DEFINITION: n. A tool which has been re-purposed and is now being used (perhaps unsafely) to perform a completely different function. v. To use a tool for a different purpose than for which it was originally designed.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Pimplement: /pimp le ment/ Janice had finally hit on the next great thing. She modified her belt sander to plane off the zits and blackheads on her T-Zone. She called it a pimplement. It seemed like a great idea at the time, but was never picked up by any of those companies who mass market new inventions. It seems their doctors and lawyers took exception to removing a layer of dermis in a painful manner with a rusty tool from the garage. Go figure! Etymology: Pimple (zit;acne) & Implement (tool,instrument) Created by: Nosila.
Mcgyvered: /mig eye verd/ the newly mcgyvered blender also delivered perfect soups smoothies and ballistic missiles Etymology: mcgyver Created by: galwaywegian.
Comments on Mcgyvered:
Nosila, 2010-09-20: 08:50:00
Mcgood word
Overtool: /ÅvÉ™rtoÅl/ Hal likes to overtool every thing he does. He shaves in the morning with a machete that he sharpens and hones for 20 minutes. He mows his half-acre lawn with a combine after mixing cocktails in a Hobart 20-quart commercial mixer. He doesn’t see his numerous trips to the ER as an indication that he should change, just as a source of stories to share at the local hardware store. Etymology: overkill (the amount by which destruction or the capacity for destruction exceeds what is necessary) + tool (a device or implement, esp. one held in the hand, used to carry out a particular function) Created by: artr.
Comments on Overtool:
RightOnTheWin, 2010-09-21: 09:33:00
Really neat concept !
Electrocutilize: /ee lek tro CYU til ize/ Stumpy likes to electrocutilize power tools for more mundane purposes. Last year, he electrocutilized his belt sander to polish his shoes – while he was still wearing them. That’s why his nickname is Stumpy. Etymology: electrocute + utilize Created by: karenanne.
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