Tag: Creativity

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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James

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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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James

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DEFINITION: v. To leave a minute quantity of something in a bottle or container. n. A person who never finishes off the last bit of milk, mustard or whatever, because they want to leave the job of replacing it to someone else.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Remnut: /rihm-nuht/ With great pride, her widower dad had always considered himself frugal–he paid his bills on time, he didn’t buy anything on credit, he saved every nut and bolt from every house he ever lived in, he had re-soled shoes from the 1960’s he might wear again. It carried over into the fridge which she cleaned when she felt brave enough. In that cold and usually dark place, she would find shriveled halves of tomatoes, mold-laden cheese, jars with one or two olives or pickles floating around, several containers with an inch of milk and unknown liquid remaining, heels of bread, packaged globs of what used to be spinach. She sighed at these remnants of meals past. Her dear old dad was a remnut! At least he was making good food choices. Etymology: Using REMNANT, meaning a usually small part or trace remaining + NUT, meaning a foolish, eccentric or crazy person Created by: readerwriter.

Comments on Remnut:

mrskellyscl, 2009-05-14: 14:30:00
I love words that are fun to say.

mweinmann, 2009-05-15: 08:50:00
like this word.

Specktraitor: /spek – tray – tor/ When it comes to cleaning out the fridge and replacing old containers and bottles, Jerry is merely a specktraitor. He watches Betsy do this job herself because he is lazy and sometimes purposely leaves just a speck of something just so he won’t have to replace it. Etymology: speck (the tiniest amount, just barely noticeable; smaller than a pinch) spectator (One who observes), traitor (double-crosser) Created by: mweinmann.

Comments on Specktraitor:

Nosila, 2009-05-14: 18:45:00
All specktraitors will be shot!

petaj, 2009-05-15: 05:38:00
they just love sitting back and watching someone else clean out the fridge

Dribletarian: /dribliterÄ“É™n/ Mark’s girlfriend Judy is a humanitarian, vegetarian, librarian. Mark is a dribletarian, the keeper of the small and insignificant, the Grand Poobah of dribs and drabs, the Rajah of remnants. Judy thinks he is just a lazy slob who doesn’t want to crack out a new bottle of ketchup. Etymology: driblet (a small or insignificant amount) + arian (having a concern or belief in a specified thing) Created by: artr.

Comments on Dribletarian:

wayoffcenter, 2009-05-14: 13:10:00
Perhaps one of them is a Hungarian octogenarian.

Jabberwocky, 2009-05-14: 14:39:00
excellent

Guest, 2009-05-14: 15:38:00
Perhaps one of them is a Hungarian octogenarian.

Leftovert: /left-o-vert/ Harry was a habitual leftovert. He flagrantly and knowingly left bits and scraps of his voracious appetite in his refrigerator with no intention of dealing with them, nor any remorse for their abandonment. As difficult as it is to cure leftoversion, Jenna made it more so by being his enabler. She made excuses for him and tried to conceal his lazyfare attitude by blaming herself for not being more like her hero, Martha Stewart. Etymology: Leftover: a vestige of a meal that is usually saved in the refrigerator with the intention of being reused before it petrifies or turns multicolored + overt: open, implicit or flagrant Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Leftovert:

Mustang, 2009-05-14: 23:41:00
very good!

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James

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DEFINITION: n. A person who gets completely disoriented whenever they try to do more that one thing at a time. v. To make a big mess because you are trying to do too many things at once.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Multitaxed: /mul-ti-tasked/ Richard was so inept at multitasking that he was obviously multitaxed. Etymology: multitask: the ability do several things at once — the word is derived from a computer term that means the concurrent operation by one central processing unit of two or more processes. + taxed: to use to the limit; to strain or extend Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Multitaxed:

Mustang, 2009-05-13: 07:59:00
No doubt a new government scheme.

galwaywegian, 2009-05-13: 08:52:00
nice one

Ambimesstrous: /am bee mess truss/ Most women who are charged with a career, raising a family and keeping a home are ambidextrous multitaskers. Unfortunately, opposites attract, so they tend to get mates who are ambimesstrous. While the woman feeds a baby, irons a shirt for work, packs the lunches, cooks breakfast and ices the cupcakes for kindergarten, the husband stands in front of an open fridge, in front of the milk, shouting “Honey, where’s the milk to put in my coffee, I can’t see it anywhere?” He’s not dressed yet, because she has not told him what to wear and where to find it and he ignores the starving cat and dog, who just want fresh water and food. They know that Mom will get it for them in a moment… Etymology: Ambidextrous(equally skillful with each hand) & Mess (a state of confusion and disorderliness; informal terms for a difficult situation;make a mess of or create disorder in) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Ambimesstrous:

emdeejay, 2009-05-13: 02:35:00
Very funny! 🙂

Mustang, 2009-05-13: 07:57:00
I can identify.

