Category: Verboticisms

Isn’t it a bit early to be wearing Christmas decorations?

DEFINITION: n., A person so enamored with the holidays that they don’t just deck their halls and home, but they also decorate their car, their cubicle, their pets, and themselves. v. tr., To obsessively decorate according to seasonal holidays.

Isn't it a bit early to be wearing Christmas decorations?

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Festcessive: /fest-ces-sive/ She is completely and totally festcessive about the Christmas season. Etymology: festive + obcessive + excessive Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Festcessive:

Mustang, 2007-12-03: 17:51:00
Great word!

purpleartichokes, 2007-12-03: 19:03:00
Very nice, and good for all holidays.

OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-04: 16:29:00
Another great word!

Tinselitis: /tinsel-I-tis/ Sue’s tinselistis was so acute that they had to schedule an emergency tinsellectomy. Etymology: tinsel + tonsillitis Created by: porsche.

Comments on Tinselitis:

Stevenson0, 2007-12-03: 15:10:00
Congrats on your over all weekly win last week! Some great words!! Well done!!!

Wreathflex: /reeth-flex/ Once the first snowflake has fallen it is an automatic wreathflex to bedeck and festoon everything within eyesight with garlands and bows and silver bells…ahhh gives me goosebumps. ‘deck the halls with boughs of holly, fa la la la la la la la la’ Etymology: wreath + reflex Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Wreathflex:

galwaywegian, 2007-12-03: 08:02:00
great word!

OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-04: 16:38:00
Great word and sentence.

Noelitist: /-noe-well-lee-tist-/ This noelitist jerk just spent an hour informing me of the history of Saint Nick – I mean, come on, I have a Labor Day picnic to get to… Etymology: “noel” and “elitist” Created by: hendrixius.

Comments on Noelitist:

Jabberwocky, 2007-12-03: 15:59:00
funny

Tigger, 2007-12-03: 21:14:00
Good one!

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:
https://www.verbotomy.com/verboticisms.php?jid=decorate

Be Creative,

James

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

Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2007-12-03: 01:01:00
Today’s definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie ~ James

Verbotomy – 2007-12-03: 01:30:00
Hey Verbotomists, I thought it would be fun to create a Verbotomy Greeting Card for the upcoming holidays. So I am calling on all Verbotomists to Submit your Holiday Verbotomy Definitions. I will set up an e-card so we can send our best wishes, and our best words, to our friends. Be creative! ~ James

Verbotomy – 2007-12-03: 01:36:00
In other news, Galwaywegian’s verboticism, “Minimaim”, was published yesterday in Toronto Star. See: https://www.verbotomy.com/blog/?p=223. Congratulations to Galwaywegian ~ James

Jabberwocky – 2007-12-03: 06:04:00
love the outfit today – very festive

Verbotomy – 2007-12-03: 09:05:00
Thanks Jabberwocky! I loved getting dressed up and lightening my hair for the holidays. ~ James

Verbotomy – 2007-12-04: 17:51:00
Thanks to everyone for sending in their cheeriest holiday definitions. And now Santa’s elves will to get to work. ~ James

Galwaywegian’s Pesky Paper-cut Word Published in the Toronto Star

Galwaywegian joined the ranks of our published Verbotomists today. His word “Minimaim”, which describes those pesky paper cuts which never seem to heal — as sharply defined by our ever-creative definitionist remistram — was picked as one of the top invented words by Toronto Star writer John Sakamoto. You can see the full story in the Toronto Star here:

The week’s best invented words

And here is Galwaywegian’s complete definition:

'Oh no! I won't be able to type for another week!'

Minimaim

Created by: galwaywegian

Definition: n., A pesky but persistently painful, and seemingly incurable paper cut, or small wound, which simply refuses heal; usually located on a “high use” body part, like a fingertip, knuckle or tongue.

Pronunciation: minn eee maym

Sentence: Her injury was a minimaim (measuring less than 5mm. Any smaller and it would have been classed a micromaim. she hadn’t had one of those since her last mouth ulcer.

Etymology: minimum, maim.

Congratulations Galwaywegian!

Be creative,

James

Why do you iron our sheets every night?

DEFINITION: n., The deep red lines and/or furrows, which appear on a person’s face after they have slept on wrinkled or creased bed sheets. v. intr., To wake up and discover that your face matches your wrinkled bed sheets.

Why do you iron our sheets every night?

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Rumpledsheetskin: /rumpled-sheet-skin/ Rumpledsheetskin is a malady that affects nearly everyone I know. Etymology: rumpled + sheet + skin + Rumplestiltskin Created by: porsche.

Comments on Rumpledsheetskin:

purpleartichokes, 2007-11-26: 18:23:00
Great word porsche! Perfectly describes it.

OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-26: 20:43:00
Does indeed. Great word!

