DEFINITION: v. To gasp and go rigid with shock when someone unexpectedly hugs you. n. The gasping sound, and associated rigid body reaction, which a person who is “not comfortable with physical intimacy”, emits when they are unexpectedly hugged.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Flabbergrasp: /flab her grasp/ Despite briefing on the protocalling, for caution and careful handulling, at the Queen’s soft touch, the lackadaisical lady, with a strong hand, flabbergrasped the Queen! Etymology: FLABBERGAST, GRASP, GASP. Flabbergast – astonish, surprise, shock, startle, flummox. Grasp – hold with the hand. Gasp – quick intake of air when startled by being flabbergrasped. /// Protocalling is a verbotomy based on protocol for calling on the queen. /// Handulling is a verbotomy based on the need to dull all hand gestures when handling the queen, so they are not misconstrued as hand gestures attacking the queen. Created by: silveryaspen.
Comments on Flabbergrasp:
metrohumanx, 2009-04-06: 01:38:00
Grasp her flab=Flabbergrasp! A quasi palindrotomy ! VERY good, Silvery!abrakadeborah, 2009-04-06: 09:10:00
LOL Too funny! I like it 🙂silveryaspen, 2009-04-06: 11:20:00
Yikes, Metro! Never gave it a thought. Now I need to start thinking backwords as well as forwords!Nosila, 2009-04-06: 19:13:00
Absolutely flabulous, silvery!Mustang, 2009-04-06: 20:41:00
Best of the day.metrohumanx, 2009-04-07: 01:18:00
Just don’t start backing talkwards!silveryaspen, 2009-04-07: 02:32:00
queueirkedsilveryaspen, 2009-04-07: 02:49:00
delete the above comment please – forgot to change screens before beginning a new verbotomy! Forgot to look backwords while trying to go forwords!Jabberwocky, 2009-04-07: 09:45:00
super
Winceofwails: /winss ov waylz/ When asked what was the high point (or most publicized aspect) of her recent trip to Britain, the First Lady said it had to be her receiving the winceofwails for encircling her Majesty in a photo-op embrace. The whole episode became a royal pain, for her and the House of Wince-or! Etymology: Wince (grimace;flich, cringe) & Wails (emit sound of sorrow or grief) & play on Prince of Wales (The Heir to the British Throne and some of Queen Elizabeth II) Created by: Nosila.
Comments on Winceofwails:
metrohumanx, 2009-04-06: 00:58:00
Didn’t Henry Kissinger once grab Margaret Thatcher’s ass?
Nobody made a big deal out of THAT!silveryaspen, 2009-04-06: 01:21:00
Royal pun = roils of fun! Great create and right on the definition, too!
Shockandpaw: /shock-and-paw/ Larry was the office touchy-feely guy, known for his flagrant practice of shockandpaw hugging manuvers on unsuspecting women. He snuck into the office one day and found Martha, the new receptionist, alone at her desk. What Larry never realized, though, was that Martha carried creepaway spray in her purse for just such an occasion. Etymology: shock: surprise + paw: fondle, grope (wordplay on shock and awe a la G.Bush) Created by: mrskellyscl.
Comments on Shockandpaw:
galwaywegian, 2009-04-06: 08:48:00
nice one!artr, 2009-04-06: 13:09:00
Love it!Mustang, 2009-04-06: 20:39:00
Excellent!!metrohumanx, 2009-04-08: 02:39:00
Good one, Miss Moneypenney!
Gasptropod: /gahsp-troh-pohd/ It was a beautiful day. Amelia, a social butterfly, was chairperson of the Friendly Acres Welcoming Committee. Her job was to meet and greet new arrivals to the neighborhood and deliver a basket of household goodies. After knocking several times on the front door of the newly arrived Mollusk family, imagine Amelia’s shock when Mrs. Mollusk (whose husband was a snailmail man) inhaled sharply when Amelia extended her hand to introduce herself. She was even more shocked when Mrs. Mollusk instructed the children at her foot to hide. Mrs. Mollusk then slammed the door and quickly retreated into her house. As Amelia walked back down the Mollusks somewhat slimy, but shimmering-in-the-sunshine pathway, she decided the Mollusks must be the gasptropods of the neighborhood. Etymology: Playing with GASTROPOD, a snail or slug, single-shelled, muscular organ of locomotion Created by: readerwriter.
Comments on Gasptropod:
silveryaspen, 2009-04-06: 17:55:00
Oh, no! They shunned your friendly graspopaweds! No shellouts in this family! Very unique etymology.Jabberwocky, 2009-04-07: 09:48:00
very clever
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