Category: Creativity

DEFINITION: v. tr., To seek out, search for, and find old acquaintances even though you never really knew them that well, or liked them very much, in the first place.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Memorylame: /mem-uh-ree-leyn/ Ken caught the memorylame bug. He was feeling insecure and imagined all of the people from his past were more succesful than him. He soon found that he was doing being better than most, being retired at forty. Etymology: memory lane + lame Created by: Scrumpy.

Reminoyance: /-ˌɹɛməˈnɔɪəns-/ The urge for reminoyance can be hopeful (e.g. hoping that the school hottie has gotten nicer, is still attractive, and is now single) or pitiful (e.g. hoping that the ugly dork who asked you out hasn’t gotten meaner, is now attractive, and is still single). Etymology: From annoyance + reminiscence Created by: ErWenn.

Tracehellement: /Treis-hell-E-ment/ Bob, googled and gazette-gawped, hoping to find Trixy, who friends said had turned, since school days, from a termagant to a “ten” But, finally, when the folketchup took place, there was nothing saucy about her. Trixy was an “aghast from the past.” Bob, blunderstruck and aghasthenic, conceded that the whole episode had been a total tracehellement. He vowed that he would never allow himself to tracehellementate again. Etymology: Blend of trace & hell & element. element:one of the facts in the enquiry. Folketchup=folkatchup. Aghasthenic: weakened by surprize and horror. Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Hasbeenstalk: /has-been-stock/ Jack just couldn’t live in the present and became a hasbeenstalk(er). His mother accused him of living in a fairy tale but he assured her that one day he would live happily ever after. Etymology: has been (behind the times) + stalk (hunt or pursue) + Jack and the Beanstalk Created by: Jabberwocky.

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DEFINITION: n., Cautionary advice provided by parents to their children, often makes no logical sense but carries enough emotional weight to affect the child’s behavior.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Mytherhood: /mith-er-hood/ Little Timmy believed the mytherhoods that his parents told him. He was completely suprised when he grew up and wasn’t blind. Etymology: myth + motherhood/fatherhood Created by: Scrumpy.

Improverbs: /im-prov-erbz/ my parents kept us in line with a never ending stream of improverbs Etymology: improv, proverbs Created by: rikboyee.

Ultimadeupums: /uhlt-eye-mayd-uhp-uhm/ Son: “Daaaad!” (rolls his eyes to the back of his head at the latest suggestion) Dad: “Don’t you roll your eyes at me! I’ll roll your head across the floor!!” (a recent ultimadeupum) Son: stops rolling eyes,”Is that really true, Dad?” Dad: “No, son. I just made that junk up. Now stop asking questions before your spit runs out and your tongue shrivels up.” Etymology: ultimatum + I made up, as in “it’s a parental right to make sh!t up sometimes when your little farm animal needs it.” Created by: ScrabbledEgg.

Lorewarning: /lor-war-ning/ Lorewarning is the practice of raising children by indoctrinating them with urban legends Etymology: lore (myths) + forewarning Created by: Jabberwocky.

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DEFINITION: v. tr., To secretly snap up and gobble down a small bit of food left on a dish, wrapping or pot. n., The small bits of tasty food, like melted cheese or veggies, that stick to food wrapping.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Uslurp: /yoo-SLURP/ He eyed Tiny’s cheesyfriedsamplerplate greedily, knowing it was only a matter of time before he uslurped it. Etymology: usurp (take over or occupy without right as in usurp a neighbor’s land or possessions…or food scraps!) + slurp (ingest, forcefully, hurriedly, perhaps even with loud sucking noises) Created by: ScrabbledEgg.

Crummage: /krum’-ij/ Frieda finished her burrito and, glancing quickly to the left and right, began crummaging through all the crinkles in the wrapper, hoping to glean even the smallest remains of hot sauce or cheese. Etymology: crumbs (the left over morsels) + rummage (to make a thorough search OR to ransack, depending on the the state of the stomach) Created by: shalla.

Crumplunder: /-ˈkrʌmˌplʌndɚ- crumb-plunder (not crump-lunder)/ Sometimes, the crumplunder is the best part. Etymology: From crumb + plunder Created by: ErWenn.

Gobsdoeuvres: /gobz-durvz/ Ken was a connoisseur of gobsdoeuvres. He loved foil baked cheese and fry pan bacon crust in paticular. Etymology: gob + hors d’oeu·vre Created by: Scrumpy.

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