Tag: Creativity

DEFINITION: n. A wayward scent or aroma which invokes distant memories of one’s childhood or younger days. v. To be suddenly catapulted into the past by a very strong odor.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Reminessence: /rem in ess sens/ Howard was completing the Circle of Life. He had started out as a baby, grew through childhood to adulthood and now as a senior was regressing back to needing the care one gives an infant. His wife Margery tended his needs and the odors of caring for another human took her back to her own child-rearing years: the feedings, the changings, the bathing and looking after an increasingly helpless person. Sometimes the scent of adult diapers were reminessence of those she had put on her own children. The scent took her back to a time when she and Howard had worked hard and enjoyed the rewards of a growing family. Who says you cannot go back again? Margery did it every day now… Etymology: Reminiscence (a mental impression retained and recalled from the past;the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort) & Essence (a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Reminessence:

galwaywegian, 2009-03-23: 11:07:00
like it

silveryaspen, 2009-03-23: 13:47:00
You have captured that cradle-to-the-grave, circle of life, with reminissence. Powerful word!

splendiction, 2009-03-23: 16:43:00
Your word is beautiful – I didn’t realize mine starts the same way (remin. from reminisce/reminiscence).

kateinkorea, 2009-03-23: 23:34:00
Captured perfectly!

Scentimental: /scent eh meant all / It does not matter from what corner of his mind, the now elderly Jack Horner, could always find, through out all time, be it from adolescent to his old-age prescent, the fragrance of cinnamon in bread pudding or plum pie, was indelibly etched, from his memory fetched, making his thumb twitch, and with a scentimental sigh, recapture the feeling of “What a good boy am I!” Etymology: SCENT – a nice smell. SENTIMENTAL – tender feelings of nostalgia, tender feelings when thinking of the past. ///// For people whose first langauge is not English, or those so young they may not have heard of Jack Horner, here’s his original nursery rhyme: Little Jack Horner sat in the corner, eating his pudding and pie. He stuck in his thumb, and pulled out a plum and said “What a good boy am I!” Created by: silveryaspen.

Comments on Scentimental:

silveryaspen, 2009-03-23: 01:26:00
Song of the day: Scentimental Journey!

abrakadeborah, 2009-03-23: 06:18:00
You’re making me want some bread pudding!!! Mmmm Good word there Silveryaspen! 🙂

kateinkorea, 2009-03-23: 11:06:00
Awesome word.

galwaywegian, 2009-03-23: 11:06:00
exsmellent!

Jabberwocky, 2009-03-23: 12:26:00
yummy

mweinmann, 2009-03-23: 15:22:00
clever story corner…

Mustang, 2009-03-23: 23:10:00
Now I want some bread pudding just like grandma used to make.

Nosetalgia: /nōstaljÉ™/ Charlie went out for a walk. As he approached a patch of woods he caught the unmistakable scent of skunk. In a case of nosestalgia, he flashed back to his first encounter with one of these odoriferous creatures. It was quite a shock for a puppy to think that something he saw as a possible playmate would do something so rude. His current walk quickly took a new direction. Etymology: nose (the sense of smell, esp. a dog’s ability to track something by its scent) + nostalgia (a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past) Created by: artr.

Comments on Nosetalgia:

Jabberwocky, 2009-03-23: 12:24:00
terrific

Whiffersnapper: /wiff-a-snap-a/ Mmmm! there’s something about the whiffersnapper of packaging materials, that takes me right back to the Christmas parcel Grandma used to send us half way around the world. Etymology: whiff (scent) + whippersnaper (youth) Created by: petaj.

Comments on Whiffersnapper:

Jabberwocky, 2009-03-23: 12:30:00
love it!

silveryaspen, 2009-03-23: 14:02:00
Whiffersnapper conjures up the crackle of the enlightening smell in the air! Wheffervescent!

Nosila, 2009-03-23: 23:05:00
Enjoyed it…whiff love!

