Tag: Verbotomy

DEFINITION: n. A person who, using an example from their own life, steers people away from a line of speculation by reducing it to an absurdity. v. To dismantle a logical argument with piles of passionate incoherence.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Colorpoohpoohle: /kol or poo pool/ When Lavender asked her Daddy to buy her a computer, he was mauved to colorpoohpoohle her request. He entered a Purple Haze and told her a plum crazy story of how he had to lilac a sidewalk when he was young, just to get his Daddy to give him a magenta crayon to finish his homework. His Daddy thought just heliotropes used that color and it spurred him to almost violet behaviour towards his son. Luckily his mother had grape expectations of her only son and his father’s amethyst-icuffs did not scare her or his son. Poor Lavender, she had long ago drifted into a deep purple haze when listening to this periwinkle of a tale, because she was mauved to boredom. Etymology: Color (an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading)& Pooh-Pooh (express contempt about;reject with contempt) & Play on Color Purple (Alice Walker Book and 1985 Steven Spielberg film) Created by: Nosila.

Babblogic: /babel – ojik/ Cecil’s usual babblogic behavior befuddled even the most intelligent person. He was a babblegic in the truest sense in that he could expound a subject for hours and you came away not understanding the point of anything he had said. Etymology: babble (say or speak incoherently), logic Created by: mweinmann.

Ergocentrist: /er go SEN trist/ He is such an ergocentrist. Basically, his attitude is, “This is how I did it thirty years ago and it worked for me; therefore, this is how it should continue to work.” He says he never gets vaccinations because when he was 17, he got one, and the next day, he broke his ankle. Therefore, he would never get a vaccination again because he is sure it makes people’s bones turn brittle. Since then, he has never broken a bone, which just “proves” his theory. But he does get the flu almost every year. (Which he blames on computer viruses, because he never got the flu until he was 18, and hey, that was RIGHT AROUND the time that computers really hit the popular market, so therefore,….) Etymology: ergo (therefore) + egocentric Created by: karenanne.

Comments on Ergocentrist:

Nosila, 2009-11-05: 00:24:00
ergological word

Mentorklaxonite: /MEN-tore-KLACKS-un-ITE/ Discourajerk Exampalook!
Your theory can’t be right.
I erred that way
And have become a….
Mentorklaxonite.
Etymology: MENTOR: a trusted counselor or guide; Latin, from Greek Mentōr
(1616)…..KLAXON: trade name used for an electrically operated horn or extremely raucus, attention-getting warning signal, often disorienting…..-ITE: adherent, devotee, or one who espouses a particular philosophy; noun suffix
from Latin -ita, -ites, from Greek -itēs

Created by: metrohumanx.

Comments on Mentorklaxonite:

metrohumanx, 2009-11-04: 04:16:00
http://vos.ucsb.edu/

metrohumanx, 2009-11-04: 06:44:00
Ignore the comment above.
http://onemansblog.com/2006/12/01/a-compendium-of-150-monty-python-sketches/

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:

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

Be Creative,

James

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

DEFINITION: n. A person who, using an example from their own life, steers people away from a line of speculation by reducing it to an absurdity. v. To dismantle a logical argument with piles of passionate incoherence.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Babblogic: /babel – ojik/ Cecil’s usual babblogic behavior befuddled even the most intelligent person. He was a babblegic in the truest sense in that he could expound a subject for hours and you came away not understanding the point of anything he had said. Etymology: babble (say or speak incoherently), logic Created by: mweinmann.

Colorpoohpoohle: /kol or poo pool/ When Lavender asked her Daddy to buy her a computer, he was mauved to colorpoohpoohle her request. He entered a Purple Haze and told her a plum crazy story of how he had to lilac a sidewalk when he was young, just to get his Daddy to give him a magenta crayon to finish his homework. His Daddy thought just heliotropes used that color and it spurred him to almost violet behaviour towards his son. Luckily his mother had grape expectations of her only son and his father’s amethyst-icuffs did not scare her or his son. Poor Lavender, she had long ago drifted into a deep purple haze when listening to this periwinkle of a tale, because she was mauved to boredom. Etymology: Color (an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading)& Pooh-Pooh (express contempt about;reject with contempt) & Play on Color Purple (Alice Walker Book and 1985 Steven Spielberg film) Created by: Nosila.

Ergocentrist: /er go SEN trist/ He is such an ergocentrist. Basically, his attitude is, “This is how I did it thirty years ago and it worked for me; therefore, this is how it should continue to work.” He says he never gets vaccinations because when he was 17, he got one, and the next day, he broke his ankle. Therefore, he would never get a vaccination again because he is sure it makes people’s bones turn brittle. Since then, he has never broken a bone, which just “proves” his theory. But he does get the flu almost every year. (Which he blames on computer viruses, because he never got the flu until he was 18, and hey, that was RIGHT AROUND the time that computers really hit the popular market, so therefore,….) Etymology: ergo (therefore) + egocentric Created by: karenanne.