Sheetfaced: /sheet-fayst/ after a heavy night of celebrating it was no surprise when i woke up sheetfaced Etymology: sheet, face, shitfaced Created by: rikboyee.

Comments on Sheetfaced:

purpleartichokes, 2007-11-26: 04:43:00
HA! Love it!

Mustang, 2007-11-26: 06:34:00
But of course!! Good word.

Jabberwocky, 2007-11-26: 13:19:00
excellent word

OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-26: 20:47:00
Bring to mind an old expression – to go to bed, ” To go down sheet alley into Bedfordshire.” Fine word!

Ripvanwrinkle: /rip-van-WRING-kuhl/ After having forty winks which seemed like forty years to her, Roxie was horrified on waking to find her face ripvanwrinkled in a deep red phizgrid. Etymology: Ripvanwrinkle: blend of wrinkle & Rip Van Winkle, an Irving Washington character who slept for 20 years. Phizgrid: Conflation of phiz: slang for face from physiognomy & grid: a network of crossing horizontal and vertical lines. Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Ripvanwrinkle:

Jabberwocky, 2007-11-26: 13:18:00
great minds and all that – that was the first word that sprang to my mind – so many good words today

Slumburrows: /slum-ber-rohs/ Wendy tried to make it look like she’d been up-and-at-’em for hours, but the bedvidence of her recently sleeping was clearly written in the slumburrows of her face. Etymology: slumber, burrows Created by: purpleartichokes.

Comments on Slumburrows:

Mustang, 2007-11-26: 07:02:00
Excellent verboticism!!

OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-26: 20:50:00
Nice word!

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:
https://www.verbotomy.com/verboticisms.php?jid=wrinkles

Be Creative,

James

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

Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2007-11-26: 00:01:00
Today’s definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James

Verbotomy – 2007-11-26: 13:35:00
By the way, Stevenson0’s crazy shopping word, “Dealusional”, was published in Toronto Star as one of Top the Invented Words of the Week. See: https://www.verbotomy.com/blog/?p=223. Congratulations to Stevenson0 ~ James

Stevenson0’s “Delusional” Published in The Toronto Star

Stevenson0’s “Delusional” was picked as one of the top invented words by Toronto Star writer John Sakamoto. With hordes of dealusional Christmas shoppers heading south every weekend to do a little cross-border shopping in Buffalo, there is no doubt that the word dealusional has a particularly special ring in Toronto.

Here’s Stevenson0’s full verbotocism:

Definition: adj., To believe you’re saving money by buying things which are on sale even if you don’t really want or need them. n., A person who believes they are saving their money whenever they buy something on sale.

Pronunciation: dee/loo/shun/al

Sentence: Bart was completely dealusional and continued to stockpile worthless ‘bargains’.

Etymology: deal + delusion

You can ses the story in the The Toronto Star here:

http://www.thestar.com/News/article/279584

Congratulations Stevenson0!

Be creative,

James

Did you get the boss’s message?

DEFINITION: v. tr., To grasp the meaning of muddled texts like blog posts, emails and text messages where standard grammatical or spelling conventions have been ignored. n., The ability to read and understand confused or poorly written messages.

Did you get the boss's message?

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Textcrapolate: /text-cra-poh-late/ Although the message may have been written in Sanskrit, Bob was able to textcrapolate that he was to pk up da kdz aftr wrk. Etymology: text, crap, extrapolate Created by: purpleartichokes.

Comments on Textcrapolate:

Jabberwocky, 2007-11-15: 08:55:00
good one purple

OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-15: 17:39:00
Nice bit of cyberdazzle!

purpleartichokes, 2007-11-15: 18:58:00
y, thnk ya!

badsnudge, 2007-11-15: 22:25:00
gets my vote 🙂

Textcavator: /text-cav-ay-tor/ When archaeologists unearth blackberries in the future they will need textcavators to decipher the messages. Etymology: excavator + text Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Textcavator:

dubld, 2007-11-15: 12:46:00
Good Usage.

OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-15: 17:36:00
Great word and real cyberwocky!

Texhume: /tex-hume/ His job was to texhume cryptic messages that had been buried in emails. Etymology: text + exhume Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Texhume:

OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-15: 17:37:00
K-rad ! c u l8r

Cryptograsp: /krip-tuh-grahsp/ See if you can cryptograsp what I am typing. “You don’t hvae to crroeclty sepll erevyhting jsut hvae all the ltteres, and hvae the fsrit and lsat lteetr in the crreoct poistoin.” Pretty cool. Etymology: crypto from cryptogram, A piece of writing in code or cipher. + grasp, mental hold or capacity; power to understand. Created by: xirtam.

Comments on Cryptograsp:

purpleartichokes, 2007-11-15: 19:00:00
Nice!

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:
https://www.verbotomy.com/verboticisms.php?jid=blckbrry

Be Creative,

James

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

Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2007-11-15: 00:01:00
Today’s definition was suggested by Tigger. Thank you Tigger! ~ James