Tag: Creativity

DEFINITION: v. To gasp and go rigid with shock when someone unexpectedly hugs you. n. The gasping sound, and associated rigid body reaction, which a person who is “not comfortable with physical intimacy”, emits when they are unexpectedly hugged.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Flabbergrasp: /flab her grasp/ Despite briefing on the protocalling, for caution and careful handulling, at the Queen’s soft touch, the lackadaisical lady, with a strong hand, flabbergrasped the Queen! Etymology: FLABBERGAST, GRASP, GASP. Flabbergast – astonish, surprise, shock, startle, flummox. Grasp – hold with the hand. Gasp – quick intake of air when startled by being flabbergrasped. /// Protocalling is a verbotomy based on protocol for calling on the queen. /// Handulling is a verbotomy based on the need to dull all hand gestures when handling the queen, so they are not misconstrued as hand gestures attacking the queen. Created by: silveryaspen.

Comments on Flabbergrasp:

metrohumanx, 2009-04-06: 01:38:00
Grasp her flab=Flabbergrasp! A quasi palindrotomy ! VERY good, Silvery!

abrakadeborah, 2009-04-06: 09:10:00
LOL Too funny! I like it 🙂

silveryaspen, 2009-04-06: 11:20:00
Yikes, Metro! Never gave it a thought. Now I need to start thinking backwords as well as forwords!

Nosila, 2009-04-06: 19:13:00
Absolutely flabulous, silvery!

Mustang, 2009-04-06: 20:41:00
Best of the day.

metrohumanx, 2009-04-07: 01:18:00
Just don’t start backing talkwards!

silveryaspen, 2009-04-07: 02:32:00
queueirked

silveryaspen, 2009-04-07: 02:49:00
delete the above comment please – forgot to change screens before beginning a new verbotomy! Forgot to look backwords while trying to go forwords!

Jabberwocky, 2009-04-07: 09:45:00
super

Winceofwails: /winss ov waylz/ When asked what was the high point (or most publicized aspect) of her recent trip to Britain, the First Lady said it had to be her receiving the winceofwails for encircling her Majesty in a photo-op embrace. The whole episode became a royal pain, for her and the House of Wince-or! Etymology: Wince (grimace;flich, cringe) & Wails (emit sound of sorrow or grief) & play on Prince of Wales (The Heir to the British Throne and some of Queen Elizabeth II) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Winceofwails:

metrohumanx, 2009-04-06: 00:58:00
Didn’t Henry Kissinger once grab Margaret Thatcher’s ass?
Nobody made a big deal out of THAT!

silveryaspen, 2009-04-06: 01:21:00
Royal pun = roils of fun! Great create and right on the definition, too!

Shockandpaw: /shock-and-paw/ Larry was the office touchy-feely guy, known for his flagrant practice of shockandpaw hugging manuvers on unsuspecting women. He snuck into the office one day and found Martha, the new receptionist, alone at her desk. What Larry never realized, though, was that Martha carried creepaway spray in her purse for just such an occasion. Etymology: shock: surprise + paw: fondle, grope (wordplay on shock and awe a la G.Bush) Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Shockandpaw:

galwaywegian, 2009-04-06: 08:48:00
nice one!

artr, 2009-04-06: 13:09:00
Love it!

Mustang, 2009-04-06: 20:39:00
Excellent!!

metrohumanx, 2009-04-08: 02:39:00
Good one, Miss Moneypenney!

Gasptropod: /gahsp-troh-pohd/ It was a beautiful day. Amelia, a social butterfly, was chairperson of the Friendly Acres Welcoming Committee. Her job was to meet and greet new arrivals to the neighborhood and deliver a basket of household goodies. After knocking several times on the front door of the newly arrived Mollusk family, imagine Amelia’s shock when Mrs. Mollusk (whose husband was a snailmail man) inhaled sharply when Amelia extended her hand to introduce herself. She was even more shocked when Mrs. Mollusk instructed the children at her foot to hide. Mrs. Mollusk then slammed the door and quickly retreated into her house. As Amelia walked back down the Mollusks somewhat slimy, but shimmering-in-the-sunshine pathway, she decided the Mollusks must be the gasptropods of the neighborhood. Etymology: Playing with GASTROPOD, a snail or slug, single-shelled, muscular organ of locomotion Created by: readerwriter.

Comments on Gasptropod:

silveryaspen, 2009-04-06: 17:55:00
Oh, no! They shunned your friendly graspopaweds! No shellouts in this family! Very unique etymology.

