DEFINITION: To be so afraid of failure that you become paralyzed — unable to move, respond or even say a word.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Skierdycatatonic: /skēərdēkatətänik/ Tim took his first-ever trip to a ski resort. He was told it would be a great place to meet young women. He was only one step beyond the lift when the pretty instructor smiled at him. He immediately went skierdycatatonic. It took 4 instructors to get him out of his skis and into the lodge. Etymology: ski (travel over snow on skis) + scaredy-cat (a timid person) + catatonic (in an immobile or unresponsive stupor) Created by: artr.
Comments on Skierdycatatonic:
galwaywegian, 2011-01-25: 10:21:00
brilliant!
Discoblobulated: /disk oh blob ewe lay ted/ He was so discoblobulated when the woman of his dreams asked him to dance that he went totally rigid. Well, 98% rigid. Etymology: discombobulated, disco, blob Created by: galwaywegian.
Flatatonic: /flat a ton ik/ When Star Trek geek Jaune Yellowhead pushed his other Star Trek geek friend, Ginger Carrotop, to ask the new girl out, Ginger went into a flatatonic state. The new girl with the magenta hair, Pinky Purple, was so cute that Ginger was speechless. Apparently love is colorblind and the phasers were on stunned that day. Etymology: Flat (having lost effervescence;completely or partially deflated)
& Catatonic (a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods Created by: Nosila.
Partylysis: /part-ill-is-is/ Faced with social situations, Kevin was a nervous wreck. As soon as crossed the front door of his mate’s birthday bash, he went into a rigid state of partylysis. Etymology: party (social celebration, festivities) + paralysis (unmoving state) Created by: CharlieB.
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