Tag: Creativity

DEFINITION: v. tr., To write an email while under the influence of an intoxicating substance. n., An email or blog post where the author has chosen to ignore standard literary and social conventions — thanks to a liberal consumption of alcohol.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Pinablogada: /Pee – na – blog – ada/ Stanley loved to blog. He could blog while he was cooking dinner and cleaning the house. He even blogged from his riding lawnmower. His most special contributions were the occasional pinablogada that he treated the world to during happy hour from his local bar. He would tap away on his laptop while he sipped away… “Twodaa i work late n jest nedic a drenc haaa. It a peeno coludee annd dats abut eit.” Etymology: The popular drink, Pina Colada forms the first and last parts of this word. The word blog is dropped in the middle. Created by: mweinmann.

Comments on Pinablogada:

Jabberwocky, 2008-11-24: 15:09:00
love it!

metrohumanx, 2008-11-24: 16:12:00
You put the lime in the coconut and call me in the morning oo oo ooh …

silveryaspen, 2008-11-24: 16:44:00
ROFL! (rolling on floor laughing). Great fun word and sentence … but the ending was superb … smashing last line!

silveryaspen, 2008-11-24: 17:18:00
I was surprised to see pinablogadas from an mweinmann. Then again … wine not?

Mustang, 2008-11-24: 23:35:00
Excellent!

Inebremail: /in-E-bree-mayl/ Nursing a massive hangover as he reviewed his sent email folder Delbert was dismayed to learn that during the fog of a massive binge he had sent several highly inappropriate inebremails to his boss, his best friend’s girlfriend, and several other friends and business associates and he knew it was going to be difficult to explain. Etymology: Blend of inebriated and email Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Inebremail:

Nosila, 2008-11-24: 20:19:00
Makes you wonder how much “out there” is written under the influence…

Mustang, 2008-11-24: 23:33:00
Probably quite a bit.

Geerbloggle: /gear-blog-ul/ Bella cursed inwardly when she read back the geerbloggle she posted at 2.00am and looked at the photographs from her night out. Just which one of these ugly mugs had she described as a “golden Adonis” on her blog? They were all hideous! Etymology: beer goggle (perception that things are much better than they are – like rose-coloured glasses, but brought on by too much beer) + blog + it’s mixed up as though the interlocutor has had too many drinks Created by: petaj.

Comments on Geerbloggle:

silveryaspen, 2008-11-24: 16:37:00
Could geerbloggle also be a Spoonerism of sorts on your words of beer, blog, goggle … and maybe even the end of the word bottle as in beer bottle? I like it. Very creative … and we don’t see very many spoonerisms here. You might just have inspired more!

Mustang, 2008-11-24: 23:36:00
I think I remember doing something like that myself.

metrohumanx, 2008-11-25: 10:48:00
Very clever. Hooray!

petaj, 2008-11-26: 02:49:00
yes definitely a spoonerism

Gincommunicado: /jin – com – meoon – ick – cod – oh/ Sheila had issues again today. Now on her seventh gin and tonic, she made the mistake of emailing everyone she was angry at or felt had in some way slighted her during the past ten years. She was totally gincommunicado for several hours until she fell asleep at her keyboard. Everytime this happened she would awaken and see the evidence of her rampage as her inbox filled with confused and angry emails, mostly from people she hadn’t seen in years. Thankfully, the number of people who answered her was dwindling….but she really bemoaned the fact that she had few friends left. Etymology: Gin (a type of strong liquor flavored with juniper berries) plus incommunicado which means a state or condition in which one is unable or unwilling to communicate. Created by: rombus.

Comments on Gincommunicado:

Jabberwocky, 2008-11-24: 15:09:00
excellent

DaddyNewt, 2008-11-24: 15:17:00
Nice word!

silveryaspen, 2008-11-24: 15:59:00
Winsome! Whoops … perhaps that should be Ginsome!

Nosila, 2008-11-24: 20:18:00
Sheila was sloe to learn!

metrohumanx, 2008-11-25: 11:07:00
I always thought gin was made from hair tonic.

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James

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DEFINITION: n., The anger and frustration that grows out of an unsatisfying, unfulfilling or unpredictable relationship one has with an electronic device, especially a computer. v. intr., To be trapped in a passive-aggressive, codependency with a computer.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Netserf: /net serf/ Nettie became so addicted to surfing the net, she became a netserf. Etymology: Net – short for internet, aka the web that takes us all in. Serf – enslaved laborer. Created by: silveryaspen.

