Tag: Creativity

DEFINITION: n. A sudden, uncontrollable desire to eat something fast, usually occurs at bedtime. v. To eat food while lying in bed.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Gizzardofnod: /gizÉ™rd É™v näd/ Dorothy has a strange affliction. Her system confuses sleepiness for hunger. As soon as she starts to feel drowsy her stomach starts the **feed me** signal. More often than not she gives into the GizzardofNod. Dorothy*s puppy Toto is all too happy join in with the munchings. Etymology: gizzard (a person’s stomach) + of (indicating an association between two entities)+ nod (have one’s head fall forward when drowsy or asleep) Play off of the Wizard of Oz Created by: artr.

Comments on Gizzardofnod:

Nosila, 2009-10-12: 22:18:00
We’re off to see the Gizzard…you’re not in KansGas anymore…good word!

Beddybite: /bed-dy-bite/ Little Joey was used to having a beddybite before he went beddybye. Unfortunately, little Joey wasn’t so little anymore and his beddybite was going to give him such heartburn. Etymology: beddybye+bite: beddybye — a phrase used by mothers to their children at bed time + bite: a light snack or meal Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Beddybite:

splendiction, 2009-10-12: 22:27:00
Good word!

mweinmann, 2009-10-13: 23:34:00
clever word!

Snackzzzs: /snakzzzs/ Lolita always snackzzzs. Barny doesn’t know if she is awake or sleeping but she suddenly jumps out of bed and returns with leftovers. Sometimes he isn’t sure whether she is snoring or chewing. Etymology: snack, zzzs Created by: mweinmann.

Reposerepast: /ree poze ree past/ No matter how well Reggie ate all day, he had to have a reposerepast in bed at night. Regina, his long suffering wife, was by now used to him eating everything from main course options to snacks and finger food at bedtime. His bad habit led him to have very lively dreams and nightmares, not to mention food particles on their bedding. More than one night she had to try and rest in peas… Etymology: Repose (lie in a comfortable resting position;lie in a horizontal position) & Repast (the food served and eaten at one time)
Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Reposerepast:

splendiction, 2009-10-12: 22:29:00
“rest in peas” – clever!

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James

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DEFINITION: n. A mixture of delight and guilt felt when a colleague, whom you despise, suffers a misfortune. v. To feel bad about feeling good when something bad happens to someone who is definitely not good.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Blissfortune: /blisfôrchən/ Marcia moved ahead because of the blissfortune of others. She tried her best to feel pity when her arch rival Tom accidentally sent a scathing e-mail to the boss but all she could muster was giddy. Etymology: bliss (perfect happiness; great joy) + misfortune (bad luck) Created by: artr.

Comments on Blissfortune:

splendiction, 2009-10-09: 21:57:00
Blissfortune is perfect for the definition. I’m impressed (again)!

Gladversity: /glad vers it tee/ Ruth was excited when the Feds came and picked up her partner, Les, for fraud.
She thrived in gladversity over his finally being caught, especially since she was the anonymous source who tipped them off. Sure with him out of the partnership, she would be free to rename their business and start afresh.
I mean, who wanted to work somewhere called Ruth Les Collections Agency??? Etymology: Glad (showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy;feeling happy appreciation) & Adversity (a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event; a state of misfortune or affliction) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Gladversity:

splendiction, 2009-10-09: 21:55:00
Well done! “Ruth Les Collections” – hilarious!

Sadenfreude: /sadd enn froy deh/ Her sadenfreude was obvious as she passed round the sacrificed chicken sandwiches at his leaving party Etymology: sad schadenfreude Created by: galwaywegian.

Comments on Sadenfreude:

Nosila, 2009-10-09: 17:25:00
Das ist schade!

Happity: /hap-pity/ Lucy was overcome with happityness when her nemesis, Brittany, fell face down on the 50 yard line in front of the whole school and broke her tiara. On one hand, it was terrible that someone sabotaged the float she was riding on. On the other hand, just because she was the homecoming queen, head cheerleader, class president, valedictorian, pretty, popular and dating Brad the quarterback — who did she think she was, anyway? Etymology: happy (happiness) + pity Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Happity:

splendiction, 2009-10-09: 22:02:00
Chuckle!

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James

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DEFINITION: n A lie told by a politician which is not really a lie, because in their heart of hearts, they are pretending it is true. v. To believe you are telling the truth even though you know it’s really not.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Liewinski: /lye win skeee/ he couldn’t explain why the liewinskies always left a funny taste in his mouth. Etymology: lie lewinski Created by: galwaywegian.

Comments on Liewinski:

mrskellyscl, 2009-10-08: 05:37:00
good one!

Nosila, 2009-10-08: 09:25:00
Cute!

splendiction, 2009-10-08: 22:35:00
agree with all of the above

mweinmann, 2009-10-09: 07:44:00
very clever…

Defibelation: /Dee-FIB-uh-lay-shun/ 1. (n.) “I voted with the best interest of my constituents in mind”, he said with defibelation.

2. (v.) Johnny J. Politician defibilated when stating his position on health care reform. Etymology: De (to remove) – fib (an untruth) – elation (with joy or happiness). Also incorporates part of “defibrillation”, which is the act of restoring the heart to its normal rhythm. Created by: bedens.

Fauxquacious: /fo KWAY shus/ Polly Tishan was impressively fauxquacious as she described her plan to help all the “needy and deserving citizens” of Texas by providing tax breaks to the poor and increasing taxes for the “greedy oil companies,” whose campaign donations she would henceforth refuse. Etymology: faux + loquacious Created by: karenanne.