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Be Creative,

James

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DEFINITION: n. An environmentally friendly program or product which does not live up to expectations. v. To try to save the planet by buying something green only to find out that it’s just a load of bunk.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Conservascam: /con-ser-VAY-scam/ Willard had just made the first payment on the water recovery and power saver program he bought from the door to door salesman when he began to realize it was really a conservascam and the worst part was his wife, Wilma, sneering and reminding him she’d tried to steer him away from the slick talking salesman. Etymology: Blend of conserve and scam, play on the word ‘conservation’. Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Conservascam:

kateinkorea, 2009-03-21: 00:41:00
Good word.

splendiction, 2009-03-21: 16:47:00
Great word! Like the sentence

Ecologyp: /ee-kol-o-jip/ Amanda was the suprise hit of the bio-kegger when she entered the wet tee shirt contest wearing her new ecofriendly, organically recycled Kleenex t-shirt she purchased through the Ecologyp company. Etymology: ecology — the study of the relationship of organisms and the environment.
gyp– to swindle Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Ecologyp:

silveryaspen, 2009-03-20: 09:57:00
Great Create!

chaiandallthatjazz, 2009-03-23: 16:01:00
Funny! It rolls right off the tongue!

Unconservashuns: /un con serve vay shuns – my way to say cons which serve no good purpose (Oyvay!) deserve shuns/ To process grains, such as corn, into ethanol, to use as a substitue for the fossil fuel gasoline, takes a great deal of energy. That energy needed to distill it, usually comes from fossil fuels of oil or gas, using more oil or gas, than if you just put gasoline in your vehicle. Ethanol, is not so green, after all. Furthermore, it takes land away from the production of food. This fiasco is so disadvantagous and unproductive, it deserves to bite the dust. Like so many other green products, it saves nothing and is not our salvation. By refusing to purchase and use them, let us make such green flops and duds into unconservashuns. Etymology: UN – meaning not. CONSERVATION – the word for preserving and protecting before the synonym green became more popular. SHUN – to avoid in every way because it is bad, not good. Created by: silveryaspen.

Comments on Unconservashuns:

silveryaspen, 2009-03-20: 21:22:00
My word bothered me all day long … and after much thought … I finally fixed it!

kateinkorea, 2009-03-21: 00:44:00
Really good word and I love your sentence.

splendiction, 2009-03-21: 16:52:00
I agree

abrakadeborah, 2009-03-22: 22:45:00
Double ditto! Good word and sentence Silveryaspen 🙂

Enviralmental: /-in-vi-rall-men-tull-/ Susanne was shocked to find that her hand-cranked radio contained over 32 grams of lead, an ounce of mercury in its power converter device, and the soul of an orphan boy. Her green intentions had been hand-converted into nature poison via this enviralmental piece of crap from Venture Industries. Etymology: environmental – viron + viral Created by: Banky.

Comments on Enviralmental:

silveryaspen, 2009-03-20: 21:13:00
Excellent word for so many things containing toxins. Excellent!

Mustang, 2009-03-20: 21:33:00
Very good!

Nosila, 2009-03-20: 23:09:00
Enviralmetally good word, banky!

kateinkorea, 2009-03-21: 00:27:00
Soul of an orphan boy? Yikes! Very good word combination.

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Be Creative,

James

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the create-a-word game

DEFINITION: n. An unleashed pet (or boyfriend) which is running amuck, chasing cars, eating garbage, and jumping on innocent bystanders. v. To unleash your pet and let him or her run wild.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Feralunatrog: /FEAR-uh-LOON-uh-trog/ Sookie and Sandy sure liked to party-
The food wasn’t good but the toasts they were hearty!-
The music grew louder, the word passed around-
Someone invited the bums from downtown…
Soon it grew nasty-the punch it got drained–
Some fool brought a pit bull-The punches they rained-
On innocent drunkards who passed out quite early-
The riot squad turned out that night to be surly.
So next time you party with Sookie and Sandy-
Come with a tazer and keep the mace handy.
Come with a buddy, a spouse or a dog, but…
Please don’t bring a FERALUNATROG
Etymology: FERAL+lUNAtic+TROGlodyte=FERALUNATROG…..FERAL: of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast, having escaped from domestication and become wild; Medieval Latin feralis, from Latin fera wild animal, from feminine of ferus wild 1604…..LUNATIC: affected with lunacy, wildly foolish; Middle English lunatik, from Anglo-French or Late Latin; Anglo-French lunatic, from Late Latin lunaticus, from Latin luna; from the erroneous belief that lunacy fluctuated with the phases of the moon…..TROGLODYTE: a member of any of various peoples (as in antiquity) who lived or were reputed to live chiefly in caves; Latin troglodytae, plural, from Greek trōglodytai, from trōglÄ“ hole, cave (akin to Greek trōgein to gnaw, Armenian aracem I lead to pasture, graze) + dyein to enter. Created by: metrohumanx.

