DEFINITION: v. To engage in an emotional debate over the small, yet somehow surprisingly important details in a simple game. n. An emotional game player
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Trivialdispute: /trivÄ“É™ldispyoÅt/ It doesn*t matter what board game Gary is playing or who is playing. At some point every game turns into trivialdispute where the minutiae of some rule comes into question. Etymology: trivial (of little value or importance) + dispute (a disagreement, argument, or debate) a play on Trivial Pursuit Created by: artr.
Bawlderdash: /bawl der dash/ It was always a Risk to invite Bawlthazar the Bawlderdash to our weekly Games Night. He liked to have a Monopoly on winning but did not use his Cranium. His thoughts were so Scrabbled and so Scattergoried that he did not have a Clue how to play most games. And yet he would bawl when he lost. We started having secret Games Nights. I know, it was a Trivial Pursuit of some fun, but if The Bawlderdash got wind of our plans, we would be Sorry. Somedays we wanted to sink his Yahtzee with our Battleship. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose…I guess that’s just the Game of Life! Etymology: Balderdash (a popular board game of trivia and bluffing, where players bluff meanings of obscure words to win points, Balderdash is also defined as trivial nonsense) & Bawl (cry loudly;shout loudly and without restraint;make a raucous noise)
Created by: Nosila.
Comments on Bawlderdash:
splendiction, 2009-10-15: 23:06:00
Balderdash is my favourite game! Great word and sentence.
Verbuse: /ver BUSE’/ I like playing games with my brother, except when he ends up getting upset over my interpretation of the rules and subjects me to the most terrible verbuse. I say he’s too rigid, then he says the way I’m doing it is “incorrect” and “inaccurate.” And don’t ever say to him, “Who cares about these little details; it’s JUST A GAME,” because that’s when he begins sputtering and spouting some REALLY verbusive language. Last time, it was, “Oh, I forgot, you’re the ‘good-looking’ brother [he still hasn’t forgotten THAT remark from Aunt Sophie, 35 years later], but that’s okay, because I’m the SMART one!” Etymology: verbose + verbal abuse Created by: karenanne.
Comments on Verbuse:
Nosila, 2009-10-15: 18:20:00
Very apt word…good one!
Scrabblesquabble: /scrab-bel-skwab-bel/ Family game night turned ugly when Ted began a Scrabblesquabble about the word “verbotomy.” When his sister protested, Dad looked it up in Webster’s; however, it wasn’t there. Ted insisted that he saw the word online somewhere. Nettie wasn’t sure if being online qualified it as a real word or just something made up. Ted held his ground and insisted that because he saw it online, it must be a real word because they wouldn’t put things that aren’t real online. Mom suggested that perhaps Ted was confusing two words and somehow mashing them together. As Ted’s belligerence grew louder, Nettie stormed off and pouted, Mom retreated to the kitchen and little Rosie began to cry and throw blocks at the dog from her playpen. Dad had enough. He finally shut the whole thing down and sent everyone to bed. The next week they tried something a little less controversial like Trivial Pursuit. Etymology: Scrabble: word building board game where questionable words can be challenged by an opponent and settled by proving the validity of the word using a dictionary + squabble: a noisy quarrel, usually over a trivial matter Created by: mrskellyscl.
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Be Creative,
James
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