Category: Verbotomy

Come on, you ate the banana. Now eat the peel.

DEFINITION: n., The fear of eating the skins of fruits, vegetables, or small animals. v. tr., To worry about saving one’s skin while chewing on a rind, peel, or pelt.

Come on, you ate the banana. Now eat the peel.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Repulskin: /ri-puhl-skin/ Amy has sufferd from the dreaded phobia of repulskin since early childhood. She can’t eat apples, grapes, nectarines, or especially fuzzy peaches, or any other fruits unless all the skin is completely peeled off. Etymology: repulsion + skin Created by: Stevenson0.

Dermaghast: /Der-MA-ghast/ When Bob developed a picaderm for chunks of cobia skin, Roxie chundered cobiaphobically. And, soon, her dermaghast was not confined only to cobia; for she peelreeled at the sight of peaches, shellshaked at the soupcon of shrimp and couldn’t shed the dread of dehusking. Dermaghast and despondent, it was clear that she was dermsquirming almost pandermically. Etymology: 1. Derm: skin & aghast; to fear, dread 2.Cobia (cho-Bi-ah): a tropical food & game food fish. 3.Chunder: (Aust slang): to vomit. Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Skinflinch: /skin-flinch/ Sue was such a skinflinch that she gagged every time she passed by a basket of peaches. Etymology: skinflint + flinch Created by: Jabberwocky.

Disskinbobulated: /dis-skin-bob-yu-lay-ted/ the date was going well until he bought out some grapes that he had neglected to peel, and she suddenly felt completely disskinbobulated Etymology: skin, discombobulated Created by: rikboyee.

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You’ve done such a good job emptying your beer bottles.

DEFINITION: v. tr., To imply that person is usually unhelpful when asking for their assistance. n., An unwilling, unproductive and uninhibitedly useless helper.

You've done such a good job emptying your beer bottles.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Assistcant: /uh-sist-kant/ Because of family politics and pressures, I had to hire my useless, lazy, out-of-work again cousin as my assistcant. Etymology: assistant + can’t (the game won’t let me put in the apostrophe however) Created by: Stevenson0.

Lackydaisical: /lack-ee-day-zik-ul/ he knew by now that whenever ‘so you think you can dance’ was on, she was going to be very lackydaisical Etymology: lacky, lackadaisical Created by: rikboyee.

Procrastinaide: /pro-kras-tin-aid/ Jim was a procrastinaide, full of good intentions but unable to get anything done. Etymology: procrastinate (dawdle, defer) + aide Created by: Jabberwocky.

Dysalacrite: /dis-a-lak-rite/ Despite Roxie’s hinderantic tirades, Bob remained an uninhibited dysalacrite, and an alcomatose couchroach. Etymology: Dysalacrity: antonym of alacrity: state of ready, willing and eager to act & -ite: one connected with. Verbal form: dysalacriate. Created by: OZZIEBOB.

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Hey Grandma! YOUR MUSIC IS WAY TOO LOUD!

DEFINITION: adj., Pertaining to the sound quality emanating from someone else’s earbuds. n., Second-hand sound (i.e. previously heard), which has escaped from a headphone or other personal listening device.

Hey Grandma! YOUR MUSIC IS WAY TOO LOUD!

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Earjaculate: /eer-JAK-u-layt/ Nancy sat on the subway wearing her ipod but not listening to it. She felt odd doing it that way, but throughout the train she could hear the earjaculate headmedowns of the other passengers. The way the podjamas merged into its own kind of earjam was more soothing to her than her own musical selections could have ever been. earjam: something you fill your ears with. podjamas: the barely audible sound of another person’s ipod. headmedowns: second-hand music. Etymology: ear + ejaculate (shooting out of) Created by: MrDave2176.

Podlution: /pod-loo-shuhn/ The podlution emanating from fifty different passengers on the subway this morning was not only deafening, but also migraine irritating. Etymology: iPod + pollution Created by: Stevenson0.

Hearplay: /-ˈhɪɹple(ɪ)-/ Hearplay is not admissible evidence when deciding whether or not a song sucks. Etymology: From hearsay + play Created by: ErWenn.

Handmesound: /HAND-mee-sound/ Alex’s understanding of what he called “popular music” came entirely from handmesound hip-hop he picked up on the bus. Etymology: hand-me-down + sound Created by: mplsbohemian.

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Oh no! I won’t be able to message anyone for weeks!

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.

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

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Cutstration: /cut-stray-shun/ Sally felt deep cutstration whenever she tried to unpick the stitches she’d so cautiously sewn. Her part time job shelling shrimp (crustaceans) didn’t help. Etymology: cut + frustration + crustacean Created by: Jabberwocky.

Awkwound: /AWK-woond/ Tara’s finger ached as the awkwound on the side of her finger opened for the umpteenth time. She had cut it opening the first envelope of the day and it had been continuously stimulated with each successive envelope. Etymology: Awk(ward) + Wound Created by: MrDave2176.

Bugabooboo: /buhg-uh-boo-boo/ Ken was reminded of the bugabooboo on his finger when he attempted to fish some jalapenos out of a jar. This was the worst pain he had experienced since he had eaten a salty potato chip and irratated his lip ulcer. Etymology: bugaboo (a recurring problem or situation) + boo-boo Created by: Scrumpy.

Nickannoy: /nik-A-noy/ Friday, a file in the finger; Tuesday, a needle in the knuckle and, on Sunday, a graze on the glabella. Mishaps menaced Bob with monotony and nickannoys were second nature to him. Finally, worried that he would develop nickanoia, he told himself it was time to knock these needless, niggling nickannoyances on the head! Etymology: Nick: a small cut & annoy; to irritate, esp in minor but continuing way. Created by: OZZIEBOB.

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Yes, I have started working out at lunch. How did you know?

DEFINITION: n., A person who exudes confidence and a strong offensive odor. v. intr., To be blithely yet resolutely unaware of one’s own odors.

Yes, I have started working out at lunch. How did you know?

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Ignorank: /igg no rank/ he was so ignorank, he mistook the receptionist’s shortness of breath for interest. Otherwise he wouldn’t have leant over her desk at the precious time she lost her lunch. Etymology: ignorant, rank Created by: galwaywegian.

Odordacious: /oh-der-dey-shuhs/ Her odordacious boss shows up for work every day direct from the gym and doesn’t change his workout clothes all day. This odordaciousness exudes not only a strong business sense, but an employee nonsense. Etymology: odor + audacious Created by: Stevenson0.

B.o.dacious: /bee-oh-day-shuss/ as he walked in the room with a stinky swagger, it was clear just how b.o.dacious he had become Etymology: b.o. [body odour], bodacious Created by: rikboyee.

Philistink: /-ˈfɪləˌstɪŋk-/ The culture in the U.S. is such that we’ve become quite sensitive to body odors, so it takes a true philistink to blissfully remain odorous in the face of wrinkled noses, backpedaling, and flat-out insults. Etymology: From philistine (a person who is lacking in or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement, etc.) + stink (a strong, offensive smell) Created by: ErWenn.

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