Tag: Verbotomy

DEFINITION: v. To feel stressed and anxious and when your mobile phone runs out of battery power, drops its network connection, or in the worst case, gets misplaced and lost. n. A panic attack caused by an interruption in your mobile phone service.

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Appattack: /ap-ah-tak/ When her Iphone failed for reasons beyond her ability to discern, Muriel had a major appattack from losing her connection to Facebook, GPS and other services. Etymology: Blend of ‘app’ (software designed to help the user to perform specific tasks) and ‘attack’ (a period of being strongly affected by something (as a desire or mood) Created by: Mustang.

Wirelessinterruptus: /wahyuhr-lis-in-tuh-ruhp-tuhs/ Martha is practically connected to her cell phone. She calls it Bruce and treats it like a boyfriend without the breaking up for no good reason part. She confides almost every detail of her life to her celly. The very thought wirelessinterruptus makes her quiver with angst. Etymology: wireless (cellular phone) coitus interuptus (a method of birth-control in which a man, during intercourse withdraws) Created by: artr.

Cellyell: /sel yel/ Pansy would always have a cellyell when the train went into the tunnel and suspended her connection. Etymology: Cell (cellular phone) & Yell (shout,cry) Created by: Nosila.

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DEFINITION: v. To display your power in social network by picking on the weaker members of the community. n. A person who steps on other people’s toes and kicks bunnies.

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Macebook: /meys-book/ I don’t want to say that Cynthia is a troll but she has been known to macebook her friends just to see what reaction she can elicit. Etymology: mace (a nonlethal spray containing purified tear gas and chemical solvents that temporarily incapacitate a person mainly by causing eye and skin irritations) + facebook (a popular social networking service) Created by: artr.

Browserbeat: /brow ser beet/ By day, Faye was a mild mannered person. But at night, in front of her screen with several cocktails under her belt,Faye loved to browserbeat others on websites and networks where she could remain anonymous and insulting to vent her spleen at will. It’s like addiction fed the other. Etymology: Browser (Computer Science A program that accesses and displays files and other data available on the Internet and other networks) & Browbeat (bully;dominate;intimidate) Created by: Nosila.

Dreadbeat: /dred-beet/ Behind her back, all of Sandra’s social circle called her the dreadbeat as they all dreaded the malicious and mean spirited attention she would give them at parties, on Facebook and even thru emails. Etymology: Bleand of ‘dread’ (horrible, terrifying) and ‘beat’ (to sound, as on a drum) – also, a play on the word ‘deadbeat’ Created by: Mustang.

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DEFINITION: v. To call a phone “help line” and spend 45 minutes pushing buttons and screaming at dumb voice-recognition system, before being automatically disconnected. n. A push-button or voice-activated phone menu system designed to irritate those who use it.

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Vexmail: /veks mayl/ When Bruce tried calling the phone company to extend the minutes on his phone, he had to go through no less than 20 prompts of vexmail to reach the person he needed. By that point the call was moot because he had stomped his phone in an act of cellacide and put it into receivership. Etymology: Vex (irritate, annoy) & Voicemail (automated phone message system) Created by: Nosila.

Autohated: /aw-tuh-heyt-ed/ After receiving hundreds of complaints about uneven treatment by customer-service reps – helpful and cordial one day, rude and uncaring the next – company executives decided that the only way to be fair and treat the entire public the same was to install an autohated voice mail system that would frustrate and hang up on everyone equally. They seem happy that the call volume has dropped dramatically. Etymology: automated (to operate or control with a minimum of human interaction)+ hated (the object of extreme aversion or hostility) Created by: artr.

Menugravation: /men-yew-greh-VAY-shun/ Suffering a great deal of menugravation after 30 grueling minutes of trying to shuffle thru the tedious menu at his phone provider, Verne gave up in exasperation and sent in a check to pay his phone bill. Etymology: Blend of ‘menu’ (list of choices) and ‘aggravation’ (an act or circumstance that intensifies or makes worse) Created by: Mustang.

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DEFINITION: v. To see joy and beauty where others only see complications, trouble and weeds. n. A moment of delight which dissipates as soon as it is shared.

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Utopiaint: /yew-TOPE-e-aynt/ Finding joy and beauty where most others found only ugliness, Little Melanie’s eden was in fact, a utopiaint. Etymology: Blend of ‘utopia’ (a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions) and ‘ain’t’ (am not : are not : is not) Created by: Mustang.

Floptimism: /flop tim izm/ Her excitement soon turned to floptimism when Ashley gave her sister Erika a dandelion from the yard, which she had inadvertantly killed. Etymology: Flop (disappointment;failure) & Optimisim (a general disposition to expect the best in all things;the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well)
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Boophoria: /boo-fawr-ee-uh/ Her parents spent a lifetime building her self-esteem, praising her every utterance, every action. It all came crashing down as she opened her mouth on the stage of American Idol. All she wanted was to share her “wonderful” talent. Now she is in a state of boophoria. Big frigging thanks Mom & Dad! Etymology: boo (an exclamation of contempt or disapproval) + euphoria (a state of intense happiness and self-confidence) Created by: artr.

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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.

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Drewlittle: /droo-lit-l/ Andrew is not very comfortable talking to people. He would prefer chattering with squirrels or honking with geese. He is so good at mimicking animals that you would think he knew what they were saying. His few friends have taken to calling him Dr. Drewlittle. Etymology: Drew (nickname for Andrew) + Dr. Dolittle (central character of a series of children’s books by Hugh Lofting, known for his ability to talk to animals in their native language) Created by: artr.

Commanicate: /kom-AN-eh-kayt/ Meredith seems to have a natural rapport with all kinds of critters and is even able to commanicate with them directly. Etymology: Blend of ‘communicate’ (the activity of conveying information through the exchange of thoughts, messages, or information) and ‘animal’ (major group of multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa). Created by: Mustang.

Mallardkey: /mal lard kee/ Dinah Drake was given to talking to her pet Duck, Quacker, and he apparently understood her, much better than her friends and family did. In fact, he thought that when she made noises at him, she was just full of mallardkey! Etymology: Mallard (wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended) & Malarkey (Exaggerated or foolish talk, usually intended to deceive) Created by: Nosila.

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