DEFINITION: A harmless untruth, intended to comfort simple souls.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Placebalm: /PLUH-CEE-BALM/ I told the panic-stricken crown that all would be well.
It was only a PLACEBALM, but it was sorely needed. Etymology: PLACEBO-a harmless sugar pill which can have therapeutic results.
BALM- a soothing salve or ointment. Created by: metrohumanx.
Comments on Placebalm:
OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-24: 08:12:00
Very pleasant word.
Comfiberate: /com fib er rate/ Jessie was able to comfiberate her young son with the lore of Santa Claus, The Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy to help him understand and look forward to special holidays and events. Finding a comfiberation for Halloween was a lot harder to do, especially when Uncle Les insisted on dressing up as a female, Aunt Dorothy, each October 31st as well as on many other occasions during the year…
Etymology: comfort ( give moral or emotional strength to or a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment) & fib (tell a relatively insignificant lie)& liberate(to free from confinement or ideas) Created by: Nosila.
Comments on Comfiberate:
lumina, 2008-06-23: 22:54:00
Great word AND hilarious usage!OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-24: 08:08:00
Good word and sentence.
Foma: /fo-ma/ Nothing in this book is true. “Live by the foma* that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy.” The Books of Bokonon. I: 5 Etymology: Created by Kurt Vonnegut for Cat’s Cradle, published in 1963. Created by: vonnegut.
Plafibo: /pla-FEE-bo/ “What do I say?” thought Bob. That was what he had been asking himself all week. But Roxie’s questions were flying faster than any of his answers were coming in to land. He needed a plafibo to allay her fears; he hoped he would find one before she found out that he had lost the tickets for their upcoming overseas trip. Etymology: PLACEBO: ME from Latin: I shall be pleased;an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier & FIB: a small trivial lie, minor falsehood. Created by: OZZIEBOB.
Comments on Plafibo:
Jabberwocky, 2008-06-23: 16:03:00
greatlumina, 2008-06-23: 22:55:00
Good one!
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Definition Comments:
Verbotomy – 2008-06-23: 00:01:00
Today’s definition was suggested by Kurt Vonnegut and first appeared in his novel Cat’s Cradle.
Thank you Mr. Vonnegut! ~ James