Category: Verboticisms

Candleblush

DEFINITION: n., The shock and embarrassment felt after innocently implying that you are much younger, only to discover that everyone actually knows how old you really are. v. intr., To be embarrassed when caught lying about your age.

Do you think she is overreacting to our surprise party?

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Candleblush: /KAN-dl-bluhsh/ When celebrating a surprize birthday party with her twin brother, Roxie’s friends found out that they were not identical: he was forty-five and she was only thirty-one! Despite her candleblush, she quickly explained to all and sundry, “I never forgotten my age – once I decided what it was to be!” Etymology: CANDLE: (the number of) as a symbol of age on a birthday cake & BLUSH: To become red in the face through embarassment. Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Candleblush:

Tigger, 2008-02-05: 02:48:00
Wow, fraternal twins of different ages! I think I remember hearing about that in a science documentary on the Theory of Relativity once, involving one twin travelling in a really fast spaceship.

Tigger, 2008-02-05: 02:52:00
Great word, BTW!

bananabender, 2008-02-05: 04:24:00
good one again OZZIE!

Dougalistic, 2008-02-05: 04:52:00
Very interesting word Ozziebob. It reminds me of some other word, but im not sure. Very soft sounding word without being too harsh. Cool!

silveryaspen, 2008-02-05: 07:07:00
Such a romantic way of putting it … evoking the empathy we all have for each other as the years pass. Doug said it better in the last sentence of his comment … it is so soft.

Maxine, 2008-02-05: 07:26:00
I second all of the above! (Especially silveryaspen’s comment about how romantic it sounds.) You got my vote!

ErWenn, 2008-02-05: 10:13:00
Fantastic word.

Jabberwocky, 2008-02-05: 16:39:00
a dangerous brush with those candles

Wrinklerankle: /rinkul rankul/ “Are you implying that I’m OLD?” raged a wrinklerankled Robin. “I am NOT OLD! I am thirty-three!” (She was forty-two.) Etymology: wrinkle, rankle; rank, ran, ankle; rink, ink, inkle. Created by: Maxine.

Comments on Wrinklerankle:

silveryaspen, 2008-02-05: 07:29:00
Fun word! Fun sentence. But funniest was your last six words in the etymology! Clever mindworks and minedwords!

Mustang, 2008-02-05: 07:32:00
Excellent verboticism! Truly made me laugh out loud. Etymology is cool too…..but…inkle? lol

galwaywegian, 2008-02-05: 07:47:00
good word, but wrinkleranklerankrananklerinkinkinkle is even better!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-05: 16:30:00
Great word and etymology!

purpleman, 2008-02-06: 20:00:00
nice etymology…………………………………………………lol

Gravtitty: /grav tit tee/ The gravtitty of the situation was brought home to her when she went to the pool with out her industrial strength lycra swimsuit and the lifeguard thought she was being attacked by a pair of demented seals. Etymology: gravity, titty Created by: galwaywegian.

Comments on Gravtitty:

silveryaspen, 2008-02-05: 07:24:00
Roaring with laughter. No one could keep from giggling when using or hearing this word and the images it brings to mind! Great sentence, too!

Jabberwocky, 2008-02-05: 09:40:00
so funny!!

bookowl, 2008-02-05: 13:11:00
haha

OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-05: 16:12:00
clever & funny, luv the word too!

Ageghast: /age-gast/ Since she was an agenostic and didn’t belive in chronological age, she was ageghast when she was outed as being an octogenarian. Etymology: age + aghast Created by: bookowl.

Comments on Ageghast:

silveryaspen, 2008-02-05: 18:14:00
Love agenostic!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-05: 19:39:00
Great words!

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:
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Be Creative,

James

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

Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2008-02-05: 00:55:00
Today’s definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James

silveryaspen – 2008-02-05: 06:56:00
Had so much fun with your definition remistram! All kinds of related verboticisms popped into my mind, some of which I couldn’t resist putting in my sentence as I sat here laughing out loud. Everyone’s great creations made me laugh more. Fun definition!

