DEFINITION: n. The weird feelings that rise up when you notice that you are being followed by a police officer, or a cop car, or the Special Forces Anti-Terrorist Unit. v. tr. To feel nervous, self-conscious and guilty whenever you see a police officer.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Petrifuzzed: /pe tri fuzz d/ The patrol car at a cafe, or stopping someone on a highway, chills us and fills us, with anxieties. We avoid them, like they were a dread disease. Even doing nothing wrong, it doesn’t take very long, if around us, the cops buzzed, we go stone cold … I call it petrifuzzed! Etymology: PETRIFIED, FUZZ. PETRIFIED – so uneasy you turn stone cold. FUZZ – slang term for any type of police. Created by: silveryaspen.
Comments on Petrifuzzed:
Jabberwocky, 2009-01-12: 12:06:00
great wordmetrohumanx, 2009-01-12: 17:53:00
Very sobering thought.mweinmann, 2009-01-13: 08:30:00
good word
Apprehendsive: /app ree hend sif/ Margo was always a bit apprehendsive when she saw cops; flashing blue/red lights; heard sirens or was entered into a police lineup. Her mother being a travel agent for Guilt Trips, had always made her feel that anything bad that happened was Margo’s fault. So when someone had robbed the local liquor store and was caught on CCT, he/she had worn a long dark wig with pink eyeshadow,lipstick and blouse. After Horatio Crane and his crew had determined that the perpetrator on video, was a man dressed as a women (the prominent Adam’s apple and yearning for Barbara Streisand and Bette Midler cds was a always a giveaway), Margo felt a lot less guilty and went out to enjoy the Drag Queen’s Ball. Etymology: apprehend (anticipate with dread or anxiety;take into custody)
& apprehensive (mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; worried; in fear or dread of possible evil or harm) Created by: Nosila.
Comments on Apprehendsive:
galwaywegian, 2009-01-12: 08:18:00
caught the mood!silveryaspen, 2009-01-12: 10:41:00
Excellent etymology.metrohumanx, 2009-01-12: 17:54:00
Hahahaha.Good one, N!Mustang, 2009-01-12: 23:10:00
Good one!mweinmann, 2009-01-13: 08:29:00
too funny!
Gulpable: /gəlpəbəl/ Its not that he was all that bad a driver but every time he saw a police car in his rear view mirror he would have a gulpable moment. He would also fall into a state of dread when he came into contact with a doctor. Etymology: gulp (make effortful breathing or swallowing movements, typically in response to strong emotion) + culpable (deserving blame) Created by: artr.
Comments on Gulpable:
silveryaspen, 2009-01-12: 10:40:00
Captures the reaction and feeling so very well!Nosila, 2009-01-12: 19:12:00
Gulpability is a serious crime…good word!
Coparanoia: /cop-air-uh-NOYa/ Whenever Lucinda noticed that any sort of law officer appeared to be looking in her direction she suffered seizures of coparanoia wondering if they had found out about any of the many minor infractions she’d committed over the last couple years. Etymology: Blend of cop and paranoia Created by: Mustang.
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