Tag: Creativity

DEFINITION: v., To grasp the meaning of muddled texts like blog posts, emails and text messages where standard grammatical or spelling conventions have been ignored. n., The ability to read and understand confused or poorly written messages.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Texticologist: /tex-ti-col-o-gist/ Having twin 15 year old daughters, and a 13 year old son qualified Sara as an expert texticologist and she was often called as an expert witness in court proceedings where text interpretation was needed. Etymology: lexicology:the study of words and their meanings + text: + (-ologist-science or study of)texting: sending a text message Created by: mrskellyscl.

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Nosila, 2010-03-11: 16:12:00
good one

Dsighfor: /dee sye for/ Once again Nancy had to try and decode her boss’s text message. She always hoped her hunky boss would find her as attractive as she found him and send her a personal message. So far she could only dsighfor his texts, which all seemed to be business related. It did not help that he was such a poor speller and tended to multitask while texting her instructions. The latest message was especially confusing. “Gout 4 drinks? Call” She didn’t know if she should pretty herself up and make reservations or call his doctor to make an appointment… Etymology: Decypher (convert code into ordinary language;read with difficulty) & Sigh For (an utterance made by exhaling audibly; indicating anxiety about one’s emotional attachment for someone)

Created by: Nosila.

Dialext: /di-a-leh-xt/ “OMG” never flashed through Kimberly’s mind the way it flashed through the fingers of her niece, Destiny on the popular social networking site, facespace. Having joined in order to seal her place as the cool aunt, she had been frustrated by her inability to understand the dialext. LOL did not mean “lots of love” nor did MILTF mean “My independent life that’s full” and this lead to many misunderstandings. Etymology: dialect (language specific to a group or region) + text (hint: you’re reading it) Created by: thegoatisbad.

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Nosila, 2010-03-11: 22:49:00
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Degibber: /dijibər/ Claire is the perfect personal assistant to Mr. BigPants. She is the only one who can degibber his cryptic e-mails and memos. Most agree that his notes could be created by a chipmunk dancing on a keyboard. They also believe that most of the great ideas that come out of the head office are really generated by Claire. She just smiles and gives credit to her boss. Etymology: de (denoting removal or reversal) + gibber (speak rapidly and unintelligibly) Created by: artr.

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DEFINITION: v., To “surf”, or ride in a freestanding position on a bus, train or subway. n., A sport popular among transit riders who attempt to complete the entire commute in a freestanding position without using the handrails.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Coacharacha: /koatch a ratcha/ Elena commuted everyday for an hour on the bus and never was able to find a seat or a gentleman on it. She used her time to practice her dance steps and most enjoyed The Coacharacha as she called it. One day she brought her music and swayed to that tune, keeping her balance and shaking her hips. Before long others were joining her to make their commute more fun. The driver was greatly amused to see her lead a conga line of dancers off the bus downtown. Eventually she got a T-Mobile commercial getting everyone at her stop at the town square to dance the coacharacha which was a huge hit on Youtube! Etymology: Coach (a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport or a railcar where passengers ride) & La Cucaracha (A Latin mambo-style dance to the the tune of La Cucaracha, a popular Spanish/Mexican folksong about a cockroach, thought to satirize the Spanish American War) Created by: Nosila.

Allaboarding: /all-a-board-ing/ Allaboarding is a sport designed to add a little excitement to a morning commute. As with surfboarding, skateboarding, flowboarding and snowboarding; allaboarding is about the skill of combining balance and motion using public transportation. Specialties can include: metroboarding for subway specialists, retroboarding for those who still use trolleys, transboarding for bus passengers and railboarding for train riders. In the sport of allaboarding travelers must make an entire commute without support from handrails or straps during frequent stops, starts and acceleration. Points are deducted for bumping other passengers, hitting someone in the knee, eye or crotch with a purse, briefcase or elbow, not using deodorant or marinating oneself in a vile perfume or cologne. Etymology: boarding: sport of balancing on a board in motion; aboard: the act of getting aboard a bus, train or ship — “All aboard” is an expression heard often in old movies from the engineer of a train or the driver of a bus or trolley Created by: mrskellyscl.

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Nosila, 2010-03-09: 15:08:00
allaleulya!

