Tag: Creativity

DEFINITION: n. The art of sneaking to the office kitchen without having to take orders from your colleagues for coffee, or tea, or anything… v. To sneak in and out of the office kitchen without getting caught.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Kitchenslink: /kit-chen-slink/ Nora used the kitchenslink method of getting to the coffeepot without being seen so she wouldn’t have to engage in meaningless conversations or fetch treats for lazy coworkers. She became so good at it that she was able to raid the snack drawer and the refrigerator with impunity and soon built up a nice snack stash in her drawer. Etymology: kitchen + slink: to sneak (wordplay on kitchen sink) Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Kitchenslink:

artr, 2009-10-16: 09:40:00
Great word.

splendiction, 2009-10-16: 19:07:00
Yes I agree!

Surriplicious: /sərəplishəs/ Sarah will sometimes quietly slip out the back door at work to catch a quick snack and coffee at the local convenience store. She refers to these surreplicious mini-repasts as heaven elevens. Etymology: surreptitious (kept secret, esp. because it would not be approved of) + delicious (highly pleasant to the taste) Created by: artr.

Comments on Surriplicious:

mweinmann, 2009-10-16: 07:52:00
This is hilarious!! Love it.

Cofflee: /CAW flee/ Sue’s latest cofflee came seconds before Brad’s really big meeting. Once again, Sue wasn’t around to get the coffee! Etymology: Coffee and flee. Created by: splendiction.

Comments on Cofflee:

Nosila, 2009-10-16: 21:46:00
So simple yet so appropos…she’s gotta latte nerve!

Galleyraid: /gal lee rayd/ There’s a girl who leads a life of danger.
To everyone she meets she stays a stranger.
With every move she makes, another chance she takes…
Odds are she won’t work here tomorrow.

Galleyraid Woman, Galleyraid Woman.
You’ve enjoyed your last covert break, no more stealth raids will you take.
Your caffeine fix here is on time that is borrowed. (Sung to and with apologies to Johnny Rivers “Secret Agent Man”) Etymology: Galley (Area for food preparation on a ship or airliner;a small kitchen) & Raid (a sudden short attack;enter someone else’s territory and take spoils) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Galleyraid:

mrskellyscl, 2009-10-16: 05:55:00
It always tastes better when you’ve raid it yourself – shaken, not stirred.

splendiction, 2009-10-16: 19:09:00
Galleyraid leads a dangerous life of aversion…cheers to her!

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Be Creative,

James

www.verbotomy.com
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DEFINITION: v. To engage in an emotional debate over the small, yet somehow surprisingly important details in a simple game. n. An emotional game player

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Trivialdispute: /trivēəldispyoōt/ It doesn*t matter what board game Gary is playing or who is playing. At some point every game turns into trivialdispute where the minutiae of some rule comes into question. Etymology: trivial (of little value or importance) + dispute (a disagreement, argument, or debate) a play on Trivial Pursuit Created by: artr.

Bawlderdash: /bawl der dash/ It was always a Risk to invite Bawlthazar the Bawlderdash to our weekly Games Night. He liked to have a Monopoly on winning but did not use his Cranium. His thoughts were so Scrabbled and so Scattergoried that he did not have a Clue how to play most games. And yet he would bawl when he lost. We started having secret Games Nights. I know, it was a Trivial Pursuit of some fun, but if The Bawlderdash got wind of our plans, we would be Sorry. Somedays we wanted to sink his Yahtzee with our Battleship. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose…I guess that’s just the Game of Life! Etymology: Balderdash (a popular board game of trivia and bluffing, where players bluff meanings of obscure words to win points, Balderdash is also defined as trivial nonsense) & Bawl (cry loudly;shout loudly and without restraint;make a raucous noise)
Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Bawlderdash:

splendiction, 2009-10-15: 23:06:00
Balderdash is my favourite game! Great word and sentence.

Verbuse: /ver BUSE’/ I like playing games with my brother, except when he ends up getting upset over my interpretation of the rules and subjects me to the most terrible verbuse. I say he’s too rigid, then he says the way I’m doing it is “incorrect” and “inaccurate.” And don’t ever say to him, “Who cares about these little details; it’s JUST A GAME,” because that’s when he begins sputtering and spouting some REALLY verbusive language. Last time, it was, “Oh, I forgot, you’re the ‘good-looking’ brother [he still hasn’t forgotten THAT remark from Aunt Sophie, 35 years later], but that’s okay, because I’m the SMART one!” Etymology: verbose + verbal abuse Created by: karenanne.

Comments on Verbuse:

Nosila, 2009-10-15: 18:20:00
Very apt word…good one!

Scrabblesquabble: /scrab-bel-skwab-bel/ Family game night turned ugly when Ted began a Scrabblesquabble about the word “verbotomy.” When his sister protested, Dad looked it up in Webster’s; however, it wasn’t there. Ted insisted that he saw the word online somewhere. Nettie wasn’t sure if being online qualified it as a real word or just something made up. Ted held his ground and insisted that because he saw it online, it must be a real word because they wouldn’t put things that aren’t real online. Mom suggested that perhaps Ted was confusing two words and somehow mashing them together. As Ted’s belligerence grew louder, Nettie stormed off and pouted, Mom retreated to the kitchen and little Rosie began to cry and throw blocks at the dog from her playpen. Dad had enough. He finally shut the whole thing down and sent everyone to bed. The next week they tried something a little less controversial like Trivial Pursuit. Etymology: Scrabble: word building board game where questionable words can be challenged by an opponent and settled by proving the validity of the word using a dictionary + squabble: a noisy quarrel, usually over a trivial matter Created by: mrskellyscl.

