DEFINITION: v. intr. To demonstrate your superior knowledge and intellect by using complex, confusing and mind-numbingly stupid jargon. n. A person who uses big words to inflate their unusually small ideas.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Gabyrinth: /GAB-uh-rinth/ Sentence: Bob thought that his gabyrinth, a form of English, but with a strange admixture of words gleaned from Old English and Yiddish, made him sound super intelligence. Happy New Year to all.
Etymology: Blend of GAB: loquaciousness, prattle, chatter & LABYRINTH: Any confusing, bewildering, complex state of affairs
Created by: OZZIEBOB.
Comments on Gabyrinth:
Mustang, 2008-12-31: 07:00:00
A-maze-ing. Excellent verbotimism…mweinmann, 2008-12-31: 09:02:00
clever and funny.Nosila, 2008-12-31: 23:13:00
Oy Vey! Who Knew? What light through yonder window breaks???
Baloony: /baloÅnÄ“/ The missives that descended from the corporate office were so much balloony that it was a wonder they didn’t just float away. Etymology: Balloon (a large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air) + Loony (a crazy or silly person) Also Baloney (foolish or deceptive talk) Created by: artr.
Comments on Baloony:
Mustang, 2008-12-31: 23:53:00
I wonder if ya could make a baloony sammich out of that stuff?OZZIEBOB, 2009-01-01: 00:00:00
Great combination.
Ostendictious: /OS ten DIC shus/ I think my ostendictious co-worker has swallowed a dictionary and wants us all to know. Etymology: ostentatious:expensive or noticeable in a way that is intended to impress people.
and dictionary Created by: kateinkorea.
Comments on Ostendictious:
mweinmann, 2008-12-31: 09:10:00
This is a clever combination of impressive overinflation….like it.OZZIEBOB, 2009-01-01: 00:20:00
Like it alot.
Pompbastic: /pomp-bas-tic / Petty, pushy, pathetic Paul, the executive assistant of the boss, takes an annoyingly pompbastic approach to simple office memos, aggrandizing them with complicated, enigmatic, esoteric and over-bearing verboseness that royally pisses every body off.
Etymology: POMPBASTIC – from POMPOUS (excessive self-esteem; pretentious) + BOMBASTIC (high-sounding; high-flown; inflated)
Created by: Stevenson0.
Comments on Pompbastic:
metrohumanx, 2008-12-31: 00:57:00
Right ON, Big “O”! I can see this definition is going to evoke a lot of verbotomistic primal screams.OZZIEBOB, 2009-01-01: 00:21:00
A good verbotomy.
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