Comments on Ergocentrist:

Nosila, 2009-11-05: 00:24:00
ergological word

Mentorklaxonite: /MEN-tore-KLACKS-un-ITE/ Discourajerk Exampalook!
Your theory can’t be right.
I erred that way
And have become a….
Mentorklaxonite.
Etymology: MENTOR: a trusted counselor or guide; Latin, from Greek Mentōr
(1616)…..KLAXON: trade name used for an electrically operated horn or extremely raucus, attention-getting warning signal, often disorienting…..-ITE: adherent, devotee, or one who espouses a particular philosophy; noun suffix
from Latin -ita, -ites, from Greek -itēs

Created by: metrohumanx.

Comments on Mentorklaxonite:

metrohumanx, 2009-11-04: 04:16:00
http://vos.ucsb.edu/

metrohumanx, 2009-11-04: 06:44:00
Ignore the comment above.
http://onemansblog.com/2006/12/01/a-compendium-of-150-monty-python-sketches/

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:

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

Be Creative,

James

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

DEFINITION: n. A person who, using an example from their own life, steers people away from a line of speculation by reducing it to an absurdity. v. To dismantle a logical argument with piles of passionate incoherence.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Ergocentrist: /er go SEN trist/ He is such an ergocentrist. Basically, his attitude is, “This is how I did it thirty years ago and it worked for me; therefore, this is how it should continue to work.” He says he never gets vaccinations because when he was 17, he got one, and the next day, he broke his ankle. Therefore, he would never get a vaccination again because he is sure it makes people’s bones turn brittle. Since then, he has never broken a bone, which just “proves” his theory. But he does get the flu almost every year. (Which he blames on computer viruses, because he never got the flu until he was 18, and hey, that was RIGHT AROUND the time that computers really hit the popular market, so therefore,….) Etymology: ergo (therefore) + egocentric Created by: karenanne.

Comments on Ergocentrist:

Nosila, 2009-11-05: 00:24:00
ergological word

Colorpoohpoohle: /kol or poo pool/ When Lavender asked her Daddy to buy her a computer, he was mauved to colorpoohpoohle her request. He entered a Purple Haze and told her a plum crazy story of how he had to lilac a sidewalk when he was young, just to get his Daddy to give him a magenta crayon to finish his homework. His Daddy thought just heliotropes used that color and it spurred him to almost violet behaviour towards his son. Luckily his mother had grape expectations of her only son and his father’s amethyst-icuffs did not scare her or his son. Poor Lavender, she had long ago drifted into a deep purple haze when listening to this periwinkle of a tale, because she was mauved to boredom. Etymology: Color (an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading)& Pooh-Pooh (express contempt about;reject with contempt) & Play on Color Purple (Alice Walker Book and 1985 Steven Spielberg film) Created by: Nosila.

Babblogic: /babel – ojik/ Cecil’s usual babblogic behavior befuddled even the most intelligent person. He was a babblegic in the truest sense in that he could expound a subject for hours and you came away not understanding the point of anything he had said. Etymology: babble (say or speak incoherently), logic Created by: mweinmann.

Mentorklaxonite: /MEN-tore-KLACKS-un-ITE/ Discourajerk Exampalook!
Your theory can’t be right.
I erred that way
And have become a….
Mentorklaxonite.
Etymology: MENTOR: a trusted counselor or guide; Latin, from Greek Mentōr
(1616)…..KLAXON: trade name used for an electrically operated horn or extremely raucus, attention-getting warning signal, often disorienting…..-ITE: adherent, devotee, or one who espouses a particular philosophy; noun suffix
from Latin -ita, -ites, from Greek -itēs

Created by: metrohumanx.

Comments on Mentorklaxonite:

metrohumanx, 2009-11-04: 04:16:00
http://vos.ucsb.edu/

metrohumanx, 2009-11-04: 06:44:00
Ignore the comment above.
http://onemansblog.com/2006/12/01/a-compendium-of-150-monty-python-sketches/

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:

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

Be Creative,

James

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

DEFINITION: n. A person who wants to monopolize all of someone’s love and tries to prevent them from sharing it with others.v. To monopolize someone’s love.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Monogampolize: /mon og am po lyze/ Mona had become very possessive towards Monty since they had gotten married. Although he had never strayed or otherwise gave her reason to mistrust, she watched his every move and ensured that no other females took his attention away from her, even for a moment. Her every action and word was focussed on her vigilant ability to monogampolize him and ensure that he was never diverted from adoring her. Mona should learn to lighten up…just because you are on a strict diet, doesn’t mean that you can’t look at the menus! Etymology: Monogamy (having only one spouse at a time)& Monopolize (have or exploit a monopoly of;have and control fully and exclusively) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Monogampolize:

splendiction, 2009-11-03: 21:12:00
Excellent blend!

metrohumanx, 2009-11-04: 06:45:00
Nice tactile oral sensation, babe!

