DEFINITION: v.intr. To pretend to be enthusiastic even when you are not, simply because everyone else is. n. Fake enthusiasm.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Fauxbullient: /Fo – BOOL – yunt/ Fawn hated to appear to be dumb or to be left out of events so would put forth hear best fauxbullient manner when confronted with a social situation she either didnt understand or approve of. Etymology: Blend of ‘faux’ (fake or false) and ‘ebullient’ (overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited) Created by: Mustang.
Comments on Fauxbullient:
metrohumanx, 2008-07-28: 15:14:00
Succinct and intuitive!OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-29: 08:09:00
Nice word.Alicia, 2008-08-04: 12:09:00
Cool Word..
Bogusmitten: /BOW-GUSS-MITTEN/ When we stepped into the lobby at the Kooks Museum,my friend Jeff was immediately BOGUSMITTEN by the exhibits. The next day, all our co-workerers were there, fawning over the incredible assortment of weirdos, whackos and dingbats- some of whom bore an uncanny resemblance to our boss,the maniacal, illiterate and deeply disturbed library director.
Seems everyone was BOGUSMITTEN by the museum…except “Mad Pat”! Etymology: BOGUS:false, sham + SMITTEN: taken with or enamored of = BOGUSMITTEN Created by: metrohumanx.
Comments on Bogusmitten:
metrohumanx, 2008-07-28: 01:05:00
http://www.pacifier.com/~dkossy/kooksmus.htmlmetrohumanx, 2008-07-28: 16:44:00
No mittens involved. sorry.
Actstatic: /act-stat-ik
/ With all the enthusiasm and peersure from his friends, he decided to be actstatic in the silly escapade they were about to carry out.
Etymology: ACTSTATIC – verb – from ACT (to operate, or function in a particular way) + ECSTATIC (delightful beyond measure; rapturous)
Created by: Stevenson0.
Comments on Actstatic:
Mustang, 2008-07-28: 23:07:00
Good one…very concise.
Newbilation: /noo-bil-a-shun/ It no longer mattered what Oprah “claimed” was on her List of Favorite Things. She could have told the audience they were all “going home with a brand new, yet to be sharpened #2 pencil!” and they would still have been on their feet screaming with newbilation. Etymology: new: Fresh: original and of a kind not seen before. jubilation: Exultation: a feeling of extreme joy. Created by: lumina.
Comments on Newbilation:
metrohumanx, 2008-07-28: 15:18:00
Great word! Oprah is disturbingly reptilian.OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-29: 08:10:00
Good word
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