Tag: Verbotomy

DEFINITION: n. A person who wears way too much perfume or cologne. v. To reek of perfume or cologne so strongly that it literally makes other people sick.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Youreeka: /yew-REEK-uh/ Eureka! thought Jan when she came up with what she thought was the very clever idea of bypassing a shower and simply doubling up on deodorant spray, but her friends and acquaintances silently shouted ‘youreeka’ whenever they got close to her. Etymology: Blend of you and reek, word play on the word ‘eureka’. Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Youreeka:

Jabberwocky, 2009-01-23: 13:45:00
funny

TJayzz, 2009-01-23: 14:16:00
Great word

silveryaspen, 2009-01-23: 16:13:00
Outstanding!

Perfumigate: /per-fume-i-gate/ I didn’t have time to shower. I could mitigate the bed head with enough product–the wet look is in again, right?–but what to do about my gameyness? I decided to perfumigate, but didn’t have any of my signature scents available. I ducked into a convenience store, grabbed the latest issue of Vogue and rubbed all the perfume samples all over my dirty jeans and shirt. On the upside, I got a whole section to myself in the movie theater! Etymology: Perfume combined with fumigate Created by: Nuwanda.

Comments on Perfumigate:

artr, 2009-01-23: 05:55:00
I hate it when someone steals my word before I thought of it. PERFECT! 🙂

galwaywegian, 2009-01-23: 08:06:00
very good

Mustang, 2009-01-23: 17:13:00
Excellent!

Nosila, 2009-01-23: 23:35:00
A witigate no one could litigate!

Disscentfect: /dis sent fekt/ When JOY slept in, she would douse herself in perfume and not bother having a shower. Of course this was producing DIOR consequences for her colleagues. Her BOSS had decided that wearing scent was TABU, but TRUTH was, JOY was as addicted to perfume as if it was OPIUM. In fact, it was her OBSESSION. Because she was BEAUTIFUL, with lovely WHITE SHOULDERS, she felt the ENVY of some of her co-workers. If she had to GUESS, she’d say that it was either GIORGIO or NINA who had been her descenters. It was okay for him to light smelly cigars all day and for her to reheat stinky fish and cabbage dishes in the staff microwave. But if SHE was wearing a little perfume it caused a FRACAS, because it might disscentfect her fellows in the cube farm. Oh well, thought JOY, I don’t plan to be here for ETERNITY, because I’m off soon to the RIVE GAUCHE in PARIS; COLOGNE in Germany and MY VOYAGE to the MEDITERRANEAN, thanks to winning the LOTTO! Etymology: Disinfect – to kill pathogens, even good ones; Scent – smell, perfume or aroma; Infect – Contaminate with a disease or organism Created by: Nosila.

Stenchtorian: /stench-tor-ee-an/ Sally was a stenchtorian who could bring people to their knees with tears in their eyes with only a raised arm – too bad she was a crossing guard. Etymology: stentorian (loud and powerful) + stench Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Stenchtorian:

galwaywegian, 2009-01-23: 08:07:00
a classic!

TJayzz, 2009-01-23: 14:13:00
Another great word

silveryaspen, 2009-01-23: 16:11:00
Super create

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DEFINITION: v. To pretend to forget an embarrassing act or event. n. A person who pretends to forget embarrassing moments or actions.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Dubbayude: /dub ba yewd/ When asked by Katie Couric, what was his most emBaracksing moments leading up to winning the election, Obama said it was admitting that he followed GWB into the White House. When asked why
he would find that emBaracksing, Obama said he lacked the knack of making up his own words and their meanings and that he had virtually no experience invading foreign countries and making them hate his fellow Americans! He felt like a school janitor. That meant he dubbayude mopping up the verbal diarrhea and intellectual constipation he found himself surrounded by and cleaned up for the next time. You see, he was just Biden his time up until now! Etymology: dubba (George W. Bush’s nickname, one of the kinder ones; also means double) & You’d (you would, too!) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Dubbayude:

silveryaspen, 2009-01-22: 01:06:00
luv the way you play with words and ideas!

Whodat: /hoōd/ When John took over from the dolt who used to do his job he developed a whodat attitude, acting as if he didn’t even know what had been done in the past or the people who had done it. Etymology: Who: what or which person or people + that: used to identify a specific person or thing observed by the speaker (a play on Who’s that? a question you might ask if you are trying to forget someone) Created by: otherguy.