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Be Creative,

James

www.verbotomy.com
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DEFINITION: n. The mental state induced by the discovery your new husband, and your maid of honor, entangled in the satin sheets given to you as a wedding present by your grandmother. v. To catch your new husband in a close quarters with a close friend.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Shortcheated: /short – chee – ted/ Emily felt shortcheated. It had only been two weeks since her marriage and she had caught Trevor in their bed with her best friend Daphne. Etymology: short, short sheeted, cheated, short changed Created by: mweinmann.

Comments on Shortcheated:

mrskellyscl, 2009-10-14: 09:29:00
great word!

splendiction, 2009-10-14: 18:58:00
Funny!

Trystcovery: /trist-cov-er-y/ Jen was angered by the trystcovery of her new husband and her best friend tangled in the new satin sheets her grandmother had given her as a wedding gift. “Dammit,” she thought, “now that they’ve been used I can’t exchange them for the leopard print sheets I saw in the catalogue. Etymology: tryst: an agreement between lovers to meet at a certain place and time + discovery: to discover, or learn for the first time + cover – as in bedlinen Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Trystcovery:

splendiction, 2009-10-14: 18:59:00
good word. Chuckled at the twist at the end!

mweinmann, 2009-10-15: 09:10:00
good one Mrs. K.!!

Trousseauohnooo: /Troose o nooo/ When Virginia inadvertantly walked into her new bedroom to change and found her new husband, Randy, messing her new satin sheets with her old friend, Jezebel, she had a trousseauohnooo moment. She had known they “knew” each other in the Biblical sense many years ago, but was incensed to see them desecrating her Granny’s wedding gift to the now-not-so-happy Bride. Thinking of her Granny, she recalled the stanza to a song she used to sing: “When your Old Flame turned up at our wedding; I knew that I would be marooned; She was not there as an invited guest, but a date for the Bridegroom!” Etymology: Trousseau (Linens and household white items that a bride-to-be saves in her hope chest prior to her marriage, many of which are gifts or (in olden times) things she had made or embroidered herself) & Oh No (Exclamation of regret, sorrow, sadness, disappointment, fear at the discovery of a sudden unpleasantness) & Oh Nooo… (Tagline of SNL’s Mr. Bill when something awful was about to happen to him) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Trousseauohnooo:

splendiction, 2009-10-14: 19:03:00
Excellent word! Ha: Virginia, Randy and Jezebel!

Flingflung: /Fling FLUNG/ Finding her Ted in bed with that red head left her heart feeling raw and flingflung! Etymology: A compound of: fling, get it on at the spur of a moment, and flung, cast aside(in this case, by the person having a fling). Created by: splendiction.

Comments on Flingflung:

Nosila, 2009-10-14: 22:33:00
Better if Ted were dead…good word!

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Be Creative,

James

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

DEFINITION: n. A specialized inability, or area of “chosen incompetency”, based on an individual’s need to avoid certain unpleasant tasks. v. To avoid responsibility by claiming incompetence.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Slacktitude: /slack-ti-tude/ Donny’s slacktitude for chores never manifested itself until he became a teenager. It became too difficult to do common tasks when clearly his true area of expertise was skateboarding. Etymology: aptitude: possessing the ability or talent to accomplish a task + slacker: malingerer; one who shirks responsibility; Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Slacktitude:

artr, 2009-10-13: 10:19:00
Donny is clearly a slackidude.

Handycap: /hannn dee kap/ No matter what the situation, he always managed to have a handycap handy Etymology: handicap, handy Created by: galwaywegian.

Comments on Handycap:

Nosila, 2009-10-13: 10:15:00
Does he get a special parking spot? Good Word.

mweinmann, 2009-10-13: 23:34:00
love it!!

Willitterant: /will lit tur ant/ Will’s mother was usually driven to frustration by her teenage son. Will was willitterant when it came to doing chores around the home, especially garbage detail. He would feign ignorance and pretend he had never done it before or know how. Much drama ensued. It was quite ironic that in his early twenties, Will became a Waste Management Engineer and earned $40 per hour hauling away other people’s trash. Etymology: Will (a fixed and persistent intent or purpose; the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention) & Litter (rubbish, trash, garbage) & Avoidant (state of deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening)& Rant (a bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion) Created by: Nosila.

Chorellenged: /chor – lenjd/ Marjorie was brilliant and physically fit but she was severely chorellenged. When it came to doing household tasks, she would feign ignorance and fleeting pains in her arms, legs and abdomen. Etymology: chore, challenged Created by: mweinmann.

Comments on Chorellenged:

Nosila, 2009-10-13: 20:05:00
Choreiffic

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Be Creative,

James

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