Comments on Feralunatrog:

silveryaspen, 2009-03-19: 02:35:00
Roaring with laughter at your silly rhyme, and your dilly of a verbotomy! Funtastic!

abrakadeborah, 2009-03-19: 02:58:00
Please don’t bring a FERALUNATROG

abrakadeborah, 2009-03-19: 02:59:00
dang it cut off all I said…good one! 🙂

metrohumanx, 2009-03-19: 03:02:00
Thanks, all. I was pushing the envelope with that one….?!

metrohumanx, 2009-03-19: 03:13:00
YEARS of Academy training…..WASTED!

kateinkorea, 2009-03-19: 20:35:00
Insanely good.

abrakadeborah, 2009-03-22: 22:46:00
You got my vote! Excellent word! 🙂

Scalawagger: /Skal – ah – wag – gur/ Ol Buffy was a scalawagger… His tail was fast, he was no lagger. Up and down the street he ran after cars and after vans. He took the food right off one’s plate and with every female dog did mate. But now he is all dead and gone so this is the end of my doggie song. Etymology: scalawag, wag, wagger… A scalawag one who is playfully mischievous and one that is also a wagger has a tail to wag as does a dog Created by: rombus.

Comments on Scalawagger:

silveryaspen, 2009-03-19: 13:32:00
Awwwwwwww! Even though he was an outlaw … a desperdogo, it’s such a cute and clever rhyme … and scalawagger is absolutely adorable! Your sentence and word are truly Superb!

kateinkorea, 2009-03-19: 20:29:00
Really good!

Nosila, 2009-03-20: 23:05:00
I’m so sad he’s dog-gone! Good Word, rombus.

Boyfrienzy: /boifrenzē/ It was always the same. They would go to a party. The girls would gather in the kitchen and exchange gossip. The boys would gather near the TV and at the slightest provocation start acting like fools. The girls would act disgusted but were secretly envious to join the boyfrienzy. Etymology: boyfriend (a regular male companion with whom one has a romantic or sexual relationship) + frenzy (a state or period of uncontrolled excitement or wild behavior) Created by: artr.

Comments on Boyfrienzy:

wayoffcenter, 2009-03-19: 06:58:00
I’ve seen a few girlfrienzies too!

Terrorier: /tehr err eeeeeeeeee errr/ When Jo’s terrorier was let loose

He peed in the chilled orange juice

He dismembered the turkey

and to finish his work, he

Attempted gran’s ankles to goose! Etymology: terrier, terror Created by: galwaywegian.

Comments on Terrorier:

silveryaspen, 2009-03-19: 13:37:00
Grrrrrr-oss sentence, Grrrrr-eat word!
Even if it hard to say it three times fast!

galwaywegian, 2009-03-19: 15:20:00
its a limerick, did you spot it?

silveryaspen, 2009-03-19: 16:56:00
Yes, it is a one of the fun rhymes of today. Has such clever attention getting gimmick, it deserves a special name, so lets call it a gimmerick!

Mustang, 2009-03-19: 19:27:00
Funny….and his name was no doubt Fido.

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Be Creative,

James

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the create-a-word game

DEFINITION: n. A hiding place which is used to store emergency supplies like donuts, booze and candies. v. To hide special treats in secret locations around your home or office, so you can access them when needed.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Snackristy: /-snahk-riss-tee-/ The priest would hide candy bars and sodas within the snackristy to tempt the gangly altar boys and the painted Jezabels of the parish to stay after mass and accept his catechism. Etymology: sacristy – the room in a church where the sacred items are kept;
snack – a small quantity of food betwixt meals to prevent the gut from digesting itself Created by: Banky.

Comments on Snackristy:

metrohumanx, 2009-03-18: 04:28:00
Domenic- go frisk ’em.

readerwriter, 2009-03-18: 08:21:00
Perfecto!

galwaywegian, 2009-03-18: 10:17:00
(W)holy unacceptable 🙂

silveryaspen, 2009-03-18: 11:30:00
Tad sackreligious! Very Clever!

mweinmann, 2009-03-18: 12:56:00
Also snackreligious….and funny

Hoardaway: /hoard a weigh/ When it come to sweets and treats, especially nuts, Hazel likes to make like a squirrel and stash them in a cache. Hazel would be most upset if you found a way into her hoardaway. Etymology: HOARD – to secretly accumulate and collect. AWAY – missing, as in missing so no one else can have it. HOARDAWAY is also a word play on HIDE AWAY. Created by: silveryaspen.

