Tag: Verbotomy

DEFINITION: v. To send out confused or conflicting signals when driving or dating. n. A person who signals their intentions to do one thing, then does something else completely different.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Youturner: /yoo ter ner/ Ted sees Jane. Jane sees Ted. Jane & Ted get married and form a multi-national, international coalition. For many years, Ted added colour to old movies, like “Gone With The Wind” and many others to show the world that the old days were not just in black and white and grey. Ted turnered many heads at the UN and made them see that they could turneround the world. But after Jane and Ted had been married a while, he pulled a Youturner. In the end Ted could not figure out why, if he was right, why he was now left…go after Jane, Ted…Don’t be a Dick! Etymology: U-Turn (complete reversal of direction of travel) & You (Pronoun, second person singular) & Turner (someone who turns; also Ted Turner, a media proprietor who “turned” America onto Buffalo Meat, Cable Vision, CNN, and is a “The Mouth of the South”) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Youturner:

silveryaspen, 2009-04-24: 01:42:00
You are really sporting Great Entertainment with this won. So Turnermental it sent me laughing around the bend!

Driversion: /driv – vershun/ Dudley created a driversion for others on the road by putting on turn signals but going straight, stopping when there was no stop sign, or turning right when he was signalling to turn left. Needless to say, anyone who happened to be following him was confused by his driving behavior. Etymology: drive (operate or control a vehicle), diversion (sending on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one) Created by: mweinmann.

Comments on Driversion:

galwaywegian, 2009-04-24: 11:36:00
heh

silveryaspen, 2009-04-24: 12:25:00
luv it … so many distracted drivers today with so many driversions! Will use it a lot! It’s a traffic topper!

Nosila, 2009-04-24: 21:59:00
He should stay in “Park” gear!

Mustang, 2009-04-24: 22:32:00
I think I know Dudley…followed him home from work a few times.

splendiction, 2009-04-25: 12:25:00
Your word, the name “Dudley” and sentence perfectly match the definition.

Zigwag: /zigwag/ Some say that Buddy was affected by being the runt of the litter. Some say he was dropped on his head. Whatever the case, the wiring in his brain is clearly crossed up. He will snarl viciously as he licks your face and in a ugly case of zigwag, will wag his tail happily while he tries to bite your fingers. The only thing that keeps this behavior from being dangerous is the fact that this chihuahua mix is about the size of a large mouse. Etymology: zigzag (a line or course having abrupt alternate right and left turns) + (tail) wag (move or cause to move rapidly to and fro) Created by: artr.

Enigmathick: /enn igg math ik/ her style of driving and dating was a trifle enigmathick, leaving a series of overheated wrecks in her wake as she careered through life. Etymology: enigmatic, thick Created by: galwaywegian.

Comments on Enigmathick:

abrakadeborah, 2009-04-24: 06:56:00
Galwaywegian, Great create! 🙂

silveryaspen, 2009-04-24: 12:32:00
It lilts and with the great blending is fun to lisp into the last syllable. Wonderful etymology and word!

Nosila, 2009-04-24: 22:04:00
She needs her license revoked!

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James

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DEFINITION: n. A lovable yet stupid pet. v. To be dumb, fat, lazy, arrogant, and totally, completely, irresistibly cute.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Abdorable: /ab-DORE-uh-bl/ Angora’s cheshire cat, Felicity, was twice the size it should have been, was totally without any brain power, and spent most of it’s days sprawled out on the sofa sleeping, yet it was irresistibly cuddly, sweet and abdorable. Etymology: Blend of ‘abhor’ (to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate) and ‘adorable’.
Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Abdorable:

silveryaspen, 2009-04-23: 01:51:00
Appeals to the child in all of us … and like the last two words in the definition is Irresistably Cute!

Adorabubble: /É™dôrÉ™bÉ™bÉ™l/ Katie’s cats, Fatty McButterpants and Furbucket are adorabubble. Fatty’s greatest talent is to roll over on his fatback and purr when his ample belly is scratched. Fur will sing for her supper and she sings often. If breathing were a conscience effort, they would both be long gone. Etymology: adorable (inspiring great affection; delightful; charming) + bubble (an air- or gas-filled spherical cavity in a liquid or a solidified liquid such as glass or amber) Created by: artr.

