Tag: Creativity

DEFINITION: v. To go to the store and buy something, but then to forget to bring it home. n. A person who forgets what they bought — until the credit card bill comes in.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Shoplefter: /shop left her/ Carry never missed a chance to shop. It was always such a pity, there was that little bit, she left in the bottom of the cart. Unlike the shoplifter who took things without paying for them, Carry paid for things without taking them … She was a chronic shoplefter! Etymology: SHOP, LEFT, being a play on SHOPLIFT. Shop – visit stores and buy things. Left – past tense of leave; to have let something remain behind accidentally.
Created by: silveryaspen.

Comments on Shoplefter:

splendiction, 2009-04-13: 20:41:00
Another excellent word!

Nosila, 2009-04-13: 22:23:00
Good word…she’s a kLEFTomaniac!

Mustang, 2009-04-13: 22:46:00
But…she never had to deal with shoplefovers.

mweinmann, 2009-04-14: 08:03:00
perfect!

Stupormarket: /stoōpÉ™rmärkit/ Jean was OK when it came to her weekly shopping but was often overwhelmed by the stupormarket if she had to pick up a few things mid-week. Maybe it was all the bright colors, the 2fers or the BoGo’s perhaps the self-service checkout with all it’s confusing instructions (and Lord help her if she accidentally touched the dreaded Spanish button). If she could get past the fixation on dealing with the check-out and the pressure of not holding up the people in the queue behind her she would often rush out of the store without picking up her purchase or at best, get her acquisitions home only to discover that she had not bought the one thing she had gone to get. Etymology: stupor (a state of near-unconsciousness or insensibility) + market (a regular gathering of people for the purchase and sale of provisions) Created by: artr.

Comments on Stupormarket:

splendiction, 2009-04-13: 20:36:00
Excellent word!

Mustang, 2009-04-13: 22:47:00
Very good!!

Buygoner: /by gon er/ Edward was a buygoner. Unlike your average man, Edward shopped till he dropped and forgot what he purchased. There were bags all over the house, full of stuff he thought would make great gifts for someone. The only problem was he forgot what he bought for who and ended up buying them something else. He loved shopping and enjoyed it until the Visa bills came in. Then he’d have a slight jag of buyer’s remorse, pay the minimum and set off again next time for another round of rampant consumerism. He knew he needed help one warm July night when he tried to find out what was causing the absolutely gross smell in his car. He thought he had run over a piquant rodent and it had left DNA on his tire. But no, when he finally opened the trunk and went through the bags he had stored inside, he found the culprit. Oh no, he thought, it’s Mozart…that deal of a fresh turkey he’d bought in December was rapidly decomposing in his trunk! Etymology: Buy (To purchase something) & Bygone (past events to be put aside;well in the past; former) & Goner (a person in desperate straits; someone doomed) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Buygoner:

silveryaspen, 2009-04-13: 13:44:00
Oh that smell that makes you wish it was a byegoner, too! Clever create!

Mustang, 2009-04-13: 22:45:00
Ed must let buygones be byebyegones

Shopadaisical: /shop-uh-DAY-zi-cul/ While on his routine shopping outings Garret was quite shopadaisical, distracted by the sales signs, any and all activity going on around him and as often as not he would walk off after paying and leave his shopping basket at the checkout or on occasion was known to leave his purchases in the basket in the parking lot, get in his car and drive off. Etymology: Blend of shopper and lackadaisical Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Shopadaisical:

wayoffcenter, 2009-04-13: 06:35:00
Have you been following me? Thanks for changing the name.

splendiction, 2009-04-13: 20:40:00
– really good word!

silveryaspen, 2009-04-13: 22:08:00
Can just hear the shopadaisicals saying ‘oopsy daisy’ when they come out of their shopping daze! Just saying it makes me want to smile!

Nosila, 2009-04-13: 22:18:00
Going into a grocerystore makes me shopadaze-ical..can’t remember what I need, can’t remember where I put my list…

mweinmann, 2009-04-14: 08:00:00
great word….I can relate.

abrakadeborah, 2009-04-16: 19:08:00
Great description of definition and mood! I get in lackadaisical
moods sometimes… I left a case of bottled water under the cart and drove off. 🙂 I was in Shopadaisicalical shock when I realized what I did…hehehe! You have my vote!