Comments on Whodat:

artr, 2009-01-22: 06:44:00
Simple. To the point. I like it.

galwaywegian, 2009-01-22: 14:31:00
nice

Electamnesia: /e LEKT am NEE zha/ The leader was told that if he was asked any questions that might embarrass him to just use his electamnesia strategy. Etymology: SELECT: choose
ELECT: choose or to select by vote
AMNESIA: to forget Created by: kateinkorea.

Comments on Electamnesia:

Nosila, 2009-01-22: 20:20:00
Got my vote…but I can’t remember.

Forgetwit: /fərgetwit/ As he took up the mantle of his new job, Barry took the high road and chose to ignore the blunders of his predecessor — to forgetwit. It was not an easy thing to do. Etymology: forget (fail to remember) + twit (fool) Created by: artr.

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DEFINITION: n. A mother-in-law who lives with her married child and their spouse. v. To live with your mother-in-law.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Smotherinlaw: /smuh thur in law/ Shelly’s mother taught her, from the time she was born, that she could not succeed at anything, without her mother’s help. Even after Shelly married, Shelly was convinced she could not care for her children properly, without her mother’s help, so she invited her mother to live with her and her husband. Her husband acquisced, often admitting “If mommy ain’t happy, nobody ain’t happy.” It was his way of coping with his wife and smother-in-law. Etymology: Smother, Mother-in-law.
Smother – stifle another with to much attention and interference. Mother-in-law – the mother of your spouse. Created by: silveryaspen.

Comments on Smotherinlaw:

readerwriter, 2009-01-21: 14:10:00
Some people will do anything to win! Hah! Got my vote.

Jabberwocky, 2009-01-21: 16:13:00
What would a Smothers Brother’s mother in law be called?

Left a song on Tjayzz’ word

Nosila, 2009-01-22: 00:41:00
Great word! Has a nice “wring” to it!

metrohumanx, 2009-01-22: 06:25:00
Mom always liked you best!

Mommysneerest: /mom ee snee rest/ Although Joan had never approved of Smedley (he wasn’t good, tall,rich or dynamic enough for her precious daughter, Claudia), she none the less lived in their home and ran the show, while contributing neither funds nor moral support to her son-in-law. Joan commented on everything and approved of nothing that went on in the home. Although Smedley had sired 2 perfect children with Claudia, the delight of their Grandma’s eye, she still held him in contempt. He could do nothing to please her and his wife Claudia never stood up to her Mother to show solidarity with her husband. When Smedley’s book was published and became a #1 Best Seller, she was agog at his success. His book was entitled, “Mommysneerest”, a novel about a man named Smedley, who’s mother-in-law, Joan, tried to come between he and his wife Claudia. Apparently, his story struck a chord with others and he was invited on “Oprah” to discuss his book. With his money from the book sales and his offer of it being made into a movie, Stanley was able to afford to buy his mother-in-law a home of her own, very far away from him and his family. The dreaded in-law was now an outlaw in his home. The irony was that he would never have experienced such success without the scorn of his mother-in-law! Etymology: Mommy Dearest (Book by actress Joan Crawford’s daughter Christine about her mother’s abusive behaviour to her) Sneer (a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls;a contemptuous or scornful remark) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Mommysneerest:

silveryaspen, 2009-01-21: 18:23:00
Great plot and nice twist for an ending.
Terrific word!

Dourkeeper: /doŏrkēpər/ At first Judy saw her mother in-law as a live-in babysitter. Before too long it became clear that the role of dourkeeper was more the case. Nothing the family did escaped scrutiny. Etymology: dour (relentlessly severe, stern, or gloomy in manner or appearance) + doorkeeper (a person on duty at the entrance to a building) Created by: artr.

Comments on Dourkeeper:

silveryaspen, 2009-01-21: 17:15:00
Brings to mind the ‘dower’ mother in England history that was built a ‘dower house’ to prevent her living in their house. Good word.