Comments on Hoardaway:

silveryaspen, 2009-03-18: 00:52:00
What do most hoardaways dislike? Da weigh in!

metrohumanx, 2009-03-18: 04:24:00
You always take the HARDWAY!

mweinmann, 2009-03-18: 13:02:00
Hordes of people (and squirrels) would love to find Hazel’s hidden hoardaway…

silveryaspen, 2009-03-18: 20:10:00
especially her cachew stash, mweinmann! Better not let her cacheyou!

kateinkorea, 2009-03-19: 00:02:00
Awesome!

Chipbunk: /chipbÉ™ngk/ When Chip’s brother went off to college the bedroom was all his. The first thing he did was to squirrel away some of his favorite snacks. He could never do this before because his brother would always ferret them out. He had cookies in shoe boxes in his closet – gummy bears in his sock drawer. He found that he could replace his brother’s pillow with bags of chips. He took over the upper berth so he now had Chip’s bunk and a chipbunk. Etymology: chip (a thin slice of food made crisp by being fried, baked, or dried and typically eaten as a snack) + bunk (a piece of furniture consisting of two beds, one above the other, that form a unit) Created by: artr.

Comments on Chipbunk:

Mustang, 2009-03-18: 19:21:00
Makes me hungry just reading about it. Good word!

Snacache: /snakaysh
(alt) snakash/ George hid his personal treats in his well hidden snacache. (n)

No one could snacache her supplies like Juie (v). Etymology: A combination of snack and cache Created by: Radegar.

Comments on Snacache:

silveryaspen, 2009-03-18: 12:33:00
Welcome! You really cached in on this one!

Mustang, 2009-03-18: 19:20:00
Excellent!!

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DEFINITION: n. Annoying neighbors who spend endless hours mowing their lawns, painting their fences, washing their cars, and browbeating you because you have a life. v. To express disapproval for someone’s lifestyle.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Maintenazi: /main-ten-a-tzi/ Tish liked her new neighborhood, however after a few days she began to notice a low pitched, constant hum. It sounded like lawn equipment. The droning never stopped. It was there on Sunday morning and Friday night at 2 am.– all the time, really. Could it be that she had accidentally moved into a neighborhood run by Maintenatzis? Come to think of it, the woman across the street constantly raked and swept the street. Strange, what would she have to rake in January? Tish looked out the window — she was out there sweeping. The woman’s face was expressionless and her eyes seemed to focus on nothing as she swung her broom back and forth. Here husband was trimming his bushes. Each branch was perfectly trimnmed and all exactly the same size. Tish knew that Maintenazis were not people to be ignored, but who and what are these people she wondered.
Just then she noticed the sound — the lawn equipment — was it getting closer? Etymology: To enforce through intimidation lawncare maintenance by strict codes and ideology. Maintenazis are known to leave their homes only to go to Home Depot for more mulch. Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Maintenazi:

silveryaspen, 2009-03-17: 14:13:00
Welcome. Clever sentence and word. Well-crafted!

kateinkorea, 2009-03-17: 20:03:00
Good word and funny sentence.

metrohumanx, 2009-03-18: 04:47:00
Excellent and creepy story!

mweinmann, 2009-03-18: 13:06:00
Excellent word…welcome!

Nosila, 2009-03-18: 18:59:00
Great word…ve haf vays off making you look after your yard…it is called Lawn Order!

Preenieacks: /Preen-e-acks/ The Jones neighbors that lived next to Sliezanna were total “preenieacks” as they tirelessly worked hard to manicure their lawns and detailed their cars every single weekend. Sliezanna she was a “preenieack” about her appearance and she was living life to it’s fullest. Yet,the Jones’s next door gave her a tongue lashing about keeping her yard as nice as theirs in order to keep up the curb appeal and tax value in the neighborhood.
The next thing they knew,poor little Sliezanna fainted over them telling her just how perfect she needed to be. Sliezanna recovered from her fainting and hired a lawn service and mobile car wash company to keep up appearances so the nagging neighbors would mind their own business. All is well in the neighborhood…except for that nagging old Mrs. Jones next door that cuts her eyes every time she sees Sliezanna dressed to the 9’s and giggling as she waves goodbye to Mrs. Jones. Etymology: Preen;grooming.
ieacks;(slang); more than one person having a mania about their own preening,cleaning and grooming habits whether personal or objects that need grooming. Created by: abrakadeborah.

