DEFINITION: v. To use alternative “code words” instead of proper cuss words, in an effort to satisfy people offended by such vulgarisms. n. A word used as a replacement for an obscene or profane expletive.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Cursorry: /kur sor ree/ Simon ended up using cursorry words when he was vexed. Thus was because he could no longer afford to feed the office’s swear jar. Etymology: Curse (swear;profanity) & Sorry (rue;regret;expressing sorrow)and Wordplay on Cursory (hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough) Created by: Nosila.
Heckspletive: /hek-spli-tiv/ As the pastor of his church John can’t use profane language. As a human that is subject to anger or pain, he has found his own set of heckspletives to get him through these times. Where someone else might say “Shut the F___ up”, John will say “Hush the frog up”. Where someone else might tell someone to “Go to Hell”, John smiles tells them to “have a nice time at the BBQ”. Even though he gets blank stares sometimes, he feels better that he knows what he meant. Etymology: heck (used as a mild expression of annoyance, rejection, disgust, etc.) + expletive (an interjectory word or expression, frequently profane; an exclamatory oath) Created by: artr.
Allewd: /al-LUDE/ Carson has a quick and clever wit and a bit of a dirty mind and will often use ‘substitute’ words that are intended to allewd to something raunchy. Etymology: Play on the words ‘allude’ and ‘lewd’… to refer to something indirectly with couched obscenity Created by: Mustang.
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