DEFINITION: To copy and share an idea, thing, or person because you think that it’s so wonderful that everyone should have one.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Esteemulate: /es teem yu late/ A lot of money and prestige was riding on it. How many other young comedians had gotten the chance to star on not just one hit series, but three at a time? How did he get his scripts memorized, rehearse and do all those press appearances for the media? People often wondered, until they met his large family, especially his twin brother, Larry. Larry had invented the Esteemulate Machine. Yes, you guessed it, he had esteemulated several copies of his famous brother, Drew Carey, so that he could star simultaneously on several hit shows. There was his own show, “The Drew Carey Show”;his “Whose Line is it Anyway” show and now he was replacing Bob Barker on “The Price is Right”. Not to mentioned all his appearances on “The Tonight Show”; “Last Comic Standing”; “Conan O’Brien”;”Craig Ferguson” and “Oprah”;”Ellen DeGeneres” and of course, “What Not To Wear”(…okay, he hadn’t really been on that show, but he should have) Yes, Larry was so proud of his brother, he became a real Drew-Id! Etymology: esteem(an attitude of admiration or esteem; a feeling of delighted approval and liking;regard highly; think much of) & take your pick: simulate;imitate;replicate;duplicate;emulate;recreate (all meaning to copy or reproduce)
Created by: Nosila.
Comments on Esteemulate:
metrohumanx, 2008-07-07: 08:50:00
ESTEEMULATE by Nosila gets a very high ranking in my book.
As usual, we get a LOT of bang for our BUCK…..Thanks.Mustang, 2008-07-07: 19:03:00
All those big bucks!! Impressive…that’s a lot of esteemed clams.OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-07: 19:33:00
Clever blend
Splenditto: /-splen-DIT-oh-/ Whenever Ryan stumbled onto something he thought was new and hip, he’d try to get his friends and people around him to splenditto him. He liked to think of himself as a trendsetter, but usually those people would ignore his suggestions, or pretend to be interested just to humor him. Etymology: Splendid – excellent, fine, or very good (from L. splendidus “magnificent, brilliant”) & Ditto – to duplicate or repeat an action or statement (from Italian, detto, pp. of dire “to say”) Created by: Tigger.
Comments on Splenditto:
metrohumanx, 2008-07-07: 08:41:00
I like SPLENDITTO, Tigger!
It’s a lot of fun to pronounce.
It implies adulation with just a smattering of sarcasm.Jabberwocky, 2008-07-07: 11:33:00
dittoMustang, 2008-07-07: 18:59:00
Great! A word I can use myself….mega-splendittoes…..oops, I did it, didn’t I?OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-07: 19:25:00
Splenditto, faditto, elfadoraditto, ditto-ditto – I like it; great word.
Minimeograph: /mini-mee-oh-graf/ I decided to put the old office equipment to good use and made one million minimeographs to deliver door to door. Etymology: mimeograph + mini-me (character in Austin Powers movies) Created by: Jabberwocky.
Comments on Minimeograph:
metrohumanx, 2008-07-07: 08:46:00
MINIEOGRAPH is very funny, although i stumbled over it at first. Nice reference to American Pop Culture.
Jabberwocky strikes another blow for humor!OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-07: 19:31:00
Creative and funny.Nosila, 2008-07-07: 20:34:00
Love your word…I may have to dooplicate it myself!
Repulate: /REP – yew – layt/ To the consternation of so many of his friends and acquaintances, Elbert would never fail to repulate and even try to improve on their ideas and practices and would share them over and over with others as if they were his own ideas and creations. Etymology: Blend of replicate (to repeat, duplicate, or reproduce), and emulate (to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass) Created by: Mustang.
Comments on Repulate:
metrohumanx, 2008-07-07: 08:48:00
REPULATE….very nice, Mustang.
Etymologically perfect without being too flashy.Tigger, 2008-07-07: 15:02:00
Ace, Mustang! The spelling of your word also suggests that the [good] Repu[tation] of the idea being copied may be involved as well. Simple and concise.Nosila, 2008-07-07: 20:35:00
Repulate…sounds like something snakes do…Mustang, 2008-07-07: 22:28:00
Afterwards they repewdiate?
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