Comments on Preenieacks:

metrohumanx, 2009-03-17: 02:57:00
Sliezanna! Good one! Like it! Like IT!

galwaywegian, 2009-03-17: 05:54:00
good one

silveryaspen, 2009-03-17: 14:35:00
In both your sentence and your word … great humor!

Nosila, 2009-03-17: 23:18:00
Preenieactual description of amny neighbors people on this site have met! ANd I love the name Sliezanna, too!

abrakadeborah, 2009-03-18: 03:14:00
Thank you everyone 🙂 I love this site and the challenges to use my creative thinking! Hugs to you all!!!

Abuttinski: /ay but in skee/ In our sleepy suburban town, we had an abuttinski. She was Old Lady Burns, the bitter divorcee who lived next door to us and found fault with everything people did for enjoyment. She was the Neighbourhood Witch, the one who you could never please. If we didn’t mow the lawn when she felt it needed it, she called the Noxious Weed Dept. If we did start up the mower to tackle the lawn, she called the Noise Abatement Dept. If our dog was out in our fenced off back yard, she called the Humane Society. We came this close to having to toilet train Sparky on the potty inside. If we even started up the barbecue, we would have to ensure we had enough food for the whole fire crew, as she would call them the minute we opened the lid. If we cooked something spicy, like curry, the HazMat Team was forced on the scene. The police practically lived on our street because she called them for everything from suspicious persons going door to door (like the paper boy and mailman) to recording license plates of vehicles not know to dwell on our street (like all these enforcement officers’ vehicles from all the various city departments)and for attempted break-ins on her property (the gas meter reader,census-takers, the Avon lady). Reasoning, bribes,acts of kindness and inclusion,threats and logical persuasion all failed to change her behaviors. She was always in the right and she had her lawyer on speed-dial to launch suit over anyone who stood up to her underhanded, second-party bullying.
She would hide in her house and have every civil servant at her beck and call to do her dirty work. Being self-righteous and thinking herself an upstanding and virtuous Christian, she did speak to every religion peddlar who came to her door. Many thought it poetic justice that the horrid smell coming from her home one day was due to the fact that one of these zealots had taken exception to her smug beliefs and bashed in her cranium several weeks before and helped himself to her valuables. The police, while appearing professional, were secretly glad she no longer controlled their work duties, so they could finally concentrate on real crimes; the Fire Dept. was relieved to have an opportunity to actually fight real fires elsewhere. The moral: if you are not nice to people, there will be no one around to close your lids when your time comes! Etymology: Abut (lie adjacent to another or share a boundary) & Buttinski(a meddler who tends to butt in)

Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Abuttinski:

abrakadeborah, 2009-03-17: 01:37:00
Good one Nosila! :)You are a great writer!

metrohumanx, 2009-03-17: 03:16:00
I was just kidding about the brevity of “hydroflobia”….This is an excellent parable and one helluva mico-novel! I hope you’re in charge of refreshments at the upcoming First Annual International Verbotomixer and Wordswap Extravaganza!

silveryaspen, 2009-03-17: 13:54:00
Amdire the way you captured that butt mentality! Great etymology. Terrific word!

Nosila, 2009-03-17: 23:40:00
Cheers, all…sadly my sister and her family had to move far away from us to escape such a neighbour…coming home was the most stressful and scary part of their day, because she spent long hours plotting fresh Hell for them. This creature outlived every elected official we had and there is finally a cease and desist response in her flagged file to warn emergency services not to respond to her calls, as she became a permanent nuisance. Of course, charging her $250 for every wasted call went a long way to curbing her behavior! It is sad that someone has nothing better to do but terrorize others…personally I think she’d give the Guantanamo guys a run for their money!

silveryaspen, 2009-03-18: 12:56:00
My heart goes out to you and your sister and your families. I am so thankful that I have exceptionally good neighbors!

Neighbores: /nābôrz/ John found the people next door complete neighbores. What little personality they had is hyper-directed into lawn care. They have gone so far as to install electric fences to keep squirrels from walking on their perfectly-manicured yard. Squirrels in the trees you ask? Absolutely not! No trees! Trees are far too random in the way they grow and all that leaf dropping just won’t do. Grass clipped to 5/8 inch and a few carefully-selected flowers are all they’ll tolerate. Etymology: neighbor (a person living near or next door to the speaker or person referred to) + bores (people whose talk or behavior is dull and uninteresting) Created by: artr.

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James

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