Tag: neologisms

DEFINITION: v. To give a child, pet or coworker a wrapped gift or packaged item, only to discover that they are much more interested packaging than the item itself. n. Gift wrapping or packaging materials which prove to be more exciting than the contained item.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Wrappeal: /rÉ™-pÄ“l’/ Little Marty loved the fire engine Grandpa brought him, but the wrappeal of the box and excelsior was overwhelming. Etymology: wrap appeal Created by: stache.

Comments on Wrappeal:

Jabberwocky, 2008-04-21: 16:51:00
nice blend

OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-22: 07:22:00
Good word

Wrapsody: /rap sode ee/ When Christmas morning came around, the little kids were more enamoured of the neat silver boxes that their rock computer games came in than the games themselves. It was like a Bohemium Wrapsody to see them unwrap their presents: A steel guitar, a DVD of “Wayne’s World” and a CD of Queen’s Greatest Hits! Instead of carols, all we heard were refrains like: “Nothing really matters, anyone can see, Nothing really matters to me”! And “Can anybody find me, someone to love…”
Yes, it was a regal Christmas…”Under Pressure” and “We Are The Champions” “We Will, We Will Rock You!” “Wrapsody in Right Satin”. Etymology: rhapsody (an epic poem adapted for recitation) & wrap (enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering)

Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Wrapsody:

Tigger, 2008-04-21: 01:26:00
Rock on, Nosila! Nice word.

Mustang, 2008-04-21: 21:15:00
Great word!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-22: 07:27:00
Roll over Beethoven – I’m rapped; good word!

Wraptivate: /RAP-tuh-veyt/ Wraptivated by some strange bibliomania, Bob’s bookself was full of books unread, but collected solely for the beauty or bizarreness of their dust-covers*. Etymology: Blend of WRAP as in wrapper, RAPT: carried away with the emotion, beauty etc., & CAPTIVATE: overpower with excellence etc. *DUST-COVER = Dust-jacket or Dust-wrapper. Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Wraptivate:

Jabberwocky, 2008-04-21: 12:12:00
Hey Bob – we missed you last week

Mustang, 2008-04-21: 21:16:00
Good word!

Bubblewrapture: /-buhb-uhl-rap-cher-/ Every year on Timmy’s birthday, a large box of carefully packed presents would arrive, sent by his Uncle Donovan and Aunt Beverly, who lived on the opposite coast. And every year, after opening the box and looking over the presents, Timmy would be overcome by a case of bubblewrapture, often making a fort out of the box and fashioning weapons and armor out of the packing materials. Etymology: bubble – a body of gas contained in a liquid or solid (from Middle Dutch, bobbel; imitative) + rapture – ecstatic joy or delight; joyful ecstasy (from Latin, raptus “a carrying off”) Created by: Tigger.

Comments on Bubblewrapture:

galwaywegian, 2008-04-21: 05:22:00
oh Yessssss!

libertybelle, 2008-04-21: 10:13:00
ah – ya beat me to it! Well done!

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James

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Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2008-04-21: 00:01:00

Today’s definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James

DEFINITION: v. To compulsively wash and excessively reuse “disposable items”, like paper cups, plastic utensils or kleenex tissues. n. An obsessive compulsion to reuse disposable items, often combined with a disposal inhibition.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Hoardiculture: /hord a kul chur/ “I think you are taking that commercial way too literally, Rita”, said her neighbour, Bev. “When they said not to squeeze the Charmin, they did not mean when you washed it and hung it out on the line”.
Rita said, “You just don’t understand the basics of hoardiculture, Bev.” “People have to justify their carbon footprint by saving everything they can..the forests, the whales, the water, the environment and Mother Nature, too.”
Bev replied, “But, Rita, is it really wise to re-use toilet paper with brownish streaks on it? I mean doesn’t that spread disease and isn’t it just plain hard to stop germs from spreading?”
“Oh, Bev, I call it it hoardiculture, you call it hardiculture…as she gazed fondly over to her mailbox, proudly showing her name: “R. Swipe!” Etymology: Hoard (to save up or never dispose of anything) & culture (a particular society at a particular time and place or the product of cultivating micro-organisms) & horticulture (the cultivation of living organisms) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Hoardiculture:

pieceof314, 2008-04-18: 08:21:00
great word -seems as if it should already been one!

arrrteest, 2008-04-18: 16:22:00
Love it! Fits perfectly!

Mustang, 2008-04-18: 18:59:00
Great word! Wish I’d thought of it first.

Recyclivity: /re – syke – LIV – uh – ty/ Belinda’s propensity for saving and recycling any all all manner of disposable materials had evolved into full blown, out of control recyclivity. Etymology: Blend of recycle and proclivity (habitual inclination or tendency) Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Recyclivity:

Nosila, 2008-04-18: 01:21:00
We should all have a proclivity for recyclivity, especially with Earth Day coming on Apr.22 … good one, Mustang!

Repsycholist: /re-sahy-koh-list/ Janice was our neighbourhood repsycholist who not only reclaimed kleenex from the street gutter for her children to use, but also cigarette butts for her husband. Etymology: recyclist + psycho Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Repsycholist:

Nosila, 2008-04-19: 00:38:00
Good one!

Uberuseabuse: /oober-yoos-a-byoos/ The whole family was suffering from Nanna’s uberuseabuse since it had progressed from crocheting floor rugs from plastic breadbags to soaking bandaids in bleach and then smearing some adhesive on them to re-stick them on the grandkids grazed knees. Etymology: uber (over) + use + abuse (what happens when you force someone to re-use their disposable nappy or bandaid) Created by: petaj.

