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DEFINITION: n. A pile of used and discarded tissues; may constitute a bio-hazard. v. To drop a used tissue on to the floor beside your bed or chair, because you are so sick you can barely move.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Inphlegmatory: /in flem a tor ee/ The Fire Marshall was certain to declare that the bedroom floor of Sal Iver’s house was definitely an inphlegmatory risk. Sal had been sick with the flu for 2 days and had neither the skill nor the will to put all his used tissues in a receptacle. His bedroom was the site of much hankie pankie and the normally phlegmboyant Sal was reduced to that of a bronchialbuster who had not lasted long enough to win the big purse. The irony was that 2 days ago, he had planned to phone in sick to play hookey from work. He figured the word Gesundheit meant “serves you right”. All this while his catarrh gently weeps…sniff, sniff! Etymology: Inflammatory (characterized or caused by inflammation;unhealthy, detrimental to health) & Phlegm (Mucous,expectorated matter;saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages) Created by: Nosila.

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XMbIPb, 2010-05-19: 02:48:00
Ack !!
I wanted to use “phlegm” for this one. Let’s see… there are three more body fluids, right? I mean, phlegm, blood, something and something else… Gosh this is going to be difficult.

Loogiellution: /-lu-gi-lu-shen-/ Just dusted off my copy of Galen’s “Physiologia” to figure out the right body fluid to use for this challenge. You know, come up with something phlegmo-hemo-uro-bilious… but “phlegm” is already taken by another player. Then my gaze fell on the old Penguin Classics copy of Aristotle with his four elements… but nothing geo-hydro-pneumo-flammable came to mind. Oh well… I guess, “LOOGIELUTION” is the best I can offer at the moment. Too bad that by now I’m too drunk to use it in a coherent sentence… Sad. Etymology: LOOGIE (n.) (fr. mod. Eng. slang) – snot, phlegm, sputum, booger, “lung cookie;” LUTION (n.; fr. Lat. lutum) – mud, filth (e.g. “pollution”). Created by: XMbIPb.

Mucascade: /myu kas KAYD/ Vy Russ had had the flu for the past three days, and the tissues that she had been dropping in the little trash basket next to the couch had accumulated and begun to overflow. She was so tired and dizzy that she didn’t even feel like emptying the basket when she went to the bathroom, so it had become a mucascade of snot rags tumbling, avalanche-like, to the floor. Too bad she lived alone. Or maybe, good thing she lived alone and no one else had to be subjected to it…. Etymology: mucus + cascade Created by: karenanne.

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Nosila, 2010-05-20: 00:06:00
Snot bad…

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DEFINITION: v. To pretend that you adore someone’s pet even though it is annoyingly stupid, bizarrely threatening, or just plain stinky. n. A alarming pet or companion, which nevertheless requires fawning.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Adderation: /ad der ay shun/ Monty Python was a mere civil serpent who had always admired his co-worker, Ana Conda from afar. One night he met her at the CobraCabana Club and they danced the Mamba and he ended up driving her back to his den in his Viper, which was an old rattler. Taking her boa and mocassins, he invited her to
relax and have a Stinger. He then disappeared into the bedroom and brought out a huge krait and asked her to marry him. She tried to show her adderation, but felt constricted and ran out the door, shouting, “Fangs, but no fangs, you legless lizard and herpestologist!”. He ran after her yelling, “Even though you have a nice asp, I want my Diamondback!” Etymology: Adder (small terrestrial viper common) & Adoration (the act of admiring strongly;to feel profound love and admiration)

Created by: Nosila.

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XMbIPb, 2010-05-18: 12:56:00
Nice. (Suggested antonym: “aspaversion”)
🙂

Pseudozoophilia: /-su-do-zo-o-fi-li-a-/ Once a girl hears the ticking of that special biological clock, she’ll fake anything. I knew a girl once who pretended to know how to cook, laughed at my jokes, and even laughed at my friends’ jokes. What tipped me over to propose was her PSEUDOZOOPHILIA toward my pet tarantula Mike. Now that we are back from our honeymoon, Mike is dead, I am always hungry and can’t help but wonder what else is she faking. Etymology: PSEUDO (fr. Grk.) – false, fake; ZOO (fr. Grk.) – animal; PHILOS (fr.Grk) – dear, love. Created by: XMbIPb.

Beastbuddy: /beast BUD ee/ “Um, isn*t a scorpion kind of a dangerous pet?” she asked, as she scooted toward the other end of the couch. “Shhh – you’ll hurt Spike*s feelings! He doesn*t even know he’s supposed to be scary. He’s my beastbuddy and would never hurt anyone,” he responded. “Just make sure to shake out your shoes before you leave – you know, so you don*t hurt him. He gets a tiny bit cranky when people step on him.” Etymology: best buddy + beast Created by: karenanne.

