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Cellulardysfunction

DEFINITION: v. To feel stressed and anxious and when your mobile phone runs out of battery power, drops its network connection, or in the worst case, gets misplaced and lost. n. A panic attack caused by an interruption in your mobile phone service.

Aaahhh! Stop the train!

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Cellulardysfunction: /sel-U-lar-dis-func-tion/ Jill’s bars suddenly dropped to zero as they approached the tunnel. Jill started to shake and sweat. She suffers from cellulardysfunction and the thought of “no phone service” makes her blood pressure soar. Etymology: cellular/dysfunction Created by: toadstool57.

Roamophobe: /Rohm-ah-fobe/ Bruce, with his pink Razr phone and its several Hello Kitty charms attached, would openly weep in roamophobic terror when the bus would enter the Lincoln Tunnel. How was he supposed to watch reruns of Project Runway with no bars? Etymology: roam – use of a cell phone outside of one’s calling area, phobe – person who has a particular phobia Created by: Banky.

Comments on Roamophobe:

Jabberwocky, 2008-04-03: 10:58:00
very funny sentence

Discellusionment: /dis-sell-oo-shun-ment/ Cathy froze in a state of complete discellusionment when her cellphone disconnected. The experience was so shocking that she remained cellibate forever after. Etymology: disillusionment + cell + lose Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Discellusionment:

OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-04: 04:54:00
Great word.

Nophonobia: /no-fn-obia
the accent is on OBIA. fn is barely pronounced/ Despite Lana’s nophonobia, ironically, she’s always one to lose her phone or accidentally destroy it in odd ways like when she dropped it in her water at Pei Wei as she passed it to Zack. Etymology: no + phone + phobia (an intense, abnormal, or illogical fear of a specified thing) Created by: diyan627.

Comments on Nophonobia:

Mustang, 2008-04-03: 18:59:00
Great word!

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Be Creative,

James

www.verbotomy.com

the create-a-word game

Definition Comments:

stache – 2008-04-03: 01:35:00
?

stache – 2008-04-03: 01:37:00
to whom is credit for the definition owed, james?

Verbotomy – 2008-04-03: 07:55:00
Ah… Actually I made it up! Cheers ~ James

stache – 2008-04-03: 18:47:00
way to go.

Matriarchenemy

DEFINITION: v. To join a discussion group or social network and immediately become identified as a villain by picking on the friendliest person in the community. n. A person who steps on other people’s toes and kicks bunnies.

You're going to step on my droppings...

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Matriarchenemy: /mey-tree-arch-en-uh-mee/ Janice became the matriarchenemy of the book club regulars by verbally attacking the opinions of Dody, the friendliest and most popular member at the neighbourhood library Book of the Month discussion. Etymology: matriarch + archenemy (antagonist, adversary, attacher) Created by: Stevenson0.

Hostylist: /hoss sty list/ Joy was the nicest hairstylist in town. Her clients loved her manely because she did the best coifs for miles around. Her sweet nature was an extension of the fact she loved her work. She worked with Bobbi Pin, Al Lopecia, Hairy Mullet and Dan Druff, who all loved her too. One day a new stylist joined their team. Her name was Delilah and after a short time, it became evident that she was jealous of Joy and made it her mission to be mean to her, lock, stock and barrel. The highlights of any given day were to shampoo-poo her work, upbraid her in front of clients, tease her mercilessly and cut her no slack. She combed Joy’s work for flaws and ratted her out whenever she could. Poor Joy was getting s-tressed from all these brushes with Delilah. She had to find a permanent solution to her dilemma. Nothing she said or did could straighten Delilah out. On a tip from a client, Joy went to the bank and borrowed enough money to buy the salon. She renamed it The Joy of Hair. Delilah’s face was colored red (actually auburn, with vermilion tints) when she found out that Joy would be her new head boss. As she streaked out of the salon to flyaway, she cursed Joy and the others(who gave her a finger wave)with that age-old hostylist’s curse: “Curl up and dye!”
Unfortunately for Delilah, outside, in her haste, she banged into a large mousse. The coroner later ruled her death a barbericide. The moral of this hair-raising story is that evil is at the root of all evil. Etymology: hostile (characterized by enmity or ill will or impossible to bring into friendly accord) & sty (a place where pigs abound)& stylist (an artist who is a master of a particular style
or someone who cuts or beautifies hair)

Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Hostylist:

arrrteest, 2008-04-02: 16:28:00
Great fable!I gues Delilah had hell toupe!

purpleartichokes, 2008-04-02: 19:09:00
Great sentence Jammy!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-02: 20:32:00
Sentensational!

