Category: Verbotomy

DEFINITION: A discussion among family members, or room mates, which often turns into a full-blown yelling match, and which seems to occur every night whenever it’s time to do the dishes.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Dishcord: /dish-cord/ After the meal is finished and we are feeling full and sleepy it is time for our daily dishcord over who is to clean and wash up the mess. Etymology: dish + dishes + discord Created by: Stevenson0.

Kitchencounterattack: /kit-chen-cown-ter-a-tak/ A full fledged kitchencounterattack occurred last night in a small town near here with knives,forks and plates flying through open windows and injuring passersby. A dishwasher has been installed to prevent further outbursts Etymology: kitchen + counter attack Created by: Jabberwocky.

Dishagreement: /dish-ah-gree-ment/ What started out as a dishcussion, quickly escalated to a dishagreement, followed by a full-blown dawnnybrook. Etymology: dish, disagreement Created by: purpleartichokes.

Dishpute: // There always seemed to be a big dishpute every night after dinner. Etymology: dish + dispute Created by: swallowedbyafish.

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DEFINITION: The feeling you get when fate plays a stupid little trick on you, just to remind you that life isn’t fair.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Destinyschide: /dess-tun-eez-chide/ every week he bought a lottery ticket..except this week… and as he watched his numbers come up he was filled with a sense of destinyschide Etymology: chide, destinys child Created by: rikboyee.

Karmosity: /karm-os-ity/ I’m filled with karmosity when I drop a coin and it rolls into the sewer, the bread lands peanut butter side down, or the milk I just bought is sour. Etymology: karma + animosity Created by: Stevenson0.

Randumb: /ran dum/ these randumb events were beginning to sow seeds of doubt about her ever having her own broadcasting corporation by the age of thirty Etymology: random, dumb Created by: galwaywegian.

Humilifated: /rhymes with humiliated/ Carole was humilifated by the continuing mishaps that plagued her. Etymology: humiliate (to cause a painful loss of dignity) + fate (destiny) Created by: petaj.

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DEFINITION: A voice mail message, which does not include a name, a number, or any other relevant information which could be used to identify the caller.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Phononymous: /foe-non-ee-mus/ he enjoyed the mystery of it, the tension… he could almost taste their need to know more…oh yes… he much preferred to remain phononymous Etymology: anonymous, phone Created by: rikboyee.

Guessage: /gess-ij/ The guessage on her machine said nothing more than “Meet me at Sam’s Place at 6.” Because she was in contact with over two dozen on-line daters, Alice realized she was driving to a semi-blind date. Etymology: guess, message Created by: purpleartichokes.

Enigmessage: /-ˌɛnɪgˈmɛsədʒ-/ I hate enigmessages. Etymology: From enigma + message. Created by: ErWenn.

Speaktease: /speek-teez/ Carole threw her phone at the wall in disgust when she realised that the deep, sexy voice on the message had not left a name or contact number. “What a speaktease” she exclaimed. Etymology: speak (as one does when leaving a voicemail message) + tease (provoke) + p****tease (one who promises but does not deliver satisfaction) Created by: petaj.

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DEFINITION: A psychological dependency on electronic messaging which often leads to compulsive emailing, even among people who are sitting inches apart.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Dotcompulsive: /dot-com-poll-siv/ when he realised that pressing send/receive had become the most exciting part of his day, he knew he was dotcompulsive Etymology: dot com, compulsive Created by: rikboyee.

Enal: /e-nal/ To cover his ass and reassure himself he has told everybody everything he should and covered all his bases, my boss e-mails everything instead of speaking any more. He’s totally enal. Etymology: e-mail + anal Created by: Stevenson0.

Eddiction: /e-dict-shun/ My boss’s eddiction is even worse since he got his crackberry, now when we talk about Blackberry and Apple crumble he thinks there’s been a collapse in the computer industry. Etymology: addiction (physical dependence) + e (short for electronic) Created by: petaj.

Emalady: /ee-ma-ladd-ee/ He has a classic case of emalady. He ’emaladresses’ his sister whilst in the same room as her. Etymology: Email + Malady ( = a disease / a disorder). Created by: toralora.

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DEFINITION: To systematically sniff your clothing as you remove it, in order to determine whether or not any of it can be “safely” worn again.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Funksnuffle: /FUNK-snuh-fel/ Nah, man I can’t play X-box, I gotta do laundry. Everything I own has failed the funksnuffle test. Etymology: funk + snuffle Created by: Alchemist.

Distinkuish: /-dɪˈstɪŋkwɪʃ-/ Some allergy sufferers find it difficult to distinkuish whether a garment is reusable during the spring and should therefore rely upon other methods, such as smudgspecting or dampvestigation. Etymology: From stink + distinguish Created by: ErWenn.

Smellcheck: /Smell-chek/ Rob smellchecked every item of clothing he wore. It was a small price to pay to avoid doing laundry until the mouldy patches became noticeable. Etymology: Smell + check + spellcheck. Spellcheck: that thing on Microsoft Word that tells you if your spelling could use some correction. Created by: Discoveria.

Wardprobe: /ward-prohb/ On washing day I always do a wardprobe on my shirts to try and cut down on the number of loads I need to do. Wardprobing is now listed in all energy saving pamphlets as a way to cut back on the wasteful use of hot water. Etymology: wardrobe + probe = ward(p)robe Created by: Stevenson0.

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