DEFINITION: v. To ask a someone a bizarre question in order to get them to think outside their mental little boxes. (And to see if they are actually listening.) n. A creative provocation designed to pull people out of their daily stupor.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Stunundrum: /-stun-‘un-drum-/ Trying to ‘chat up’ the receptionist at the veterinarians office, Stuart idly asked her, “So why do they say you’re getting your dog ‘fixed’ when really it doesn’t work anymore afterwords? People ought to say they’re taking the dog to get ‘broken’ instead, shouldn’t they?” By the blank, slack-jawed look she gave him, he realized he’d overwhelmed her with a Stunundrum. He just sighed, sat back down and petted Rascal for awhile – at least Rascal seemed to pretend to understand his jokes. Etymology: Stun (from O.Fr. estoner) – to astonish, overpower or bewilder. + Conundrum (pseudo-Latin) – a riddle in which a fanciful question is answered by a pun. Created by: Tigger.
Comments on Stunundrum:
galwaywegian, 2009-03-11: 06:47:00
excellent!metrohumanx, 2009-03-11: 21:26:00
Perhaps Stu should’ve had the dog
TUTORED instead….silveryaspen, 2009-03-11: 21:57:00
Marvelous wordabrakadeborah, 2009-03-14: 18:58:00
Really good word! I like the way it sounds 🙂 Good Job!
Braintweezer: /brain tweaser/ “Please don’t give me one of those braintweezers of yours right before I have to go to bed!†Paul warned his philosophy roommate Ato. Lately, Paul, Ato and a bunch of the others had been posing many mindbenders of eachother with sharp braintweezers that stimulated unused areas of the brain. “After the last braintweez, my mind’s swelling and redness lasted for days! I lost too much sleep with the throbbing thoughts in my head…although I did realize the world is really a shallow representation of the forms!†Etymology: From the words brain and tweezer, to pinch; it is closely related to “brainteaser” but “braintweezer” causes more of a reaction in the recipient, more lateral thinking. Created by: splendiction.
Comments on Braintweezer:
silveryaspen, 2009-03-12: 00:51:00
Splendid wordkateinkorea, 2009-03-12: 22:04:00
Good!
Awakercise: /É™wÄkÉ™rsÄ«z/ Tony had trouble getting up in the morning until he discovered Verbotomy. Now he uses it as his awakercise to get his muddled gray matter out of its nocturnal vegetative state. Etymology: awake (stop sleeping; wake from sleep) + exercise (a task or activity done to practice or test a skill) Created by: artr.
Comments on Awakercise:
wayoffcenter, 2009-03-11: 08:23:00
zzzzzzz..Huh?
Questvigorate: /qwest vig er ate/ Have you been where you thought you were? Did you return before you got back? Did you come in the out door? Does colder weather make you older? Are you getting richer now it is daylight $avings time? Isn’t it fun to questvigorate? Etymology: To go on a QUEST to INVIGORATE other’s thinking by bizarre QUESTIONS is to QUESTVIGORATE. Created by: silveryaspen.
Comments on Questvigorate:
silveryaspen, 2009-03-11: 01:25:00
Please feel free to add your questvigorates.metrohumanx, 2009-03-11: 01:49:00
If a turtle loses his shell, is he homeless or naked?Tigger, 2009-03-11: 02:12:00
How come we park on the driveway, but drive on the parkway? – George CarlinTigger, 2009-03-11: 02:51:00
How come we park on the driveway, but drive on the parkway? – George CarlinJabberwocky, 2009-03-11: 12:14:00
Is catching a cold at the last station of a railway line a terminal illness?metrohumanx, 2009-03-11: 21:24:00
Why did kamikaze pilots wear crash helmets?silveryaspen, 2009-03-11: 21:51:00
you are all so creatively mullicious and smile-licious 🙂Nosila, 2009-03-12: 00:08:00
How come when 2 cars meet in the course of driving, it’s an Intersection, but when sex partners meet it’s an intercourse?? Is this where sex drive originates?silveryaspen, 2009-03-12: 00:47:00
Only when given the green light!
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