ErWenn – 2008-02-05: 10:09:00
I’ve made it a point to let my friends know that on my birthday cake, I expect one candle for every year of my age. (Next is the big three-oh.) You can’t stop getting older, so you might as well enjoy the fire hazard that your birthday cake is slowly becoming.

remistram – 2008-02-05: 12:05:00
Can relate – turned the big 4-0 in January….ack!

Verbotomy – 2008-02-06: 07:14:00
Yes the fires are getting bigger ~ James

Beefcant

DEFINITION: v. intr., To speak in an inspirational but perhaps incomprehensible manner by stringing together a series of grunts and clichés. n., An inarticulate TV or radio, post-game interview, typically given by a panting, toothless, sweating, verbally-challenged, and hugely overpaid, athletic superstar.

We played our A-Game today! Luckily there were a lot of

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Beefcant: /beef-cant/ Once all the sports writers were present, the football hero rolled into his beefcant of all the wonderful things his team did on the field today. Etymology: beefcake (male with a muscular physique) + cant (jargon, lingo) Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Beefcant:

purpleman, 2008-02-04: 15:38:00
very nice!!!!!!!!

purpleman, 2008-02-04: 18:11:00
wow its weird that no1 is puting any commants

silveryaspen, 2008-02-07: 21:01:00
Any comment I make would have me blushing and giggling … but I’ll share … finally. Stevenson, beefcant is a most appealing verboticism! Simply, because we ladies always like the beefcake that always comes with it!

Verbarrhoea: /Verb-A-ree-aar/ I was watching that boxer on TV the other day, Chris Eubank, and he was talking such verbarrhoea! He was all over the place. They get paid millions to dance around like a ponse and speak utter balls. Pah! Etymology: Verbal – Involving skills with words in a spoken manner. Diarrhoea – frequent, nasty and excessive bowel movement. Created by: Dougalistic.

Comments on Verbarrhoea:

sean30, 2008-02-04: 16:03:00
He is one of many “sports stars” that speak Verbarrhoea!!

Mustang, 2008-02-04: 18:52:00
Excellent description of ‘jockese’ mumbo jumbo which is generally nothing more than a cliche’ festival.

Trightning: /tryt-ning/ John Edwards’ speeches are sheer trightning. He tries to convince poor people he’s one of them with rapid-fire down-home folksiness and then disappears, like a fart in the wind, off to another rally in his private jet. Etymology: trite + lightning Created by: Banky.

Comments on Trightning:

Jabberwocky, 2008-02-04: 13:40:00
very nice

OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-04: 15:09:00
I like it!

purpleman, 2008-02-04: 15:38:00
i like it but its hard to pronounce

Superfluent: /soo – PER – floo – unt/ Lindal gave his usual superfluent responses to the rapid fire questions about the game following his teams’ victory even though he had little to do with the outcome. Etymology: Mix of superfluous and fluent Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Superfluent:

Maxine, 2008-02-04: 08:40:00
Very clever, and it sounds natural, too!

ErWenn, 2008-02-04: 09:57:00
So natural that I was convinced it was an actual word for a moment!

HerOralHighness, 2008-02-04: 17:54:00
nice one

purpleman, 2008-02-04: 22:52:00
very good!!!!!!!!!

bananabender, 2008-02-04: 23:53:00
A good blend!

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Be Creative,

James

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

Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2008-02-04: 03:25:00
Today’s definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James

Extraturkeyestrial

DEFINITION: n., Mutated leftovers which, unattended inside an evil-minded fridge, have transformed themselves into an extremely odorous, alternate life form. v. tr., To save food past it’s freshness date and watch it grow into something new.

Help! There's something in the fridge!

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Extraturkeyestrial: /ex-tra-tur-key-es-tree-al/ There has been an extraturkeyestrial lurking in my fridge since Thanksgiving. It has now grown to twice it’s original size and has changed colour but because of it’s glow I’m saving money on a fridge light. Etymology: extra turkey + extraterrestrial Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Extraturkeyestrial:

galwaywegian, 2008-02-01: 06:15:00
who’s gobbling now hahahahaha. Great word

silveryaspen, 2008-02-01: 08:45:00
Roared with laughter … evokes so many thoughts from given a whole new meaning to being Turksih or being a Turkey … or even if there’s a planet Turkey named after the country … or it’s people? This word boggles the imagination! I like it!

sean30, 2008-02-01: 15:05:00
A great word – im sure ET looks nothing like the image you created!!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-01: 15:43:00
I think it’s time for it to turkey off! Crazy, creative word !

bananabender, 2008-02-03: 09:53:00
You’d better put a lock on your fridge door or you could end up with an astral-nomical phone bill! Great word!

