Tag: Verbotomy

DEFINITION: n. A harmless untruth, intended to comfort simple souls. v. To use a little bit a fiction to smooth over the perplexities and complexities of life.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Fibrication: /fibrəkāshən/ Where did I come from? What happened to fluffy? Does this dress look good on me? What do you think of my artwork? Do you love me? Questions like these can spark fibrication. Etymology: fib (a lie, typically an unimportant one) + fabrication (invent or concoct (something), typically with deceitful intent) Created by: artr.

Lieability: /lye abil itee/ When it came time to complete his staff’s evaluations, Kurt had to use his lieability skills to soften the blows. He’d say things like “Joe is a very reliable worker, when he is here.” or “Mary Jane is flexible…she is equally ill at ease with large groups or a single person.” or “Fred’s long, liquid lunches make the afternoons go quickly and he creates a party mood among his peers for the last hour each workday.” or “Roxanne can light up a room, just by leaving it.” Etymology: Lie (a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth) & Ability (skill;able to achieve something)and Wordplay on Liability (the quality of being something that holds you back)
Created by: Nosila.

Dalyinglama: /dall-i-ing-lama/ You might think His Holiness would never tell an untruth, but when it comes to sparing someone’s feelings, he becomes the DalyingLama. Etymology: Dalai Lama (Buddhist leader) + lying (not telling the truth) Created by: CharlieB.

Pliecebo: /ply-see-boh/ He was happy to soothe her with a simple pliecebo Etymology: lie, placebo Created by: rikboyee.

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DEFINITION: v. To steal a look at your reflection in a window, mirror or other reflective surface; often done furtively so not to be seen as vain. n. A reflected image which is distorted by vanity.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Inanimire: /In an uh mahyr/ Although the smart phone battery had died 47 minutes ago, that didn’t stop Leopold from faking a text now and again to inanimire how his new hairstyle. Etymology: Inanimate – Admire Created by: Mrgoodtimes.

Windowvain: /win do vane/ Maria being a classic narcisstic person could never pass a building or car window, mirror or other shiny surface without adoring herself. She was windowvain. Her boyfriend Peter noticed this and asked her why one day when they passed a department store window did she pause to admire herself? She told him that it was no reflection upon him… Etymology: Window (a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air)& Vain ( characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance) & Wordplay on Windowpane (a sheet of glass with a clear reflection on a window) Created by: Nosila.

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libertybelle, 2011-03-21: 09:40:00
clever!!

Narcissipeek: /närsəsipēk/ Joy thinks she looks pretty good. She tries to not be too vain but can’t help but take a narcissipeek as she passes by the mirrored windows of the office building. Etymology: narcissism (excessive or erotic interest in oneself and one’s physical appearance) + peek (look quickly, typically in a furtive manner) Created by: artr.

Mirrorage: /meer-or-ahj/ It took a moment for Dylan to realize that his sister Monique wasn’t spending so much time at the sunglasses display because she was trying out a new pair, it was because she was mugging back at her tiny reflections in the lenses of all the mirrored sunglasses. She was awestruck at teh mirrorage or 64 little images of her looking spectacular in silver and rainbow tint. Dylan didn’t have the heart to tell her that the sunglass mirrors really did nothing for her appearance but make her already big nose look bigger. Etymology: mirror (reflective surface) + mirage (something that is not as wonderful as it seems or not there at all) Created by: libertybelle.

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DEFINITION: n. An incomplete sneeze; starts with a nose tickle, followed by a sharp intake of breath, but then it vanishes, leaving only a vague sense of incompletion. v. To start a sneeze, but never actually finish it.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Incompleeze: /in kom pleez/ Helen felt that feeling of unfinished business when she built up to a sneeze and then it receded. What made her sneeze become an incompleeze? Why did it achoose not to go all the way? Who nose? Etymology: Incomplete(not yet finished) & Sneeze (involuntary expulsion of air through the nose) Created by: Nosila.

Gestunnedheit: /guh-stunned-height/ Kirsty’s aborted sneeze called forth a chorus of gestunnedheits from her friends, who had all felt the same frustrating nose tickling. Etymology: gesundheit (wishing good health to one who has just sneezed) + (to be made senseless, groggy or dizzy) Created by: CharlieB.

