Tag: neologism

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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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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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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DEFINITION: n. A person who has the highly developed ability to communicate on a direct level with any type of animal, except for human beings. v. To talk to animals because you know that communicating with people is useless.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Communicat: /kəmyoōnəkat/ After seeing Cats 37 times Alley felt that she could communicat. She felt that she could speak to her feline friends in their native tongue. She was dissapointed when the guy at the piercing shop politely told her that he was fresh out of implantable whiskers. When she tried to communicat with her human friends they collectively decided that their eccentric chum had gone over the edge. Even though Tom was a bit turned on when Alley started licking herself and purring, he joined in on the planning for an intervention. Etymology: commune (feel in close spiritual contact with) + communicate (share or exchange information) + cat (a small domesticated carnivorous mammal with soft fur, a short snout, and retractile claws) Created by: artr.

Comments on Communicat:

DrWebster111, 2009-05-18: 22:10:00
smart word, twisted sentence…love it

Petofeelya: /PET-OPHELIA/ The old neighborhood
Just ain’t the same
Nobody knows just
What became of
Ophelia?
Where have you gone?
…..Ashes of laughter
The coast is clear
Why do the best things always disappear?
Like Ophelia…
Please darken my door.

…..lyrics by The Band Etymology: PET+OH!+FEELYA=PETOFEELYA…..PET: a domesticated animal kept for pleasure rather than utility
perhaps back-formation from Middle English pety small…..OH!: used to express acknowledgment or understanding of a statement [interjection]…..FEEL YA: late 20th centuy slang, possibly rooted in ebonics, derived from the phrase” I FEEL YA”-implying a deep, unspoken empathy bordering on mystical understanding….. FEEL to be aware of by instinct or inference. Middle English felen, from Old English fÄ“lan; akin to Old High German fuolen to feel, Latin palpare to caress…..OPHELIA: A pivotal character in Hamlet, Ophelia is the most one-dimensional. She has the potential to become a tragic heroine but she instead crumbles into insanity, becoming merely tragic and ducklike. Ophelia sings songs and waddles around the stage,handing out flowers while citing their symbolic meanings and consuming millet. Although interpretations of the meanings differ, her telepathic contact with deceased waterfowl is generally accepted as a manifestation of madness- at least in the stage version that recently made it’s North American tour of shabby playhouses and art-nouveaux beer gardens……
Created by: metrohumanx.

Comments on Petofeelya:

dochanne, 2009-05-18: 02:54:00
Felin(e) ya Oh!philia 😛

Nosila, 2009-05-18: 13:17:00
Ophelia Good, like I know I should now..

mweinmann, 2009-05-18: 22:45:00
funny….

abrakadeborah, 2009-05-19: 02:56:00
You’re back inventing words again! Good 🙂 I’ve missed you! Great sentence and funny word! I clicked on the word just to see who could come up with a word like this and BOOM it’s YOU! KUDOS! 🙂

Verteprate: /virt ta prayt/ Helen could communicate with all animals. Her ability to verteprate came at an early age and served her well to interrogate the pets of crime victims, perepetrators and witnesses, as a special service to the police. It was amazing what we do and say in front of our pets because we think they won’t talk. But Helen could get pets to verify alibis, deny stories and defeat many a criminal in his illegal ways. Pets told no lies nor harboured any ulterior motives for their statements. Helen only wished her gift worked on her 13 year old son, but alas that is not the way life goes! Etymology: Vertebrate (animal having a having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium) & Prate ( idle or foolish and irrelevant talk; speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly)

Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Verteprate:

Mustang, 2009-05-18: 07:54:00
Eggzellunt!! Furshur.

Farmversation: /farm – vur – say – shun/ Lucy had an inability to talk to humans but could always be found in farmversation with the horses, ducks, cows or goats. Somehow she felt at ease and understood by the animals. Etymology: farm, conversation Created by: mweinmann.