Commandearest: /KOM-un-DEAR-est
(pronounced with a hint of derision)/ Sarah was a “loosie”-she would vector with the nearest……
But HUGHOG Jane’ll permaglom ya…..
She’s a COMMANDEAREST!
Etymology: COMMANDEER: to take arbitrary or forcible possession of, to compel to perform emotional service, to seize for military purposes; Afrikaans kommandeer, from French commander to command, from Old French comander
1881…..DEAREST: term of affection indicating extreme love, posessiveness,or psychic ownership of someone, ownership of something which carries the burden of being the most costly of it’s particular price range; Middle English dere, from Old English dÄ“or
pre- 12th century

Created by: metrohumanx.

Comments on Commandearest:

metrohumanx, 2009-11-03: 02:15:00
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/games/bloxorz

mweinmann, 2009-11-03: 07:52:00
wonderful word

Nosila, 2009-11-03: 12:09:00
One feels compelled to vote for this word.

metrohumanx, 2009-11-03: 19:29:00
Compelled or pressganged?

splendiction, 2009-11-03: 21:22:00
Well done! Reminds me of that twisted, controlling “mommy dearest” figure in film.

Amorder: /amor-der/ Alex knew from the start that Linda was a bit controlling. His friends warned him, but he prided himself in making his own decisions about women. It was when Linda started to amorder him around that he exited…”stage left.” Etymology: amor:Spanish for Love
order: to demand Created by: lumina.

Comments on Amorder:

Nosila, 2009-11-03: 23:43:00
Welcome back, lumina…you light up my life…wait that was an old song….

metrohumanx, 2009-11-04: 04:26:00
Hail, Luminati!

Dictatamore: /dik – taa – ta – mor – a/ Sean had become a dictatamore and Sarah was feeling stiffled, stiffened and smothered. He was jealous of her dog, her mother and even her stuffed animals. Etymology: dicatate, amore Created by: mweinmann.

Comments on Dictatamore:

splendiction, 2009-11-03: 21:13:00
Ha! good word!

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:

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

Be Creative,

James

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

DEFINITION: n. A harmless untruth, intended to comfort simple souls. v. To use a little bit a fiction to smooth over the perplexities and complexities of life.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Enfabler: /en fay belur/ Most parents are enfablers to ease their little ones through life’s stages. Case in point is when the kiddies start losing their baby teeth. If the tooth in question is put under the child’s pillow, their parents tell them that the Tooth Fairy will take it away while they sleep and leave them money. Truth is, they should tell the kids to put away that money for when their adult teeth start falling out and they need to pay a dentist huge sums to replace them… Etymology: Enabler (one who can render capable or able for some task; makes it easier) & Fable (a deliberately false or improbable account; a short moral story; often using imaginary or supernatural events) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Enfabler:

metrohumanx, 2009-11-02: 01:48:00
You mean there IS no tooth fairy?
I’m shattered!

Nosila, 2009-11-02: 09:29:00
Relax, though…there is a Santa Claus and an Easter Bunny!

splendiction, 2009-11-02: 23:13:00
So trutooth.

mweinmann, 2009-11-03: 07:52:00
splendid

Pacifib: /pass-i-fib/ Mommy quickly crafted a pacifib when Nora noticed that Goldie was not in her bowl one day after school. She put the little princess on her lap, gave her a hug, and told her a wonderful tale about how Goldie was invited to go with her fish friends to the Wild Water Kingdom instead of admitting that it went belly up and was flushed down the toilet. Nora, an especially precocious five year old wasn’t buying it. She became inconsolable and made Mommy take her to the pet store immediately for a new fish. Etymology: pacify: to calm, mollify or make peaceful + fib: insignificant or childish lie Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Pacifib:

artr, 2009-11-02: 11:27:00
Cute word!

mweinmann, 2009-11-03: 07:51:00
great word!

Mythinformed: /miθinfôrmd/ Sally spent most of her childhood mythinformed. The stork*s role in child delivery, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, Santa, were just some of the tall tales her mother fed her. As she grew up and these fibs unraveled her mother replaced them with others, Trickle-Down Economics, Aunt Flo, **a good education will get you a good job**, Social Security and Reality TV to name a few. Now as an adult she she is more confused than ever, but that*s OK. She has 8,000 real friends and a farm and fish to take care of on Facebook. Etymology: myth (a traditional story, esp. one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events) misinformed (given false or inaccurate information) Created by: artr.

Comments on Mythinformed:

splendiction, 2009-11-02: 23:12:00
good word

Prevaricreation: /pre VARE uh cree AY shun/ When Sara asked if she were ever going to have a baby brother or sister, her mother was ready for the question. She told Sara a little prevaricreation about how she was “so special that God only gives out one like you every once in a while.” Well, actually, that was kind of true, if by “special” one meant “insufferable,” “obnoxious,” “time-sucking,” and/or “über-bratty.” Etymology: prevarication (n.: a statement that deviates from the truth; a fib) + create Created by: karenanne.

Comments on Prevaricreation:

Nosila, 2009-11-03: 01:09:00
Good one

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:

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

Be Creative,

James

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