DEFINITION: v. To ask a someone a bizarre question in order to get them to think outside their mental little boxes. (And to see if they are actually listening.) n. A creative provocation designed to pull people out of their daily stupor.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Stunmulate: /stun myu layt/ When the geek asked Elvira for a seat for his wheelbarrow, she, being the quintessential helpful sales associate quipped quickly to the question designed to stunmulate her out of a boring sales day. He told her it needed a seat and she proceeded to flourish her tape measure and tell him that if he needed to ride in the wheelbarrow, he’d need a safety approved seat belt, a helmet and a made-to-measure bucket seat. They just needed to measure his seat area…all part of the service. Etymology: Stun (overcome as with astonishment or disbelief) & Stimulate (cause to be alert and energetic;cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner) Created by: Nosila.
Comments on Stunmulate:
RightOnTheWin, 2010-09-22: 03:02:00
I like it `.’
Prodvoke: /prädvÅk/ During his weekly meetings with his staff, Larry loved to prodvoke people to think outside the box. As he was being fired, he was reminded he worked for a packaging company and that people are paid to think INSIDE the box. Etymology: prod (an act of stimulating or reminding someone to do something) + provoke (stimulate or incite) Created by: artr.
Comments on Prodvoke:
Nosila, 2010-09-22: 18:03:00
carton me, but a good story!
Queery: /KWEE ree/ Ms. Luny, our 7th-grade science teacher, loved to pose queeries that really made us think. My favorite one of all time was, “Why doesn’t the sun come out at night when we need it?” Etymology: query (question) + queer (strange; odd; peculiar) Created by: karenanne.
Comments on Queery:
galwaywegian, 2010-09-23: 14:28:00
brilliant
Mindgame: /ˈmÄ«ndˈgÄm/ Derek enjoys to mindgame “slow†people so they’ll demean themselves. However, the day came when Derek himself became the victim of mindgame. Etymology: Rather obvious. Mind(noun) + Game(verb) Created by: RightOnTheWin.
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