Crowhabitation: /crow-ha-bit-A-shun/ It was never my intention to live with the old bird. But she and her friends kept flocking to our house to see the grandkids. I was that buzz-heard throughout the house that sent shivers down my spine. Finally, I decided crowhabitation was the path of least resistance. Sometimes I get a little down in the mouth, and my wife says, “Why so blue, Jay?” but it’s better than robbin’ the kids of their in-heron-tance. Etymology: Cohabitation altered to incorporate crow, as in a hovering, pesky bird. Created by: Nuwanda.

Comments on Crowhabitation:

TJayzz, 2009-01-21: 16:11:00
Great word

silveryaspen, 2009-01-21: 17:00:00
Puntastic sentence … great tWITtering!

Nosila, 2009-01-21: 19:39:00
She sounds like a raven lunatic or at the least stork-raven mad. Owl bet you have been cooped up too long in that falcon house! Great word.

mweinmann, 2009-01-22: 08:18:00
fun word, glad you pecked it!!

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DEFINITION: v. To try to change the world by turning words into actions. n. A person who carries the hopes and dreams of the world on their shoulders.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Articulaction: /ärtikyÉ™lakshÉ™n/ A great speech is wonderful but now it’s time to stand back and watch the articulaction. Etymology: articulation (the action of putting into words an idea or feeling of a specified type) + Action (the fact or process of doing something) Created by: artr.

Comments on Articulaction:

silveryaspen, 2009-01-20: 13:38:00
Great sentence.

Nosila, 2009-01-20: 22:21:00
Amen!

Facilichatter: /Fa sil i chat er / You have to change only one letter in worD, to make it worK. In reality, it takes a lot more than that! Perhaps the most difficult task, any politician or employer faces, is using words to motivate others to take action, to do the hard work, and the right work. Sadly, such facilichatter remains a dream. People want money for their labor, and other tangible rewards, as well as, the right chatting up! We are all beautifuldreamers, for we all, carry hopes and dreams for a better world … and most people work to make them happen. Etymology: FACILITATOR, CHATTER. Facilitator – somebody enabling something to happen. Chatter – utter words, especially words that will inspire sombody to make something happen. /// BEAUTIFULDREAMER is an eponym for any person who hopes and dreams of a better world. Beautful Dreamer is also the title of a song. The lyrics are in comments below.
Created by: silveryaspen.

Comments on Facilichatter:

silveryaspen, 2009-01-20: 01:34:00
Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me,
Starlight and dew drops are waiting for thee;
Sounds of the rude world heard in the day,
Lull’d by the moonlight have all pass’d a way!

Beautiful dreamer, queen of my song,
List while I woo thee with soft melody;
Gone are the cares of life’s busy throng.

Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!
Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!

Beautiful dreamer, out on the sea,
Mermaids are chanting the wild lorelie,
Over the streamlet vapours are borne,
Waiting to fade at the bright coming morn.

Beautiful dreamer, beam on my heart,
E’en as the morn on the streamlet and sea;
Then will all clouds of sorrow depart,

Beautiful dreamer awake unto me!

OZZIEBOB, 2009-01-20: 04:19:00
Terrific word and sentence. Thanks for the words to Stephen Foster’s “Beautiful dreamer” Another of his great works is “Hard Times”

There’s a song that will linger forever in our ears;

Oh Hard times come again no more.

Tis the song, the sigh of the weary,

Hard Times, hard times, come again no more

Many days you have lingered around my cabin door;

Oh hard times come again no more.

While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay,
There are frail forms fainting at the door;
Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say
Oh hard times come again no more.

There’s a pale drooping maiden who toils her life away,
With a worn heart whose better days are o’er:
Though her voice would be merry, ’tis sighing all the day,
Oh hard times come again no more.

‘Tis a sigh that is wafted across the troubled wave,
‘Tis a wail that is heard upon the shore,
‘Tis a dirge that is murmured around the lowly grave,
Oh! Hard Times, come again no more.

