DEFINITION: v. To see joy and beauty where others only see complications, trouble and weeds. n. A moment of delight which dissipates as soon as it is shared.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Blissipate: /BLIS-uh-peyt/ As rainclouds fade away to distant horizons, only the waterless desert blissipates at its sandy dunes. Etymology: BLISS :Middle English blisse, from Old English bliss, from blÄ«ths, from blÄ«the, joyful; -_SIPATE:from L. sipatus, pp. of (dis)sipare “disperse, squander, disintegrate, cause to vanish” + supare “to throw, scatter about.”
Created by: OZZIEBOB.
Comments on Blissipate:
Jabberwocky, 2008-03-31: 12:53:00
very poeticpurpleartichokes, 2008-03-31: 14:05:00
Great word Oz!
Robtomist: /rob tom ist/ Rosemary had started out optimistic, but marriage to Rob had taken its’ toll on her good nature and she felt like she had married a robtomist. She decided to create a lovely garden after mulch thought. Her garden was her therapy, because he was a creeper who had tended to lilac a sidewalk and perennially wore his bachelor buttons while out with some hoe. Sod him, the rake…he thought he was so poplar! She turfed aside her negative feelings when out in her garden and with thyme, grew more sage. Her efforts in the garden helped rid her Hostality and control her impatiens. Her favourite fantasy while working the earth was to plan ways she could root out her rotten husband, the son of a birch: hit him in the gourd; beet him; artichoke him and let the life leek from him. But instead of pining fir him, she decided that sooner or later he’d begonia and she could prune him out of her life forever. Dill death do us part, indeed! She rose from her planting as all was well with the Cosmos, spruced herself up and went into the house to catch another episode of her favourite show, Lawn Order.
Etymology: rob (to steal) & optimist (someone who finds the good in everything and everyone) Created by: Nosila.
Comments on Robtomist:
eap6217, 2008-03-31: 13:53:00
Well thought out.purpleartichokes, 2008-03-31: 18:20:00
HA! Love the sentence (and the word)! Lawn Order, son-of-a-birch, artichoke him… too funny!OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-31: 23:55:00
Great word;love the story!
Pollyanntidote: /-pol-ee-ANN-ti-doht-/ Although little Valerie exhibited a constant love of life, and an exuberance for discovering beauty in even the most mundane things which was almost infectious, her older sister, Sharon, was immune to such charming behavior, and she would almost always attempt to deter Valerie’s optimism with her version of a Pollyanntidote. So when Valerie tried to show Sharon how the broken bottle she’d found made the prettiest little rainbows on the sidewalk, Sharon said, “Does it still do that when it’s all covered with blood?” Valerie put the bottle down but, undeterred, she looked around, spotted a butterfly, and promptly went running off after it. Sharon thought she spotted a patch of poison ivy in the direction that Valerie was heading, and she idly wondered if a big, itchy rash might curb some of her sister’s enthusiasm. Etymology: Pollyanna – an excessively or blindly optimistic person (in allusion to the influential novel “Pollyanna” about an inspiringly cheerful little girl) + Antidote – a remedy or counteragent (from Greek, antidoton “given as a remedy”) Created by: Tigger.
Comments on Pollyanntidote:
Jabberwocky, 2008-03-31: 12:50:00
great word tiggerMustang, 2008-03-31: 23:12:00
Excellent verboticism. Very descriptive and fun to say.OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-01: 00:15:00
Great bit of thinking.
Serendumpity: /Ser – un – DUMP – it -ee/ Thinking she was spreading great joy only to receive criticism for her choices, little Helga experienced a sudden sadness and severe pangs of serendumpity. Etymology: Blend of serendipity and ‘dumps’ or state of sadness. Created by: Mustang.
Comments on Serendumpity:
Jabberwocky, 2008-03-31: 12:53:00
great blendOZZIEBOB, 2008-04-01: 00:14:00
Excellent.
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Definition Comments:
Verbotomy – 2008-03-30: 00:01:00
Today’s definition was suggested by an anonymous donor. Thank you! ~ James