Tag: Verbotomy

DEFINITION: v. To eat your favorite food, not because you are hungry, but because you are feeling sad or lonely. n. Food which is eaten to satisfy emotional cravings.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Eatmotional: /eet-moe-shun-al/ Something about the Grammys makes me very eatmotional. Why else would I sit there sobbing and polish off a whole bag of Oreos. Etymology: Eat + Emotional Created by: libertybelle.

Securrytea: /se-cur-ee-tee/ When Dan was upset he longed for a big mug of securrytea. The hot spicy liquid brought tears to his eyes and helped him through his crisis. Etymology: security + curry + tea Created by: Jabberwocky.

Cannellonely: /ca-na-lone-lee/ When Sam is blue he scarfs down a huge dish of cannellonely. Etymology: cannelloni + lonely Created by: porsche.

Cornsolation: /korn so lay shun/ Kernel Bran Dunne was so upset after his girlfriend Maizy dumped him that he went AWOL. At his home, he sought cornsolation in eating ten bowls of corn flakes. When the MP’s found him, after he made a gluten of himself, they rushed him to the infirmary. Luckily, the medics were able to save him. Hominy was restored and another senseless cereal killing was avoided! Etymology: Corn (ears of corn grown for human food; tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in American breakfast foods. & Consolation (the comfort/relief you feel when consoled in times of disappointment) Created by: Nosila.

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DEFINITION: n. A discussion among family members, or room mates, which often turns into a full-blown yelling match, and which seems to occur every night whenever it’s time to do the dishes. v. To fight about the dishes.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Dishracknophobia: /dish-rak-na-foe-bee-ah/ The Adams family had such a severe case of dishracknophobia that every night after dinner was bedlam. Etymology: dishrack + arachnophobia Created by: porsche.

Washerloo: /wash-ur-lu/ The battle of Washerloo was re-enacted every time the Smiths had French cuisine. Etymology: wash + Waterloo Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Washerloo:

Nosila, 2011-02-15: 23:05:00
Thanks, now I have the Abba song going through my head…

Dishfunctional: /dishfəngkshənl/ Momma loves cooking but hates doing the dishes. Billy read somewhere on the net that dishwashing detergent is bad for the environment so refuses to have anything to do with it. Dad can’t stand touching food scraps. This family is truly dishfunctional. They tried using paper plates once but nobody wants to take out the trash. Etymology: dish (a shallow, typically flat-bottomed container for cooking or serving food) + dysfunctional (not operating normally or properly) Created by: artr.

Detergentinsurgents: /dee ter jent in serj ents/ Every night the battle ensued…of the detergentinsurgents. Too dumb to establish a rota or work together, they fought blindly every night over who would get stuck doing the dishes. Finally in an effort to stop the racket every night, the neighbours bought them paper plates and plastic utensils and peace was restored. When thanked, they just said “Forketaboutit!” Etymology: Detergent (cleansing agent used to wash dishes) & Insurgents (a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority;in opposition to a civil authority or government)

Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Detergentinsurgents:

CharlieB, 2011-02-15: 07:27:00
🙂

Jabberwocky, 2011-02-15: 13:14:00
great combo

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DEFINITION: n. A person who is so heels-over-head obsessed with someone, that they trip over their own tongue every time they meet them. v. To be so infatuated that you trip over your tongue.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Adorabull: /ah doe rah bull/ he was so adorable, he reduced her to stuttering adorabull. Etymology: adorable bull Created by: galwaywegian.

Lipostucktion: /lip-oh-stuk-shun/ Every time she tried to speak her words got sucked back in and twisted. She was suffering from lipostucktion. Etymology: lip + stuck + liposuction Created by: porsche.

Comments on Lipostucktion:

galwaywegian, 2011-02-15: 03:44:00
nice one

Pedestall: /ped-a-stall/ Poor Mary had such a crush on Don, whenever he spoke to her she ended up completely pedestalling. It was less a case of cool ardour, more ar-d’oh! Etymology: pedestal (to glorify or idealise) + stall (to come to a standstill, be brought to a stop) Created by: CharlieB.

Moonstutter: /moōnstətər/ Julie won an appearance with her favorite singer from a contest held by a radio station. Despite her wobbly knees, she made it onstage only to moonstutter like a starstruck teenager. Oh wait, she IS a starstruck teenager. Etymology: moon struck (unable to think or act normally, esp. because of being in love)+ stutter (talk with continued involuntary repetition of sounds) Created by: artr.

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DEFINITION: v. To engage in intimate activities with your “ex”, even when you know that you will never, ever, get back together again. n. Intimate activities undertaken with an ex-lover

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Rebooty: /rēboōtē/ Rob and Jill know that they will never be able to get back together. There have been too many hurtful incidents for that to be possible. Despite that they can’t seem to resist the lure of the rebooty call. For a short time they can forget the past, as long as one of them departs quickly, before they can start talking. Etymology: reboot (an act of booting a computer system again) + booty call (a sexual invitation or rendezvous) Created by: artr.

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galwaywegian, 2011-02-11: 05:11:00
nice one

Posance: /po-zaens/ Though Shahida and Aamir had broken, still kissing each other. but all know it was just a posance to make siara jealous and nothing. Etymology: Pose = to show or act something which is not true. Romance= related to love Created by: Ahmad.

Exchecker: /ex-chek-ur/ Dan was never satisfied that his current relationship was as good as the last so he became an avid exchecker.

He refers to himself as Chancellor of the Exchecker. Etymology: ex + check+ exchequer Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Exchecker:

Nosila, 2011-02-11: 15:15:00
check, mate!

Extacy: /eks tassseeee/ Caught in a moment of extacy he wondered how much a brain-transplant would cost, but deep down he knew she’d never agree to it Etymology: ecstacy, ex Created by: galwaywegian.

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DEFINITION: n. A personality quirk or habit, which at first blush seems “cute”, but which can quickly become so annoying that it undermines personal relationships. v. To be habitually irksome.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Cattribute: /kat trib yewt/ When Jimmy Rattner met Catrina, he thought her devotion to cats was cute. One of her main cattributes was wearing jewellery, clothing, hair accessories, purses and shoes with cat designs on them. After never seeing her in anything but cat couture, he started to grow tired of it all. She finally invited him in for a coffee & a KitKat, only for him to discover her other cattribute was to own 20 cats in a one-bedroom apartment. So used his main rattribute and ran out on her without a word, never to call again. Rats! she thought…Cat must have got his tongue. Etymology: Cat (feline mammal) & Attribute (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity)
Created by: Nosila.

Teeheedious: /tee-hee-dee-us/ At first it was charming when the new intern tee heed after every remark the Director said – now it is just teeheedious. Etymology: Tee Hee + tedious Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Teeheedious:

Nosila, 2011-02-10: 23:56:00
hee-larious

Endearmental: /enn deeer ment ahl/ his enderment finally drove her endearmental. She put the bear trap in her (large)Armani bag, before heading out to the disco. “Tonight will be the last time he grabs his crotch when they play Michael Jackson” she promised herself, Etymology: endearment mental Created by: galwaywegian.

Conpeeve: /Con-Pee-Ve/ His combination of snoring and sleepwalking quickly went from cute to conpeeving after the fourth night of watching him snore walk his way into the wall. Etymology: Con – Peeve (what used to be a propreeve is now a con) Created by: Mrgoodtimes.

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