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DEFINITION: v. To compulsively shop for and buy shoes that are stylish, sexy and extremely uncomfortable. n. A person who has an uncontrolled, psychological dependency on impractical shoes.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Pumpulsive: /pum-pul-sive/ She is somewhat pumpulsive with 248 pairs of shoes in her closet. Etymology: pump + compulsive Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Pumpulsive:

splendiction, 2009-07-20: 20:56:00
excellent!

mweinmann, 2009-07-21: 08:25:00
my favorite of the day!

Monolomanic: /man olo man ik/ Carrie had become a Manolomanic. Although she had already blown thousands on her collection of the flimsy, expensive Manolo Blahnik spikes, she could not get enough. She had run off with her boyfriend Cleat, who was a loafer with a cute brogue who had created a sandal when he did a sneaker and became a runner the day of their wedding. He did a flip-flop and decided to go through with the wedding even though he had no sole, was a heel with a loose tongue and had a permanent wedgie. Luckily Carrie was not too Jimmy Choo-sey and they lived happily on a shoestring ever after! Etymology: Manolo Blahnik (Expensive,Designer shoe name, made more famous on Sex In The City) & Manic (affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason). Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Monolomanic:

mrskellyscl, 2009-07-20: 07:07:00
roflmao

Mustang, 2009-07-21: 07:50:00
🙂

Stilettosis: /stil-let-toe-sis/ Stilettosis is a chronic condition that afflicts a vast number of women, manifesting at first as a penchant for cute shoes then metastasizing throughout the entire budget to include matching outfits, purses and, in extreme cases, jewelry. Women who show signs of this condition should immediately seek help from their banker. In advanced stages a pursectomy may be needed to remove the credit card. Etymology: stiletto: (from the Italian word for dagger or switchblade) is an uncomfortable shoe with a high thin heel that women think look sexy but can lead to all kinds of foot and back maladies + osis: (suffix) a chronic or abnormal condition Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Stilettosis:

artr, 2009-07-20: 09:03:00
Love it! Great word and “sentence”.

Nosila, 2009-07-20: 12:16:00
Gooid one…love pursectomy!

splendiction, 2009-07-20: 20:54:00
Stilettosis starts with shoes and spreads “throughout the entire budget” love this too – excellent details & word.

mweinmann, 2009-07-21: 08:26:00
Funny and clever….great word and story.

Heeliotropism: /hee-leo-trow-pizm/ Sally had an advanced case of heeliotropism and could not restrain herself from purchasing shoes with higher and higher heels. Etymology: heliotropism (an involuntary response to the sun’s rays) + heel Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Heeliotropism:

Nosila, 2009-07-20: 12:14:00
She’s a heeliotramp!

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DEFINITION: v.To be so obsessed with your own cleverness and wittiness that you don’t listen to what anyone else is saying, let alone understand them. v. A person who is obsessed with their own wittiness.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Witticissistic: /wit-ti-sis-sis-tic
/ Paul is a perfectly proud, puffy, pompous witticissistic, unashamed of his own lack of humour in the so-called jokes that he constantly pushes on his unlaughing friends.

Etymology: witticism + narcissistic Created by: Stevenson0.

Infarceuated: /in fars yu ay ted/ Art Fulretort was the office wag. He was clever enough and could be very droll in his assessments of people and events. He had always been the class clown in school and now had a broader audience on which to practice his comedy craft. He was so full of confidence that his humor was better than others that he entered the America’s Got Talent Contest. So infarceuated was he with his schtick that he failed to hear the 3 judges bang their red X buttons in record time and the audience boo him off the stage.
Art’s not going to Vegas… Etymology: Infatuated (obsessed with; marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness) & Farce (a comedy characterized by broad satire, wit and improbable situations) Created by: Nosila.

Wildething: /wild-thing/ As he finished flipping through the scrapbook of his most humourous Tweets. he realised he was becoming quite the wildething Etymology: Oscar Wilde, Wild Thing Created by: rikboyee.

Comments on Wildething:

Nosila, 2009-07-17: 10:18:00
You make my heart sing!

Funnydamentalist: /fun-nee-da-men-tal-ist/ Sam was a funnydamentalist who’s wit was the cornerstone of his very being. He constantly had himself in stitches although sadly no one else found him amusing. Etymology: funny + fundamentalist (sticks to inherent belief) Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Funnydamentalist:

jrogan, 2009-07-17: 06:28:00
I believe!

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DEFINITION: n. The type of headache you get from buying too many things with your credit card. Note: Symptoms do not usually appear until the following month.v. To buy yourself a huge credit card headache.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Buygraine: /by-grayn/ He had been caught up in an 8 hour Ebay whirlwind and he could already feel a buygraine coming on Etymology: buy, migraine Created by: xMelody.