Comments on Adorabubble:

splendiction, 2009-04-23: 16:45:00
Very adorable names & a great word.

Inpetyougush: /in pet u gush/ Simone realized she was a pet owner who was impetyougush. She had found Marshmallow, her white Persian cat when a kitten and raised her to sleek adulthood. Marshmallow slept 16-20 hours a day on the top of the couch. Simone fed her, cleaned out her stink box and just when she felt unappreciated, Marshmallow would roll over on her back and look adorable. When Simone came home from a hard day, Marshmallow would reach our her paw and touch Simone, so that she had no choice but to pat her. Then the purring would commence and Simone would unwind and relax. She soon realized that people measured cats’ intelligence by their own standards. If you were an impartial observer, you’d wonder who was smarter: a cat who did whatever it wanted all day long with no accountability or pressures or the stupid human who raced home from a hard day at work to strain poop out of kitty litter, fill up the food bowl and put clean water in a dish and then hope the animal you did all that for would grace you with a purr or tummy rub offer or rub against your legs. Yep, cats aren’t the stupid ones, are they?? Etymology: Impetuous (characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation) & Pet (preferred above all others and treated with partiality; a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement) & You Gush (you give an unrestrained expression of emotion) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Inpetyougush:

silveryaspen, 2009-04-23: 02:07:00
Outstanding etymology. Your word play on impetuous is purrfecshun!

Meaowron: /meee ow rohn/ Tiddles was such a meaowron that while chasing a fly, he fell out an upstairs window into a cement mixer, enveloping his nether regions in quick drying cement. “What a catassatrophy”, thought Luigi Etymology: meaow, moron Created by: galwaywegian.

Comments on Meaowron:

silveryaspen, 2009-04-23: 09:56:00
Two great verbotomies! Roared with laughter!

readerwriter, 2009-04-23: 10:47:00
Loved it! Perhaps the cement could be casst in bronze for posteriority?

Nosila, 2009-04-23: 19:26:00
Cute…is tyhis a concrete way to neuter cats?

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James

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DEFINITION: n. A sick planet which has a cold, a fever, and some kind of weird infection. v. To be worried sick about the health of the planet, because you know the problem is really the people.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Morbitorbit: /mor bit or bit/ When Glak and Fribor entered Earth’s atmosphere, they knew they were going into a morbitorbit. They had been to this planet, third from the Sun, before, but eons ago. When they saw it again, it was like viewing the rusted and decaying snagrom of a kleronbeen. A yellowy haze (not yet identified on their gastronomogeiger)hung over the sphere. Then they started giggling to themselves. “Jokes on you, Earthlings! You feel guilty, but really there is a sign near the Milky Way, pointing to Earth as a sanitary refuse and toxic dump for the Universe. All us aliens picked your planet because we could hide our trash in plain sight here!
Your are not alone and the trash is out there!” Etymology: Morbid (caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology;suggesting the horror of death and decay; suggesting an unhealthy state) & Orbit (the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Morbitorbit:

metrohumanx, 2009-04-22: 01:20:00
Glak and Fribor saw the snagrom- hope they don’t induce a pogrom!

silveryaspen, 2009-04-22: 01:56:00
Never thought about earth as being part of Universe-alley. Your sentence truly makes us realate to the definition in a Bigger Way! All parts of your verbotomy are so great, they are Out Of This World!

Envirusment: /en-VYE-rus-mehnt/ What had once been a pristine world, devoid of any kind of pollution or environmental upheavals has suddenly developed a severe envirusment, a world where every corner was feeling the effects of enviro sickness. Etymology: Blend of environment and virus. Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Envirusment:

galwaywegian, 2009-04-22: 09:10:00
good one Mustang

silveryaspen, 2009-04-22: 11:15:00
Excellent!

Nosila, 2009-04-22: 22:35:00
Envirusment and embarrassment! Good one, mustang.

Celestill: /sell-est-ill/ Earth has a horrible case of celestill, with garbage mounds on every corner, factories polluting the air, and the ozone layer thinning every day. The only cure for celestill is recycling and implementation of renewable energies. Etymology: celestial (of or pertaining to the universe) + still (lifeless, motionless) + ill (sickly) Created by: Biscotti.

Comments on Celestill:

silveryaspen, 2009-04-22: 01:59:00
To not only state the problem, but also offer the cure, makes your sentence Outstanding!