Sneeble: // Etymology: snee, from the word sneeze + ble from the word feeble = a feeble sneeze, or “sneeble” Created by: Sed8ed.

Yawnchoo: /yônchoō/ She felt it starting deep in her gut, a sneeze that she knew would be heard for blocks. It began with a tingling in her toes and moved up her legs to his torso. Then the required lurching, hah, hah, hah, but then it stalled just before the choo. Oh no, a yawnchoo. How unfulfilling. Etymology: yawn (involuntarily open one’s mouth wide and inhale deeply due to tiredness or boredom) + achoo (the sound as a sneeze) Created by: artr.

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DEFINITION: v. To compulsively describe, in excruciating detail, the minute events of one’s everyday life as it happens; especially when assisted by modern information technology systems. n. A person who feels compelled to “share” every detail of their life, with everyone.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Tweetsixteen: /twētsikstēn/ Katie is just sure everybody is hanging on every facebook status update she makes. If she changes the color of her toenail polish, her world of friends knows about it. She recently stepped it up a notch by opening a Twitter account. Her account name is tweetsixteen despite the fact that she is 56 years old. Etymology: tweet (a post on Twitter) + sixteen (one more than fifteen) Sweet sixteen (used to refer to the age of sixteen as characterized by prettiness and innocence in a girl.) Created by: artr.

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CharlieB, 2011-03-17: 04:03:00
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Socialmeetiagh: /so shal meet ee yaaaah/ When Chatty Cathy called Twitter Twila and Facebook Fanny to describe her latest ablutions, they raced to blog it first and let the world know. Do you really need this socialmeetiagh, Cathy? People thought you were boring before, but now they have it in writing. P.S. Get your 15 minutes of fame by doing something worthwhile! Etymology: Social Media (blogging;Facebook, Twitter,etc); Social (marked by friendly companionship with others) & Meet (get together;interact)& Agh! (Make it stop! it’s painful!) Created by: Nosila.

Twittirksome: /twit-erk-sum/ Molly didn’t realise how twittirksome her obsession with photographing her meal and posting it on Twitter before the starter even arrived had become. It was why Jim dumped her. Not that she really minded: she could now tweet every 30 seconds as she went through the five stages of grief, from denial to acceptance. Etymology: Twitter (social networking site) + irksome (irritating, annoying) Created by: CharlieB.

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DEFINITION: v. To push a push-button that has just been pushed by someone else because you “need” to push it yourself; common at elevators, traffic lights, and family meetings. n. A person who “needs” to push their own buttons.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Obpress: /ahb-PRes/ Rick became enraged when he thought I was intentionally trying to oppress his need to obpress the buttons in the elevator. I didn’t realize that me standing infront of the control panel would send him into such a tizzy. What made it worse was the twenty-three story ride in the small enclosed elevator and listening to him rant about how he needs to press the button. I am not sure whether to be sorry for him or appalled by his childish tantrum. Etymology: obsession + press (a play on the word oppress)= obpress Created by: libertybelle.

Elevatorgasm: /eləvātərgazəm/ It all started when, as a young girl, her father would allow her to push the button on the elevator at his office. She still gets a charge, an elevatorgasm, when she is able to push her own button. Etymology: elevator (a platform or compartment housed in a shaft for raising and lowering people or things to different floors or levels) + orgasm (a climax of sexual excitement) Created by: artr.

Comments on Elevatorgasm:

libertybelle, 2011-03-16: 08:47:00
lolol cracked me up!!

Pressdetout: /press dee toot/ Irma was a pressdetout when it came to elevators. She had to press the buttons for each and every floor. It slowed down the elevator ride for many and caused people to get angry, but she could not help herself. She’d even press the button someone else had already lit up. Some people get the elevator, some just get the shaft… Etymology: Press (to exert pressure or push on something) & De Tout (Fr: of everything, all) and Wordplay on Prostitute (someone who gets paid to push another’s buttons, wink, wink, nod, nod) Created by: Nosila.

Compushive: /kuhm – push – iv/ “Hmmm” he thought, “what does that light really mean? I think I better push it again, yeah just to be sure, why not right, sure….buy my underwear at KMart…”. Bob couldn’t help but yield to his compushive nature once again. Etymology: Compulsive – Push Created by: Mrgoodtimes.

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