Camaraderaptor: /kä’mÉ™-rä’dÉ™-rāp’tÉ™r/ After Georgette appended gushingly complimentary comments to every one of the submissions on the poetry blog, Flo just couldn’t help herself. She was, by her very nature, a camaraderaptor. She posted a stinging limerick, the first line of which was, “A bunny rabbit named Georgette… .” Etymology: ‘camara,’ var. of ‘kamara,’ soviet-era spy technology popular with kgb notable Boris Badinov; ‘der,’ German article; ‘apt,’ particularly appropriate, as this definition vis. doseydotes; ‘or,’ denoting approximately equally-weighted alternatives, as in ‘defecate or vacate the porcelain receptacle.’ Created by: stache.

Comments on Camaraderaptor:

Jamagra, 2008-04-02: 08:41:00
Still laughing over the last line. Great!

Jabberwocky, 2008-04-02: 12:55:00
great word

Mustang, 2008-04-02: 18:06:00
Excellent!

purpleartichokes, 2008-04-02: 19:03:00
Nice!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-02: 20:30:00
Stache, you are an etymologizing animal! Very funny; good word.

stache, 2008-04-02: 23:21:00
thanks, y’all. from giants among verbotomists such as yourselves these kind words mean much.

Scapegoatherd: /scape-goat-herd/ Jim established himself as the official scapegoatherd in the office. He carefully rounded up his victims from the weakest links he could find and took great pleasure in tormenting them. Etymology: scape goat + goatherd Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Scapegoatherd:

purpleartichokes, 2008-04-02: 09:56:00
Song of the day – that goatherd song from Sound of Music. YODELAAAHEEEE! Good word Jabber.

Jabberwocky, 2008-04-02: 11:45:00
Loud was the voice of the lonely scapegoatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-02: 20:40:00
That’s “goating” to extremes. Maybe he was the Goatfather!

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:

https://www.verbotomy.com/verboticisms.php?jid=bunny

Be Creative,

James

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

Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2008-04-02: 00:01:00
Today’s definition was suggested by doseydotes. Thank you doseydotes. ~ James

Jamagra – 2008-04-02: 00:18:00
Dang! Where can I get those shoes?!
Love them! …and another fabulous cartoon to add to an abunnydant collection.

purpleartichokes – 2008-04-02: 07:09:00

I want the bunny!

Verbotomy – 2008-04-02: 07:32:00
The shoes and bunny are available in my imagination… And now, I guess they are part of yours too! You can wear them while you’re playing Verbotomy. ~ James

purpleartichokes – 2008-04-02: 09:50:00
Ouch! The varmint bit me! Bad Bunny! Now he’s pooping all over the keyboarddddd. Oops, the “dddd” key is stuck.

arrrteest – 2008-04-02: 23:27:00

Killer Rabbit! Retreat!

Witticissistic

DEFINITION: v. To enthusiastically tell and share a lame joke with an unwilling audience. n. A person who does not realize that their sense of humor is not appreciated and laughs loudly at their own jokes.

I'll make everyone erase their hard drives!

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Witticissistic: /wit-ti-sis-sis-tic/ John was a witticissistic who loved his own sense of humour and the jokes that he wrote and was constantly pushing them on his unlaughing friends. Etymology: witticism + narcissistic Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Witticissistic:

Jabberwocky, 2008-04-01: 11:06:00
excellent

stache, 2008-04-01: 18:41:00
you da man.

OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-01: 22:16:00
Outstanding.

Comediot: /com-E-dE-ot/ Jill thinks she is the life of the party, telling her stupid jokes that have no punch line, and go on and on with no end in sight. Being the only one laughing you’d think she has to realize she is a complete comediot and not a canidate for comic relief. Etymology: comedian/idiot Created by: toadstool57.

Comments on Comediot:

Jabberwocky, 2008-04-01: 14:37:00
funny

stache, 2008-04-01: 20:55:00
I like this one. compact and to the point, plus it fits the def.

Mustang, 2008-04-01: 22:22:00
Great word. Very descriptive and blunt. Wish I’d thought of it.

OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-01: 22:24:00
Spot on.

