DEFINITION: v. To secretly take a photo of someone with your cellphone. n. A cellphone photo, especially if it was taken surreptitiously.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Hocusfocus: /ho cuss foh cuss / Len’s covert cell phone hocusfocus makes him a real shudderbug. Etymology: Hocus Pocus, Focus. Hocus Pocus – a trickery. Focus – 1. Camera adjustment to obtain a sharper, clearer photo.
Created by: silveryaspen.
Comments on Hocusfocus:
silveryaspen, 2009-02-06: 00:37:00
Was difficult to chose between these two verbotomies.Mustang, 2009-02-06: 07:18:00
Very clever…two for the price of one!mweinmann, 2009-02-06: 08:14:00
Wonderful play on words….hocusfocus or focuspocus….both say it all…Jabberwocky, 2009-02-06: 11:56:00
very niceNosila, 2009-02-06: 22:27:00
Good word…lens itself to many ideas. He may end up being framed if he has any more exposure!
Cellpwnd: /selpoÊŠnd/ Michael certainly has a better idea that his life has few private moments after being cellpwnd at a house party. Etymology: Cell (cellular telephone) + pwnd (a leetspeak slang term, derived from the word “own”, that implies domination or humiliation of a rival) Created by: artr.
Comments on Cellpwnd:
Jabberwocky, 2009-02-06: 11:59:00
nice etymologysilveryaspen, 2009-02-09: 20:02:00
A modern word for these modern times!
Excellent sentence, too.
Pictaboo: /pickt – ah – boo/ Maurice is going to get roughed up one of these days… He goes down the street playing pictaboo with his cell phone. I am sure that if his subjects could see
all of the candid, unflattering and intrusive photos that he is taking, they would be horrified. Etymology: Picture + taboo + play on the phrase “peek a boo” >>> Picture (a visual representation (of an object,scene or person )
Taboo (an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion ) Peek A Boo (is a game similar to hide and seek. In the game, one person hides their face, pops back into view, and says — to the other’s amusement — “Peekaboo”!! or “Peekaboo, I see you”!! In this case, it would be “Pictaboo, I see you”!! Created by: mweinmann.
Comments on Pictaboo:
Jabberwocky, 2009-02-06: 11:56:00
cutesilveryaspen, 2009-02-06: 22:14:00
adorable etymology
Copervert: /ko-per-vert/ Coach Wilson was a suspected copervert. Whenever the cheerleading squad walked by him he always got an incoming call. He then stood around tapping his thumb on his handset while talking nonsense to noboby. Etymology: covert + pervert Created by: GlobalGallery.
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