DEFINITION: To remain calm, steadfast and ploddingly systematic in the midst of a huge freaking disaster.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Zensible: /zen-si-bol/ Joe is zensible in the worst situations, remaining centered and focussed on what needs to be done to avert disaster and calmly following through. Etymology: ZEN (calmness and enlightenment through meditation and self-contemplation) + SENSIBLE (having, using, or showing good sense, or sound judgmen) Created by: Stevenson0.
Comments on Zensible:
metrohumanx, 2008-07-10: 08:01:00
I hope that Joe’s ZENSIBILITY carries the day when the shrouded head of doom rears it’s ugly head on the horizon.Jabberwocky, 2008-07-10: 09:26:00
niceNosila, 2008-07-10: 23:18:00
Joe must frink Dr. ZenZen, that German wine…a lot! Zentrifugal!OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-11: 18:06:00
Good word.
Catatoniclysmic: /KAT-a-ton-uh-KLIZ-mic/ Gazing upon Geraldine’s panicked visage, Irving remained catatoniclysmic. He knew what to do. This was no crisis, this was merely one of those moments that make life worth smiling about.
“AAAAHGGGH!” screeched Geraldine. “My hair! Don’t let them see me like this!” She gripped his shirt, knuckles white, fabric strained to button-popping point.
Irving blinked slowly, and a beatific smile spread across his face.
“Don’t panic, honey.” He soothed. “I’m the sysadmin! I’ll 403 everyone.”
Geraldine breathed a sigh of relief… and her relief lasted for a millesecond until she caught sight of her fire-engine red and day-old-bruise purple coiffe in the mirror. She fled to the bathroom in hysterics.
Irving blinked slowly. Etymology: CATACLYSM: any violent upheaval, esp. one of a social or political nature + CATATONIC, adjectival form of CATATONIA:
a syndrome seen most frequently in schizophrenia, characterized by muscular rigidity and mental stupor, sometimes alternating with great excitement and confusion Created by: airlie.
Comments on Catatoniclysmic:
metrohumanx, 2008-07-10: 08:02:00
CATATONICLYSMIC is hilarious! Great word, Airlie…Jabberwocky, 2008-07-10: 09:29:00
terrific wordOZZIEBOB, 2008-07-11: 18:11:00
Very gloomly; very great word.
Relaxemergent: /ri-laks-i-mur-juhnt/ When the intense fire broke out at the circus, Coco the clown was surprisingly the most relaxemergent person there. Etymology: Relax: to release oneself from inhibition, worry, tension, etc.
Emergent: calling for immediate action; urgent. Created by: nostalgia75.
Comments on Relaxemergent:
metrohumanx, 2008-07-10: 13:05:00
RELAXMERGERT?…out of the inkwelll….
Hystericool: /-hi-STER-i-kool-/ The whole family was going on summer vacation again — to Disney World this year — with Jane, her husband, their five kids, her in-laws and two cousins. Every year, it was Jane’s job to organize the family’s packing and get everyone ready to rush to the airport as soon as Jack, her husband, got home from work; and Jack was always late. With screaming kids running all around her, Jane calmly walked through the house, grabbed Grandpa Joe’s medicine, Jennie’s retainer, James’ Game-Boy and Jill’s iPod, dropped them into the appropriate suitcases while snatching a flying T-shirt out of the air and packing that too. While chaos erupted around her, Jane remained hystericool. She didn’t even sweat a drop when she and Jack rode the Space Mountain ride. As the ride stopped, Jack leaned over and gave ‘his Coolamity Jane’ a smile and a big kiss. Etymology: Hysterical – behavior characterized by excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic (from Greek, hysterikos “of the womb, suffering in the womb”) + Cool – not excited; calm, especially during times of stress (from Pre-Germanic, koluz “cold, to freeze”) Created by: Tigger.
Comments on Hystericool:
metrohumanx, 2008-07-10: 07:58:00
HYSTERICOOL is beautiful- and obviously based on an all-too-real personal experience. Love it!Jabberwocky, 2008-07-10: 09:33:00
great word tiggerTigger, 2008-07-10: 10:54:00
Actually metro, I was thinking of the beginning of the movie ‘Home Alone’ and Catherine O’Hara’s character when I wrote that. But anyone with that many kids to travel with ought to be a complete wreck, even if she does forget one…lumina, 2008-07-10: 18:43:00
I love it! And that “sentence!” We are all aspiring writers I think… 🙂 Great read!Nosila, 2008-07-10: 23:19:00
Good one, Tigger…gives one hystericool laughter!OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-11: 18:24:00
Another great word.
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Definition Comments:
nostalgia75 – 2008-07-10: 13:08:00
I’m still grinning at this one. Well done!