Mirthworm: /murth werm/ Darryl was a mirthworm. He was the office geek, allegedly hired to fix all the computer & communications equipment problems. This meant he had a lot of time on his hands. And everyone knows that idol hands are the Devil’s workshop. He wasted his days bothering people by sending them or telling them jokes that only he found funny. Every April Fool’s Day, he could be counted on to author tasteless jokes and tricks at the expense of his fellow workers. Like when he had everyone tie plastic baggies around their telephones, because the phone company would be blowing air through the waves to clean out dust and the baggies prevented the dust from getting all over one’s desk. Or like the times he had left phone messages for people to call back a Mr. Don Keyes or Mr. G. Raff and the telephone number was that of the local zoo. Or when he left messages to call Germaine Shepherd or Greta Dane, at the local dog pound. Oh yeah, Darryl was a funster alright.
But his co-workers grew tired of his pranks and the stupid jokes he regaled them with daily. Jokes that were either of a racist, sexist or just plain unfunny nature. Jokes that interrupted the hard work they tried to get on with every day. This year would be different, for sure. Through clever negotiations with their long-suffering boss…a man who was fed up with Darryl’s tomfoolery and his lack of actual accomplishment in his job, Darryl’s days of clowning were over.
Yes, they could not wait for him to get the notice this morning on his computer from the boss about his upcoming transfer. Yes, Darryl would be leaving one way or another. He could have his choice of transfer destinations where his company had branch offices: Nimrod, Minnesota; Monkey Run,Arkansas; Ding Dong,Texas;Boring,Oregon;or the new Canadian branch in Boobey Brook, NB. And as a joke to this serious memo, he was being advised that the company was putting him on the Wittiness Relocation Program. Who’s laughing now, Darryl??? Etymology: mirth (laughter, merriment) & worm (a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect or a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network)
Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Mirthworm:

Jabberwocky, 2008-04-01: 14:42:00
great story for April Fool’s Day

arrrteest, 2008-04-01: 17:10:00
A regular Darryl of Laughs! Loved the story.

OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-01: 20:39:00
Great sentence with outstanding blend of two words from the heart and soul of English.

Nosila, 2008-04-01: 22:24:00
Cheers, mates…as usual most of my stories are based on real life…haven’t we all known a Darryl or two in our time???

Mustang, 2008-04-01: 22:26:00
Very good! Darryl is no doubt a Don Key-ote when it comes to pursuing his kind of humor…..very earthy wormy.

OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-01: 22:40:00
Things are getting a bit fishy. Might need to call in Barry Cooter of, maybe, Mirthbusters!

Loonytech: /loon-ee-tek/ For fun, Jason would hack into other people’s hard drives, infect their PCs with trojans and spam their e-mail boxes. No doubt he was good with computers but at the same time a loonytech. Etymology: Loony (a foolish or crazy person) + tech Created by: kashman.

Comments on Loonytech:

OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-01: 22:18:00
Good word.

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:

https://www.verbotomy.com/verboticisms.php?jid=alert

Be Creative,

James

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

Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2008-04-01: 00:01:00

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

stache – 2008-04-01: 08:58:00
Nice seasonal selection; I have to admit you had me for a minute.

Verbotomy – 2008-04-01: 12:36:00
Thanks stache. I was wondering if anyone would get my joke… I was starting to think that I’m just a nilarious jestersmuck, or maybe a farcefeeding obliviass. ~ James

purpleartichokes – 2008-04-01: 13:27:00

Got me as well, ya toonatic!

Blissipate

DEFINITION: v. To see joy and beauty where others only see complications, trouble and weeds. n. A moment of delight which dissipates as soon as it is shared.

Look I found a pretty flower.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Blissipate: /BLIS-uh-peyt/ As rainclouds fade away to distant horizons, only the waterless desert blissipates at its sandy dunes. Etymology: BLISS :Middle English blisse, from Old English bliss, from blÄ«ths, from blÄ«the, joyful; -_SIPATE:from L. sipatus, pp. of (dis)sipare “disperse, squander, disintegrate, cause to vanish” + supare “to throw, scatter about.”

Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Blissipate:

Jabberwocky, 2008-03-31: 12:53:00
very poetic

purpleartichokes, 2008-03-31: 14:05:00
Great word Oz!

Robtomist: /rob tom ist/ Rosemary had started out optimistic, but marriage to Rob had taken its’ toll on her good nature and she felt like she had married a robtomist. She decided to create a lovely garden after mulch thought. Her garden was her therapy, because he was a creeper who had tended to lilac a sidewalk and perennially wore his bachelor buttons while out with some hoe. Sod him, the rake…he thought he was so poplar! She turfed aside her negative feelings when out in her garden and with thyme, grew more sage. Her efforts in the garden helped rid her Hostality and control her impatiens. Her favourite fantasy while working the earth was to plan ways she could root out her rotten husband, the son of a birch: hit him in the gourd; beet him; artichoke him and let the life leek from him. But instead of pining fir him, she decided that sooner or later he’d begonia and she could prune him out of her life forever. Dill death do us part, indeed! She rose from her planting as all was well with the Cosmos, spruced herself up and went into the house to catch another episode of her favourite show, Lawn Order.

