Tag: Creativity

DEFINITION: v. To remember those special personal events, like your spouse’s birthday, or your wedding anniversary, while nevertheless forgetting to take appropriate action, like getting a gift, or a card, or flowers. n. A gift that was thought of, but not purchased.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Missedgiving: /mist GIV ing/ Laura was anxious because her husband seemed to really be downplaying her upcoming birthday. She suspected that he thought that she wouldn’t want attention brought to it, since it was her 40th. But she really wanted all the trappings – the big party, fancy jewelry, and maybe an expensive trip. She figured she deserved the attention! But she was starting to have some missedgivings…. Etymology: missed + misgivings Created by: karenanne.

Comments on Missedgiving:

mrskellyscl, 2009-10-23: 11:56:00
good word

Nosila, 2009-10-23: 22:42:00
Excellent word!

Birthdaze: /bərθdāz/ Brenda has a mind like a steel trap. She can remember every day of her life in vivid detail. Where other people have an internal clock, she has an internal calendar. She can call up any of her friend*s anniversaries, birthdays or graduation dates. She can tell you the date that each of her siblings each lost each of their baby teeth. What she can*t do is turn any of that memory power into action. As dates roll by she is in an anniversary stupor, a birthdaze, never once getting so much as a card for anyone she knows. She loves the phrase **It*s the thought that counts** because that*s all she ever has. Etymology: birthday (the annual anniversary of the day on which a person was born, typically treated as an occasion for celebration and present-giving) + daze (unable to think or react properly; stupefy; bewilder) Created by: artr.

Negligift: /neg-li-gift/ Marsha tried to excuse her negligift by saying “It’s the thought that counts,” but no one would buy it, especially her son Evan who was turning seven. Etymology: negligence: a failure to act either willfully or through a lack of concern + gift: present Created by: mrskellyscl.

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Nosila, 2009-10-23: 22:44:00
Negliexcellence

Naryanniversnary: /nairy annee vers nairy/ You just knew that after 37 years, the honeymoon was over. In the early years, Peaches and Howard had bought each other elaborate gifts and surprises to mark their wedding anniversaries…exotic trips, a new home, elegant gifts and expensive cameras, perfumes,jewellery, etc. After that long, people start to take each other for granted. Medicines and their side effects to keep symptoms at bay replace romance and passion with menopause,ED,gastro reflux and more frequent potty trips. Now they celebrated a naryanniversnary. Maybe he’d remember to shave that day and maybe she’d cook him a nice supper. They still loved each other, but they didn’t remember why. Life just sometimes gets in the way of love… Etymology: Nary (negative;not in any degree or manner; not at all) & Anniversary (the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it);ie: a wedding)

Created by: Nosila.

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James

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DEFINITION: n. A person who immediately answers all cell phone calls, then chats on and on, leaving the people they’re with, hanging. v. To answer your phone even when you are in the middle of another conversation.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Cellcentered: /selsentər/ Joey is completely cellcentered. If his phone rings, he*s on it like a hawk on a mouse. It doesn*t matter what*s happening or who he*s with, the phone gets all his attention. It*s gotten to the point where his girlfriend called to break up with him despite the fact that they were in the same room. Of course she had to leave voicemail because he was already on a different call. Etymology: Cell (a telephone with access to a cellular radio system) + centered (in the center) A play on self-centered Created by: artr.

Comments on Cellcentered:

galwaywegian, 2009-10-22: 05:51:00
Nice one

Nosila, 2009-10-23: 01:31:00
Joey will be cellibate now…

Cellout: /sel-lout/ Jim became a cellout to be more popular. Although his mother raised him to be polite and respectful, if one of the “plastics” called he would stop everything to answer his phone. He was so rude and irritating that even Mother Theresa would have slapped him upside the head. Etymology: Wordplay on sellout: one who turns his back on his principals or compromises integrity for personal advancement — cell: cellular phone + lout: rude, ill-mannered. (plastics – term used for the popular kids in the movie “Mean Girls”) Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Cellout:

Nosila, 2009-10-23: 01:30:00
good one!

Nokiass: /no key ass/ She sighed as she watched him fumble through the sheets in search of his phone. This was the last straw. He may have been humg like a stallion, but he acted like a complete nokiass Etymology: nokia ass Created by: galwaywegian.

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artr, 2009-10-22: 06:23:00
Looks like he’ll have to resort to mastercallwaiting.

Callisinterruptus: /kawl is inter rup tus/ Wendy was furious at her fiance Paul’s poor manners. He always took phone calls when they were in the middle of something together, like a serious discussion and put her on hold until he was finished. The final straw was on their honeymoon, when at the most intimate moment, he answered a call and talked for ten minutes. She was really mad when she found out that the callisinterruptus was a poll company doing a survey about what he did to make his relationships more romantic! Etymology: Call is (telephone connection is) & Interrupt us (interfere in someone else’s activity)& play on Coitus Interruptus (contraceptive method) Created by: Nosila.

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DEFINITION: n. A state of irrational irritation, which inevitably develops whenever you work or live with someone whose annoyingly bad habits happen to mirror your own. v. To be annoyed by someone who has the same annoying habits that you do.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Mirrortation: /mirÉ™rtāshÉ™n/ Like father, like son, they say… Whenever Jack and Jack Jr. spend more than 5 minutes together you can be assured that sparks will fly. They are so much alike that the mirrortation is inevitable. Friends and family always hope that the phrase **You can cut the tension with a knife**, is virtual and not literal. Etymology: mirror (a reflective surface, now typically of glass coated with a metal amalgam, that reflects a clear image) + irritation (the state of feeling annoyed, impatient, or angry) Created by: artr.