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James

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DEFINITION: v. To yell at a store clerk for correctly doing something that is clearly part of their job. n. A shopper who believes, as a “customer”, it’s their duty to bother, berate and belittle the people who serve them.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Fusstomer: /fustumer/ Saturday morning at the Mall was not a great time for Debbie. She had to deal one fusstomer after another. Nothing she did could please this bunch. They wanted faster service. They wanted better prices. They demanded more attention despite the fact that many had cell phones plastered to their ears. One cusstomer even screamed at her when she wouldn’t honor an expired coupon issued by a different store. The only thing that gave her peace was the hope that the Karma Police would be issuing tickets later. Etymology: fuss (become angry and complain) + customer (a person or organization that buys goods or services from a store or business) Created by: artr.

Comments on Fusstomer:

otherguy, 2009-04-10: 06:44:00
Retail: a little less painful than being poked in the eye with a sporkful of chopped Scotch Bonnet peppers

Cashearful: /cash-eer-full/ Every time Sam shops at the fruit market he gives the clerk a cashearful about the state of their produce. Etymology: cashier + earful (strong reprimand) Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Cashearful:

silveryaspen, 2009-04-10: 12:31:00
Has an outstanding ring to it and registers a big hit here here!

silveryaspen, 2009-04-10: 12:32:00
correct those last two words to Hear! Hear!

Nosila, 2009-04-10: 22:57:00
Good one..the cashier should just tell him to BEET it or Lettuce tell the Manager. He could also Turnip after Sam has left or work somewhere that pays a higher Celery for taking this abuse!

Mustang, 2009-04-11: 22:03:00
Very clever!!

Tyranntesaurus: /tye ran tes sor us/ It has been almost a year since I began my study in the field of the nefarious Tyranntesaurus. The larger male of the species, whom I have called Dick Tator, is prone to aggressive outbursts against the young of the species, who operate tills in stores and restaurants. He ridicules these younger troupe members to the point of their tears and humiliation, just to prove his dominance. The female companion of this subject, whom I have called Emma Barassed, blindly condones her mate’s rages through her silence and fails to interrupt his outbursts, as he would turn his wrath on her. In his tirades about days of yore when prices were less and money went farther, he fails to understand that his joyful retail service experiences happened at a time prior to the birth of these youngsters.
Yes, it is my conclusion that there should be a separate line-up at the tills for these curmudgeons and that their ire be quashed by being served by an equally ascerbic cashier, who is as long in the tooth as our subject…Observation by Dr. Jane Badall, Base Camp Checkouts. Etymology: Tyrant (bully;rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner) & Tyrannosaurus Rex ( large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrations; may have been a scavenger rather than an active predator; later Cretaceous period in North America)
Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Tyranntesaurus:

silveryaspen, 2009-04-10: 01:49:00
You bowled me over with laughter with your brilliant creates … I wish I could vote four time … once for Dick Tator … once for Tyranntesaurus … once for Emma Barassed … and once for Jane Badall. What a hoot!

Sharraser: /sha-raas-ur/ Dan knew he had a sharraser on his hands when the customer was yelling and screaming because he had to swipe his debit card through the credit card reader. The customer was insistent on the fact that there had to be a seperate reader for debit cards, and that every other store he’d ever been to had one, so why didn’t they? Etymology: shopper (one who does business with a retailer) + harrass (to annoy or belittle another) Created by: Biscotti.

Comments on Sharraser:

silveryaspen, 2009-04-10: 01:53:00
Wonderful choice of words to blend, and a super job of blending them! Great create!

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James

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DEFINITION: v. To “adopt” a cute, baby, wild animal as a pet, which then grows up to become a very large, very wild, and very dangerous predator. n. A person who treats wild animals like pets, only to discover that they are not.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Reptkillian: /rep + kill + eun/ Isiah was thrilled with his new pet snake Skinnard, until he attacked his girlfriend, his second cousin and his best friend Marty. When Marty disappeared, Isiah realized that Skinnard was a reptilian sub-species of the special repkillian class and definitely not meant to be a pet. Etymology: reptilian (any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators and crocodiles) and kill (cause to die) Created by: mweinmann.

Comments on Reptkillian:

Jabberwocky, 2009-04-09: 10:46:00
excellent

galwaywegian, 2009-04-09: 14:25:00
like it

silveryaspen, 2009-04-09: 16:13:00
Powerful! Terrorific!

splendiction, 2009-04-09: 20:54:00
excellent word!