Influmenza: /in flu men zah/ The total world population, per the 2008 estimate by the United States Census International Programs Center is 6,679,493,900. As of February 2009, the world’s population is estimated to be about 6.76 billion. Overcrowding and people pollutions are wreakening our planet. Terra caught a influmenza and is in a dangerous state of flux. Etymology: INFLUENZA, MEN. Men – in the broader sense of the word, is often used to mean all people. Influenza – a widespread illness. Ergo: If the world has caught a wide spread illness from too many men, it suffers influmenza. /// Wreakening is a verbotomy of wreak and weakening. /// The last word flux, means not only a state of constant change, but archaically was a term for severe diarrhea … something mankind needs to stop inflicting on our planet. Created by: silveryaspen.

Comments on Influmenza:

Biscotti, 2009-04-22: 10:56:00
Excellent verbot Silvery, stating both cause and problem! Neat facts too!

Nosila, 2009-04-22: 22:34:00
So can we get a vaccine against influmenza,silvery…sign me up!

splendiction, 2009-04-22: 22:46:00
Yes so true! Great word.

Mustang, 2009-04-22: 22:56:00
Best of the day!

abrakadeborah, 2009-04-22: 22:58:00
Influmenza! Wonderful word and great info! 🙂

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James

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DEFINITION: v. To ignore anything positive and focus your energy on problems, disasters, and whatever bad news you find. n. A person who searches for, and feeds on, other people’s weaknesses, failures and mistakes.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Woewallow: /wōwälō/ Willy watches the news with great interest. He loves to woewallow. If there is bad news he wants to share it. Disasters, tragedies, agony? A new study that finds your favorite food as a possible cancer cause. He’s there! He firmly believes that every silver lining is wrapped in a big beautiful grey cloud. Etymology: woe (great sorrow or distress) + wallow ( indulge in an unrestrained way) Created by: artr.

Comments on Woewallow:

wayoffcenter, 2009-04-21: 07:35:00
You met my dad?

Raptsully: /RAPt-suhl-LEE (RAPTSULLIER)
[ rhymes with “musketeer”]/ Berserker psychos stomp on joy,
With dark foreboding they deploy…
Poisoned tricks and creeping doubt-
If it be bad, they’ll drag it out!
Besmirching that which some hold dear-
Beware the toxic RAPTSULLIER!
Etymology: RAPT+SULLY= RAPTSULLIER…..RAPT: lifted up and carried away, transported with emotion; Middle English, from Latin raptus, past participle of rapere to seize…..SULLY: to make soiled or tarnished; Middle English *sullien, probably alteration (influenced by Anglo-French suillier, soiller to soil) of sulen to soil, from Old English sylian…..-IER: suffix denoting one who wields or participates in…
Created by: metrohumanx.

Comments on Raptsully:

silveryaspen, 2009-04-21: 09:20:00
Great word for a lot of the rappers who spewings fit this definition. Super Terrific Verbotomy!

metrohumanx, 2009-04-22: 01:21:00
Aww- thanx, Lady!

abrakadeborah, 2009-04-22: 05:48:00
I’m fully entertained! Love this part “If it be bad, they’ll drag it out!” 🙂

Negpeck: /neg – pek/ Everytime I try to suggest something positive, Elaine always tries to negpeck it down. Etymology: New Eng. (UWS) Created by: DrWebsterIII.

Comments on Negpeck:

Nosila, 2009-04-21: 22:26:00
cute, drw.

abrakadeborah, 2009-04-22: 06:27:00
I know an Negpeck Elaine just like this!
:)lol!

Ghoultures: /ghoul churs / Named after the devil in him, Sin Nick earned his living, by feeding on, and exploiting other people’s weaknesses, failures, and mistakes … by writing about them in the media, so all the world could see and hear about them, as well … and feed upon such misfortune, too. People like Sin Nicks, Gloomy Guses, Worry Warts, Pessy Mists, Wet Blankets, Sca Vengers, and old Buzz Ards, and all their fallowers are ghoultures. Etymology: GHOULISH, VULTURES. GHOULISH – morbidly fascinated and obsessively interested in weakness, failure, disaster, death and anything repulsive. VULTURES – birds or people who prey upon, and feed upon, the weak, the failing, the misfortunate. Culture – groups of people with shared attitudes and beliefs, such as the ghoultures, the cynics (sin nicks) who feed upon the misfortunate. Fall-lowers for followers. Created by: silveryaspen.