Pluralost: /ploo-ral-ost/ Carter had to leave the orienteering club because he could not read a map, use a compass, carry a pack and observe the position of the sun at the same time to figure out his location. He was a pluralost. Etymology: plural (more than one) + -ist (suffix as in pianist) + lost (disoriented) Created by: petaj.

Comments on Pluralost:

hyperborean, 2009-05-14: 12:35:00
Good job! I was pluralost trying to figure out a word for this definition.

Discombotchulated: /diss-com-BOCH-yew-lay-ted/ Normally a very handy and well coordinated guy, whenever he tried to do even minor multitasking Boris would become totally discombotchulated and as often as not would end up with things broken, spilled, torn or ruined. Etymology: Play on the word discombobulated, with ‘botch’ an inclusion. Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Discombotchulated:

Nosila, 2009-05-13: 19:17:00
There are many Boris’ in the world!

Jabberwocky, 2009-05-14: 14:48:00
love it

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DEFINITION: n. The ability to see beauty in the rainbow hues of a toxic oil spill, or in the remnants of a poster torn down long ago, or in the subtle cracks in the plaster of a cheap, cold-water flat. v. To see beauty in the midst of a complete disaster.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Pollyanalyst: /polly-an-al-ist/ Mary, a certified pollyanalyst, came close to losing her license after she tried to lead a chorus of “The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow” at Daddy Warbuck’s wake. Etymology: Pollyanna: a person regarded as blindly or foolishly optimistic — named after the heroine of the novel “Pollyanna” by Eleanor Hodgman Porter and the movie starring Haley Mills about a dreadfully optimistic child very much like the equally dreadful child movie, “Little Orphan Annie.” + analyst: one who is adept at examining a whole and breaking it down into it’s parts for examination. Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Pollyanalyst:

galwaywegian, 2009-05-12: 07:46:00
🙂

readerwriter, 2009-05-12: 11:19:00
This is a fab verbotomy!

libertybelle, 2009-05-12: 12:13:00
terrific word!!

Jabberwocky, 2009-05-13: 05:53:00
love it!

Cataclysmixedblessing: /cat-ah-cliz-mixt-bless-ing/ As the tornado ripped the roof off the house and left in its stead a jagged roofline, Sally saw it as a cataclysmixedblessing. She would design a new roof with similar jagged edges and an open concept. It would be beautiful. Etymology: cataclysmic + mixed blessing Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Cataclysmixedblessing:

Nosila, 2009-05-12: 18:15:00
Talk about a Twister Sister!

Quickfixotic: /quihk-fihx-ah-tihc/ The sun was rising as the waters reached the second floor windows of their home. Rube had been at work all night singing “Running Bear loved little White Dove, with a love, deep as the sea…”. Now, he was putting the finishing touches on the canoe he had been cheerfully carving from the large tree filling most of their bedroom. As Rube’s wife climbed in, it dawned on her that her husband might be an incurable quickfixotic. Etymology: Building on QUIXOTIC (from Don Quixote/chasing windmills/Man of La Mancha), meaning idealistic in a romantic or impractical way + QUICK FIX Created by: readerwriter.

Comments on Quickfixotic:

Jabberwocky, 2009-05-13: 05:55:00
super

Sanqueen: /Sang Queen/ As he hung suspended by his seat belt, John was again amazed by Judy’s ability to see the silver lining in every cloud. He was just hoping the oil pool wouldn’t catch fire, but Judy once again was the sanqueen, marveling at the beauty in the chaos. Etymology: From Sanguine: cheerfully optimistic. Queen: The most sanguine of them all. Created by: emdeejay.

Comments on Sanqueen:

dochanne, 2009-05-12: 05:06:00
Sangenuinely appropriate and perfect for the cartoon 🙂

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