Underpestimate: /uhn-derh-pehst-ih-meyt/ One day while tandem bathing, Tino, to his dismay and demise, found he had underpestimated the weight and will of his pet hippo, Harry. Etymology: Using UNDERESTIMATE, meaning to make too low an estimate of + PEST, a plant or animal that is injurious to man. Be careful of those critters, they can be “pesty mates,” as well. Created by: readerwriter.

Comments on Underpestimate:

Jabberwocky, 2009-04-09: 10:46:00
wonderful verbotomy

readerwriter, 2009-04-09: 11:01:00
Thanks. This wasn’t an easy one!

galwaywegian, 2009-04-09: 14:25:00
beauty!

splendiction, 2009-04-09: 16:30:00
Admirable!

Domestigator: /dom esti gay tor/ Crikey, but the Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin, was a true domestigator. He turned every animal he met into a pet. He put the Pen in Penguin, the M’am in Mamba and the Con in Anaconda. He was a true communigator and an edugator. He found out the hard way that the Pole Cat was not really a cat and he looked out for the wilferal wildlife. Sadly, but ironically, he met his Cregator after having a stinging ray put a hole in his heart. Maybe it was squid pro quo (a favor for a favor) but he never seemed to have reptile dysfunction before that fateful day!
Etymology: domesticate ( make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans;overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable) & Gator (nickname for an alligator, either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with with shorter broader snouts)

Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Domestigator:

metrohumanx, 2009-04-09: 01:52:00
Reptile dysfunction! Brilliant, Mon cherie!

mrskellyscl, 2009-04-09: 06:38:00
Thanks for the early morning chuckle.

abrakadeborah, 2009-04-09: 08:18:00
LOL! He should have taken his Gatoriagra for “reptile dysfunction” 🙂 YOU are hilarious!

mweinmann, 2009-04-09: 08:29:00
Hilarous squid pro quo…..great sentence!!

Jabberwocky, 2009-04-09: 10:46:00
terrific combo

silveryaspen, 2009-04-09: 16:03:00
terrific verbotomies … greater gator creator! 🙂

Sowildenialtrust: /SO-wile-dee-NILE-trust
(sowildenialtrustee)/ SOWILDENIALTRUST is an error…
It starts out as love but descends into terror-
Out in the food chain those creatures belong…
You might bring them in but you know before long-
They’ll eat you and then you’ll have cause to reget
not purchasing a more… conventional pet.
They were so cute, so cuddly and small!
We made them a plush cozy bed in the hall.
But if you embrace all of God’s wild creations,
You’ll wind up with grisly severe lacerations.
Etymology: SO+SOW+WILd+DENIAL+TRUST =SOWILDENIALTRUST…..SO: to a great extent or degree; Middle English, from Old English swā; akin to Old High German sō so, Latin sic so, thus, si if, Greek hōs so, thus, Latin suus one’s own…SOW: to set something in motion, begin an enterprise; Middle English, from Old English sāwan; akin to Old High German sāwen to sow, Latin serere, Lithuanian sÄ—ti…..WILD: living in a state of nature and not ordinarily tame or domesticated; Middle English wilde, from Old English; akin to Old High German wildi wild, Welsh gwyllt…..DENIAL: refusal to admit the truth or reality, : a psychological defense mechanism in which confrontation with a personal problem or with reality is avoided by denying the existence of the problem or reality;[1528]…..TRUST: assured reliance on the safety,consistency or dependability of someone or something; Middle English, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse traust trust; akin to Old English trÄ“owe faithful. Created by: metrohumanx.

Comments on Sowildenialtrust:

metrohumanx, 2009-04-09: 02:04:00
Take only pictures…leave only footprints…kill only time.
(The Spelunker’s Motto)

metrohumanx, 2009-04-09: 02:26:00
Sookie and Shirley converted their pet- into hip snakeskin boots without much regret. Since Henry wound up as a snack for the BOA…They traded the snake for a pet protozoa !

metrohumanx, 2009-04-09: 02:49:00
Is protozoa singular or plural?

Nosila, 2009-04-09: 22:12:00
Leave only footprints, not the mark of a heel!

