Tag: word games

DEFINITION: n., A fear that occurs immediately after you have lodged a complaint, and is focused on the possibility that your service representative (i.e. waiter, bank manager, dental hygienist, etc.) is planning sabotage (i.e. secretly spitting in your food, secretly ruining your credit rating, or secretly removing your tonsils, etc.).

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Remorselphobia: /Ree – morse – el – fo – bee – uh/ After harshly criticizing the dessert the waiter brought, Gracielda had a bout of remorselphobia over the thought of what the waiter may return with. Etymology: Remorse + morsel + phobia Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Remorselphobia:

hendrixius, 2007-11-30: 08:34:00
nice word…

Jabberwocky, 2007-11-30: 15:06:00
very nice

Fretribution: /Freh-tri-bu-shun/ Fretribution is rampant amongst vegetarians who request a vegan meal. Etymology: fret + retribution Created by: porsche.

Comments on Fretribution:

purpleartichokes, 2007-11-30: 13:45:00
Ooooo… nice! Quite versatile!

Maitrebution: /mey-truh-byoo-shun/ As soon as she returned her over cooked steak, she had a sick sense that maitrebution would occur behind the closed doors of the kitchen on her new steak. Etymology: maitre d’+ retribution Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Maitrebution:

franke, 2007-11-30: 10:03:00
Great word — I’ll be thinking about it the next time I send food back at a restaurant. Yikes!!

purpleartichokes, 2007-11-30: 10:22:00
A legitimate beef. No doubt her next steak will be cooked medium hair.

Dissatisfriction: /dis-sat-is-frik-shern/ as he sent the salad back because it was to ‘leafy’, he started to feel an awkward pang of dissatisfriction Etymology: diss, dissatisfaction, friction Created by: rikboyee.

Comments on Dissatisfriction:

purpleartichokes, 2007-11-30: 10:14:00
I bet he’ll get the seizure salad for returning it.

Jabberwocky, 2007-11-30: 15:04:00
or maybe a gob salad with blew cheese dressing

purpleartichokes, 2007-11-30: 18:07:00
And what was that floating in the turdle soup?

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:
https://www.verbotomy.com/verboticisms.php?jid=service

Be Creative,

James

www.verbotomy.com
the create-a-word game

Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2007-11-30: 00:28:00
Today’s definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram~ James

remistram – 2007-11-30: 10:14:00
I admit – one of my paranoias….

purpleartichokes – 2007-11-30: 13:49:00
Thanks for all the great definitions Remi!

Verbotomy – 2007-12-01: 07:45:00
By the way, Remistram also gets a credit for yesterday’s definition. She originally submitted her definition about compulsive sniffing in June, so I have added her name to the credits which she shares with kabloozie. Thanks! ~ James

DEFINITION: n., A compulsive need to sniff everything and anything you pick up, even things that typically do not have distinctive odors. v. intr., To habitually sniff everything within your grasp — just to make sure it’s fresh.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Whifficionado: /\wif-fish-ee-uh-NAH-doh\/ Because Hector was a real whifficionado, anything that came near his face — the phone, his sunglasses, even his girlfriend — would get scrutinosed, and fragranalyzed. He had a total sniffixation. Etymology: whiff – “a slight trace of odor or smell” (aspirated var. of Middle English, weffe) + aficionado – “enthusiast” (Spanish, aficion, -from Latin, affectionem) Created by: Tigger.

Comments on Whifficionado:

OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-29: 04:28:00
I sorry if I’ve stolen “sniffixation” from you. I was unaware that you used it in your sentence. I’m happy to withdraw it & ubstitute “fragranxiety”. I’m a fan of whifficionado; it’s a great word.

Tigger, 2007-11-29: 12:21:00
No problem. Great minds think alike — apparently, so do we sometimes. 😉 I though that your word ‘smellancholy’ was brilliant.

kabloozie, 2007-11-29: 19:52:00
I think this captures the ‘essence’ of the definition.

franke, 2007-11-30: 10:02:00
Excellent word. Very funny.

Obsesscent: /uhb-ses-sent/ He is annoyingly obsesscent to the point of whiffing everything he comes in contact with. This schnozealous behaviour is to say the least neurotic and sniffsessive. Etymology: obsess + scent Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Obsesscent:

Mustang, 2007-11-29: 21:55:00
Excellent creation

Funkjunkie: /funk-junk-ee/ Fenella’s compulsive sniffing had a nasty side-effect whereby she became addicted to strong, even repulsive, odours. She was diagnosed as a funkjunkie. Etymology: funk (a strong smell) + junkie (addict) Created by: petaj.

Comments on Funkjunkie:

purpleartichokes, 2007-11-29: 19:08:00
Good one petaj. I like the sound of it.

Rhinomaniacal: /-rie-no-muh-nie-uh-kul-/ This rhinomaniacal freak just sniffed the aluminum foil he borrowed to see if it was fresh. Etymology: “rhinoplasty” and “egomaniacal” Created by: hendrixius.

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:
https://www.verbotomy.com/verboticisms.php?jid=sniffing

Be Creative,

James

www.verbotomy.com
the create-a-word game

Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2007-11-29: 00:01:00
Today’s definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie ~ James

Verbotomy – 2007-12-01: 07:47:00
Remistram also submitted definition about compulsive sniffing, so I have added her name to the credits for this definition. Thank you again to kabloozie and remistram. ~ James