Tag: Creativity

DEFINITION: v. To pick up a piece of lint from the floor that your vacuum missed, and then drop it in front of the vacuum again, to give the vacuum another chance to suck it up. n. A piece of lint that a vacuum will not pick up.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Relinterate: /re-lint-er-ate/ “Let me relinterate,” said Marcia, as she dropped the missed lint back in front of the vacuum cleaner for the third time. Etymology: reiterate: to say or do something repeatedly + lint: clingy piece of fiber or fuzz. Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Relinterate:

Mustang, 2009-05-25: 21:02:00
Very good!

Worldcupsuccor: /wirld kup sokkor/ It was already a year away, but still the agencies vied to carry the games leading up to the big match. World Cup Soccer was like the world’s biggest vacuum match or in this case, worldcupsuccor…try your hardest, with all your great equipment and sponsorship, but your chances of winning were split out against each small nation who dared have a team who came back, again and again. Etymology: World Cup Soccer (The biggest sporting event on the planet, televised every four years.) & Succor (assistance in time of difficulty;help in a difficult situation)& Sucker (a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of; a machine with a big sucker on it, to remove debris)

Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Worldcupsuccor:

Mustang, 2009-05-25: 21:03:00
A new kind of fuzz….err….football.

Velcruzz: /Vell-Cruzz (soft u sound)/ Regina tried and tried again to the get laundry room rug vacuumed clean, but the seemingly unrelentless velcuzz bits had her hand-pick it clean. Etymology: Velcro – that amazing hook and latch technology that incorporates some extreme friction with some human engineering. + Fuzz – a synonym for lint that we find ourselves getting out of a dryer, of a chair, or even out of a belly button. Created by: toy4769.

Comments on Velcruzz:

artr, 2009-05-26: 07:28:00
Not to be confused with velcrud which is even harder to get rid of. Nice word!

Unrelinting: /un – ree – lint – ing/ Despite numerous attempts to suck up the bright purple piece of lint, the fiber was unrelinting. Todd could just not explain it and became more determined than ever that it would be Hoover and not himself that would do the final pick up…. Etymology: unrelenting (persistent: never-ceasing), lint Created by: mweinmann.

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James

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DEFINITION: v. To feel stressed and anxious and when your mobile phone runs out of battery power, drops its network connection, or in the worst case, gets misplaced and lost. n. A panic attack caused by an interruption in your mobile phone service.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Blackedoutberry: /blakd owt berree/ SONYa Ericsson went into Blackedoutberry mode, when her communicator failed to connect with the Mother ship. In her Qwest for an I-mate, she had gotten out of the Rover, and in one Cingular move had stepped on something Sharp, fell on her Acer, got a Gigabyte on her Vertu and did a Handspring back onto her Mitsubishi spacecraft, just before she ran out of O2. Over the Verizon, she spied a Cricket on a Palm and Samsung the praises of a Nokia No Kiss, NoTel policy before she Motorola’d back to Earth. When she landed safely in the Pacific, all the Siemens gave her a Boost Mobile, so she is now no longer a Virgin Mobile. Wit-DaeWoo! Wit-Daewoo! Etymology: Blackberry ( a wireless handheld device which supports push email, web browsing, internet faxing, instant messaging, text messaging and other communication services.) & Blacked Out (a momentary loss of consciousness
;the failure of electric power for a general region;darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft);a suspension of radio or tv
broadcasting ;partial or total loss of memory) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Blackedoutberry:

Mustang, 2009-05-22: 01:15:00
Wonder if you couldn’t make a great pie from blackedout berries.

Jabberwocky, 2009-05-22: 13:08:00
excellent

splendiction, 2009-05-22: 21:56:00
clever!

Flipanic: /flipanik/ Marcia is known to flipanic whenever she loses the signal for her cell. Her friends know the signs. First there is the look of dread on her face, followed by the quivering lip and finally the wailing and gnashing of teeth. Before she starts pulling out her hair they just need to nudge or move her to a spot where she can get bars. Etymology: flip phone (The flip phone or clamshell is an electronics form factor which is in two or more sections that fold via a hinge) + panic (sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety) Created by: artr.

Hysterimissedcall: /hiss-ter-i-mist-call/ Sally became hysterimissedcall when her cell phone broke down just as she was about to accept a once in a lifetime job offer. Etymology: hysteria + missed call + hysterical Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Hysterimissedcall:

Nosila, 2009-05-22: 12:00:00
Good one…nightmare scenario. Don’t you think they should call it histeria when it’s a guy and hersteria when it happens to a girl???

libertybelle, 2009-05-22: 14:24:00
clever!

