DEFINITION: n., A feeling of discomfort, common while sitting on a plane or train, created by the sense that you are about to be decapitated by your fellow passengers who are tilting aggressively towards you. v. intr., To sit in a very small space, which seems to be getting smaller.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Boeingconstrictor: /bow-ing-constrictor/ I got swallowed up by a boeingconstrictor on my last flight. Etymology: boeing aircraft + boa constrictor Created by: bookowl.
Comments on Boeingconstrictor:
bananabender, 2008-01-29: 18:38:00
Hilarious! lol!bananabender, 2008-01-29: 21:45:00
great wordplay. There’s also the tight constricted feeling for your etymology too.Nosila, 2008-01-29: 22:48:00
Good one, bookowl! If the passenger is not sitting on the aisle, would that make them a window viper?silveryaspen, 2008-01-29: 23:57:00
Great word for all the planes with their cramped seating … Right on!OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-30: 16:14:00
Clever & funny! Good word.chaiandallthatjazz, 2008-01-31: 10:55:00
Good one!OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-05: 19:44:00
Did you hear about the man who crossed a parrot with a boa constrictor. He didn’t know what he got, but believe me, when it talks-he listens.
Seatraction: /seet-trak-shun/ Whenever John flew and had to sit in the middle isle, Murphy’s Law of seatraction always seemed to come into play. On either side of him twin 300 pounders always made him feel cozy and crushed for the full six hour flight. Etymology: seat + contraction Created by: Stevenson0.
Comments on Seatraction:
silveryaspen, 2008-01-29: 09:12:00
Interesting combo!Jabberwocky, 2008-01-29: 13:28:00
I first thought of your word as seat attraction which would make sense if the seat on either side got closer – great wordbananabender, 2008-01-29: 22:21:00
good word! twelve hours in traction after the flight to straighten out the limbs would do the trick… but not with the 300 pounders as the weights!OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-30: 16:17:00
John – Go by sea next time ! good word.
Closetrophobia: /klose-tra-foe-beea/ Owing to my closetrophobia, I wear a wide brimmed hat and a hoola hoop at all times to define my personal space. Etymology: close + claustrophobia Created by: Jabberwocky.
Comments on Closetrophobia:
galwaywegian, 2008-01-29: 07:00:00
I’d say that outfit would be pretty effective in keeping people away from you alright.silveryaspen, 2008-01-29: 09:08:00
lol … nice clothes additions! Terrific creation!bananabender, 2008-01-29: 21:49:00
great word again! You’ll be fine in Southern Belle fancy dress too!!!OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-30: 16:16:00
Good Word. Hoopla!
Economisery: /-i-kon-uh-miz’-uh-ree-/ Before the technology stock bubble burst, Richard had always flown first-class, but now, crammed into the back with the rest of the average Joe’s, he was nearly overcome with economisery, and recumbentrauma caused by the seat in front of him reclining back so suddenly that he dropped his meager ration of peanuts, and couldn’t bend down to retrieve them. Etymology: economy – Economy class; the cheapest class of travel accomodations (from Greek, oikonomÃÄ “household”) + misery – wretchedness of condition or circumstances (from Latin, miseria, equiv. to miser “wretched”) Created by: Tigger.
Comments on Economisery:
bananabender, 2008-01-29: 22:23:00
clever blend!silveryaspen, 2008-01-29: 23:59:00
Really brings out the miserly feelings in this definitions!
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Definition Comments:
Verbotomy – 2008-01-29: 04:10:00
Today’s definition was suggested by gemmgemms. Thank you gemmgemms. ~ Jamessilveryaspen – 2008-01-29: 09:30:00
Evocative cartoon … crushed-people like sardines in a tinned-canny airplane with that overpowering fishy smell closing in on everything! Very clever!Verbotomy – 2008-01-30: 01:10:00
Hey Silveryaspen, Thanks for the kind words. Smells like croosht shoup ~ James