DEFINITION: v. To obsessively work on, shine and polish something which has no intrinsic value. n. A item which has lots of imagined shine in the eyes of the owner, but no real value for anyone else.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Glosstentatious: /gloss-ten-tay-shsh/ Most people were repulsed by his necklace of his own baby teeth and felt it was glosstentacious when he polished it during meetings. Etymology: gloss + ostentacious Created by: Stevenson0.
Comments on Glosstentatious:
metrohumanx, 2009-03-10: 12:17:00
VERY crafty combo,Steverino!galwaywegian, 2009-03-10: 17:20:00
love itkateinkorea, 2009-03-10: 21:01:00
Good word.Mustang, 2009-03-10: 23:59:00
Very clever!
Doitdad: /doot dad / Mom fiddled around with dad constantly. She especially loved his bald head. It was her favorite trifle. Every morning she would do it up right, and give it a real ‘do’. Man, oh man! Could she really do it to it! She sprayed it with water, shampooed it, rinsed it, pumiced it, rinsed it, brushed it dry, waxed it spotless, then polished it to a bright snow white glaze, and topped it off with a kiss. It was mom’s favorite doitdad! Etymology: DO IT – as in “do it to it” … DOODAD – a trifling! Created by: silveryaspen.
Comments on Doitdad:
silveryaspen, 2009-03-10: 01:11:00
Pretty heady stuff!kateinkorea, 2009-03-10: 08:40:00
!!!!!!Jabberwocky, 2009-03-10: 12:19:00
pumice? – ouchmetrohumanx, 2009-03-10: 12:24:00
…So THATS why she was SKULLKING around.Nosila, 2009-03-10: 21:57:00
Go to the HEAD of the class, metro…that’s why dad is the Pate-r!splendiction, 2009-03-10: 22:31:00
Yes, and it sounds like cajouling to dad to “do it”! (All the things many dads are made to do)!silveryaspen, 2009-03-11: 01:10:00
Enjoyed all the comments 🙂
Misapprehenshine: /miss ap ree hench eye nn/ The ornamental 300 pound cast iron weathervane which Jane’s late demented husband had sculpted into a very rough image of Mount Rushmore and bolted to the chimney, gave way under the force of her polishing and fell into the Jones’ garden, killing Mr Jones as he lovingly tended his asparagus. How upset she was to see her neighbour under a misapprehenshine. Etymology: misapprehension, shine Created by: galwaywegian.
Comments on Misapprehenshine:
Jabberwocky, 2009-03-10: 12:20:00
very funnymetrohumanx, 2009-03-10: 12:29:00
I love this sentence- it has drama, tragedy, and guffaws, too!splendiction, 2009-03-10: 16:52:00
great word, too!Nosila, 2009-03-10: 22:00:00
I laughed, I cried…mweinmann, 2009-03-11: 07:59:00
hahahaha….fun
Bufflooniery: /buff-luny-ary/ Sceptics called it bufflooniery but Sally was convinced that her collection of Canadian loonies would one day be the one true global currency and religiously buffed and polished them. Etymology: buff + loonie + buffoonery Created by: Jabberwocky.
Comments on Bufflooniery:
kateinkorea, 2009-03-10: 08:35:00
Funny! (Poor Sally)metrohumanx, 2009-03-10: 12:21:00
I really took a shine to this word!silveryaspen, 2009-03-10: 14:37:00
Rich! luv it!
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