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DEFINITION: n. The desire to convert items with sentimental value, like antique hand-crafted jewelery, back into the raw material, like gold bullion, to access its commercial value. v. To cash in something with sentimental value.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Meltrinketosis: /mel-TREEN-kit-OH-sis/ Into the mailer we tossed them with glee-
Granny’s old brooch with the fine filagree…
Rings that were crafted when that was an art,
Gifts they intended to mend broken hearts.
Surely we’ll harvest the fair market price-
No one would cheat us- that wouldn’t be nice!
MELTRINKETOSIS runs rampant today…
Don’t weigh your heirlooms- just do as we say.
Gold chains and memories melted away
Returned as a buck so more bills we can pay.
Silver’s re-fashioned with minimal labor-
Into a STUD for the nose of your neighbor.
Etymology: MELt+TRINKET+OSIS= MELTRINKETOSIS…..MELT: to become altered from a solid to a liquid state usually by heat; Middle English, from Old English meltan; akin to Old Norse melta to digest, Greek meldein to melt [12th century]…..TRINKET: a small ornament (as a jewel or ring) often bequeathed by a loved one, perhaps fashioned by the lost-wax process; origin unknown [circa 1527]…..-OSIS: suffix indicating an illness or medical condition, action, process, or condition; New Latin, from Greek -ōsis, from -ō- (stem of causative verbs in -oun) + -sis. Created by: metrohumanx.

Comments on Meltrinketosis:

metrohumanx, 2009-04-08: 02:11:00
WE BUY ANYTHING! Use the postage-paid “greed-pack” and we will return you MAXIMUM MONIES!

metrohumanx, 2009-04-08: 02:32:00
If you vote for me, I’ll put us back on the gold standard and i promise to put a chicken in every pot!

silveryaspen, 2009-04-08: 07:18:00
A hit with me are your verse and verbotomy … great golden oldies!

Jabberwocky, 2009-04-08: 13:16:00
fantastic metro

Nosila, 2009-04-08: 23:22:00
Metalligent, metalphysical and metalmorphic! Cheers, metalrohumanx!

abrakadeborah, 2009-04-09: 06:49:00
YOU are “meltan my trinkets” Metrohumanx~ GOOD one! 🙂

Smeltimental: /smelt im men tal/ Ronnie was taking a smeltimental journey. He had gone around the house and collected his wife, Julie’s and his mother Mabel’s old jewellery. His wife would never miss any of it because she never wore it and Mother was no longer somewhere that jewellery wearing was allowed. He threw everything, even pieces with stones and pearls into a big pot of hot water on the stove and started stirring. When his wife Julie came home she was hit with a strange burning odor. When she confronted Ronnie, he told her about his brainstorm. That old jewellery could be melted down into gold bullion and at $884.89 per ounce, they could be squillionaires! Julie blew up and told Ronnie that he should go back to Chemistry class, because gold would not turn to liquid until it reached almost 2000 degrees F! She pulled the pot off the stove, strained the hot metal into a collander and decided that the worse that happened this time was that her jewels got a good cleaning. She was furious, because the jewellery were the last keepsakes of her Mother and Granny and she valued them more than her goofy husband. She took the hot pot and bashed Ronnie on the head! He rubbed the lump on his cranium and he asked her if the Antiques Road Show was coming to town soon? She bashed him again, permanently and remembered the wise words of her dear old Granny, “InGot we trust, no one else!” Etymology: Smelt (extract metals by heating) & Sentimental (given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality;effusively or insincerely emotional) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Smeltimental:

metrohumanx, 2009-04-08: 01:11:00
At least they didn’t stoop to selling those senseless violins!

silveryaspen, 2009-04-08: 07:38:00
Your mind took this golden opportunity, mined the definition and cartoon, and smelted it all down for all it was worth!

Nostalchemy: /nos-tal-kemy/ Times were tough so Sally and Sam resorted to nostalchemy after rummaging through the house to find anything with traces of base metals. They finally drew the line at pulling filled teeth. Etymology: nostalgia (sentimental yearning) + alchemy (medieval chemistry seeking to turn base metals into gold) Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Nostalchemy:

silveryaspen, 2009-04-08: 07:24:00
your reactive attractive verbotomy has great chemistry!

Mustang, 2009-04-08: 09:43:00
Great word!

