DEFINITION: v., To avoid unwanted interruptions (visits, calls, or emails) by pretending to be unavailable, unreachable or unconscious. n., A person who pretends they are not home in order to avoid talking to someone.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Zombivox: /Zom-bee-vox/ Jamie’s claims that he suffered ‘Moon fever’ were never actually substantiated, mainly because no-one had ever heard of it. However, this didn’t stop him from being persistent in his claims of suffering whereby suddenly and without notice he would turn zombivox if interrupted. Etymology: Zombie – a person who appears not to notice what is happening around them
Voice box (colloq.) – the organ in the neck of mammals involved in sound production Created by: wordslikevenom.
Inexcessible: /in ex ses a bill/ Charlie thought The Stones were great and wore his earphones playing their hits all the time. It meant he did not hear the cries of his staff to get away from the bucket falling from the open door. When he fainted in the doorway, it was rendered inexcessible to the average man.
Etymology: Inacessible (capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all not capable of being obtained Created by: Nosila.
Shutninja: /shətninjə/ Once Harry gets home from work he becomes a shutninja. Knocks on the door nor ringing of the phone will secure a response. If not for lights going on and off and seeing him leave and return from his job, his neighbors wouldn’t know that anybody lived in his house. Etymology: shut-in (a person confined indoors, esp. as a result of physical or mental disability) + ninja (mercenaries of feudal Japan known for their ability to be invisible/hidden) Created by: artr.
Fauxtard: /pho-tard/ Why does Steve look like he’s about to drool on himself? He’s being a fauxtard so his wife won’t ask him to go shopping with her.
Etymology: Created by: Spacey.
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