Category: Verbotomy

DEFINITION: To remember those special personal events, like your spouse’s birthday, or your wedding anniversary, while nevertheless forgetting to take appropriate action, like getting a gift, or a card, or flowers.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Thinket: /think-eht/ My husband thought about getting me a trinket for my birthday, but all I ended up getting was a thinket. Perhaps he got fuggitful or forgiftful, because later he got doghousen syndrome. Etymology: trinket, think Created by: purpleartichokes.

Commehmorate: /com-MEH-more-ate/ Bobby couldn’t wait to get a wonderful present for their six day anniversary but Susan commehmorated it. Etymology: commemorate + “meh” (a sound expressing “whatever”) Created by: playdohheart.

Comissmemorate: /com-miss-MEM-o-rate/ Benny comissmemorated my birthday this year by organising a special surprise — a beautifully wrapped, yet empty box. Etymology: commemorate (to remember a significant event with a ceremony) + miss (to fail -and also the middle of the word omission) + commiserate (sympathize with – what my girlfriends will do when I tell them about Benny the rat) Created by: petaj.

Verbration: /vur-brey-shuhn/ It was another special occasion when Susie celebrated Joey’s Birthday with a verbration. Verbration is the all talk, no action, giftless celebration. “Besides”, Susie said during her verbration, “it’s the good vibrations that count, not the gift.” Etymology: verbalize + celebration Created by: Stevenson0.

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DEFINITION: A person who immediately answers all cell phone calls, then chats on and on, leaving the people they’re with, hanging.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Cellfish: /sell-fish/ When he started taking calls from telemarketers during intimate moments, I realized that he wasn’t that into me and was really quite cellfish. Etymology: cell phone, selfish Created by: purpleartichokes.

Cellout: /cell-out/ Brian’s rudeness was abounding. Whenever he got a call, he would cellout, totally ignoring the person he was with. Cellout behaviour is the twenty-first century’s virtual slap in the face. Cellout is uncivil, uncultured, boorish, tasteless, insensitive, disrespectful, ill-mannered, loutish, discourteous and just damn plain rude and impolite. Etymology: cell + sell out Created by: Stevenson0.

Cellphcentered: /self-sen-turd/ Jack was so cellphcentered that he had his cell phone surgically attached to his ear Etymology: cell phone + self centered ( really implies cell phone centered) Created by: Jabberwocky.

Ringslave: /-ˈɹɪŋsleɪv-/ I worry about becoming a ringslave because I do answer the phone almost immediately every time it rings, but I think my humanity may be saved by the fact that I seem incapable of carrying on a conversation that lasts more than 30 seconds over the phone. Etymology: From ring + slave Created by: ErWenn.

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DEFINITION: A state of irrational irritation, which inevitably develops whenever you work or live with someone whose annoyingly bad habits happen to mirror your own.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Doppelanger: /dop-ell-an-ger/ Jim quietly seethed with doppelanger as Suzie threw her dirty laundry on the floor, obscuring his own smelly socks. Etymology: Doppelganger + anger Created by: pinwheel.

Twinfuriate: /twin-FYUR-e-ate/ My roommate Karl is so twinfuriating! I hate it when he covers my dirty dishes with his! Like there isn’t enough dishcord around here… Etymology: twin, infuriate Created by: Alchemist.

Apeathy: /ape-a-thy/ Jill’s habit of greeting everyone who approached the desk with “what’s up guys?” stereophonically in sync with her own sent her into state of apeathy Etymology: ape (to mimic) + apathy (cool detachment Created by: Jabberwocky.

Mirrortation: /mir err tay shun/ his sense of mirrortation multiplied with each swallowed bogey he witnessed. Etymology: mirror irritation Created by: galwaywegian.

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DEFINITION: A clever remark, especially a “comeback line” to an insult, which does not come to mind until it is too late to be delivered; often leads to the gnashing of teeth.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Retalilate: /ri-tal-ee-late/ He could always retalilate to her sharp witted put downs, but only a few hours after her verbal slap. Etymology: retaliate + late Created by: Stevenson0.

Retortoise: /re-tor-tus/ Finally, at 2am , he thought of a retortoise Etymology: retort, tortoise Created by: rikboyee.

Wittischism: /wit-i-skiz-um/ John’s wittischism was particularly acute as he replayed the argument in his mind three hours after the event. Etymology: witticism (a clever remark) + schism (a division or break – in this case the break between the desire to retort and the actual thinking of the retort. Created by: pinwheel.

Parrysoundbite: /pary-sownd-byte/ Barry needed dental surgery after his latest parrysoundbite which of course went unheard Etymology: parry (retort) + Parry Sound (Ontario town) + sound bite (hence gnashing of teeth) Created by: Jabberwocky.

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