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Nosila, 2010-05-18: 20:02:00
Is Spike a Scorpio..good word

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DEFINITION: v. To demonstrate your superior knowledge and intellect by using complex, confusing and mind-numbingly stupid jargon. n. A person who uses big words to inflate their unusually small ideas.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Lingostar: /lin go star/ Paula McCartney was very possessive about the John, By George. She was a self-proclaimed bathroom monitor and rules writer, legislator and enforcer. She was the Loo-tenant, the Canservationist and the Privy Counselor. When new signs were needed, she was the lingostar and create baffling and confusing edicts that no one understood. Being Bladder Controller meant she could invent the rules and execute them. Everyone in the office felt that she belonged “Back in the USSR”…”Eight Days a Week”. When they boycotted the toilets, she asked them if they needed to go…they answered, “No Reply” or “I Feel Fine”. Her boss finally intervened and told her, “Let it Be”, even though people told him, “You’re going to lose that girl”. She quit and became a “Paperback Writer” and followed “The Long and Winding Road” to lingostardom. Etymology: Lingo ( a characteristic language of a particular group) & Star (a performer who receives prominent billing) & Wordplay on Ringo Starr (the 4th Beatle…With a little help from my friends) Created by: Nosila.

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XMbIPb, 2010-05-17: 01:34:00
Luckily, Pete Best quit after the Hamburg tour (when they sang as a back-up band for Tony Sheridan). If Ringo didn’t take Pete’s spot at the drum set, this word would have never been born. Cool word, N! 🙂

galwaywegian, 2010-05-17: 10:46:00
was he related to John Rennon?

Nosila, 2010-05-17: 17:14:00
I like the comment of Paul, when asked if Ringo was the best drummer in the world, he said Ringo wasn’t even the best drummer in the Beatles!

XMbIPb, 2010-05-17: 20:05:00
LOL…

Uberloquitor: /-ü-bÉ™r-lo-kwi-tor-/ I can’t even tell you what George and I drank over the weekend. Nor how much of it we drank. Neither remembers. All I can say is that Master George – and there’s no other way I can call him from now on – is a bloody genius! Despite a massive hangover and absolute lack of preparation, he managed to UBERLOQUITATE the entire board meeting into extending our contract for two (count’em – t-w-o) more years! I mean I was sitting there with my head feeling like a cracked egg shell, while Master George managed to pull a presentation full of “gestalt,” “zeitgeist,” “sine qua non,” “parallax,” and at least a dozen words all of which had at least one vowel with an umlaut. I love that guy! Etymology: uberloquitor (n.), uberloquacious (adj.), uberloquitate (v.) —– UBER- (fr. Germ.): over, beyond. [Recently replaced other such superlative prefixes as “super-“ and “ultra-“ (see: “ubergeek,” “uberhack,” “ubercool”)] LOQUI – (fr. Latin) to speak. Created by: XMbIPb.

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Nosila, 2010-05-18: 00:41:00
Ausgezeichnet story…

Dicktionary: /DIK shun air ee/ Arry Gant is such a dicktionary. He likes to use fancy words to obscure the true meaning of what he is really saying, while making it sound really important. Everything he says is technically true; it just comes off sounding a lot better than what really happened. For example, he told us yesterday that he went to an evening philosophy lecture on campus last Thursday, probably because he thought it would impress this really cute girl who hangs out with us a lot. I was getting tired of his B.S., so I called his bluff in front of her and asked him to tell us some things about it. He responded, “Well, it was so esoteric and arcane as to be virtually impenetrable. I only wish it had could have been less rarefied and more prosaic.” The girl, whose intelligence he had vastly underestimated, responded, “So what you’re saying is that the lecture was meant mainly for people who already have knowledge of the study of philosophy, and so you didn’t understand anything the speakers were saying because you probably haven’t taken any classes in it. You wish it had been way more simplified so you could have actually understood some of it. Is that right?” All he could say in response was, “Uhhhh…yeah, that’s basically it,” before slinking away, claiming that he had to “go do something very urgent and important.” Etymology: dick + dictionary Created by: karenanne.

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Nosila, 2010-05-17: 17:11:00
Good word and story…Arry’d make a great dicktator!

Pedanthick: /ped ann thik/ Solly was getting bored with Pamela’s incessent pedanthick regurgitation of the latest buzzwords. She did however, have a wonderful ass. Etymology: pedantic, thick Created by: galwaywegian.

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Nosila, 2010-05-17: 09:48:00
He’s a pedantfile, maybe?