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James

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Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2008-04-18: 00:01:00
Today’s definition was suggested by stache. Thank you stache. ~ James

DEFINITION: v. To injure yourself while performing a normal everyday activity, such bending down, standing up, or turning your head quickly. n. An self-inflicted injury which occurred during a period of physical inactivity, and so is somewhat embarrassing to explain.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Harmiliate: /harm ill ee ate/ Stanley felt like he was born with a large “L” for Loser on his forehead. No one could harmiliate themself the way he could. He had lost every job he had ever worked at and injured himself over and over in the process. Like the time he got 3rd degree burns working at a fast food place, bobbing for French fries. Or the time he crashed his taxi cab by backing up at great speed into the police car that had pulled him over for speeding. The impact had caused him to crack his nose open on his own steering wheel and get 2 black eyes. Or the time he was sitting on the glass of the office photocopier to copy his bare bum, when the glass shattered and splintered into his flesh.
Or the time he had worked at the bowling alley and got his fingers stuck in the holes of the ball that he was demonstrating for some kids. He went flying down the alley and into the pinsetter machine. He now knew where the terms “spare tire”,”gutter mouth”, “pins & needles” and “split lip” came from.
Yes, Stanley spent so much time at the local emergency room, that the staff had bought him his own coffee mug, just so they could take turns cracking up over his incident reports. But all that was about to change. Stanley had been hired to do his dream job. No more harmiliation for him…it would be someone else’s turn. Yes, Stanley had been hired as a consultant for the Workers Compensation Board! Etymology: harm (any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. or the act of damaging something or someone) & humiliate (cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of or embarrass)
Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Harmiliate:

pieceof314, 2008-04-15: 13:17:00
Yes, but will Stanley now get a paper cut on his eye, stab himself with stapler, or even smash his finger on the copy machine lid?

Nosila, 2008-04-15: 20:41:00
Most likely given his track record…I forgot about the time he worked at the butchers and accidentally backed up into the meat grinder, which made him get a little behind in his work…Cheers!

Mustang, 2008-04-16: 05:15:00
Good one!

Accedentary: /ack-said-in-tear-ree/ The first thing Robert noticed when he regained consciousness after the accedentary was that he had lost the race. Then he noticed the large glinting shards of the glass coffee table, reflecting images of tiny go-carts zooming past an imaginary camera. He slowly righted himself, his face crusted in blood and glass. There on the screen, displayed in repeating 1080p glory was the turn on Koopa Troopa Beach where he had lost the entire affair. Upon hitting the shortcut ramp dead on and rocketing into the dank tunnel, his excitement overwhelmed him, and with his hands thrust toward the heavens, mocking Zeus with his three-proged controller like a vengeful Poseidon brandishing his trident, he knew he alone reigned over this beach. Every crab and palm tree must now pay fealty to his awesome might. He triggered his stored lightning item for effect and basked in the power. And that was when he had the stroke. Etymology: accident + sedentary Created by: Banky.

Comments on Accedentary:

Jabberwocky, 2008-04-15: 10:49:00
clever

Nosila, 2008-04-15: 20:52:00
Great story

Inadvertadent: /in-ad-vert-eh-dent/ You would think Roger would have been better served if he had stayed in bed this morning. Or perhaps that wouldn’t have mattered either. That is because Roger was a schlemiel. It seemed as if every normal everyday thing he did, he got injured. He was so clumsy that the he didn’t have to show his insurance card at the local hospital. In fact, the emergency room looked more like the bar at Cheers whenever he was rolled in for some inadvertadent, real or imagined. They couldn’t wait to hear what mundane activity happened this time. Would it be his toothbrush needing to be removed from deep within his nasal cavity, like the last time he came? There was a running bet within the facility. Etymology: inadvertent, not attentive; heedless + accident, something that happens by chance, mishap Created by: arrrteest.

Comments on Inadvertadent:

Nosila, 2008-04-15: 20:44:00
Haven’t we all known guys like Roger…good story.

Magnedent: /mag neh dent/ Phil was a congenital magnadent. To say he was accident prone would be an understatement. Accidents seemed to find him in the most mundane and safe places. It was a good thing he had insurance, because otherwise he’s be in quite a bind. His policy has several riders on it that prohibit him from climbing steps, riding bikes with any amount of wheels, crossing the street, eating while walking, and hundreds of other scenarios that indicate a troubled past. Etymology: magnet + accident Created by: pieceof314.

Comments on Magnedent:

Nosila, 2008-04-15: 20:49:00
Phil probably could not walk past a fridge without sticking to it…Good One!

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James

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Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2008-04-15: 00:01:00

Today’s definition was suggested by Tigger. Thank you Tigger. ~ James

Banky – 2008-04-15: 15:48:00
Excellent definition, Tigger. I actually had this happen before one of my first dates with my wife, and I didn’t tell her the real story until a couple months after we were married.

Verbotomy – 2008-04-15: 18:24:00
Hey Banky, what was the injury? And how did you hide it from your future wife? ~ James

Tigger – 2008-04-15: 22:43:00

Oh, good words everyone. I couldn’t wait to get home and see what everyone came up with. I’m currently nursing a pulled stomach muscle that I got while I was reaching for the phone, when I happened to sneeze at the same time. So, I’m the idiot that inspired the definition.