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James

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DEFINITION: v. To try to kill a weed that just won’t die. n. A weed that just keeps on coming back, no matter what you do to it.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Damndelion: /dam-de-lye-on/ Trevor spent the better part of the day treating the golf course for various weeks. All was going well until he reached the green at the 15th hole. He tried everything in his arsenal to kill the bright yellow flowers only to come back to find them standing as tall as ever. Finally, he decided to put on his gloves and yank the weed out by its roots. The joke was on him though – the next morning he found that the damndelion had fought back and brought an army of yellow crusaders to invade the green. Trevor looked upon the field of yellow and exclaimed “Damndelions!!”. Etymology: Damn + dandelion Created by: libertybelle.

Comments on Damndelion:

galwaywegian, 2009-04-20: 11:26:00
beauty!

silveryaspen, 2009-04-20: 17:40:00
Damn Excellent!

metrohumanx, 2009-04-20: 20:16:00
YELLOW CRUSADERS! Great imagery.

Nosila, 2009-04-20: 22:12:00
If I said I din’t like it, I’d be delion!

artr, 2009-04-21: 05:06:00
Wish I’d thought of it! Great word!

Schwarzenneggplant: /sh wart zen egg plahnt/ no matter how many times you take the shears/fork/flamethrower to a schwarzenneggplant, you know it’ll be back! Etymology: schwarzennegger, eggplant Created by: galwaywegian.

Comments on Schwarzenneggplant:

mrskellyscl, 2009-04-20: 09:58:00
I’ll be bok choy.

splendiction, 2009-04-20: 21:30:00
and I’ll be brock…

splendiction, 2009-04-20: 21:34:00
(broccoli)

Nosila, 2009-04-20: 22:11:00
Hosta la vista, baby!

Rhizomemania: /rhi-zome-ma-ni-a/ Harrietta and Henry would landscape and work all weekend long on their lawn… pulling,shoveling,whacking fiercely attacking weeds like a “rhizomemania” on a killing mission!
Henry sprayed as she prayed gouging and digging with a razor edged spade. Thinking they had finally gotten rid of all of the weeds…Only to find out the next weekend all the weeds had come back! Harrietta had an attack of “rhizomemania” as she crawled in the grass jerking weeds from all over the yard! They had multiplied, Henry, she shouted! “stop what you are planting please and hurry real fast JUST LOOK the weeds are growing faster than we can pull them up they are taking over our yard!” So, Henry came running with the weed eater in tow, to appease poor ol’ Harrietta. She was hysterical and just could not understand how these bothersome weeds grew so fast? Little did she know…Henry returned to his planting in the back yard planting variegated ivy,kudzu and bamboo which he thought was ideal for around the pool…
Etymology: Rhizome:A horizontal, usually underground stem that often sends out roots and shoots.
Mania:An excessively intense enthusiasm, interest, or desire; a craze;madness Created by: abrakadeborah.

Comments on Rhizomemania:

metrohumanx, 2009-04-20: 01:06:00
I love the word “rhizome”.Run with it, baby!

silveryaspen, 2009-04-20: 10:00:00
Unique etymology!

abrakadeborah, 2009-04-20: 18:03:00
Thank you dears xoxo Deb 🙂

Nosila, 2009-04-20: 22:10:00
I think you meant Wry-zomemania! I’m rooting for you!

abrakadeborah, 2009-04-22: 05:34:00
Wry thank you Nosila! for rooting for my twisted rhizomemaniaical rhapsody 🙂

Eradicaint: /ee-RAD-ehck-aynt/ Over the course of the growing season Gloria had tried all kinds of chemicals, digging, chopping, lawn mower, and with her latest effort of pouring charcoal starter fluid and lighting it, she was distressed to find that this too was one more eradicaint when she saw the plant flourishing a couple days later. Etymology: Blend of ‘eradicate’ and ‘ain’t’ Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Eradicaint:

galwaywegian, 2009-04-20: 11:25:00
must be a variety of naypalm

silveryaspen, 2009-04-20: 17:35:00
Clever blending! Great Word!

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James

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