DEFINITION: v. To worry about the proliferation of nuclear weapons and the ultimate demise of our planet. n. Anxiety caused by the fear of nuclear bumblers.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Defissioncy: /de fish on see/ Pierre was terribly afraid of nuclear war. In fact he was suffering a severe defissioncy. When people joked about nuclear holocaust to him, he always said “Fermi la bouche!” Etymology: Deficiency (something lacking) & Fission (a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy)
Enrico Fermi (Italian nuclear physicist (in the United States after 1939) who worked on artificial radioactivity caused by neutron bombardment and who headed the group that in 1942 produced the first controlled nuclear reaction (1901-1954)) Created by: Nosila.
Conflaggration: /con-flahg-rah-VAY-shun/ Though his colleagues tried to convince Professor Larson that his fears of a nuclear holocaust were unreasonable, the professor nevertheless suffered an almost constant state of conflaggravation. Etymology: Blend of ‘conflagration’ (A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning) and ‘aggravation’ (A source of continuing, increasing irritation or trouble) Created by: Mustang.
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