Cellphobia: /sell-FO-bya/ Celine would suffer bouts of debilitating cellphobia whenever her cell phone service suffered even a momentary outage and as often as not she’d shriek or make other kinds of noises that gave those around her great concern. Etymology: Blend of ‘cell’ (short name for cell phone) and ‘phobia’ (irrational fear)
Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Cellphobia:

Nosila, 2009-05-22: 11:54:00
She needs to get weaned off cells gradually with some cell-you-light! Good Word.

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James

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DEFINITION: v. To join a discussion group or social network and immediately become identified as a villain by picking on the friendliest person in the community. n. A person who steps on other people’s toes and kicks bunnies.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Joylessfrumper: /Joy-less-frump-er/ Froncene was a mean old joylessfrumper and when she would get angry, it would make you want to kick her in her rumper!
Etymology: Joyless: Cheerless; dismal,lacking joy.
Frumper: (slang for frumpy) A girl or woman regarded as dull, plain, or unfashionable,dowdy,dreary and drab.
A person regarded as colorless and primly sedate. Created by: abrakadeborah.

Primabullyrina: /preema-bal-ur-een-a/ Natasha believed she was destined to become the prima ballerina in the troupe and would relentlessly crush the feet of aspiring dancers with awkward jumps. She became known as the primabullyrina. Etymology: bully + prima ballerina Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Primabullyrina:

Nosila, 2009-05-21: 23:58:00
Bully for you…

Blunderella: /blun-der-EL-lah/ Ellen was known (behind her back, of course) as blunderella for her lousy social skills and the appellation was derived from her uncanny ability to immediately turn a friendly discussion into a disaster thru her mindless though unintended insults which usually targeted the most innocent of the participants. Etymology: Blend of Blunder and the name Ella, a far fetched play on the name Cinderella.
Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Blunderella:

Nosila, 2009-05-22: 00:10:00
What happens to her at midnight???

Fauxpaw: /fōpô/ Buffy just can’t seem to get things right. She doesn’t quite understand the etiquette of the local dog park. She is always the one who creates the fauxpaw. All the others are having fun roughing around when she arrives. As soon as she tries to join in, the people there start screaming at her and pulling their dogs away. Its not her fault that the Pomeranian looks and sounds just like a squeaky toy. Such is the life of a pitbull. Etymology: faux pas (an embarrassing or tactless act or remark in a social situation) + paw (an animal’s foot having claws and pads) Created by: artr.

Comments on Fauxpaw:

wayoffcenter, 2009-05-21: 12:47:00
It gives one paws…

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James

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DEFINITION: v. To call a phone “help line” and spend 45 minutes pushing buttons and screaming at dumb voice-recognition system, before being automatically disconnected. n. A push-button or voice-activated phone menu system designed to irritate those who use it.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Helline: /hel-line/ James became homicidal after waiting 45 minutes on the helline because he was suicidal. The smarmy sound of the robovoice telling him how important his call was and the 16 measure monophonic drone of Vivaldi finally drove him over the edge causing him to put an end to his suffering by putting a bullet through his earpiece. Etymology: hell+line: wordplay on helpline Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Helline:

abrakadeborah, 2009-05-20: 02:57:00
LOL good one Mrskellyscl !!! 🙂

Mustang, 2009-05-20: 06:51:00
VERY good!

Voicejail: /voice-jail/ can I add a sentence for voicejail later? Etymology: voice+jail: wordplay on voice+mail Created by: mikewhite.

Comments on Voicejail:

mweinmann, 2009-05-20: 08:43:00
like this word…describes it perfectly!!

Nosila, 2009-05-22: 12:10:00
Great word, mike…yes, please make a sentence, you know you can!

Vexmessaging: /vex mess ajing/ Vexmessaging is described as what used to be a 2 minute inquiry call to a company, greeted by a pleasant, real live person, which has been replaced with a very long battle with an automatronic simulated human voice which does not give you enough options to get an answer. Vexmessaging gives companies the statistics that say their complaints this year are fewer. It is only because no one can get through to anyone to complain!!! Your call is important to us… indeed! Etymology: Vex (to irritate, annoy,disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress;cause annoyance in;especially by minor irritations or be a mystery or bewildering to) & Messaging (sending a message or receiving one)& rhymes with Text Messaging (how everyone under 30 communicates in abbreviated codes, by cell phone/blackberry or other computerized device…even if they are in the same room as those with whom they communicating!)

Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Vexmessaging:

Mustang, 2009-05-20: 04:58:00
Covers it quite nicely. Great word!

Jabberwocky, 2009-05-22: 13:15:00
so true

Callnundrum: /kôlnÉ™ndrÉ™m/ When Geoff had an issue with his computer he decided to call the customer service hotline. What started as a good idea quickly turned into a callnundrum, a virtual quagmire of button-pushing choices. Like a digital tar baby, every touch of the keypad took him deeper into the morass. Just when he was about to climb out of the entanglement by hanging up, he broke through to a live human being. Geoff’s elation was immediately dashed when the service rep, who insisted his name was Charlie, seemed to have trouble understanding even the simplest question. He suspected that Charlie’s company-issued Rosetta Stone CD was still in the CD tray. Etymology: call center (an office set up to handle a large volume of telephone calls, esp. for taking orders and providing customer service) + conundrum (a question asked for amusement, typically one with a pun in its answer; a riddle) Created by: artr.

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James

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DEFINITION: v. To hover near, or directly on top of, a person who is busy doing something else, in order to force them to immediately surrender their full attention. n. A person who invades other people’s private spaces and uses the social discomfort to demand attention.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Embarrharass: /em – bare – har – ass/ Mariah chose the worst times to embarrharass Charlie for attention. The last time she did this, he was on the phone with a prospective customer trying to close a sale. When Charlie was in these situations, Mariah knew that he was “trapped” and had to acknowledge her, even if it was in a negative way. Etymology: embarrass (cause to feel self-conscious,to disrupt somebody’s composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to disconcert), harass (annoy continually or chronically) Created by: mweinmann.

Comments on Embarrharass:

Nosila, 2009-05-19: 18:12:00
Mariah is a tension getter!

Mustang, 2009-05-20: 00:32:00
Good one.

Trespassive: /trespasiv/ John has a problem. His boss, Mr. Wygam has become a psychic leach. He will hover around John’s desk in a trespassive manner until he can interrupt whatever John is working on. Much like a mosquito buzzing in your ear, he is almost impossible to ignore. The encroachment is usually followed by a WYGAM (“when you get a minute”) and then some nonsense that will cause grief for everybody in the office. Etymology: trespass (enter the owner’s land or property without permission) + passive (without active response or resistance) Created by: artr.

Comments on Trespassive:

mrskellyscl, 2009-05-19: 06:43:00
A psychic leach — love it!

wayoffcenter, 2009-05-19: 09:18:00
I’ll have to add WYGAM to my texting

dochanne, 2009-05-20: 23:36:00
WYGAM is here to stay, thanks! And I like the idea of psycholeechists (psyCHOLeechists) 😛

Focusurpest: /fo-cus-your-pest/ Les was caught in a support queue when the focusurpest showed up. After wading through the phone menu and being forced to listen to 15 minutes of scratchy Vivaldi, he finally heard a barely understandable voice on the line when she appeared saying, “Daddy, something happened.” The crunching hard drive would have to wait for another day. He had to save Fluffy NOW. Etymology: focus: attention, concentration + usurp: to seize and hold + pest: an annoying person or thing Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Focusurpest:

splendiction, 2009-05-19: 22:25:00
very funny!

Hovernearkeeler: /Hov er neer kee ler/ Mervin Keeler was a respected accountant and chief executive in the firm of actuaries, Keeler Over and Howe. He was a very busy man. His new assistant, Juwanna, was becoming a royal pain to him. She demanded his attention 24/7 and got it into her head that they were an item. Because she had become a Hovernearkeeler, all the staff would hum the Hava Nagila song when she was pestering him. It was becoming embarrassing to Mervin, who was already happily wed to the senior boss’ daughter. The doodling on his assistant’s notepad suggestively summed his feelings…she had daydreamingly written over and over “Juwanna Keeler…Juwanna Keeler…Juwanna Keeler”. And Mervin thought he did! Etymology: Hover (linger, lurk near someone/thing); Near Keeler (by someone named Keeler) and rhymes with:Hava Nagila (translates from Hebrew as “Let’s Rejoice”;traditional song to dance the Hora, traditional Israeli dance; the most famous Israeli folk song, danced at weddings and Bar Mitvahs! Everybody sing: Hava nagila, hava nagila Hava nagila venis’mecha Repeat Hava neranena, hava neranena Hava neranena venis’mecha Uru, uru achim!) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Hovernearkeeler:

Mustang, 2009-05-19: 05:41:00
Eggzellunt!

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James

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