Tag: Verbotomy

DEFINITION: v., To carefully place a lid on a bottle, especially a salad dressing bottle, so that it appears closed and will not spill unless the bottle is moved or shaken. n., A bottle which has been prepared in such a manner.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Asaltandsplattery: /əsôltandsplatərē/ Gerry is a real practical joker. In a case of asaltandsplattery he loosened the lid of the salt shaker and ketchup bottle as he served fries to his guests. Etymology: A play on assault and battery Created by: artr.

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galwaywegian, 2010-02-18: 07:18:00
🙂

Vinairegrette: /vin ee re gret/ Rosemary knew that her husband Basil was up to his old tricks again. Despite his being warned of the consequences. When she went to take out the salad dressing from the fridge, he had loosened the lid so that she would have a vinairegrette if she tried to shake the bottle. Luckily she was on to him and decided that payback was long overdue. She would artichoke him, then beet him, pepper him with a salt and they’d eventually find his chard romaines in her backyard, where there was not mushroom. Yes, Basil would vinairegrette his capers and rue the day he’d given Rosemary such a hard thyme! Etymology: Vinaigrette (oil and vinegar salad dressing with mustard and garlic) & Regret (feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about) Created by: Nosila.

Saladmessing: /sal-ad-mes-sing/ Jim, a perpetual five year old, played one too many practical jokes on his wife when he fixed the lid on the salad dressing, what he called saladmessing, so that it would completely ruin her new sweater. She packed her bags, and handed him a letter from her lawyer. “How’s that for closure,” she asked before slamming the door. Etymology: wordplay on salad dressing — salad + messing: to mess around with or make a mess Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Saladmessing:

galwaywegian, 2010-02-18: 07:12:00
nice

Nosila, 2010-02-18: 17:22:00
like it…don’t mess with the dressing!

Howgrossman: /howww growww smann/ Her frenzied shaking of the howgrossman bottle left thousand island dressing dressing the island in the kitchen Etymology: how gross lloyd grossman sauce Created by: galwaywegian.

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DEFINITION: n., A sulky look characterized by prolonged eye contact, which pets give their owners and/or spouses when they feel neglected. v., To stare at someone with a sad-eyed look in an effort to make them feel guilty.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Guiltfelines: /gilt fee lins/ It always happens when I am packing for a trip, even a short one. My two cats seem to know I am forsaking them, so they circle my legs, sleep on my suitcase and worse, stare at me with those big eyes accusingly. Yes it’s the old guiltfelines again. They refuse to eat while I am gone and ignore whoever is serving their physical needs. Then when I return their excitement and curiosity at my return is soon replaced with aloofness. I am being paid back for my abandonment of them for a while. Then, they are back to normal…asking what I brought them, what’s for dinner and why haven’t I bought any more catnip. Luckily cats have short memories. Etymology: Guilt Feelings (remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offence) & Felines (cats) Created by: Nosila.

Fidoeyed: /fīdōīd/ After a long, hard day at work Jeff*s pup Bobo greets him with his best fidoeyed look as if to say **How could you leave me all day here with that stupid cat?** Guiltreats will surely ensue. Etymology: fido (a generic name for a pet dog) + doe-eyed (having large, gentle, dark eyes) Created by: artr.

Melancollie: /mel-lan-col-lie/ Jake, a border collie, hated being left behind and felt melancollie and dejected. So the highly intelligent and talented dog who could control a flock of sheep or geese with just a look, would also use his stare to control his owner, making her feel very guilty for leaving him. Etymology: melancholy: tending to promote sadness and gloom + collie: herding dog originating from the British Isles – Border Collies in particular have a distinct “gaze” that they use to control sheep, geese, children or anything that moves (except for cats, who stare back at them and refuse to be herded) Created by: mrskellyscl.

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Nosila, 2010-02-17: 23:22:00
cute!

Errlepathy: /‘er-‘le-puh-the/ Kimberly was a critic of the idea of errlepathy until she saw a commercial about animal abuse. As if the Sarah McLachlan music wasn’t enough, the eyes of the mistreated animals made her own eyes flow with tears as she reached for her phone and credit card. Etymology: Blended:
(1) err: mistake or wrongdoing
+
(2) telepathy: extrasensory transmission of messages Created by: thegoatisbad.

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DEFINITION: n., A sulky look characterized by prolonged eye contact, which pets give their owners and/or spouses when they feel neglected. v., To stare at someone with a sad-eyed look in an effort to make them feel guilty.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Melancollie: /mel-lan-col-lie/ Jake, a border collie, hated being left behind and felt melancollie and dejected. So the highly intelligent and talented dog who could control a flock of sheep or geese with just a look, would also use his stare to control his owner, making her feel very guilty for leaving him. Etymology: melancholy: tending to promote sadness and gloom + collie: herding dog originating from the British Isles – Border Collies in particular have a distinct “gaze” that they use to control sheep, geese, children or anything that moves (except for cats, who stare back at them and refuse to be herded) Created by: mrskellyscl.

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Nosila, 2010-02-17: 23:22:00
cute!

Fidoeyed: /fīdōīd/ After a long, hard day at work Jeff*s pup Bobo greets him with his best fidoeyed look as if to say **How could you leave me all day here with that stupid cat?** Guiltreats will surely ensue. Etymology: fido (a generic name for a pet dog) + doe-eyed (having large, gentle, dark eyes) Created by: artr.

