwave, in an effort to use sheer willpower to make your food cook faster.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Mesmerradiate: /mez – mur – AID – ee – ait/ Ever the technogeek, Clarence believed if he could mesmerradiate with sufficient concentration that he could actually speed up the cooking process of his microwave. Etymology: Blend of mesmerize (to compel by fascination) and irradiate (to heat with radiant energy) Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Mesmerradiate:

metrohumanx, 2008-07-01: 06:05:00
MESMERRADIATE is great!
Good one, Centurion!

Nosila, 2008-07-01: 12:41:00
You are getting hungry…you are going to cook faster…and when Isnap my fingers you won’t remember any of it! Good word, Mustang.

OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-02: 03:36:00
I’m mesmerized.

Telekinvection: /TELL-IH-KIN-VEC-SHUN/ Staring into the water did not hasten it’s boiling, but gazing thru the microgrid convinced me that TELEKINVECTION was a force to be reckoned with…. Etymology: TELEKINESIS-affecting the properties of something using the formidable power of brainwaves.
CONVECTION-an “old school” method of cooking using a direct heat source. Created by: metrohumanx.

Comments on Telekinvection:

metrohumanx, 2008-07-01: 06:01:00
TELEKINesis+conVECTION
http://www.apostrophe.fsnet.co.uk/

OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-02: 03:35:00
A word to be reckoned with!

Microslavering: /my-crow-slave-ur-ing/ When conventional cooking wasn’t fast enough he resorted to microslavering. It was messy but he made sure to wear a bib. Etymology: microwave + slaver (drool or dribble) Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Microslavering:

OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-02: 03:52:00
Nice ring about it!

Dishfulthinking: /DISHFUHL-thingk-ing/ Roxie planned to impress Bob’s new boss by cooking for him a meal fit for a god. But the evening quickly turned into a noshtradamian nightmare, when Roxie, following the recipe given to her by her best friend, added spam rather than ham to the dish. The anticipated ambrosia became in a minute a shambrosia, leaving Roxie, to wonder whether she had been the victim of gastronimical gall or simply of a careless case of “cordon blur”.
When Bob arrived home he found her in front of the microwave, quickly trying to heat-up a meal labelled “Feast in Five Minutes.” It looked liked a cesserole, made from the flotsyum you’d find in a fridgeridoo: it was all desperate dishfulthinking. Etymology: Blend of DISH: n. The food served in a dish; hence, any particular kind of
food, especially prepared food; as, a cold dish; a warm dish; a delicious dish. “A dish fit for the gods.” –Shak. & WISHFUL THINKING
–n. interpretation of facts, actions, words, etc., as one would like them to be rather than as they really are; imagining as actual what is not.

Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Dishfulthinking:

metrohumanx, 2008-07-01: 06:08:00
WOW! What a corucopia of originality.

metrohumanx, 2008-07-01: 06:09:00
I meant “cornucopia”…as in:
“That sentence was cornucopious”.

Nosila, 2008-07-01: 12:38:00
Does Roxie spamalot? Cute word!

Jabberwocky, 2008-07-01: 13:44:00
great word Ozzie

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James

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Definition Comments:

Mustang – 2008-07-01: 08:09:00
The chef was no doubt a man of principle who would stick by his convections.