Tag: Verbotomy

DEFINITION: n. A pile of used and discarded tissues; may constitute a bio-hazard. v. intr. To drop a used tissue on to the floor beside your bed or chair, because you are so sick you can barely move.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Tisspew: /tiss-sp_u/ The flu was simply too much. Fixing his own lunch was out of the question. With barely enough energy to tisspew, Gil could do nothing but wait for chicken soup reinforcements to arrive under their own power. Etymology: Tisspew: v. combination of tissue: a thin gauzy paper + spew: eject or cast away. Created by: zabxuq.

Comments on Tisspew:

Nosila, 2009-01-02: 18:06:00
Souper!

Phlegmageddon: /flem-uh-GED-on/ So ill was Bob that he truly believed that he had died and been reincarnated as a nose. Despairingly he was a nose not of classic beauty such as a hepburn, more in the mould of a durrante. And things didn’t seem to be getting any better for him, for when the great Rhinobyl disaster struck, and not even a puff of air issued out of the quatrils of Nosetradamus, he started to believe the end was nigh. Fellow snoozles, konks, beaks and candlesticks gather around him, honkers heavenwards, looking for signuses, but the outlook remained grimaldi, things were, “C’est beaucoup” for he was sure that a phlegmaggedon of tissumungous proportions was slowly enveloping him. Etymology: PHlEGM: the thick mucus secreted in the respiratory passages and discharged through the mouth, esp. that occurring in the lungs and throat passages, as during a cold.
2. one of the four elemental bodily humors of medieval physiology, regarded as causing sluggishness or apathy.
ARMAGEDDON: the last and completely destructive battle.
Any great and crucial conflict.
Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Phlegmageddon:

silveryaspen, 2009-01-02: 07:46:00
Great Sentence. Luv Jimmy Durante! Great way to start the new year … with a great eponym!

Mustang, 2009-01-04: 06:09:00
Sounds like Bob was quite phlegmatic.

mweinmann, 2009-01-05: 16:33:00
Poor Bob, to be halluciphlegmatic and fighting the ultimate War of the Noses!

Biohazmat: /bīōhazmat/ Paul was so sick that he didn’t even care that his attempt to contain his tissues had gone hopelessly astray. Between the sofa where he was curled up and the waste paper basket was a trail of used tissues — a mucous menace — a phlegm flow — a biohazmat. After 3 days the mass had started to congeal into a two-dimensional piñata from hell. Etymology: Biohazard (a risk to human health or the environment arising from biological work) + hazmat (Hazardous materials and items) + mat (a small rug) Created by: artr.

Comments on Biohazmat:

Nosila, 2009-01-02: 18:03:00
Haz my vote…

Infloorendsza: /in-flor-ends-za
/ Josh had learned in his meditation class to let go of problems and let them float away so he put the teaching into practice used infloorendsza to rid himself of his germs carefully wrapped up in tissues.
Etymology: influenza + floor + ends + za (which is sort of like ya)
Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Infloorendsza:

silveryaspen, 2009-01-02: 07:49:00
Serendipsliptissue-ous!

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DEFINITION: v. intr. To pretend that you adore someone’s pet even though it is annoyingly stupid, bizarrely threatening, or just plain stinky. n. A alarming pet or companion, which nevertheless requires fawning.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Cowtow: /kou-tou/ When her boss asked how she liked the new mud-guppies in the office aquarium, despite her revulsion, Laura began to cowtow. “They’re so adorable…” Etymology: Play on Kowtow; to specifically kowtow about an animal (bovine or otherwise). Created by: zabxuq.

Comments on Cowtow:

Mustang, 2009-01-01: 22:21:00
Good one.

Jabberwocky, 2009-01-01: 22:28:00
nice

Crittersighs: /kri-tur-size/ Anxious not to openly criticize her friends new pet rat, Sally cleverly masked her abhorence by uttering crittersighs instead. Etymology: criticize + critter Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Crittersighs:

silveryaspen, 2009-01-01: 21:04:00
Very nice!

Taipander: /Tahy-PAN-der/ Bob would do almost anything to slither up the corporate ladder to success; but when he, with open arms of alacrity, agreed to care permanently for his boss’s pettiles, his toady taipander, taipandery and taipandering almost lead to a posthumous promotion. Etymology: TAIPAN: (Oxyuranus scutellatus) Australia has 30 different kinds of venomous snakes. The largest and most poisonous of them is the taipan (tie-pan). It is in fact considered to be the most venomous snake in the world. The taipan was named by anthropolgist Donald Thompson after the word used by the Wik-Mungkan Aboriginal people of central Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia.

& PANDER: yield (to); give satisfaction to [syn: gratify, grovel] Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Taipander:

Nosila, 2009-01-01: 02:59:00
Great word…venominous with some of the slithery corporate taips one meets!
Happy New Year…Hope it eel be a krait one!

