Tag: Verbotomy

DEFINITION: n. A person who, despite professional lessons and incessant practice, cannot dance without looking like a ruptured goose. v. To dance in an awkward or clumsy manner.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Rudeoafnerdyev: /roo-dofe-nurdy-ev/ Anna Pavlova’s boyfriend thought he was the most graceful dancer on the floor but his bone crunching side kicks earned him the nickname rudeoafnerdyev.
Etymology: rude (clumsy) + oaf (awkward lout)+ nerdy + Rudolf Nureyev
Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Rudeoafnerdyev:

Nosila, 2009-07-11: 01:40:00
It is tutu much for us!

Gawkytrot: /gaw-kee-trot/ Jenny hates going to weddings with Joe because he always wants to dance, but he can only gawkytrot his way around the dance floor.

Etymology: GAWKY (awkward; ungainly; clumsy) + FOXTROT (a dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps in fixed sequences)

Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Gawkytrot:

marumaru, 2009-07-10: 21:12:00
Fav one, but you used it as a verb in the example… of course, it could be both a noun and a verb.

Bleakdance: /bleek-dance/ Steven auditioned for So You Think You Can Dance with his best Bleakdance. “They don’t know what they’re talking about rejecting me. Those poppers and lockers have nothing on my moves,” he said to the person in 23D on his flight back to Indianna. Etymology: Bleak, without hope or a future + Break dance, style of dancing. Created by: SethelMerman.

Comments on Bleakdance:

Nosila, 2009-07-10: 17:50:00
A bleakdance turned into a beakdance for this silly goose…good word!

splendiction, 2009-07-10: 23:46:00
I agree!

Nosila, 2009-07-11: 01:46:00
P.S. Love your name! You’re the tops!

Balldoomdancer: /ball doom DANCE er/ He became known in dance lines as the balldoomdancer for his horrific dance technique. At each event he’d appear uninvited with a new partner, in uniquely garish costume. And there he’d manage to bring about a unique disaster: the Tango entaglement; the foul-smelling Fox Trots; the reviving of his partner after the Jive, the Pass-out Doble. Etymology: From: ballroom dance and doom. Created by: splendiction.

Comments on Balldoomdancer:

Nosila, 2009-07-10: 17:46:00
Pass-out Doble…love it!

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James

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DEFINITION: v. To arrange with a friend to phone you with a “crisis” during a blind date, in case you need to make an emergency exit; n. A fake “emergency” phone call that is used to end a blind date.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Callvalry: /call-var-ee/ Jen sent the callvalry to Anne just in time to rescue her from her blind date with the loser from the mailroom by pretending to be her sick grandmother. Etymology: Wordplay on Calvalry. In old Western movies, the heroine was often rescued from peril in the nick of time by the calvalry coming over the hill to shoot or frighten away the bad guys. Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Callvalry:

Nosila, 2009-07-09: 11:07:00
Good one…I wonder if they really played the trumpet as they rode into battle the way they do in the movies? I mean can you hold a horn and steer a horse at the same time? Probably no different than driving and talking on a cell…

Jabberwocky, 2009-07-09: 13:12:00
clever

Celltingency: /cell-tin-gen-see/ Jenny always arranged with Marsha a celltingcy escape on all her first dates with the latest. Marsha was to call precisely thirty minutes after the arranged meeting time to give Jenny an emergency involving my best friend, in case the guy was another loser, or mental case.

Etymology: cell + contingency (conditional on something uncertain) Created by: Stevenson0.

Paramourgency: /para merjin see/ When Tara met Gord, it was love at first fright. She had arranged for her best friend, May, to call her to interrupt the date if it was a paramourgency…and sadly it was. Gord neither looked as good as his photo, displayed the same characteristics as his profile, nor smelled especially fresh, even if his moves were. She knew if she had to save herself, she would have to resort to divirginary tactics. It was definitely time for a May Day call to come in! Etymology: Paramour (a woman’s lover) & Emergency (a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Paramourgency:

splendiction, 2009-07-09: 12:00:00
Hilarious! – especially the fresh moves and ‘divirginary tactics’!

Jabberwocky, 2009-07-09: 13:12:00
great blend

Ringormorsos: /ring-or-mors-us/ Since Julie wasn’t sure if she could let her phone ring or simply vibrate during the date she pleaded with her friend to ringormorsos her so she could make her escape if necessary.
Etymology: ring + morse (as in morse code) + SOS + take on rigor mortis
Created by: Jabberwocky.

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James

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DEFINITION: v. To propose and win approval for cost-saving reforms, which when implemented result in the immediate elimination of your job. n. An ambitious budget-slasher who accidentally cuts themselves out of a job.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Jobicide: /job-i-cide

/ Joe, in a cost cutting measure in his department committed jobicide.

Etymology: job + suicide

Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Jobicide:

splendiction, 2009-07-08: 23:32:00
Jobicide is a perfect word for the definition.

mweinmann, 2009-07-09: 08:42:00
a do it your selfer…like it.

Efficiencease: /Rhymes with “efficiencies”/ Oops! My efficiency plan for the company means that my job is now lost! I’ve made my own efficiencease!

Etymology: A play on efficiencies. efficient + cease Created by: splendiction.

Comments on Efficiencease:

Nosila, 2009-07-08: 13:21:00
Employmentally challenged!

splendiction, 2009-07-08: 23:27:00
Ha!

Accolaidoff: /acco-layde-off/ In addition to being lauded as an environmental champion for turning the parking lot into a green space, I also received an accolaidoff as my position as parking lot attendant was no longer viable Etymology: accolade(acknowledgment of merit)+ laid off Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Accolaidoff:

mweinmann, 2009-07-09: 08:43:00
oh clever one….