Tupperlings: /tup-pur-lings/ Hoping for a midnight snack, Dirk went to the kitchen, only to discover his fridge door open and all his plastic storage containers empty. As the realization dawned that the tupperlings had escaped, he looked around the dark, silent kitchen in horror. Etymology: tupperware + living(l) things Created by: yellowbird.

Comments on Tupperlings:

silveryaspen, 2008-02-01: 09:11:00
The magic box that turns supperlings into tupperlings … and they’re out to get us! They’ve given me the chuckles!

sean30, 2008-02-01: 15:12:00
Tubberware marketing campaign ruined – they said keeps everything sealed!! – nice word.

Maxine, 2008-02-02: 08:51:00
Cute.

bananabender, 2008-02-03: 07:01:00
like it!

Devittles: /Deh-viht-tills/ Off turned the light, and the nightly terror began for the as-yet-unexpired food. The nosferatuna slid stealthily into door hopper, where the condiments rested. A silent shadow, it sunk its celery fangs into the neck of the mayonnaise jar, gorging upon its salty fatty humors. Having turned, the zomayo lurched itself over its retaining wall and began to feast on the cauliflower, which it had mistaken in its saturated stupor for brains. A large sasquash ripped its way through the forest of broccoli and emerged upon a family of tomatoes, huddling in the corner of the produce crisper. A gout of seeded ichor sprayed across the front of the clear plastic drawer. Then, a hush fell through the refrigerator as the elder god of the cooler, Cthulhummus rose, an amorphous evil clad in finest shimmering Saran. Muffled screams issued from the magnetic seal around the door, but fell upon sleeping ears. Tonight the devittles reigned, and no food would go untainted. Etymology: devil (or possibly deviant) + vittles Created by: Banky.

Comments on Devittles:

yellowbird, 2008-02-01: 14:27:00
You get my vote for using Cthulhummus. Dagon and Nyarlothotep beware! 🙂

Jabberwocky, 2008-02-01: 14:41:00
Wow – so many great stories today – I love nosferatuna – could also be nosfuratuna (furry mould)

silveryaspen, 2008-02-01: 15:42:00
Great style – reads like a mystery … as well as a spoiled food history! Kudos for the novel-ty of the day!

purpleman, 2008-02-02: 12:49:00
its good but the sentence is a little long

bananabender, 2008-02-03: 06:50:00
clever word, clever story, entertaining, funny! What more could we want?

Backhereia: /bak heer ee ya/ The refrigerator was old, the paint chipped and the door handle had long since disintegrated. Upon prising the door open, the light no longer came on, but in the darkness you could hear the backhereia shuffling around and when your eyes became accustomed to the darkness you could make out its vaguely luminescent trail. Etymology: bacteria, back here. Created by: galwaywegian.

Comments on Backhereia:

Jabberwocky, 2008-02-01: 08:37:00
very funny – kinda scary with a southern drawl

silveryaspen, 2008-02-01: 09:21:00
It took me while to figure out why this word kept running through my mind … is it related to diarrhea? Scared the crap out of me too! (silly grin!)

sean30, 2008-02-01: 15:01:00
Your sentence reads like a horror novel, loved it.

OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-01: 15:34:00
Great sentence; like the word alot!

purpleman, 2008-02-02: 12:47:00
all of the above!!!

purpleman, 2008-02-02: 12:52:00
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bananabender, 2008-02-03: 09:23:00
A chiller-thriller word… it evokes “they’re ba-ack!” with a good measure of hysteria thrown in as well. Good one galwaywegian!