Etymology: rob (to steal) & optimist (someone who finds the good in everything and everyone) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Robtomist:

eap6217, 2008-03-31: 13:53:00
Well thought out.

purpleartichokes, 2008-03-31: 18:20:00
HA! Love the sentence (and the word)! Lawn Order, son-of-a-birch, artichoke him… too funny!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-31: 23:55:00
Great word;love the story!

Pollyanntidote: /-pol-ee-ANN-ti-doht-/ Although little Valerie exhibited a constant love of life, and an exuberance for discovering beauty in even the most mundane things which was almost infectious, her older sister, Sharon, was immune to such charming behavior, and she would almost always attempt to deter Valerie’s optimism with her version of a Pollyanntidote. So when Valerie tried to show Sharon how the broken bottle she’d found made the prettiest little rainbows on the sidewalk, Sharon said, “Does it still do that when it’s all covered with blood?” Valerie put the bottle down but, undeterred, she looked around, spotted a butterfly, and promptly went running off after it. Sharon thought she spotted a patch of poison ivy in the direction that Valerie was heading, and she idly wondered if a big, itchy rash might curb some of her sister’s enthusiasm. Etymology: Pollyanna – an excessively or blindly optimistic person (in allusion to the influential novel “Pollyanna” about an inspiringly cheerful little girl) + Antidote – a remedy or counteragent (from Greek, antidoton “given as a remedy”) Created by: Tigger.

Comments on Pollyanntidote:

Jabberwocky, 2008-03-31: 12:50:00
great word tigger

Mustang, 2008-03-31: 23:12:00
Excellent verboticism. Very descriptive and fun to say.

OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-01: 00:15:00
Great bit of thinking.

Serendumpity: /Ser – un – DUMP – it -ee/ Thinking she was spreading great joy only to receive criticism for her choices, little Helga experienced a sudden sadness and severe pangs of serendumpity. Etymology: Blend of serendipity and ‘dumps’ or state of sadness. Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Serendumpity:

Jabberwocky, 2008-03-31: 12:53:00
great blend

OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-01: 00:14:00
Excellent.

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:

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Be Creative,

James

www.verbotomy.com

the create-a-word game

Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2008-03-30: 00:01:00

Today’s definition was suggested by an anonymous donor. Thank you! ~ James

Chicgrin

DEFINITION: n. A fashion accessory or style of dress which purports to improve one’s appearance and attitude, but actually does the opposite. v. To follow a fashion dictum in an effort to improve your social standing even when it causes physical discomfort.

I can't breathe with this tie on!

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Chicgrin: /sheek-grin/ It was with mixed emotions and an attitude of chicgrin that she wore the latest all wool full body designer suit to the red carpet movie premiere. Etymology: chic (fashionable) + grin and bear it + chagrin (annoyance, discomfiture) Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Chicgrin:

OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-08: 21:39:00
Good word.

Fashionotsee: /Fah – shun – NOT – see/ Evan fancied himself a dashing figure in his retro attire but he was a fashionotsee who didnt realize that his peers were actually sneering and not smiling at his appearance. Etymology: Blend of fashion and not see (or Nazi..lol) Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Fashionotsee:

Nosila, 2008-04-08: 20:32:00
I always thought the word fashion came from fascism! Good one, Mustang!

Embhellishment: /emb-hell-ish-ment/ Six inch stylettos are an embhellishment that hurts the spine and causes muscle cramps in the legs but come in very handy as a weapon. Etymology: embellishment + hellish Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Embhellishment:

purpleartichokes, 2008-04-08: 09:27:00
Ha! So do steel-toes.

OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-09: 20:56:00
Bela, Bela!

Hautecoutorture: /-oht-koo-tor-cher-/ Irene had spent half of her last paycheck on a pair of Manolo slingbacks, and she took satisfaction in knowing that she was wearing the most fashionable shoes of anyone at the party. Unfortunately, the new, stiff leather had raised and torn open blisters on her ankles and squished her toes, so that now she was barely able to walk. This miserable hautecoutorture she was experiencing must just be part of the price of high-fashion. On top of that, her dress pinched under her arms and dug painfully into her bladder whenever she sat down. Her dress was a Versouchie. Etymology: Haute-couture – high fashion (French, haute “high” & couture “sewing”) Torture – to afflict with severe pain (from Latin, torquere “to twist, turn, or wring”) Created by: Tigger.

Comments on Hautecoutorture:

purpleartichokes, 2008-04-08: 09:25:00
Love it!

Mustang, 2008-04-08: 16:57:00
Great word.

Nosila, 2008-04-08: 20:35:00
She probably also wear Prodda and Calvin DeKlein! Good word, Tigger!

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:

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Be Creative,

James

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

Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2008-04-08: 00:01:00

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

stache – 2008-04-08: 18:32:00
clam hammock. heh, heh.

purpleartichokes – 2008-04-08: 19:07:00
Ha!