Comments on Buygraine:

Nosila, 2009-07-16: 12:10:00
He needs to take some Buylenol..good word.

xMelody, 2009-07-16: 16:03:00
;D

Shoppang: /shop-pang/ A shoppang set in with the arrival of my MasterCard bill in the mail.

Etymology: shoppang – shop + pang (a sudden feeling of mental, or emotional distress)

Created by: Stevenson0.

Debtache: /det – aik/ After her Sunday spending spree, Nancy came home with a splitting debtache. Good thing that she had purchased ten bottles of Tylenol on sale. When she received the bill, she finished off the other nine bottles. Etymology: debt, arche, play on headache Created by: mweinmann.

Owetaglia: /o tal jee ya/ Maya Graine regularly got bad headaches, especially after the mailman came to her house. She went to a doctor who told her that she suffered from owetalgia, a disease caused by excessive credit card debt. Maya thanked him for his interest, compounded the problem by going on a shoe sales spree and maxed out her Bastardcard. Etymology: Owe (to be indebted to) & otaglia (an ache localized in the middle or inner ear) Created by: Nosila.

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James

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DEFINITION: n. A person who is totally consumed by what they eat. v. To be so focused on your food that it eats away at your soul.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Gluttoneed: /glut ton need/ Eggbert was consumed by his need for food. It ate away at him and turned him into a gluttoneed. Lettuce learn more: His parents had come here from the Cukeraine and fed him well. It did not help that he worked in a grocery store. He was head of the cabbage dept. and squashed his largesse into a uniform. He took leeks regularly, would always turnip on time and did not earn a large celery. His co-workers thought he was a fungi, even though there was not mushroom for advancement. He would romaine calm in a crisis and peppered his language with some salty phrases. He didn’t have many dates and appeared not to carrot all for anything but food. But for all his faults, he was a human bean and did not deserve the beeting he got from the Zucchini Brothers. Poor Eggbert, Rest In Peas! Etymology: Glutton (a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess) & Need (a condition requiring relief;the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior) Created by: Nosila.

Anomealy: /an – om – meal – ee/ Donald had a strange anomealy. He had an unusual obsession with everything he ate and couldn’t stop thinking about his next meal. He analyzed every grain, stalk, leaf and fiber and imagined himself as part of a larger garden. His soul had drifted away to the great garden in the sky. Etymology: anomaly (A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; Something or someone that is strange or unusual), meal Created by: rombus.

Comments on Anomealy:

porsche, 2009-07-15: 14:17:00
great word

Dishpossessed: /dish-po-sessed/ After Marilyn began to experiment with French cooking she became dishpossessed by the spirit of Julia Child and began to exhibit strange behaviors such as speaking in a high nasal sounding voice and pouring wine into everything she cooked — even her son’s grilled cheese sandwich. Etymology: dish: food, fare + possessed: inhabited by a demon or evil influence –dispossession: exorcism of evil spirits …….(Julia Child was an incredible woman who worked for the US Department of Information as a spy during WWII and was sent on missions around the world. She met and married her husband who was also in the Information services. After the War the Information Office sent them to France where she fell in love with French cuisine and attended the world famous Cordon Bleu cooking school. After returning to the United States she introduced the art of French cooking to America through her own cooking show from 1966 through the 1980’s. She also authored several cook books. She was a large woman and had a unique speaking voice.) Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Dishpossessed:

Jabberwocky, 2009-07-15: 14:10:00
funny

Nosila, 2009-07-17: 10:20:00
Tasty word!

Gourmivated: /gore-mi-vat-ed/ He was totally gourmivated by food of any kind and his 438 pounds was a testament to this addiction.
Etymology: gourmivated – from gourmand (a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess) + dominated (controlled, or governed) Created by: Stevenson0.

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James

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DEFINITION: n. A person who pretends to be green because they think global warming is hot. v. To name-drop green status symbols in a shallow attempt to attract comely green people.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Congreenient: /con-green-eee-ent/ Sam was a congreenient environmentalist who stashed his gas guzzler in the garage and got out his bike when the female branch of ‘friends of pure air’ cycled by. Etymology: con + green + convenient Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Congreenient:

artr, 2009-07-14: 15:46:00
Darn those gas guzzlers! 🙂

Greennose: /green – no – s/ Being the greennose that Bill was, he approached Matilda and asked if he could dispose of her used Soda Can after lunch in an ecologically correct collection device. He did this, not because he really cared about recycling but because he knew that Matilda cared very much about the green movement and she happened to be the hottest chick in the office. Etymology: green + brown nose Created by: rombus.

Comments on Greennose:

Nosila, 2009-07-14: 22:05:00
Good one!

Ecotunist: /ek-oh-toon-nist/ Many multinational corporations are merely ecotunists in an attempt to score points with young environmentalists. Etymology: ecological + opportunist Created by: Stevenson0.

Ecoflirt: // Reusable tote bags are a must for anyone who wants to ecoflirt at the grocery store. Etymology: Created by: Paloma.

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James

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