DEFINITION: n. Something, or someone, that/who always seems to break or fall apart, just when you need it/them the most. v. To fall apart just when you need to get it together.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Humptydumptease: /hum-tee-dum-teeze/ Bob was such a humptydumptease. Every time Sarah felt secure in their relationship he would fall apart and go off singing
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
Etymology: humpty dumpty + tease Created by: Jabberwocky.
Comments on Humptydumptease:
Nosila, 2009-05-07: 21:42:00
The Yolk is on him.splendiction, 2009-05-07: 22:24:00
Eggcellent word!
Dylanthropologist: /dil anth ro pol ojist/ His card stated he was a Dylanthropologist, so when Joan kept calling to make an appointment, she would invariably get his answering machine which would either play “It ain’t easy”; “It ain’t me, Babe”; “Lay, Lady, Lay” or “Don’t call me no more, cause I’m knock, knock, knockin’ on Heaven’s Door!”. Etymology: Dylan (Bob Dylan, stage name of Robert Allen Zimmerman, an American songwriter noted for his protest songs (born in 1941) & Anthropologist (the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings) & Apologist (A person who expresses regret at having caused trouble for someone)
Created by: Nosila.
Comments on Dylanthropologist:
splendiction, 2009-05-07: 22:26:00
perfect!
Crapitulate: /crap IT you late/ It was the last straw. Jenny did not care if it was Dennis or his phone that was crapitulating this time, but she was going to emancimate him. He was a Broke Down Engine, and ain’t got no drivin’ wheel! Etymology: Crap: somewhat vulgar universal noun used to refer to something that’s substandard (this crap phone has crapped out again!). Capitulate: To give up or in, usually at an inopportune moment. Emancimate: see Monday’s verbotomy. Created by: emdeejay.
Comments on Crapitulate:
dochanne, 2009-05-07: 03:44:00
You crap it late if on short notice too!hyperborean, 2009-05-07: 23:30:00
Many of the words today are creative, but very few stick to the definition. Yours does, and it also works with the cartoon AND the Dylan theme! You’ve got my vote!
Fragmentia: /fragmÉ™nshÉ™/ Alan has an unusual approach to stress. First he will fall apart, go into a tizzy, disintegrate. Then he will conveniently forget that it ever happened. His friends call it fragmentia. They aren’t sure which is worse, the cyclone of chaos that occurs first or being ignored afterward. Etymology: fragment (break or cause to break into fragments) + dementia (a chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning) Created by: artr.
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