Nosila, 2009-04-08: 23:30:00
You turn words into gold!

abrakadeborah, 2009-04-09: 06:52:00
ROTFLOL!You always come through with comedy and much to say with so few words~ 🙂

Sentimetallurgy: /sen-ti-met-al-lur-gy/ Pam walked into the kitchen to find Robert busily smelting her precious heirlooms. When she asked what he was doing Robert replied, “You keep complaining that I have no job or ambition,so I’ve decided to get into sentimetallurgy. That way I can clean out this junk and make cash at the same time.” “That’s a great idea,” Pam said as she reached for Robert’s golf trophy. Etymology: sentimental:romantic, nostalgic + metallurgy: the science of working with or heating elements to give them desired properties Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Sentimetallurgy:

Mustang, 2009-04-08: 09:43:00
Very good!

Jabberwocky, 2009-04-08: 13:22:00
funny little story

metrohumanx, 2009-04-09: 02:32:00
Great word AND story!

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DEFINITION: n. The feelings that well up inside of you when you’re waiting for service and another person, who arrived after you did, gets waited first! v. To wait and wait in line, only to watch other people jump the queue.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Queueirked: /Queue – irkt/ There was only one clerk at one register at Kame-Apart. Dismayed and waylaid, in a long line, those imprisoned in it found no time peace. Then, the chap at the end, like a defensive forward, with elbows attackling, made a mad line drive, surging queueickly to the front, leaving the rest of us waitstresses even more queueirked! Etymology: QUEUE, IRKED, QUIRKED. QUEUE – waiting line. IRKED – annoyed, frustrated, exasperated, irritated and angry. QUIRK – the twist of fate that resulted in the long line and the line-jumper.
/// Kame-Apart for K-Mart is not my invention. I have heard it many times and don’t know who created it. /// Attackling is a verbotomy of attack and tackling. /// Queueickly is a verbotomy of queue and quickly. Created by: silveryaspen.

Comments on Queueirked:

Jabberwocky, 2009-04-07: 15:24:00
clever blend

mweinmann, 2009-04-07: 17:07:00
interesting etymology. Enjoyed the sentence too!!

metrohumanx, 2009-04-08: 02:21:00
Hahahaha! Good one, SA!

Waitred: /wait-red rhymes with hatred/ Tanya was filled with waitred while the officer kept answering the phone instead of helping the customers lined up at the desk. Etymology: wait (be detained)+ hatred (loathing) + red (i was so angry, it made me see red) Created by: petaj.

Comments on Waitred:

galwaywegian, 2009-04-07: 07:37:00
Could also describe waiting for a waiter to serve you. Nice one!

silveryaspen, 2009-04-07: 11:32:00
Captures that strong feeling with a really strong verbotomy!

Jabberwocky, 2009-04-07: 15:24:00
terrific

metrohumanx, 2009-04-08: 02:16:00
Nice, compact and self-explanatory!

Buttindignation: /butt-in-dig-nay-shun/ Sally felt the buttindignation overwhelming as someone cut in front of her at the ticketbooth and bought the last ticket. Etymology: butt in + indignation Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Buttindignation:

petaj, 2009-04-07: 06:18:00
that’s good

galwaywegian, 2009-04-07: 07:36:00
Good word. could have used it yesterday as well 🙂

silveryaspen, 2009-04-07: 11:13:00
buttinhol

silveryaspen, 2009-04-07: 11:14:00
oops … you buttinhholed this definition! Great Create!

Interjerkt: /inn tur jur kt/ The intensity of his interjerktion was resposible for his impaling on Madams umbrella. Etymology: interject as in butt in, jerk as in butt head. Created by: galwaywegian.

Comments on Interjerkt:

silveryaspen, 2009-04-07: 11:19:00
Your sentence and verbotomy are so good I not see it, I feel it! Excell’in’t!

silveryaspen, 2009-04-07: 11:20:00
Can’t type today worth a hang. Meant to type – Your sentence and verbotomy are good, I not only see it, I feel it.
Excell’in’t!

Jabberwocky, 2009-04-07: 15:21:00
tragic but funny

Nosila, 2009-04-07: 23:06:00
At least his rain of terror is over…maybe we should all carry umbrellas!

metrohumanx, 2009-04-08: 02:27:00
I’ll bet he wanted to bumbershoot someone!

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