Imutate

DEFINITION: v. To adopt other people’s words, phrases and linguistic stylings, and then try to make them your own by subtlety altering the syntax. n. A borrowed and butchered phrase

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Imutate: /im-myoo-tety/ Politicians often imutate their opponents in a debate to try to get the upper hand and throw off their rival’s sleaze patterns. Etymology: imitate (mimic,impersonate) + mutate (to change, alter as in phonetics to change by umlaut) Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Imutate:

Jabberwocky, 2008-04-25: 09:22:00
excellent blend

OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-25: 18:39:00
Excellent variation and application of I-mutate with it phonetic, genetic and religion meaning. Ready for immediate inclusion in the dictionary. You have my vote.

Tigger, 2008-04-26: 13:37:00
Excellent!

Vernaculagiarize: /vÉ™r-nāk’yÉ™-lā’jÉ™-rÄ«z’/ Madge could have predicted that when Melvin got off the phone with his Texas Oilman client his speech would be different. “Whatch’yall a fixin’?” he vernaculagiarized. “Dahling, please. Knock it off,” Madge pleaded, as the gefilte fish simmered. “Whah, ah don’t know what’cher tahkin’ abayat,” he responded. For a Jew from Passaic, New Jersey, he sounded decidedly cowboy, all of a sudden. Etymology: ‘Vern,’ off-camera foil of the late spokesperson Jim Varney’s character, Ernest P. Worrell; ‘acula,’ from Dr. Acula, grindcore band from Long Island, NY; ‘Gia,’ after Gia Carangi, top fashion model, late 1970’s; ‘rize,’ var. of rise, to ascend.
Alternately, to plagiarize one’s vernacular. Created by: stache.

Comments on Vernaculagiarize:

Tigger, 2008-04-25: 02:43:00
Poor Earnest. The world still mourns his loss, I’m sure… don’t they?

Mustang, 2008-04-25: 07:25:00
I sprained my tongue just saying vernaculargiarize. It was still fun. Good word.

OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-25: 18:31:00
Joh Bjelke-Petersen, who spoke with a stuttering surfeit of ums and ahs, would have a lot of trouble pronouncing this one. Your comment about the “one-legged well digger” brings to mind another of his favorite quips : “Ah, ah, the problem with you, you, you, is that you got one foot on sticky, sticky paper and ya other on the f-ffence.” Luv your word, blends nicely.

Nosila, 2008-04-25: 22:24:00
Who Knew?? Talk amongst yourselves, I’ll give you a topic. No Big Whoop! “If Russia invaded Turkey from the rear, would Greece help???” Discuss. (From Linda Richman, SNL, “Coffee Talks” skits with Mike Meyer.

petaj, 2008-04-26: 03:17:00
I like verbacusmalliarize. Err was that a vernaculargiarizism?

Snatchphrase: /-snach-freyz-/ The press was up in arms over the latest speech from Sillory Flintskin, for using a catchphrase of her rival, Flack Odrama, and turning it into a snatchphrase by stealing it and slightly rearranging the words. She had changed it from “Change we can believe in” to “We can believe in change.” Etymology: Play on the word ‘Catchphrase’; Snatch – to seize by a sudden or hasty grasp (from Middle Dutch, snacken “to snatch, chatter”) + Phrase – a brief utterance or remark (from Greek, phrazein “to express, tell”) Created by: Tigger.

Comments on Snatchphrase:

Jabberwocky, 2008-04-25: 14:02:00
is Flack Mel’s brother?

Nosila, 2008-04-25: 22:14:00
Cheers, Tigger…this is just the primaries, can we face the rest of it??

TJayzz, 2008-04-28: 04:31:00
Clever!!

Malaproprietaryism: /mala-pro-pry-i-tary-ism/ He was nicknamed the “Butcher of Cavil” because of his inappropriate malaproprietaryisms. Etymology: malapropism (use of a word in mistake dor for one sounding similar) + proprietary (held in private ownership) Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Malaproprietaryism:

Mustang, 2008-04-25: 07:35:00
Shazam! That’s a mouthful. lol

stache, 2008-04-25: 08:12:00
It appears you saw right through the butcher’s rouge.

stache, 2008-04-25: 08:12:00
Sorry, ‘dotes.

OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-25: 18:43:00
OZZIEBOB – 2008-04-25: 18:41:00
Very formal political term. Love ” The Butcher of Cavil.”

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James

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Definition Comments:

OZZIEBOB – 2008-04-25: 18:41:00

Very formal political term. Love ” The Butcher of Cavil.”