Comments on Netserf:

Mustang, 2008-11-21: 04:41:00
Good one.

Jabberwocky, 2008-11-21: 10:17:00
nice

OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-23: 15:47:00
Good word

Aclikshun: /əˈclik shÉ™n/ PeeCee has a serious aclikshun. As much as she hates it, she just can’t separate herself from her computer. She has given up eating breakfast to play some silly little online word game every morning. She was so aclikted that she has lost the ability to talk to anybody face-to-face. She tried to sign up for a computer-aclikshun class but couldn’t get her calendar program to work correctly. Last weekend, while having dinner with her kids, Doc and Giffer, she placed her order by e-mail. Thank goodness for Wi-Fi. She had trouble accepting her divorce from Mac until he sent the papers to her as a .pdf file. Etymology: addiction (the fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance, thing, or activity) + click (in computing, an act of pressing a mouse button)+ shun (persistently avoid, ignore, or reject) Created by: artr.

Comments on Aclikshun:

wayoffcenter, 2008-11-21: 06:46:00
And here I sit clicking and typing. 🙂

Jabberwocky, 2008-11-21: 10:15:00
funny

silveryaspen, 2008-11-21: 12:35:00
Delightful creation! I will grin and think of you everytime I use it!

Nosila, 2008-11-21: 23:16:00
Acliktic word!

DaddyNewt, 2008-11-22: 00:09:00
rolls off the tongue

Incomputible: /in-com-put-uh-bull/ After many months of anger and frustration and unsatisfying results from her laptop, the technical advisor at the computer store advised Jane that she and her laptop were completely incomputible and she should move onto a new machine.

Etymology: INCOMPUTIBLE – from – INCOMPATIBLE (unable to exist together in harmony) + COMPUTER (a programmable electronic machine)
Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Incomputible:

Mustang, 2008-11-21: 07:11:00
Very good!

Mustang, 2008-11-21: 07:11:00
Very good!

logarithm, 2008-11-21: 08:24:00
Nice one! My vote for you today.

silveryaspen, 2008-11-21: 12:42:00
Very nice e-malgamation!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-23: 15:46:00
Terrific word

Volatronics: /vol-uh-TRON-iks/ Jezebel’s memory loss in forgetting to lock the doors on the “Firewalls” led to volatronics between her and Bob. Finally Bob, frustated with her unpredictability, yelled: ” Get on that “Trojan horse” you let in, and get out of my life – right now!’ Overhearing the heated exchange Roxie interrupted, reminding Bob that, after all, Jezebel is only electronic!

Etymology: Blend of VOLATILE: erratic, sudden changeableness in behavior, Of computers: pertaining to loss of storage when eletrical power is turned off or fails. Electronics: science & technology of electronics phenomena.
Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Volatronics:

metrohumanx, 2008-11-21: 08:38:00
Verycerebral…and funny.

Jabberwocky, 2008-11-21: 10:14:00
great word

silveryaspen, 2008-11-21: 12:55:00
A hit! Llike a volt out of the blue!

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Be Creative,

James

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DEFINITION: n., A feeling of discomfort, common while sitting on a plane or train, created by the sense that you are about to be decapitated by your fellow passengers who are tilting aggressively towards you. v. intr., To sit in a very small space, which seems to be getting smaller.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Spaceshuffle: /Spay-ss-shuff-el/ Mike was dreading the business trip to Paris, he knew he would have to spend the whole trip doing the spaceshuffle, due to his mean bosses booking his flight with Cheapo Airlines. He had been on a strict diet for the past week, so that he would hopefully not be quite as squashed as he was on previous occasions. Etymology: Space(the dimensions,width and height of an area) + Shuffle(restlessly shift one’s position in order to be more comfortable) Created by: TJayzz.

Comments on Spaceshuffle:

silveryaspen, 2008-11-20: 07:53:00
Out of this world creation! Quite astro-naughty-call!

Jabberwocky, 2008-11-20: 11:44:00
very funny

OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-20: 16:16:00
Mike was the fastonaut on the spaceshuffle

Nosila, 2008-11-20: 19:33:00
Cheapo Airlines…all their staff took up in school was Space! Great word.

metrohumanx, 2008-11-21: 08:23:00
A Neoclassic. Check in more often!

