DEFINITION: v. intr., To avoid unwanted interruptions (visits, calls, or emails) by pretending to be unavailable, unreachable or unconscious. n., A person who pretends they are not home in order to avoid talking to someone.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Attendshungetter: /at tend shun get ter/ Alan was always an attendshungetter, whether at work in the office or at home. He could zone out and retreat into his own little fantasy world to avoid other people such as meetings,classes, door-to-door sales people, his mother-in-law, his wife and anything or anyone else he chose to. In his mind, he travelled far away, usually on a spaceship or he replayed his favourite movie scenes. Some people thought he could astral-project himself, because he could recall no details when he “came back”. On Halloween night he hid in the house in the dark, with the porchlight on, watching from behind the drapes to avoid the trick or treaters. His mind was like his home. Like his Mother had always said… the lights were on but there was no one home. Etymology: Attend (give heed (to);be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.) & Shun (avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of) & Getter (a person who acquires as a result of some effort or action) Created by: Nosila.
Comments on Attendshungetter:
metrohumanx, 2008-09-17: 01:29:00
ANOTHER Nosila classic!metrohumanx, 2008-09-17: 11:32:00
AHA! Zone out ! I KNEW it wasn’t just us.
Ignoraphobic: /ig-nor-a-fobic/ Due to all the papparazzi and bad press, Perez Hilton now and then becomes ignoraphobic, dodging all forms of communication no matter how juicy the tip, tidbit, rumor or photo. Believe it or not, sometimes even HE tires of the “spotlight.” Etymology: Ignore + Agoraphobic
Ignoring, while staying in, due to becoming phobic. Created by: lumina.
Comments on Ignoraphobic:
Jabberwocky, 2008-09-17: 14:02:00
clever blend
Catatoniact: /-katÉ™tÉ’nɪəkt-/ Bob was catatoniacting the whole thing really hard. He was really trying to make his cataroniact believable… Etymology: CATATONIACT. vb. n. From Catatonic stupor (severe psychiatric and medical condition characterized by a general absence of motor activity) + Act (A manifestation of intentional or unintentional insincerity; a pose) Created by: vmalcolm.
Deafhere: /-Deh-ef-he-ear-/ Mrs. Soul patched the call through to her secretary. “I thought I told you I wasn’t here?”, she said, you just have to turn a deafhere. Etymology: Deafhere n., hybrid of the nouns deaf and here, and inspired by the phrase “to turn a deaf ear”, which is a common adult tactic and defense mechanism. Is the spell checker new to this site? I just noticed it now. Don’t expect a reply of course, in the circumstances I mean. Created by: scrabbelicious.
Comments on Deafhere:
metrohumanx, 2008-09-17: 11:31:00
I have not encountered a spell checker…but definitely a double-point word, S !scrabbelicious, 2008-09-18: 16:49:00
It must be my new browser….who thought that was a good idea?
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