Hegonomiser: /he gawn o myzer/ Laurence was hired to curb the fiscal waste in his company. He made many enemies of his co-workers, who were used to spending their expenses like drunk sailors on shore leave. After the bloodshed of laying off so many employees, Laurence, too, found himself unemployed. The Hitman was Hit. The Terminator was terminated. The Economiser became the Hegonomiser and once again he’d have to tell his wife of his redumbdant status. Etymology: Economiser (a frugal person who limits spending and avoids waste) & He gone (as in terminated from a job, no longer employed) & Miser (thrifty, hoarder,stingy) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Hegonomiser:

splendiction, 2009-07-08: 23:30:00
excellent word. -“redumbdant” is another good one!

Nosila, 2009-07-09: 01:10:00
Cheers,splendiction, and his remaining co-workers reckon hew is a hegonomissed!

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James

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DEFINITION: v. To insist on helping someone in spite of their repeated assurance that they have things well in hand, and already have their own remedies in mind. n. Unwanted help or assistance.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Fixaided: /fix-a-ded/ Marilyn was fixaided on being the most helpful employee in the firm, to the consternation of her fellow employees who didn’t necessarily want her help or her imposition. Etymology: fix: correct or set right + aid: help, assist — fixate: preoccupy obsessively Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Fixaided:

Jabberwocky, 2009-07-07: 11:53:00
good one

Nosila, 2009-07-07: 15:36:00
Fixticious but good!

Foistaid: /foi – st – ai – d/ Lucy insisted on practicing foistaid on her mother’s prized petunia patch. Mom reminded her that everything had been cultivated and weeded and that Lucy need not touch her flowers while she was gone. When Mom got home, Lucy had incorrectly identified them as weeds and pulverized the prized petunias into pitiful piles of dried out debris. Etymology: foist (to force onto another,to falsely; identify as real; to defraud)
aid (help, assist) play on first aid Created by: mweinmann.

Comments on Foistaid:

Jabberwocky, 2009-07-07: 11:52:00
love saying this

mweinmann, 2009-07-07: 12:07:00
I know….does it sound like Elmer Fudd?

mrskellyscl, 2009-07-07: 20:14:00
I’m thinking of the Three Stooges

artr, 2009-07-09: 08:46:00
Could have been forcedaid too but foisted doesn’t get enough play. Great word!

Aidnauseum: /ade-naw-zee-um/ Sally’s propensity to constantly offer assistance went on aidnauseum. The paramedics in her neighbourhood were particularly distressed. Etymology: aid + ad nauseum (to an excessive degree) Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Aidnauseum:

mweinmann, 2009-07-07: 12:08:00
hahahah….like this one!

Aidandregret: /ayd and ree gret/ Mary meant well, but too often her attempts at helping people were unrequested and ended up as an aidandregret situation. This was true when her boyfriend, Dick, had that unfortunate zipper accident. Mary acted like a flyattendant and tried to help him with his seatbelt, which locked and failed to get into an upright position. He had trouble finding the nearest exit and as a result has been temporarily grounded. His new Zip Code is OOH NOO. Yes, there’s something about Mary… Etymology: Aid (help, assistance) & Regret (sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment;be sorry) Play on Aid and Abet (assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing)

Created by: Nosila.

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James

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DEFINITION: n. A person who regularly sulks inside cafes and coffeehouses all day, contributing nothing more to their world than a pout. v. To glower angrily at the state of world affairs while remaining inactive and unemployed.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Juanvaldesperado: /wan-val-des-pur-ah-doh/ Juanvaldesperado is often seen hanging around coffee houses desperately seeking the one true beaning of life.

Etymology: Juan Valdez + desperado (Spanish for desperate)

Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Juanvaldesperado:

Nosila, 2009-07-06: 10:08:00
He should haul his ass out there and get a job!

mweinmann, 2009-07-06: 12:10:00
hahahaha…funny!!

Jabberwocky, 2009-07-06: 13:17:00
great word

Pouterlimits: /pow ter lim its/ “There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it pouter, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image, make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. We repeat: there is nothing wrong with your television set. You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to… The Pouter Limits”…order another Latte!
Etymology: Pouter (Someone who pouts-be in a huff and display one’s displeasure) & Limits ( the greatest possible degree of something) & Play on Outer Limits, popular sci-fi tv series. Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Pouterlimits:

splendiction, 2009-07-06: 19:26:00
hilarious!

Coppoutchino: /cop-out-cheeno/ Sally believed in the philosophy of coppoutchino and regularly drowned her sorrows in a big cup of freshly brood coffee.
Etymology: cop out + pout + cappucino Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Coppoutchino:

Nosila, 2009-07-06: 10:06:00
Good Blend…heady yet aromatic!

mweinmann, 2009-07-06: 12:07:00
clever….ground, brood and enjoyed in a new blend of capuchino, cop out and pout…like it.

splendiction, 2009-07-06: 12:34:00
Best word today! (Although I don’t want to try this blend!)

Mustang, 2009-07-07: 00:30:00
Excellent!

Perkolazer: /purk – oo – laz – ur/ Romona turned into a perkolazer after she lost her job at Starbucks. Instead of looking for another job, she brings her books and laptop into Starbucks each morning and sits there sipping cafe lates, wishing they would hire her back. Etymology: perk (short for perkolate (a process used to make coffee), perkolator (a coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans) laze (be idle; exist in a changeless situation) Created by: mweinmann.

Comments on Perkolazer:

Nosila, 2009-07-06: 10:05:00
She’s just brewding! Good word.

Jabberwocky, 2009-07-06: 13:24:00
great combo

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James

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