Jabberwocky, 2009-04-07: 09:48:00
very clever

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Be Creative,

James

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the create-a-word game

DEFINITION: n. The creative, yet blatantly illegal use of plastic milk crates, and the latent fear of prosecution associated with this alleged crime. v. To create and build home furnishings using stolen milk crates.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Lactocartanoia: /laktōkärtōnoiÉ™/ Emily’s boyfriend has a wonderful wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling bookcase made entirely of milk cartons. Emily had lactocartonoia. She is convinced that, at any moment, the dairy police are going to break down her door and drag her off to jail. She is also terrified that she might accidentally remove a tag from a pillow or mattress. Etymology: lacto (of or relating to milk) + carton (a light box or container, typically one made of waxed cardboard or plastic ) + paranoia (a mental condition characterized by delusions of persecution) Created by: artr.

Comments on Lactocartanoia:

wayoffcenter, 2009-04-03: 07:33:00
I think the pillow tags are the worse. I know they scare me.

Milkcratetivity: /milk cray tet tiv ity/ His artisitic name was EggNog Au Lait and he was famous for his milkcratetivity. He was not from here…some said he was from the Milky Way. He had designed many pieces of furniture and other art from the lowly plastic milk crate. Every opportunity he stole them from retail and wholesale places, backyards and dumps. When their owners awoke to find them missing, they realized they were evaporated milk crates. The main reason Eggnog was gathering these plastic gems was that he badly wanted to win a world’s record. Yes, he was going to create a life-size model of the Eiffel Tower entirely out of milk crates. He finally had enough and started erecting his structure. While he labored on it, a big time promoter offered to pay him for it when he had completed the job, so that he could display it outside his French Restaurant, which lay in a pasture….(which served French fries, French Dip & French Toast). When the structure was complete it was moved to the country, where people could see that the Tower was made from pasturized milk crates. Eggnog skimmed extra money from the project. When the promoter asked him what his profit margin was on milk crate designs, he said, “Oh, just 2%”. Etymology: Milk Crate (Milk crates are square or rectangular interlocking boxes made out of heavy-duty plastic that are used to transport milk and other products from dairies to retail establishments. These crates are often stolen for either personal use or for the plastic that they are made out of) & Creativity (the ability to create)

Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Milkcratetivity:

galwaywegian, 2009-04-03: 05:19:00
heehee

Jabberwocky, 2009-04-03: 12:35:00
good one

silveryaspen, 2009-04-04: 09:11:00
you milked the story for all it was worth! Your whole verbotomy is Cream of the crop!

metrohumanx, 2009-04-06: 01:20:00
Blood-curdlingly punny!

Decorcrate: /deh-cohr-kr8/ From her cell at the local jail, as she waited for the first visit from her lawyer, Diane could envision the creative possibilites for the tiny room, the very reason for her arrest. Oh, the injustice of it all! Yes, she had been taking plastic milk crates from the back of supermarkets, she would plead, but they were for use on the HGTV show she had proposed six months before. She had no idea why she hadn’t heard from the television producers. Her ideas were so eco-friendly and Decorcrating with Diane seemed like such a good name for a show. Etymology: A blend of DECOR/DECORATE, meaning ornamentation, adorn, array, embellish + CRATE Created by: readerwriter.

Crateblanche: /crat – blan – sh/ David went around acting as if he had crateblanche to steal and use milk crates. He blatently used them as furniture, totes and even in the artwork that he exibited in craft fairs. Etymology: Crate and Play on Carte Blanche (complete authority to act) Created by: mweinmann.

Comments on Crateblanche:

Jabberwocky, 2009-04-03: 12:30:00
wonderful

silveryaspen, 2009-04-04: 09:02:00
funtastic!

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Be Creative,

James

www.verbotomy.com
the create-a-word game

DEFINITION: n. The colorful array of plastic bags and other debris which blossom on the trees, thanks winter’s whistling winds — and a few careless neighbors. v. To watch your garbage caress the landscape, as it blows in the wind.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Wildermess: /rhymes with wilderness/ The thing that struck me most from my sojourn to the Himalayas, was the utter beauty of the wildermess – the smog dusted snow, the accretions of debris in the base camp and the sparkling PET bottles, like diamonds on the rocky scree. Etymology: wilderness (pristine landscape untouched by humans – well, almost) + mess (garbage, or untidiness especially created by the human hand) Created by: petaj.

Comments on Wildermess:

galwaywegian, 2009-04-02: 09:45:00
nice

silveryaspen, 2009-04-02: 10:22:00
meaningful pull, meaning readily apparent, fits the definition like a glove on a hand, great use of irony, and wildermess is so pervasive! Will use this word a lot!

readerwriter, 2009-04-02: 10:46:00
Well worth waiting for!

Jabberwocky, 2009-04-02: 18:23:00
good one

amylynn242, 2009-04-03: 21:23:00
i like it! Very…..thoughtful!