Sad to think that Foster was dead, of alcoholism, at 37.

metrohumanx, 2009-01-20: 11:22:00
Brilliant and inspirational. Foster was truly great. Might I add:
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California, to the New York Island
From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters
This land was made for you and me…
As I was walking a ribbon of highway
I saw above me an endless skyway
I saw below me a golden valley
This land was made for you and me…
I’ve roamed and rambled and I’ve followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
And all around me a voice was sounding
This land was made for you and me…
The sun comes shining as I was strolling
The wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
The fog was lifting a voice come chanting
This land was made for you and me…
As I was walkin’ – I saw a sign there
And that sign said – no tress passin’
But on the other side …. it didn’t say nothin!
Now that side was made for you and me!…
In the squares of the city – In the shadow of the steeple
Near the relief office – I see my people
And some are grumblin’ and some are wonderin’
If this land’s still made for you and me.
-WOODY GUTHRIE

Jabberwocky, 2009-01-20: 14:52:00
those are the longest comments I’ve ever seen. I think you created facilichatter

Nosila, 2009-01-21: 00:32:00
Great word and great songs, although I am partial to Queen & ABBA myself…

mweinmann, 2009-01-21: 08:31:00
Enjoy your uplifting words….and your comments and support for everyone who contributes their words each day….

Revolocution: /rev-o-lo-cu-tion/ The new President of the United States of America, Barrack Obama, carries the hopes and dreams of the world on his shoulders and his words and dreams portrayed through his elegant and positive forward-looking speeches will hopefully cause a major revolocution, not only in America, but throughout the world. Etymology: REVOLOCUTION – from REVOLUTION (a sudden, complete, or marked change in something) + LOCUTION (words, language) and/or ALLOCUTION (The act, or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words) Created by: Stevenson0.

Atlaspiration: /at-las-peer-ay-shun/ It will take someone with extreme atlaspiration to shoulder the problems facing the globe today. I think Obama can do it. Etymology: Atlas (mythical Titan giant who carried the heavens on his shoulders) + aspiration (strong desire, ambition) Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Atlaspiration:

metrohumanx, 2009-01-20: 11:26:00
At Last!

silveryaspen, 2009-01-20: 13:01:00
Extremely Excellent. The need for an Atlas to shoulder the atlas, the book of all places and things of this world, and to do it with hope … to aspire to make it better.

TJayzz, 2009-01-20: 13:48:00
Great word

readerwriter, 2009-01-20: 17:02:00
Yeah, that’s the one I was trying to think of…good job! No shrugalapsing allowed, though…

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DEFINITION: n. The strong feelings of devotion and affection which a person feels towards their favorite mechanical device or appliance, such as a car, boat, power tool, or toilet. v. intr. To lavish a machine with affection, attention and an imagined personality.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Transamorous: /tran zam oh russ/ He was very transamorous. whch was probably just as well, as he resembled the back end of one of their 70’s creations Etymology: transam amorous Created by: galwaywegian.

Comments on Transamorous:

Jabberwocky, 2009-01-19: 15:47:00
nice combo

silveryaspen, 2009-01-19: 18:57:00
Well-crafted!

OZZIEBOB, 2009-01-20: 04:21:00
Nice word

Inanemotion: /inanimōshÉ™n/ Suzy is the light of Bob’s life. She fills that void left by the fact that he can’t have children of his own. He spends more time with her than he does with his wife. She makes him smile every time he sees her. She fills him with inanemotion. Suzy is Bob’s car. Etymology: inanimate (not alive) + emotion (any of the particular feelings that characterize such a state of mind, such as joy, anger, love, hate, horror, etc.) Created by: artr.

Comments on Inanemotion:

metrohumanx, 2009-01-19: 15:53:00
Car-amba !

Autodolatry: /aw-toe-dol-uh-tree/ Jason spent every Saturday and Sunday cleaning, vacuuming, washing, waxing and detailing every square inch of his Alfa Romeo sports car, a car at the cutting edge of design and technology, which he truly, madly and deeply loved. Jason’s wife called it out and out autodolarty.

Etymology: AUTODOLATRY – noun from AUTO (automobile) + IDOLATRY (worship of idols; excessive, or blind adoration)

Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Autodolatry:

metrohumanx, 2009-01-19: 15:55:00
Someone just crashed into my 75 Alfetta sedan. She’s-a-no more.

silveryaspen, 2009-01-19: 18:45:00
Clever!

Mustang, 2009-01-19: 22:19:00
Good one!

OZZIEBOB, 2009-01-20: 04:22:00
terrific

Contraptionation: /con-trap-shun-AY-shun/ Edwin had a serious case of contraptionation for his cars and garden machines that could well be described as a superstitious infatuation.
Etymology: Blend of contraption and fascination Created by: Mustang.

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