Comments on Farmversation:

Nosila, 2009-05-18: 13:19:00
Farma Supra!

Mustang, 2009-05-18: 19:23:00
Prolly has a tough time deciding which pet to eat at Thanksgiving.

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DEFINITION: n. A person who is so enamored with their online identity that they believe that it is more real than their physical one. v. To suddenly realize that you are large, blubbery mammal with no useful superpowers.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Emaskulated: /ee-mask-yoo-layt-ehd/ After 48 hours on Second Life, the powerful Avatar, Dragoonanatine caught a glimpse of himself in the bathroom mirror and was immediately emaskulated. Etymology: e (electronic) + mask (as worn by a super-hero) + inspired by emasculated (to make weak) Created by: hyperborean.

Comments on Emaskulated:

readerwriter, 2009-05-15: 14:39:00
I like it!

DrWebster111, 2009-05-15: 18:27:00
great play on words!

Nosila, 2009-05-15: 18:29:00
cute

Virtuamnesial: /vir-tu-am-knee-ze-yal/ Vince spent so much time in his Second Life that he was virtuamnesial. After a good look in the mirror one morning, he realized to his horror that he was still in his first life and that he had forgotten to go to work and pay his rent. Homeless and penniless, he took his laptop to Starbucks and returned to his virtual kingdom that didn’t suck. Etymology: Virtual: 1) existing in essence or effect, but not appearance or form, 2) being actually such in almost every respect–such as a virtual wreck 3) a computer generated simulation + amnesia: a partial or total loss of memory, usually resulting from a shock, psycological disturbance or brain injury. “Second Life” — a virtual world that people can create where they can live vicariously as the person they wish they really would be. Created by: mrskellyscl.

Flubbaghast: /Flubb-err-gast/ Andrew staggered into the bathroom after thrashing that ugly Gnorm with his sixth-level paladin and was horrified to find a big bald fat man staring at him. “What the?” he gasped, his heart racing. The man gasped too and Andrew was suddenly flubbaghast to realise that man was himself. His fitted leathers and taught biceps were gone, as were his flowing mane of black hair, his majik sword and that ‘strange aura of mystique’ bestowed on him by the beautiful Sorceress of Tarneg. Before him stood a pasty white balding man in his thirties, obviously carrying more than twice the weight of his avatar and Andrew’s wishteria simply could not reconcile the two. He gave in to his superfaction and switched the light off. Shadow-daemons beware! Andion the Brave is here and he’s not happy.. Etymology: Flubber – blubbery, flubbery wobbly-ness; Also Flubber – confuse, fluster.
Flub – make mistake or error;
Aghast – horrified, shocked and appalled. As in being aghast on finding one’s flubberiness and the flub of having missed it due to De Nial (and not de river).
Also – Superfaction (Super + stupefaction) and Wishteria (Wish + hysteria) Created by: dochanne.

Comments on Flubbaghast:

dochanne, 2009-05-15: 04:13:00
Andrew was parIRLysed…Sorry!

Jabberwocky, 2009-05-15: 10:29:00
good one

Nosila, 2009-05-15: 17:48:00
Hate those trick mirrors!

dochanne, 2009-05-17: 23:39:00
Think I forgot to mention the obvious starting point of Flabbergast 🙂

Immortified: /ihm-mohr-tih-feyed/ Siggie’s Id had always claimed he was immortal. His Superego told him if he ate his veggies, was a good boy, watched out for fast cars and bad women he might not die too young. But, looking in the mirror that day, his deflated Ego was immortified as he realized his real identity could no longer bounce between the other two. He was becoming self-fractualized! Etymology: Blending IMMORTAL, meaning exempt from death + MORTIFIED (from the Latin/French MORT, meaning death), meaning humiliated. References are playing with Freud’s theories of personality development and Maslow’s self-actualization. (What do I know???) Created by: readerwriter.

Comments on Immortified:

Jabberwocky, 2009-05-15: 10:28:00
nice

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