Fawnfare: /fawn fare/ In Helena Montana, there are over 500 deer living in the city. These big BAMbis are a danger to pets, children, and vehicles.. These big BAMbis destroy lawns, flower beds, trees, and yards. For a long time, animal control and the police, as well as the politicians, refused to do anything about them. It’s not nice to want to get rid of BAMbis, no matter how destructive and dangerous they are. So these authorities were playing a confawndance game … the police said it was up to animal control … animal control said it was up to the police … and the politicians turned a deaf ear. Amidst much fawnfare, an attempt to truck them back into the mountains was made, but they quickly returned within a day or two. They won’t stay in the mountains. Meanwhile, children, pets, adults, and even cars, were BAMMED and hurt by the big BAMbis hooves and horns as they leap fences and roam unabated. Despite much fawnfare for the BAMbis, this fall, the confawndance game ended. The police removed seventy five to the food bank lockers. With all the snow and cold, the BAMbis have gotten more agressive and dangerous this December. It’s hard to work up a fawnfare for a three-hundred pound Buck, with a five-point rack of horns, chasing you out of your own yard, and menancing your children, as it raids your garbage bins, strewing garbage all over the neighborhood. If you’ve ever had one run into your car, damaging you and the car, you quickly drop the fawnfare. Without any further fawnfare, tonight on the news, they announced another hundred and fifty will go into the foodbank lockers. (The above is based on the very real problem of herds of deer living in Helena. It is a very controversial issue.) Etymology: FANFARE, FAWN. Fanfare – any ostentious, dramatic, showy display. Fawn – try to please; any action to seek favor, also a baby deer.
Created by: silveryaspen.

Comments on Fawnfare:

Nosila, 2009-01-01: 02:52:00
Deer silveryaspen…Happy New Deer.
Take hart, when I hear you ruminate about deer…it reminds me about mny sister who has similar problem with squirrels. Of course, squirrels do not have sharp hooves or antlers, but they apparently are more conniving being rodents, accoring to my sister who thinks they are nuts! Just remember you have friends here caribou-t you and will not buck the trend to sing a venisong about your plight!

Mustang, 2009-01-01: 22:24:00
Deer me!! You cant buck the system unless you have lots of doe. And it be hooves us to look after those Bambi-nos.

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DEFINITION: v. intr. To demonstrate your superior knowledge and intellect by using complex, confusing and mind-numbingly stupid jargon. n. A person who uses big words to inflate their unusually small ideas.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Gabyrinth: /GAB-uh-rinth/ Sentence: Bob thought that his gabyrinth, a form of English, but with a strange admixture of words gleaned from Old English and Yiddish, made him sound super intelligence. Happy New Year to all.

Etymology: Blend of GAB: loquaciousness, prattle, chatter & LABYRINTH: Any confusing, bewildering, complex state of affairs
Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Gabyrinth:

Mustang, 2008-12-31: 07:00:00
A-maze-ing. Excellent verbotimism…

mweinmann, 2008-12-31: 09:02:00
clever and funny.

Nosila, 2008-12-31: 23:13:00
Oy Vey! Who Knew? What light through yonder window breaks???

Baloony: /baloōnÄ“/ The missives that descended from the corporate office were so much balloony that it was a wonder they didn’t just float away. Etymology: Balloon (a large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air) + Loony (a crazy or silly person) Also Baloney (foolish or deceptive talk) Created by: artr.

Comments on Baloony:

Mustang, 2008-12-31: 23:53:00
I wonder if ya could make a baloony sammich out of that stuff?

OZZIEBOB, 2009-01-01: 00:00:00
Great combination.

Ostendictious: /OS ten DIC shus/ I think my ostendictious co-worker has swallowed a dictionary and wants us all to know. Etymology: ostentatious:expensive or noticeable in a way that is intended to impress people.
and dictionary Created by: kateinkorea.

Comments on Ostendictious:

mweinmann, 2008-12-31: 09:10:00
This is a clever combination of impressive overinflation….like it.

OZZIEBOB, 2009-01-01: 00:20:00
Like it alot.

Pompbastic: /pomp-bas-tic / Petty, pushy, pathetic Paul, the executive assistant of the boss, takes an annoyingly pompbastic approach to simple office memos, aggrandizing them with complicated, enigmatic, esoteric and over-bearing verboseness that royally pisses every body off.

Etymology: POMPBASTIC – from POMPOUS (excessive self-esteem; pretentious) + BOMBASTIC (high-sounding; high-flown; inflated)

Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Pompbastic:

metrohumanx, 2008-12-31: 00:57:00
Right ON, Big “O”! I can see this definition is going to evoke a lot of verbotomistic primal screams.

OZZIEBOB, 2009-01-01: 00:21:00
A good verbotomy.