Huladupe: /hu-la-dyüp/ The first time Kimberly saw Zinnia was on a school bus in 1993. Zinnia was a new student and nobody on the bus would budge an inch to afford her a seat. Nervously, and awkwardly, Zinnia positioned and braced herself as the bus lurched toward school, continually redistributing her body weight and the weight of her backpack in rhythm with the jerky, crowded vehicle. Kimberly tried to articulate the intricate dance Zinnia seemed to be performing, and when the bus braked just hard enough for Zinnia to fall face-first, Kimberly had an epiphany: “Hula-dupe!” Etymology: hula (a hip-centric dance popular at Hawaiian resorts) + dupe (someone easily fooled) Created by: thegoatisbad.

Brakedance: /brākdans/ Cindy didn*t use to enjoy her ride to work. When she didn*t get a seat, which was often, she would grab a strap and hold on for dear life. If she had stopped for coffee she would often spill it on herself or other passengers, maybe even sloshing some up her nose. Now she will get on the bus and forgo a seat even if available. The new sport is to brakedance all the way to work, holding on to nothing, swaying with every lurching turn and every sudden application of the brakes. It wakes her up so much better than a stop at Starbucks. Etymology: Brake (a device for slowing or stopping a moving vehicle) + dance (move rhythmically to music) play off breakdancing Created by: artr.

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mrskellyscl, 2010-03-09: 06:06:00
cute-good word

Nosila, 2010-03-09: 23:53:00
Heart braking good word!

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DEFINITION: v., To call your cellphone when you have misplaced it, hoping that it will ring so that you can locate it. n., The sound of a lost cellphone.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Lostandphoned: /lost and foned/ Stanley’s swinging bachelor pad was always such a mess that he usually misplaced his cell phone. The only way he could ever find it was to call it from the land phone and trace it. He called it the lostandphoned method. Too bad they had not yet invented a similar idea for missing eyeglasses…like if you made a spectacle of yourself, they would come into sight. Maybe if Stanley cleaned his place he wouldn’t always lose his stuff! Etymology: Play on Lost & Found (A repository in a public place, as in a school or theater, where found items are kept for reclaiming by their owners.) & Phoned (called on the telephone)

Created by: Nosila.

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karenanne, 2010-03-08: 12:30:00
Good one

artr, 2010-03-08: 15:07:00
Good word. Just what I would have thought if I thought of it.

Clutterring: /klətərring/ Charley is quite poor at keeping track of things. He never sets things down in the same place twice. Things end up in the strangest places. He is still trying to figure out how one of his socks ended up in a mayonnaise jar in the fridge, but that*s a different story. His current challenge is to not loose his company-issued Blackberry. He has tried several unique techniques. First there was the gecko location which involved rubber-banding the phone to his pet lizard. FAIL! Mr. Green Britches just shed a tail and went off to sell insurance. Then he tried the string theory. He tied a string around his finger and one around the phone with the thought that like things attract. FAIL! He attached a cookie with a thought that somehow his computer would help him. FAIL! Following the ants only worked for a short time. Finally he has a method that works, clutterring. He bought a tiny, cheap cell that he keeps on a cord around his neck and calls the Blackberry when he needs it. If it is dark, the light on the phone acts like one of those **as seen on TV** specials, the Clapper.(clapperring) Etymology: clutter (a collection of things lying about in an untidy mass) + ring (of a telephone; produce a series of resonant or vibrating sounds to signal an incoming call) Created by: artr.

Blackberring: /black-bear-ring/ My blackberry gets blackburied in my purse so I have to blackberring it to find it. Etymology: blackberry: smart phone + ring: phone sound Created by: mrskellyscl.

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Nosila, 2010-03-08: 23:47:00
blackburied…love it

Buzzterbation: /buz-ter-bay-shon/ Even though she knew it was a sin to spill her cell on the couch, Kimberly often fell asleep playing snake on her Nokia 5110 while watching Animal Planet. She often woke up and would buzzterbate frantically, searching through layer and layer of snuggie and slanket for the precious piece of pulsating plastic that once saved her life. Etymology: buzz (to call) + -terbation (well, I’m a little embarrassed to say) Created by: thegoatisbad.

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DEFINITION: n., A belief that the contraptions of yesteryear are superior, in almost every way, to modern, present-day technology. v., To wish that the today’s technology was just as good as it was in the past.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Ardorchaic: /ar-door-kay-ic/ Kimberly spent most of her afternoons shuffling through her latest faxes and glancing toward Zinnia with disgust. Zinnia liked to ignore the office listening to her wireless, solar-powered satellite radio headset and Kimberly preferred the textured sound of her Victrola, or when she was especially ardorchaic, a conk shell strapped to her head. Etymology: Ardor (enthusiasm, strong desire) + Archaic (old, primitive) Created by: thegoatisbad.

