DEFINITION: v., To find a lost item immediately after purchasing a replacement. n., An item which is lost and cannot not be found unless a replacement is purchased.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Surromate: /sur-uh-meyt/ When Darren showed up at the party with a surromate, he explained that his wife was lost at sea. Her side of the story is that she once accidentlly docked her canoe at the wrong pier. Etymology: surrogate (a substitute) + mate (husband or wife; spouse) Created by: artr.
Substibeaut: /sub sti byut/ When Jackie returned after being shipwrecked for a year and assumed lost at sea, she was surprised to find that Jack had found a substibeaut in her best friend, Jill. Turns out he was a Jack of all trades, because he swapped out Jill later and went back to Jackie! Etymology: Substitute (a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another) & Beautiful (beaut -an outstanding example of its kind) Created by: Nosila.
Duplidipity: /dew-pleh-DIP-eh-ty/ Webster beamed with the duplidipity that had come his way when he got a new pair of house slippers to replace his old ‘lost’ pair and then found the old ones where they’d fallen behind some boxes in his closet. Etymology: Blend of ‘serendipity’ (n. the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for)and ‘duplicate’ (adj. being the same as another) Created by: Mustang.
Postrihtagane: /post-RIT-uh-gain/ n: I lost my new phone; it’s probably a postrihtagane… v: I end up postrihtaganing everything I buy… Etymology: Prefix ‘post’ meaning ‘after’; ‘riht’ derived from Old English ‘rihtan’ meaning ‘to replace’; ‘agane’ derived from Old English ‘ágan’ meaning ‘to obtain’. Combined as ‘postrihtagane’ to mean ‘after-replace-obtain’. Created by: Artomun.
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