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Nosila, 2009-10-22: 01:33:00
Reflective word…

Habitchuate: /ha BITCH yu ate/ Kevin had to habitchuate himself to his girlfriend Mona*s frequent complaining. Usually he would respond in a high-pitched voice, “Would you pleeeeease stop whiiiiining? Pleeeeease? Jeeeeez, I can’t even think straight! I’m so tiiiiired, and now this….It’s giving me a heeeeeadache….It’s sooooo annoyyyyying! Why does this always have to haaaaappen to meeeee?” Etymology: Habit + bitch (v.) + habituate Created by: karenanne.

Vexsimile: /vex-sim-i-lee/ Jim and Dan were a vexsimile of each other. Even though the twins looked alike, they couldn’t stand to be in the same room together because their habits rankled each other to the point of anger. Etymology: vex: to annoy or irritate + simile:(latin) figure of speech meaning like or similar + facsimile: fax, a copy or reproduction Created by: mrskellyscl.

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Nosila, 2009-10-22: 01:29:00
Double trouble!

Myaggra: /my ag gra/ Bernie was coming down with a bad case of myaggra because his “friends” were doing what he always did, hitting on chicks, but this time with his own girlfriend, Wanda. They wanted to show off their virility, the way male animals always did. Think deer, elk, moose, the rutting season. Only trouble was that Bernie thought that Wanda would never wander. Too late he realized she would do anything for a buck! Etymology: My (mine, first person singular possessive) & Aggra (British slang for Aggravation/Aggression) and rhymes with Viagra (little blue pills to treat erectile dysfunction) Created by: Nosila.

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James

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DEFINITION: n. A clever remark, especially a “comeback line” to an insult, which does not come to mind until it is too late to be delivered; often leads to the gnashing of teeth. v. To think of something clever after it’s too late.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Repartardy: /re-par-tar-dy/ Mike could only deliver brilliant repartardy to his mirror long after his guests had gone. He longed to be quick and witty; however, he was tongue-tied while he was being verbally filleted by his friends’ good natured bantering. As the Japanese proverb says: “He had many knives — none of them sharp.” Etymology: repartee: swift, witty reply; a conversation marked with the exchange of witty retorts + tardy: arrive or occur after the expected time Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Repartardy:

galwaywegian, 2009-10-20: 12:47:00
🙂

Nosila, 2009-10-21: 01:25:00
Cutting and pointed!

Verbotomissed: /ver bott ommm ist/ He verbotomissed madly as she strutted into the dissedance Etymology: vertobotomy, missed Created by: galwaywegian.

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Nosila, 2009-10-21: 01:23:00
Verbotombest!

Retortoise: /re TOR tus/ “Oh yeah? I’m a b—-? Well, uh, uh, I’ll try being nicer if you’ll try being smarter!” she retortoised, as he disappeared from view. Etymology: retort + tortoise Created by: karenanne.

Hindsightjibe: /hynde syte jybe/ Drew was famous for his hindsightjibes. When that snotty drag queen walked passed him and told Drew his fly was down (well, she actually said that he had left the garage door open on his dinky car)…he got tongue-tied and froze up(and not just because he had left that door open). Upon reflection, he should have yelled at her that the back of her dress was tucked into the top of her panty hose and a big long piece of arsewipe was stuck to the heel of her stilettos. But then he thought that he would just leave it to cleavage… Etymology: Hindsight (understanding the nature of an event after it has happened) & Jibe (an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect) Created by: Nosila.

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DEFINITION: n. The unpleasant physical and/or psychological effects, which occur after watching the entire season of a TV show, non-stop on DVD. v. To watch an old TV series on DVD with stopping to think.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Naustalgia: /nawhs tahl jyaa/ By 5.00am the naustalgia was palpable, she began to envy the decapitated horse she had seen seven hours before. Etymology: nostalgia nausea Created by: galwaywegian.

Dvdecrepit: /dee vee dee CREP it/ Watching an entire season of “Days of Our Wives” in one day left me feeling weak and dvdecrepit. And I still don’t know who killed Drahma! Damn it – now I have to rent the next season too! Etymology: adj.: DVD + decrepit (worn and broken down; lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality) Created by: karenanne.

Comments on Dvdecrepit:

Nosila, 2009-10-19: 18:20:00
Dvdelicious word!

Dvdelirium: /dee-VEE-de-lir-ium/ Her dvdelirium was so intense after her marathon SATC session on Sunday, Wendy was forced to call in sick Monday to sleep it off. Etymology: DVD / delirium Created by: LittleLula.

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Nosila, 2009-10-20: 01:54:00
Dvdelightful.

Mafiathon: /maf eeya thon/ Tony & Carmela Johnson had scheduled their annual mafiathon long weekend starting on Friday and ending Monday night. They watched 86 hours of The Soprano series for hours each day. A few hours of sleep and back at it the next day. As usual, they ended up speaking in nasal Joisey accents and colorful words peppered their dialogue. They also caught Godfathers 1,2,3; Casino and Goodfellas, to break up their viewing. By the time they went back to work on Tuesday,each wanted to whack their bosses, eat more ziti and smoke cigars. They do this each year…just when they thought they were out, they get pulled back in! Try a Sound of Music weekend next year??? Fuhgeddaboutit! Etymology: Mafia (a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia) & Marathon (any long and arduous undertaking)
Created by: Nosila.

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