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DEFINITION: v. To fret and worry after the accidental shredding and/or deletion of an important document, file or friend. n. 1: The state of anxiety caused by an accidental shredding. 2: An item which has been accidentally deleted.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Trashpanic: /-træʃˈpanɪk-/ “Gerard, why the hasty face? – Go away! I’m in a serious trashpanic.”
“Definitely. I definitely would have gone to that concert, but I trashpanicked the tickets while I was not paying attention – hard cheese took over me.” Etymology: trash: a container into which things are discarded; panic: overpowering fright Created by: freiflug.

Annihipression: /-an-i-hi-pre-shen-/ As the first fat flies began to buzz around the bloody body and brain chunks, Dorothy dimly wondered if dismembering Scarecrow with a chainsaw was really a good idea. “Well, he shouldn’t have finished his sentences with prepositions,” she thought to herself and felt a bit better. By the time her little car crossed into Kansas, the ANNIHIPRESSION she felt almost completely lifted and she was looking forward to seeing Mom and Dad again. Etymology: ANNIHILATION – (fr. Old Fr.) complete destruction, to reduce to nothing; DEPRESSION – a psychoneurotic or psychotic disorder marked especially by sadness, inactivity, difficulty in thinking and concentration, a significant increase or decrease in appetite and time spent sleeping, feelings of dejection and hopelessness, and sometimes suicidal tendencie Created by: XMbIPb.

Shredderdreader: /shredərdredər/ Several years ago Millie was shredding her usual batch of junk mail when she spotted Ed McMahon’s smiling face in the teeth of the paper chomper. Too late! Convinced that she had lost the chance of a lifetime to be a millionaire, she has become a shredderdreader, refusing to throw away any mail. The accumulation now occupies every nook of her small apartment. She eats only cold meals because lighting the stove would surely start a fire. The microwave was crushed by a pile of paper several months ago. Things are suddenly looking up for Millie. She has the opportunity to make some serious coin being featured in the new reality show, Hoarders. Thanks, Ed. Etymology: shredder (a machine or other device for shredding something, esp. documents) + dreader(someone who anticipates with great apprehension or fear) Created by: artr.

Docuotomy: /doc-u-ot-o-me/ When Donna mistakenly shredded Keith’s term paper, she committed an accidental docuotomy. Etymology: Docu- n(1950): report paper. otomy v[L,fr.Gk to remove] Created by: jaehawk.

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DEFINITION: v. To be unable to remember the name of a person you are speaking to, even though you’ve had a long-standing, and perhaps even an intimate relationship. n. An inability to remember a person’s name.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Onomamnesia: /-o-no-ma-mne-zhi-a-/ Woke up one morning and said: “Good morning, Sue” to the woman still sleeping next to me. Given the fact that my wife’s name is not Sue, it didn’t sit well with her. Claiming ONOMAMNESIA didn’t work. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get out of that one? I mean other than to find a good divorce attorney? Etymology: ONOMA (fr. Greek) – name;
AMNESIA (fr. Greek) – forgetfulness
Created by: XMbIPb.

Mementia: /mēmenshə/ When Mike was little, his brother shot him in the ear with a BB gun. The pellet lodged in his brain in the tiny spot that normally stores names. Dr. Whitecoat’s term for his condition is mementia. He calls his wife, Mimi honey, sweetie, even ”Hey, Lady”. The only name he seems to be able to remember is his son, Me2. Etymology: me (the name I call myself) + dementia (a chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury) Created by: artr.

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Nosila, 2010-05-13: 10:09:00
Memerable word

Oblivinom: /-É™’blɪvɪnom-/ “Oblivinom is known to men for decades: the inability to remember names of familiar individuals.”
“Oblivinom should not be confused with oblivinomnom, which expresses itself in not being able to remember what one has eaten for dinner, even though that was just half an hour ago.” Etymology: oblivion: the state of forgetfulness; nomus: Latin for name Created by: freiflug.

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Guest, 2010-05-14: 12:37:00
also: oblivinomnomnom – not being able to remember the name of the dinner you have eaten, even though you would recognize it if you saw it

Amigonesia: /am ego nees ya/ When what’s-her-name…oh, yeah, Julia was kissing what’s-his-name, oh yeah, Julio, his friend, what’s-his-name, oh yeah, Raoul, ask who is the lucky lady? At first, what’s his name, oh yeah, Julio was stumped, but he got over his amigonesia and realized that it was indeed, what’s her name, oh yeah, Julia, his wife. The affects of too much sangria and tequila, old age and what’s it called, oh yeah, amigonesia, had taken their toll on what’s his name, oh yeah, Julio. It was another game of what’s-it-called, oh yeah, Geriatric Jeopardy in full swing. Etymology: Amigo (Spanish for friend) & Amnesia (partial or total loss of memory) Created by: Nosila.

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