DEFINITION: n., An expressive gesture made with the belief that the person it is directed at cannot see it, typically occurs during telephone conversations, email discourses, and behind people’s backs. v. To use an unseen gesture to express what you cannot say.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Glibbondancing: /glib-bun-dan-sing/ When Zinnia disagreed with someone sitting across the conference table from her, she would smile and, under the table, secretly flip them off. This was too subtle for Kimberly, whose annoyance had evolved in its expression from similarly small gestures to pompous gibbon-dancing. Etymology: Glib (simply insincere) + Ribbon Dancing (a popular sport among 8 year old women) Created by: thegoatisbad.
Mockference: /mäkfərəns/ Halfway through the weekly mockference call the company IT guy stopped to see if the newly-repaired webcam was working correctly. Julie, the head jeerleader, suddenly had sick feeling in the pit of her stomach. She was greatly relieved when Mr. FattyMcButterPants (McFarland) told them that he didn*t know about the repair and had not turned on his monitor. Etymology: mock (tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner) + conference (a formal meeting for discussion) Created by: artr.
Stealthcontempt: /stealth-con-tempt/ Eighth grade teachers feel a certain amount of stealthcontempt every time they turn their backs to their class. Girls giggle, pencils get dropped and a new generation of class clowns begin honing their skills at the teacher’s expense. The young comics eventually learn, though, that the teacher really does have eyes in the back of her head, knows every trick in the book, and is not amused. The fledgling jesters are doomed to spend many long hours of their young lives doing long division problems and cleaning erasers. Etymology: wordplay on self-contempt: to consider oneself as inferior; to mock or deride oneself — stealth: an action done covertly or in secret + contempt: scorn, disrespect, open dislike; to be considered as inferior Created by: mrskellyscl.
Comments on Stealthcontempt:
artr, 2010-04-16: 11:16:00
and later comes stealthloathing.
Electromockery: /Electro- Mockery/ mocking using electronic media Etymology: electronic + mockery Created by: verboman.
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