Comments on Fauxquacious:

Nosila, 2009-10-08: 23:05:00
Fauxdacious word

Fibabuster: /fib a bus tur/ The Right Honorable Member of Parliament for False Creek, Mr. Ben Dover made long, eloquent and passionate speeches. If not strictly full of truths, they were truths as he saw them. By the time he finished his long tirades, he talked around in circles and undid everything he originally stated. He was a master of the fibabuster and would continue to use them until he needed a defibulator. His activity was predictable when you understood that the word “Parliament” came from two French words…”parler (to talk) and mentir (to lie)”! Etymology: Fib (tell a relatively insignificant lie) & Filibuster (a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches;a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes;to obstruct deliberately by delaying; of legislation)

Created by: Nosila.

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James

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DEFINITION: n. A technological innovation that doesn’t work as expected because “normal people” can’t figure out how to use it. v. To improve something in a way that makes it much harder to use.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Unnovation: /un-no-VA-shun/ “The voice mail tree at XYZ PC Warehouse is a real unnovation.” Etymology: un (not) + novation (from Innovation) Created by: bedens.

Comments on Unnovation:

Nosila, 2009-10-07: 23:49:00
Unnovative word…good one!

Digitknowitall: /dij it no it all/ Reggie had bought a fancy new digital radio/alarm clock/coffeemaker/toaster. It was designed to be efficient in the morning by waking him up on time and getting his breakfast ready. His new appliance was a digitknowitall. Great in theory, but he could never get the radio station he liked programmed into it, so he had to listen to newscasts in a foreign language. He could also never program in the correct time…it was always an hour behind or so. The coffee tasted like something you would expect would come out of a new computer and the toast was always burned black. His only consolation was that the smoke detector awoke him if the alarm failed, the coffee was a handy extinguisher for the burnt breakfast offerings and his clock was right twice a day. Etymology: Digital (of a circuit or device that represents magnitudes in digits) & Know-It-All (a person who thinks/behaves as if they know everything, but usually knows less than you would think on a subject). Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Digitknowitall:

splendiction, 2009-10-07: 21:44:00
LOL! I’m still laughing, ha ha! Thanks!

Technifficult: /tek – nif – eh – kult/ Seymour found that the voice activated answer lines were very technificult.
If he chose option 1, he was only left with three options, none of which fit his question. If he chose option 2, there were four options, unrelated to his question, and so on and so on until he gave up and hung up. Etymology: technical, difficult Created by: mweinmann.

Comments on Technifficult:

splendiction, 2009-10-07: 21:40:00
Excellent!

Nosila, 2009-10-07: 23:50:00
We’ve all been there…

Technotlogical: /tek-not-lodge-ee-call/ The manual was written in such technotlogical terminology that no one really understood how to actually use the product. Nevertheless, it was a cool piece of technogadgetry and everyone wanted one. Etymology: technological: relating to or or resulting from technology + not: a logical operator that returns a false value if the operand is true and a true value if the operand is false (whatever that means) + logical: rational, reasonable or sensible Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Technotlogical:

galwaywegian, 2009-10-07: 06:05:00
like it

splendiction, 2009-10-07: 21:42:00
yes often so true! Good word!

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James

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DEFINITION: v. To unconsciously adopt the vocal mannerisms and linguistic stylings of the people with whom you are speaking. n. A speaker who adopts the vocal mannerisms of their audience.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Memic: /ˈmÄ“-mik/ (n) He was a memic; he easily slid from one manner of speech to another and bonding with each type as individuals by sharing their langauge style without really thinking about it. (BTW, the actual term used for this in communication studies is “vocal matching”)

(v) His memicked as if he had to talk the same way anyone he spoke with did, but it was endearing as it wasn’t a conscious decision on his part. Etymology: mimic – to attempt to sound like another; emic – cultural study by participating in the culture; and, meme – cultural information (ideas, beliefs, and practices [which I believe would include one’s way of speaking]) that spread from person to person much in the way genes spread biological information from person to person. Created by: Buzzardbilly.

Comments on Memic:

Nosila, 2009-10-06: 18:09:00
Memic Mia, good word.

Echolocution: /EK oh lo koo shun/ Whenever he could, he would echolocution with his young grandchildren, in an effort to gain their acceptance. Talking with them lead to texting with them, using their own special brand of lingo. Etymology: From: echo and locution. Created by: splendiction.

Comments on Echolocution:

Nosila, 2009-10-06: 18:08:00
Echological thinking…

mweinmann, 2009-10-07: 08:19:00
clever

artr, 2009-10-07: 11:30:00
Always been a bit confused about the use of locution and elocution

Phoneticopy: /fone – et – eh – kopee/ Maurice continued to phoneticopy everything his students said, even when they showed their displeasure. Etymology: phonetic (of or relating to speech sounds), copy Created by: mweinmann.

Comments on Phoneticopy:

splendiction, 2009-10-06: 22:41:00
Perfect word for the definition

Grammaeleon: /gramēlyən/ Joe is what is referred to as a military brat. As he grew up his family changed homes as often as some people change their underwear. Everywhere they lived he adopted the regional vernacular complete with inflections and slang. He was a regular grammaeleon, changing to match his language the local background. From Texas to California to Jersey and many points between, he collected many colloquialisms. As an adult he seems confused at times spouting strangely mixed phrases like **Fugget abowt it Ya*all dudes**. Etymology: grammar (the whole system and structure of a language or of languages in general, usually taken as consisting of syntax and morphology including inflections and sometimes also phonology and semantics) + chamaeleon (a small slow-moving Old World lizard with a highly developed ability to change color) Created by: artr.

Comments on Grammaeleon:

Nosila, 2009-10-07: 01:28:00
I newt it would be a good word!

mweinmann, 2009-10-07: 07:52:00
like it…

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James

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