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DEFINITION: v. intr. To fret and worry after the accidental shredding and/or deletion of an important document, file or friend. n. 1: The state of anxiety caused by an accidental shredding. 2: An item which has been accidentally deleted.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Delebiejeebies: /dee-lee-jee-beez/ With one keystroke, Jenny realized that she had eliminated four hours work and a most important document. She was overtaken by the delebiejeebies characterized by uncontrollable shaking and sweating.

Etymology: DELEBIEJEEBIES – noun – from DELE (to delete, or remove, especially printed, or written matter); delete; deletedele (to delete)+ HEEBIE-JEEBIES (a condition of extreme nervousness caused by fear, worry, strain; the jitters; the willies)

Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Delebiejeebies:

silveryaspen, 2008-12-30: 00:55:00
Great create. So fun to say.

metrohumanx, 2008-12-31: 01:06:00
YEAH! VERY inspired.

OZZIEBOB, 2009-01-01: 00:29:00
Terrific

Confretti: /kohn frett eeeeeeeeeeeeee!/ her confretti gave way to shreddread Etymology: confetti, fret Created by: galwaywegian.

Comments on Confretti:

silveryaspen, 2008-12-30: 16:31:00
Exceptional

Nosila, 2008-12-30: 18:52:00
Handy for weddings…

Mustang, 2008-12-30: 23:34:00
Excellent. The good news is that you can use the confretti for parades and parties.

metrohumanx, 2008-12-31: 01:08:00
Sounds like an Italian conspiracy. Great word.

Jabberwocky, 2008-12-31: 09:40:00
excellent

Deletearious: /del-eh-TEER-eyuss/ Margot was deletearious when she realized she had shredded some old love letters by mistake, she cried for hours and was absolutely beside herself.
Etymology: Blend of delete and tear (fluid appearing in or flowing from the eye as the result of emotion, esp. grief)….a play on the word ‘deleterious’ (Having a harmful effect; injurious) Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Deletearious:

silveryaspen, 2008-12-30: 16:37:00
Great Create. Tear’s other meaning tear as in tear to shreds makes this a double meaningful create.

Demolanguish: /DEM eul ANG gwish/ I am now left to my demolanguish as I witness the destruction I have caused. Etymology: anguish or angst: mental suffering or stress
demolish: destroy something
languish: the withering away of or deterioration of something Created by: kateinkorea.

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DEFINITION: v. intr. To be unable to remember the name of a person you are speaking to, even though you’ve had a long-standing, and perhaps even an intimate relationship. n. An inability to remember a person’s name.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Chumnundrum: /chum-NUN-drum/ When Bob couldn’t remember the names of his five former partners and his ten children, his friends asked whether he was suffering from palzheimers, or was this chumnundrum just a last-hitch attempt to avoid palimony Etymology: Blend of CHUM: mate, cobber,buddy & NUNDRUM of Conundrum: riddle, enigma.
Alternative etymology: Chum: close friend; nun: none, not any & Drum: the facts, info. Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Chumnundrum:

silveryaspen, 2008-12-29: 10:16:00
Terrific word. Very orignal etymology and that isn’t easy with this definition!

Jabberwocky, 2008-12-29: 15:23:00
love it

Nosila, 2008-12-29: 18:49:00
Love it and palzheimers, too! What was the definition again??

metrohumanx, 2008-12-29: 19:11:00
A#1

mweinmann, 2008-12-30: 09:01:00
This is clever….parumpachumdum.

Misshandle: /mis-han-dell/ It is terribly embarrassing to me and greatly insulting to someone when I misshandle who they are. Etymology: MISSHANDLE – verb – from MISS (the loss, or absence of something) + HANDLE (Slang: a person’s name, someone’s given name)
Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Misshandle:

silveryaspen, 2008-12-29: 23:47:00
A ver handy dandy word.

Nomduhplume: /nom-duh-ploom/ It is difficult enough to remember names of old friends but getting together with a writer’s group became a nightmare trying to remember their nomduhplumes. Etymology: nom de plume (pen name) + uh? + duh Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Nomduhplume:

silveryaspen, 2008-12-29: 10:15:00
Delightful!

Mustang, 2008-12-30: 00:28:00
Eggzellunt!! Wish I’d thought of it!

Amornesia: /ämoŏrnÄ“zhÉ™/ Wendy was no good in the morning. Until she had had at least 2 cups of coffee, she was lucky if she could remember her own name. To work her way around her amornesia she took on the habit of calling anybody who ended up in her bedroom sweetheart. Unless she woke up in Starbucks, this is the way it was destined to stay. Etymology: amore (love – Italian) + amnesia (a partial or total loss of memory) Created by: artr.

Comments on Amornesia:

metrohumanx, 2008-12-29: 19:14:00
Absolutely caffeine-dish!

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