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:
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Be Creative,

James

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

Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2008-02-01: 01:25:00
Today’s definition was suggested by bananabender. Thank you bananabender. ~ James

Dougalistic – 2008-02-01: 06:50:00
Something smells fishy around here.

silveryaspen – 2008-02-01: 16:05:00
Great definition. Really motivated and inspired some of the funniest sentences and verboticisms of the week! 🙂

bananabender – 2008-02-03: 04:00:00
Great cartoon James! The details are a hoot… the bite out of the drumstick, stuffed olives as eyes, and wings mutated into a two-headed monster. Funny! You’ve inspired me to submit more ideas for you to develop and take to the nth degree!

Verbotomy – 2008-02-05: 15:53:00
Thank you Bananabender! I was definitely inspired by your words — the evil-minded fridge is brilliant! ~ James

Eepissle

DEFINITION: v. tr., To write an email while under the influence of an intoxicating substance. n., An email or blog post where the author has chosen to ignore standard literary and social conventions — thanks to a liberal consumption of alcohol.

What do you mean I'm too drunk to email my boss?

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Eepissle: /eee piss ill/ his eepissles had cost him three jobs, two wives and custody of three rather fetching goats. Etymology: epistle e-mail, pissed Created by: galwaywegian.

Comments on Eepissle:

Maxine, 2008-01-31: 07:33:00
Niiice.

ErWenn, 2008-01-31: 09:33:00
Cute.

Jabberwocky, 2008-01-31: 11:24:00
you are so funny

OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-31: 22:28:00
great sentence; nice word! Hope he didn’t become the but of everyone jokes!

Nosila, 2008-01-31: 23:22:00
letter perfect, galwaywegian!

Etoxigram: /EE-tok-si-gram. The word would appear in print as E-toxigram./ Upon reading the first words of the etoxigram, Bob’s boss realized that Bob was cybersloshed again. It read, ” i hdd a f-ewe shotz @ MOZZZ, bhuut iM nut P155’d or brit schlitzy. N E. whey iV phound “42” inn th’ i’z ov MY K9 M8***** saulz a A bitt p2C2@E === C u L8rrr///>. Etymology: E- from email; TOXI from intoxicate & GRAM: a “written” message sent by email. “42” : the answer to life, and everything. (Hitchiker’s Guide) P2C2E: a process too complicated to explain. Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Etoxigram:

chaiandallthatjazz, 2008-01-31: 10:42:00
great word!

silveryaspen, 2008-01-31: 11:51:00
Unique creation of drunken web abbreviations …great sentence!

Jabberwocky, 2008-01-31: 12:02:00
even your slurry sentences are entertaining – great word

Stevenson0, 2008-01-31: 23:21:00
A most creative sentence to go with your brilliant word!

Tequimail: /-təˈkiˌmeil-/ Tequimail is the most dangerous of all forms of drunken internet usage: not quite as incoherently dismissible as bourblogging, more damagingly personal than margareplies, easier to slip into than mai typos, and more common than champosting. Etymology: from tequila + e-mail Created by: ErWenn.

Comments on Tequimail:

sean30, 2008-01-31: 15:17:00
So true, the most dangerous of all usage forms.

silveryaspen, 2008-01-31: 11:58:00
Great liquor-upped verboticisms all through your sentence!

libertybelle, 2008-01-31: 14:22:00
Terrific words! I think bourblogging is my favorite though!!

ErWenn, 2008-01-31: 21:53:00
Personally, I’m a fan of “mai typo”.

OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-31: 23:13:00
Very E-sloshed; nice word!

Tipsymail: /-tip-see-mayl-/ Our senior co-worker, Frank, would enjoy himself at Happy Hour at the bar next door to the office, but then he’d sometimes return to work, and tipsymail the group about next week’s assignments. It’s hard to believe that someone can ‘slur’ in e-mail like that… Etymology: tipsy – slightly intoxicated or drunk (from Middle English, typen “to upset, overturn”) + e-mail (short for electronic mail — but of course, you already knew that.) Created by: Tigger.

Comments on Tipsymail:

silveryaspen, 2008-01-31: 11:39:00
Last sentence really cracked me up!

