Tag: Verbotomy

DEFINITION: n. The uneasy comfort that comes from knowing that your family, your friends, the police, the taxman, and every marketer in the world, are using the newest technology track your every move. v. To lose your privacy due to technology.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Snowdonder: /snow dun dur/ The government are Snowonder with details of our lives Etymology: Snowdon, snowed under Created by: galwaywegian.

Scareveillance: / scair-VAYL-ehns/ At first Wilhelmena found the constant scrutiny of her whereabouts and activities to be comforting but as she found it to be more and more intrusive she became somewhat paranoid and began to refer to it as scareveillance, and wished she knew how to put an end to it. Etymology: Blend of ‘scare’ (frighten) and ‘surveillance’ (The act of observing or the condition of being observed) Created by: Mustang.

Kintrusion: /kin tru shun/ Mary’s smart idea of getting an app that spied on her kids was great in theory. However, when you create that kind of a kintrusion, be careful what you wish for, because you might not like what you see, Mary… Etymology: Kin (family) & Intrusion (invasion of privacy) Created by: Nosila.

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DEFINITION: v. To take a really long, relaxing, shower; so long in fact, that you loose concept of time. n. A prolonged shower that uses up a whole tank of hot water and leaves the bather looking like a boiled raisin.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Soapoperation: /sop oper ay shun/ George’s twice daily overlong shower turned into a regular soapoperation…he had a shampooectomy which took over an hour each time. Etymology: Soap Opera (daily drama) & Operation (manoeuver;planned activity) Created by: Nosila.

Vegaturate: /vedj_ATCH-uhr-ayt/ Though he didnt set out to fritter away his afternoon, Luther nevertheless did in fact vegaturate in the whirlpool bath until he was totally pruney and out of energy and ambition. Etymology: Blend of ‘vegetate’ (To exist in a state of physical or mental inactivity or insensibility) and ‘saturate'(to soak, impregnate, or imbue thoroughly or completely) Created by: Mustang.

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DEFINITION: v. To deny one’s accomplishments, or minimize one’s abilities in order to obtain a job. n. A resume, or list of qualifications, which has been disembellished and disemboweled to meet extremely low job requirements.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Resumaynot: /rez you mey noht/ her resumaynot neglected to mention any of her achievements since high school apart from the mose killing stuff Etymology: resume may not Created by: galwaywegian.

Disconjobulation: /dis-con-job-yu-LAY-shun/ With no possible chance to find another job in his highly specialized field, Alexander found it necessary to apply for jobs he once considered beneath himself and found a little disconjobulation was necessary in order to ‘qualify’ for such menial positions. Etymology: A play on the word discombobulation, or discombobulate (To throw into a state of confusion) Created by: Mustang.

Negatiation: /neg ayt she ay shun/ In Harris’ negatiation attempt get a $10 per hour job at the local fast food place, he had not anticipated being interviewed by someone who knew his real past. Etymology: Negate (to deny, omit) & Negotiation (bargaining, discussion to come to an agreement) Created by: Nosila.

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DEFINITION: v. To offer pre-approved credit, loans or sweepstake prizes in order to lock the some poor sucker into permanent usury. n. Junk mail, spam or telemarketing offers for pre-approved credit and loans.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Scamwow: /SKAM-wow/ Having been hammered over and over by a recent infomercial about a wipe cloth, whenever Radcliffe would see ads of any kind for those ‘too good to be true’ products or services he would involuntarily shout “Scamwow!”, oftentimes startling people near him. Etymology: Blend of ‘scam’ (con game with phony offers) and the exclamation ‘wow’,(expressing joy or surprise) a play on Shamwow, a former commercially advertised product. Created by: Mustang.

Indebture: /in dept chure/ When Della got hom,e from work, she had yet more mail to sort. From different angles, each one wanted her to be in a state of indebture to them. Etymology: Indenture (a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term) & Debt (the state of owing something (especially money) Created by: Nosila.

Mailfeasance: /mail-FEEZ-ance/ The cell phone contract that I “won” seems to be a case of mailfeasance. Etymology: mail + malfeasance Created by: Pseudonym.

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DEFINITION: v. A software update or patch which uses up a ton of memory and hard drive space, stalling the computer with a crippling case of performance anxiety. n. To stall out a computer by installing a software “upgrade”.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Executabledysfunction: /ecks-uh-cute-abuhl-dis-FUNCT-shun/ Brad cursed his aging laptop when it experience severe executabledysfuntion when he tried to download and install a system update of utmost importance. Etymology: Blend of ‘executable’ (An executable file is a file that is used to perform various functions or operations on a computer) and ‘dysfunction’ (when something doesn’t operate normally), a play on the term ‘erectile dysfunction’ Created by: Mustang.

Connixion: /kon iks eon/ Although she had been advised to do so, Marianne was reluctant to install another connixion to slow down her computer. Etymology: Connexion ( the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination) & Nix (nothing;a quantity of no importance) Created by: Nosila.

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