Tvnotworks: /tee vee not werks/ Grampa pined for the days when tv first came into the average home. Sure there were only 3 channnels; no remote controls (you got your exercise getting up every half hour to switch) and the shows ended at 11:00 pm, so you could get some sleep. Black and white tv meant you had to use your imagination to see the colors. That test pattern was mesmerizing, there were very few commercials and each night Gramp would end the evening with all-star wrestling followed by the national anthem. Nowadays, it was a case of tvnotworks. There were hundreds of channels to confuse you showing the same programs in a zillion different time zones. By the time you found one you wanted, it was over. Reality tv was what passed for entertainment on most channels…showing the depressing, tawdry side of life. You had to be an aerospace engineer to figure out all the recording contraptions on the remote…that elusive piece of hardware no one could ever find. Lost signals, cable outtages and such were new challenges. Nope, thought Grampa, give me the Ed Sullivan show every Sunday night to keep the family together…that was entertainment! Etymology: TV Networks (broadcasting) a television communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs) & Not Works (does not work;cause to not operate or function) Created by: Nosila.

Auldlangsystem: /old-lang-sys-tem/ (sung to the tune of Auld Lang syne-traditionally done on New Year’s Eve) Should old Ataris be forgot and ever shall we miss them. Should my old Sega be forgot and Auldlangsystems. The games of Auldlangsystems, dear, like Donkey Kong and Pong. These games that kids all play today are difficult and wrong. Etymology: auld lang syne: times remembered with affection and nostalgia + system: video gaming platforms from the 70’s and 80’s such as Atari, Seaga, Commodore and Intellivision Created by: mrskellyscl.

Ponger: /pon-ger/ Watching people play Wii at Best Buy sent him into a nostalgic moment and he began to ponger how amaaaaaaazing Pong and IntelliVision were and STILL are, but the sales person had no idea what he was talking about when he asked what isle these games were in.

Etymology: PONGER – verb – from PONG (the original video game from the 1980’s) + PONDER (To reflect, or consider with thoroughness and care; TO REFLECT)
Created by: Stevenson0.

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DEFINITION: v., To compulsively print out paper copies of all electronic files. n., A printing fetish common among paper pushers who suffer from a paranoid fear that their digital files are disintegrating on their hard drives.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Copyiousness: /kop pee us ness/ Mimi O’Graf drove her boss, Savya Treez, crazy because she printed off everything that came through her e-mail…even things sent to her by mistake. She was suffering from a bad case of copyiousness and to try and curb her fetish, Savya denied her request for another filing cabinet. Mimi already had four of them and she’d only worked there a year. “Mimi”, she said, “You are going to have to go through all those files and purge the unimportant. The whole point of us going paperless was to have less paper around!” Said Mimi, “But, Boss, if I have to waste time reading all the old e-mails, I will get behind in printing off the new ones!” “That’s it, Mimi!” said Savya, “I am calling the producers of “Intervention” and “Hoarders” to get you some help!!!” Etymology: Copy (a reproduction of a written record) & Copiousness (the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply)
Created by: Nosila.

Hypocopya: /high-po-copy-a/ Jen had hypocopya and regarded her copier key as a datalisman which would protect her from losing her soul if her hard drive was destroyed. She had joined the office cult of datalism, a belief that the data she created in this life would go with her to the afterlife where she would be judged by the quality of the work she produced. Etymology: hypochondria: abnormal anxiety about the state of one’s health + copy Created by: mrskellyscl.

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Nosila, 2010-03-04: 18:12:00
datalism, good word

Papyrulimia: /puh-pahy-ruhlim-ee-uh / With unlimited reams of corporate paper, Jenny slowly descended the long, lonely path of papyrulimia where she continuously feed the photocopy machine as much paper as it could swallow and with great satisfaction watched it spew out copy after copy after copy.

Etymology: PAPYRULIMIA – noun – from PAPYRUS (paper) + BULIMIA (an eating disorder characterized by frequent episodes of grossly excessive food intake followed by self-induced vomiting)
Created by: Stevenson0.

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Nosila, 2010-03-04: 18:10:00
good, but icky!

Documental: /däkyəməntl/ Millie doesn*t trust computers. She prints out every e-mail, report and memo that comes her way. She is so documental that she even prints notices from her e-mail service telling her that her inbox is over its limit. She spends so much time sorting and filing her paper that she barely has any time to do her work as an efficiency expert. Etymology: document (a piece of written, printed, or electronic matter that provides information or evidence or that serves as an official record) + mental (insane; crazy) Created by: artr.

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