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:
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Be Creative,

James

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

Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2008-01-31: 01:50:00
Today’s definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James

Dougalistic – 2008-01-31: 04:25:00
3 people came up with the word inebriated.. Hmm I sense a conspiricy theory here! Haha.

Verbotomy – 2008-01-31: 07:44:00
Maybe we’re all drinking from the same bottle. ~ James

Incomputible

DEFINITION: n., The anger and frustration that grows out of an unsatisfying, unfulfilling or unpredictable relationship one has with an electronic device, especially a computer. v. intr., To be trapped in a passive-aggressive, codependency with a computer.

But I was just double-clicking

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Incomputible: /in-com-put-uh-bull/ After many months of anger and frustration and unsatisfying results from her laptop, the technical advisor at the computer store advised Jane that her and her laptop were completely incomputible and she should move onto a new machine. Etymology: computer + incompatible Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Incomputible:

bananabender, 2008-01-30: 07:50:00
I like it! Will she go to a computer dating agency to shop around?

Jabberwocky, 2008-01-30: 12:16:00
perfect word!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-30: 16:21:00
From the chains of computrimony goeth Jane! great word.

purpleman, 2008-01-30: 20:44:00
hi mr.stevenson its chris the 1 who asks a lot off qu. at lunch im purpleman kk

Macadementia: /mac-ah-dee-men-shia/ I was driven into macadementia by my aging mac. It turned from being user friendly into Hal from 2001. Etymology: mac(computer) + dementia(mental deterioration caused by mac) + macadamia (type of nut) Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Macadementia:

silveryaspen, 2008-01-30: 06:45:00
Ah nuts! You cracked me up with this one! Excellent!

Dougalistic, 2008-01-30: 10:17:00
Cracking word!! (pun intended)

Jabberwocky, 2008-01-30: 10:45:00
walnut always encouraged acorny comment is almond always appreciated

OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-30: 16:29:00
Macadamias: a hard nut to crack! Ps: also known as the Queensland nut, Maroochi nut.

bananabender, 2008-01-30: 23:54:00
Aah, Queensland nuts….. I’ve cracked many in my time using my grandfather’s vice under the house, a hammer and a dent in a cement works except when the nut shoots sideways at lightning speed (watch out onlookers!), but I’m set up well these days because I have a nutcracker designed by a Queenslander specially to deal with those tough shells. Super word!

chaiandallthatjazz, 2008-01-31: 10:47:00
Ah! Excellent word! Sounds like it could really make it to the DSM-V !

Hardweariness: /hard WEER ee nehs/ After a full day of wrestling with her laptop, blackberry, and TIVO, the familiar hardweariness set in. Yet she couldn’t help herself as she surfed until the wee hours of the morning, hardwearied (hardwired + weary) to her computer. Etymology: hardware + weary Created by: ScrabbledEgg.

Comments on Hardweariness:

silveryaspen, 2008-01-30: 19:46:00
Great last line!

Terminalrelationship: /ter min al ree lay shun ship/ Rose knew that her terminalrelationship with her computer was hopeless…she’d soon have to go on Dr.Phil or Jerry Springer because she couldn’t hack it anymore. Etymology: terminal (computer & near death) & relationship (connectedness to another) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Terminalrelationship:

Tigger, 2008-01-30: 02:43:00
Ah, very funny!!

bananabender, 2008-01-30: 03:35:00
clever! lol!

silveryaspen, 2008-01-30: 06:49:00
Is there a computer hospice to go to for terminalrelationships?

galwaywegian, 2008-01-30: 07:30:00
excellent

Nosila, 2008-01-31: 23:19:00
Yes, galwaywegian, if you think you have the virus, you should maybe check into a LANatarium or the Sick e-bay or even the sPCa for help. Cheers everyone, Nosila

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Be Creative,

James

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the create-a-word game

Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2008-01-30: 01:10:00
Today’s definition was suggested by Silveryaspen. Thank you Silveryaspen. ~ James

bananabender – 2008-01-30: 08:22:00
Great definition Silveryaspen. You definately pressed our buttons with this one! So many clever and funny verboticisms and sentences. Still chuckling!