Garbingers: /gahr-bihn-gherz/ Once it had warmed up, Grandpa Bill loved taking little Olive out for walks or drives. He could point out all the garbingers of Spring clothing the countryside: the Cokasis, the PigglyWigglias, the Walmarthias, the Safewaysias, and in more exclusive areas, the rare TraderJoenums and Rodeodrendums. Etymology: GARB, meaning clothing + GARBAGE, meaning refuse + HARBINGER, meaning a precursor or herald Created by: readerwriter.

Comments on Garbingers:

mrskellyscl, 2009-04-02: 06:14:00
Hysterical.

petaj, 2009-04-02: 06:45:00
I always admire the brilliant pink of the supre carriandras

silveryaspen, 2009-04-02: 10:02:00
Exceptional flowairy prose!

galwaywegian, 2009-04-02: 14:18:00
good one rw

Jabberwocky, 2009-04-02: 18:21:00
excellent

Styroflowers: /sti + roh + flah + wurs/ I wakened to the sights and sounds of Spring this morning, with the many colorful birds singing their April melodies. The dew was fresh on the lawn and there was a breeze bringing warm, sweet air with it. I next heard the rustle of the trashtrees with their little baggie buds waving on the ends of their branches; accompanied by large white styroflowers which had bloomed everywhere. Ahhh, this would truly be a sight to remember….styrospring at its best. Etymology: Styrofoam (light resilient foam of polystyrene)and Flowers Created by: mweinmann.

Artdecomposing: /art-dee-calm-pose-ing/ There is a new avant-garbage exhibition in our neighbourhood called artdecomposing. Complementary face masks are being distributed. Etymology: art deco + decomposing Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Artdecomposing:

readerwriter, 2009-04-02: 06:26:00
Appreciating the elegance of this one…

silveryaspen, 2009-04-02: 09:51:00
Double witticisms with a French Fullair! Reek Chic!

abrakadeborah, 2009-04-03: 04:40:00
Jabberwocky~ What a great mind you have :)”neighbourhood”

abrakadeborah, 2009-04-03: 04:42:00
The posting cut OFF!!! where I had also said, I am part French…

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Be Creative,

James

www.verbotomy.com
the create-a-word game

DEFINITION: n. A self-deprecating computer virus which is constantly changing its identity due to problems with its logic and/or self-confidence. v. To randomly change your tune, just so you can bug other people.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Vermista: /verh-mihs-ta/ After it was exposed that Vermista was not the latest version of the world’s largest computer operating system, its creators restructured and began growing the herb, Wormwood, and producing a remedy for intestinal worms they called Vermouthsta. When that failed they decided to produce a red dye and began breeding and then drying the bodies of the wood louse. They called it Vermilionista. After that failure, they thought about opening an Italian restaurant specializing in what they would call Vermicellista. But, alas, in the end they would not repent and on the Judgement Day they were sent to the place where “their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.” Etymology: From VERMIS, the Latin for worm. Created by: readerwriter.

Comments on Vermista:

metrohumanx, 2009-04-01: 14:52:00
I’m just mad about saffron….

mweinmann, 2009-04-01: 17:02:00
hahaha…this was great!!

Metamorviruse: /met ah more veer ruse / Of course, today being April 1, it is the day for the conficker virus to mutate and do its thing. No matter what we discover today, it will go down in history. Will it do so as one of the greatest April Fool’s Day Johoax (jokes/ hoax) of this new century? Or for being the worst computer terminal illness ever caused by a metamorviruse? Etymology: METAMORPHOSIS – to undergo marked or complete change. VIRUS – a corrupting, damaging computer program. RUSE – a clever plot or dirty trick that will deceive and take advange of others. Created by: silveryaspen.

Comments on Metamorviruse:

silveryaspen, 2009-04-01: 01:01:00
Song of the day: Glow Worm !!!
Glow little glow worm, glimmer, glimmer! Glow little glow worm shimmer, shimmer! Glow little glow worm, go go go … and shall we have a beserking computer soon? My apologies for changing the last two lines!

Jabberwocky, 2009-04-01: 14:37:00
great word Silvery

mweinmann, 2009-04-01: 17:02:00
the ruse is the thing….good word!

splendiction, 2009-04-01: 21:44:00
Excellent!

Nosila, 2009-04-01: 22:22:00
Great word, silvery…it’s a metaforgone conclusion that some tomfoolery happened today!

Mustang, 2009-04-02: 00:52:00
Great word….best of the day.