Guiltfelines: /gilt fee lins/ It always happens when I am packing for a trip, even a short one. My two cats seem to know I am forsaking them, so they circle my legs, sleep on my suitcase and worse, stare at me with those big eyes accusingly. Yes it’s the old guiltfelines again. They refuse to eat while I am gone and ignore whoever is serving their physical needs. Then when I return their excitement and curiosity at my return is soon replaced with aloofness. I am being paid back for my abandonment of them for a while. Then, they are back to normal…asking what I brought them, what’s for dinner and why haven’t I bought any more catnip. Luckily cats have short memories. Etymology: Guilt Feelings (remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offence) & Felines (cats) Created by: Nosila.

Errlepathy: /‘er-‘le-puh-the/ Kimberly was a critic of the idea of errlepathy until she saw a commercial about animal abuse. As if the Sarah McLachlan music wasn’t enough, the eyes of the mistreated animals made her own eyes flow with tears as she reached for her phone and credit card. Etymology: Blended:
(1) err: mistake or wrongdoing
+
(2) telepathy: extrasensory transmission of messages Created by: thegoatisbad.

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DEFINITION: n., A sulky look characterized by prolonged eye contact, which pets give their owners and/or spouses when they feel neglected. v., To stare at someone with a sad-eyed look in an effort to make them feel guilty.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Fidoeyed: /fīdōīd/ After a long, hard day at work Jeff*s pup Bobo greets him with his best fidoeyed look as if to say **How could you leave me all day here with that stupid cat?** Guiltreats will surely ensue. Etymology: fido (a generic name for a pet dog) + doe-eyed (having large, gentle, dark eyes) Created by: artr.

Melancollie: /mel-lan-col-lie/ Jake, a border collie, hated being left behind and felt melancollie and dejected. So the highly intelligent and talented dog who could control a flock of sheep or geese with just a look, would also use his stare to control his owner, making her feel very guilty for leaving him. Etymology: melancholy: tending to promote sadness and gloom + collie: herding dog originating from the British Isles – Border Collies in particular have a distinct “gaze” that they use to control sheep, geese, children or anything that moves (except for cats, who stare back at them and refuse to be herded) Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Melancollie:

Nosila, 2010-02-17: 23:22:00
cute!

Guiltfelines: /gilt fee lins/ It always happens when I am packing for a trip, even a short one. My two cats seem to know I am forsaking them, so they circle my legs, sleep on my suitcase and worse, stare at me with those big eyes accusingly. Yes it’s the old guiltfelines again. They refuse to eat while I am gone and ignore whoever is serving their physical needs. Then when I return their excitement and curiosity at my return is soon replaced with aloofness. I am being paid back for my abandonment of them for a while. Then, they are back to normal…asking what I brought them, what’s for dinner and why haven’t I bought any more catnip. Luckily cats have short memories. Etymology: Guilt Feelings (remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offence) & Felines (cats) Created by: Nosila.

Errlepathy: /‘er-‘le-puh-the/ Kimberly was a critic of the idea of errlepathy until she saw a commercial about animal abuse. As if the Sarah McLachlan music wasn’t enough, the eyes of the mistreated animals made her own eyes flow with tears as she reached for her phone and credit card. Etymology: Blended:
(1) err: mistake or wrongdoing
+
(2) telepathy: extrasensory transmission of messages Created by: thegoatisbad.

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DEFINITION: v., To avoid unwanted interruptions (visits, calls, or emails) by pretending to be unavailable, unreachable or unconscious. n., A person who pretends they are not home in order to avoid talking to someone.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Homeevashun: /hohmi-vey-shun/ Whenever a topic comes up at a staff meeting that he knows little about and can’t talk about for four hours, Bob goes into his homeevadshun mode shutting out everything and everyone.

Etymology: HOMEEVADSHUN – play on HOME INVASION
Created by: Stevenson0.

Fakecant: /fake-cant/ You could tell by the fakecant look on Bob’s face that he was either trying to avoid contact with the rest of us or he was called back to his home planet. Either way, he wasn’t missed. Etymology: fake: having a false or deceiving appearance + vacant: not occupied, empty Created by: mrskellyscl.

Circumvenshun: /sir kum ven shun/ Wally hated people bugging him at home. It did not matter whether it was on the phone, e-mail or at the door, he had the act of circumvenshun down to a fine art. People thought he was eccentric or occupied with some big hush-hush project. The reality was that Wally hated missing a moment of his daytime dramas. Yes, he watched every soap opera on the tube, every day. One could say that Wally was Young & Restless, he was living the Days of Our Lives to the fullest, his tv friends were like All My Children. He was not Bold & Beautiful, but if he had One Life to Live, As the World Turns, he was going to end up in General Hospital if he did not get some exercise! Etymology: Circumvention (the act of evading) & Shun (avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of)
Created by: Nosila.

Motherducker: /mu ther DUK er/ Conn manages to be “sick” every year during inventory week. This is the fourth year that he’s stayed home while the rest of us have to climb ladders with pen and paper and count every stinking widget on those dusty shelves. He doesn’t even try to be creative any more – he’s like, “Still have the flu… yeah, that’s the ticket….” I can’t believe the boss STILL hasn’t caught on to that lazy motherducker. Etymology: duck (to dodge, evade) + mother*ucker Created by: karenanne.

Comments on Motherducker:

galwaywegian, 2010-02-16: 03:32:00
love it!

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