Doculament

DEFINITION: v. intr. To fret and worry after the accidental shredding and/or deletion of an important document, file or friend. n. 1: The state of anxiety caused by an accidental shredding. 2: An item which has been accidentally deleted.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Doculament: /-dok-yu-la-MENT-/ Peter was about to move out of the apartment he’d lived in for years, and he was what one might call a ‘packrat’ — he had kept all of his old receipts, paid bills and bank statement in his desk drawer. He impulsively decided to make a fresh start and change his packrat ways by shredding everything in the drawer. But after doing so, he remembered that he had kept his birth certificate, car title and tax records in that same drawer, and soon doculamented his rash shredding spree. Etymology: Document – any written item, or computer data file (from Latin, documentum “example, proof”) + Lament – to feel sorrow or mourn over (from Latin, lāmentārÄ« “regret”) Created by: Tigger.

Comments on Doculament:

petaj, 2008-03-05: 05:16:00
Did he deliver a filogy over the shredded remains? What a grave situation.

silveryaspen, 2008-03-05: 13:36:00
Meaningful and with feeling. Excellent verboticism!

purpleartichokes, 2008-03-05: 19:31:00
Nice!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-06: 04:34:00
Nice word.

Pulpitation: /pulp-per-TEY-shun/ Little did the young reverend know that datastrophe dangled above him like damoclean sword, as he mistakenly shredded, and pulped the last dirty document from the Archbishop’s 666 boxes of private pornographic papers. But when he heard a ranting, raving, roaring, purple-robed, crimson-faced figure storming towards him, he fell to his knees in prayer. And as he prayed, his thoughts were only of the Archbishop’s pornografia, including the sincunabula he had unwittingly pulped, so much so that his pulpitations became so strong that he thought that his heart was a about to leap from his chest. Looking to the heavens for comfort all he could see were the church walls with Michelangelo’s face staring back at him. Resorting to scripture, he yelled out in panic, “It‘s the “Textasy and Datagony. Textilence, perhaps – in the Archbihop’s case sextilence – is upon the land; Infogeddon is at hand.” Etymology: Blend of PULP: to reduce to pulp, destroy, crush; PALPITATION: to throb, flutter like the rapid beating of the heart when excited, anxious, nervous, etc; and, in this case, PULPIT. Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Pulpitation:

petaj, 2008-03-05: 05:13:00
Was it an apse in concentration? or was he just a nave? No doubt he aSPIRED to a higher existence.

galwaywegian, 2008-03-05: 06:23:00
I assume its pulpiataion fiction!

galwaywegian, 2008-03-05: 06:24:00
pulpitation fiction!

Jabberwocky, 2008-03-05: 11:05:00
another good one

silveryaspen, 2008-03-05: 13:31:00
Datastrophe is right up there with pulpitation! Great sentence and verboticisms!

Schnippelangst: /Shh-nip-pull-ang-st/ The otherwise efficient receptionist’s fetish for deleting “unwanted” e-mails, files and documents at the circumcision clinic, inevitably led to a mistake that erased the appointment schedule; causing her to mistakenly make a number of re-bookings for work that had already been done! Leaving her with a permenant case of shnippelangst Etymology: Orig;German – Schnippeln (To delete) / Angst (Fear) Created by: CanadianAndyCapp.

Comments on Schnippelangst:

silveryaspen, 2008-03-05: 13:45:00
Sure glad you put the etymologym, cause the nippel in the middle was really baffling! Uber originality!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-06: 04:47:00
Nice word. Makes me think of all those lovely german words in English, such as kindegarten, Edelweiss, Weltgeist, and the many german placenames in Australia: Coburg, Brunswick, Heidelberg, (suburbs of Melbourne) Klemzig, Hermansburg, and many more in South Australia.

OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-06: 04:47:00
Nice word. Makes me think of all those lovely german words in English, such as kindegarten, Edelweiss, Weltgeist, and the many german placenames in Australia: Coburg, Brunswick, Heidelberg, (suburbs of Melbourne) Klemzig, Hermansburg, and many more in South Australia.

Afrayed: /afraid/ Ben was completely frazzled and kept pulling at his necktie. His boss rushed in and asked, “Are you able to present the report at this afternoon’s general meeting?” No, I’m afrayed knot.” said Ben. “It was just here near the shredder when i last saw it.” Etymology: afraid + frayed (tattered) Created by: petaj.

Comments on Afrayed:

Jabberwocky, 2008-03-05: 11:06:00
funny

silveryaspen, 2008-03-05: 14:08:00
Sentences with a truly great pun, are always amazingly good fun! Excellent choice of words, excellently blended. Exceptional!

petaj, 2008-03-06: 03:47:00
thanks muchly, i should have included affray in the etymology too.

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Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2008-03-05: 00:01:00
Today’s definition was suggested by an anonymous donor. Thank you! ~ James