Hackmasker: /hak + mask + ur/ When I brought up today’s word in Verbotomy, I encountered a virulous hackmasker. I saw that I had to enter my credit card number to continue playing my beloved Verbotomy and if I did not, my hard drive would be immediately erased. What was this world coming to? But after performing scans for malware and trying to find the process that was driving this pesky “pop-up”, I finally realized that it was just a mask for a real hack…. Etymology: Hack (fix a computer program piecemeal until it works) Hacker (In common usage, hacker is generic term for a computer criminal, often with a specific specialty in computer intrusion), Masker (One who wears a mask; one who appears in disguise) Also play on “taskmaster” (one who keeps others on task to complete a mission or project)except in this case, it is a masked hacker….without a pal named Tonto. Created by: mweinmann.

Comments on Hackmasker:

Jabberwocky, 2009-04-01: 14:38:00
excellent

silveryaspen, 2009-04-01: 21:40:00
Sentence, etymology, word – all three are outstanding!

Metamorphasses: /metəmôrfasəz/ When Judy went to college there was a group she referred to as the metamorphasses. This consisted of a bunch who was willing to jump into any new cause or trend. They would be environmentalists one day, guns-rights activists another. They could stage a food fight this week and collect goods for the food bank the next. Whatever rally or social gathering that was going on, they were there especially if it meant missing classes or if there was food to be had. Etymology: metamorphosis (a change of the form or nature of a thing or person into a completely different one) + asses (stupid, irritating, or contemptible people) Created by: artr.

Comments on Metamorphasses:

silveryaspen, 2009-04-01: 11:11:00
Did my verbotomy inspire you to create this one? Imitation is the highest form of flattery. You flatter a lot of people quite often.

Guest, 2009-04-01: 14:45:00
I usually read the definition to ponder as I walk my dogs. I then look at the ones that are already submitted. Occasionally someone has something with a similar root word. I can’t say I’ve been inspired by someone else’s word. If the approach is too close, I’ll head back to the thesaurus.

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Be Creative,

James

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the create-a-word game

DEFINITION: v. To do something decisive and then immediately start to have doubts, wondering if you did the right thing. n. Second thoughts, or second guesses, about a decision or an action you have made but cannot change.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Hindsplight: /hinds-plite/ As soon as I picked up the goldfish cracker off my daughter’s high chair and popped it into my mouth, the hindsplight kicked in. Do I spit out the half-soggy, apple juice soaked tidbit or forge on with the chewing. And why do I think eating her scraps is somehow less wasteful than throwing it away? In the midst of my hindsplight, I stepped on a rogue Cheerio, and, with that telltale crunch beneath my heel, I immediately started chastising myself for not picking it up earlier. Etymology: hindsight modified to include plight. Created by: Nuwanda.

Comments on Hindsplight:

silveryaspen, 2009-03-31: 14:27:00
Your sentence was so true to life, I think we might all have had to stop ourselves from making a face and spitting! Hindsplight was equally powerful at evoking the emotions! Excellent!

Jabberwocky, 2009-03-31: 16:03:00
excellent

Actagonize: /ak tag oh naiiiiiz/ The realization that he should have thought the thing through before entering the ultimate fighting challenge came after a lot of actagonizing and before a lot of octagony! Etymology: act agonise Created by: galwaywegian.

Comments on Actagonize:

silveryaspen, 2009-03-31: 14:44:00
I wonder if octomom feels any octagony? Or is she is capably of any actagony! Intriguing verbotomies!

Jabberwocky, 2009-03-31: 16:00:00
great word

mweinmann, 2009-03-31: 19:05:00
perfect word.

kateinkorea, 2009-03-31: 23:47:00
Really good word and story. Suits the definition perfectly.

Revorce: /rivôrs/ After weeks of anticipation, the papers finally arrived. The marriage was done. He immediately shifted into revorce, that overwhelming feeling of dimorse. Had he done enough to make it work? Had his expectations been realistic going into marriage? Maybe not, but at least now his “ex” wouldn’t be nagging him about wanting to take his girlfriend on their honeymoon. Etymology: remorse (deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed) + divorce (the legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or other competent body) Created by: artr.

Timedoubt: /timd + owt/ Lorraine always experienced timedoubt when she had to decide anything; whether it was a meaningless, simple decision or a life changing situation. After it was too late to change her mind, she wondered whether she should have made another choice. Etymology: timed out(too late, its over) time (clock or measure duration) doubt (second thoughts) Created by: mweinmann.

Comments on Timedoubt:

silveryaspen, 2009-03-31: 14:19:00
Captures all the nuances of the definition, and is so easy to remember. Perfect!

Jabberwocky, 2009-03-31: 16:05:00
super

kateinkorea, 2009-03-31: 23:50:00
Perfect word.

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Be Creative,

James

www.verbotomy.com
the create-a-word game