Crimpinge: /krim-PIN-ge (crimpingement,crimpinged)/ RedundantRay was pleased and delighted with his new job as an undercover consumer satisfaction consultant for SkyHigh Airlines. In his short yet brief career he had suggested many small, tiny improvements and modifications which had saved the airline a lot of money and cash. The greatest and most important of these were his recommendations that by slowly and gradually reducing and decreasing the size and dimensions of the fold-down trays and shrinking the available leg room available to each passenger, SkyHigh could eventually increase the number of seats on each L-1011 and no one would notice.
On his latest undercover flight from Tierra Del Fuego, the small yet diminutive Korean tourist in front of him began to CRIMPINGE on his personal space, slowly ratcheting her seat into the reclining horizontal position which stifled and cut off the blood supply to Ray’s lower extremities and legs, inducing an accidental Heimlich Manoever that propelled the tiny Sardinian fish he was choking on the length of the cabin. RedundantRay’s CRIMPINGEMENT made it impossible to hail a flight attendant or stewardess. Imprisoned thus, Ray was only able to regret his stupid, foolish space-saving suggestions which had turned this tedious, arduous flight into a flying airborne version of The Black Hole Of Calcutta. Just before he blacked out into unconsciousness, Ray wondered if his frequent-flier miles would be awarded posthumously after he was dead and gone. Etymology: CRIMP+imPINGE=CRIMPINGE…..CRIMP: to cause to become wavy, bent, or pinched,to form into a desired shape, to pinch or press together (as in passengers) in order to seal;Dutch or Low German krimpen to shrivel; akin to Middle Dutch crampe hook, cramp…..IMPINGE: to strike or dash especially with a sharp collision or a slow squeezing action;Latin impingere, from in- + pangere to fasten, drive in. Created by: metrohumanx.

Comments on Crimpinge:

metrohumanx, 2008-11-20: 02:06:00
Save BIG monies! Fly with confidence:
http://www.skyhighairlines.com/main.asp

metrohumanx, 2008-11-20: 02:07:00
Correct me if I’m wrong.

logarithm, 2008-11-20: 08:40:00
I like this word best! Voted for it!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-20: 16:13:00
Fantastic.

Nosila, 2008-11-20: 19:00:00
tAIRiffic word! I could hardly t’AIR my eyes away from it.

Spotight: /spaht tie t/ Bo sat in the small seat of the air plane, hoping to have a quiet drink, unwind, and relax. Soon seated at his side, Blondie psycho-can-kneesd him, constantly. Then desperately seeking Susan, jambacked him from behind, breathing down his neck. Jordan shoved his seat back, laplancing him with it.
Bo abhorred being in the spottight! Etymology: Spot – your space or place. Tight – diminished or reduced as much as possible. Antonym of spottight: spotlight. Created by: silveryaspen.

Comments on Spotight:

Jabberwocky, 2008-11-20: 11:19:00
great sentence

OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-20: 16:18:00
Good word and terriic sentence

Squeezychair: /SKWEEZ-ee-chair/ As the 500lb Sumo wrestler quaked tectonically to and fro in the seat immediately in front of his, Bob, affright with feelings of crambivalence and queasychairness, focused firmly upon the likelihood of being squeezychaired, or the slim hope of having a fabulous fortnight in The Phillippines.

Etymology: SQUEEZYCHAIR: blend of squeezy: to be press forcibly together; compressed, tightly packed together & CHAIR: a seat, esp. for one person, usually having (four) legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.

CRAMBIVALENCE: blend of CRAM: to press something into something else; jam or cram beyond the normal comfortable capacity, as on a plane or train & AMBIVALENCE: similar conflicting feelings; mixed feelings of uncertainty or emotion, as between safety & unsafety. Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Squeezychair:

silveryaspen, 2008-11-20: 08:00:00
Wonderful word for any air line seat … or any public seat! Slips into the mind and stays with a smile then t slides off the tongue so nicely!

libertybelle, 2008-11-20: 09:42:00
So clever! I like crambivalence too!

Jabberwocky, 2008-11-20: 11:40:00
super

metrohumanx, 2008-11-21: 08:26:00
Concentrated essence of humor and fear!

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James

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DEFINITION: n., An expressive gesture made with the belief that the person it is directed at cannot see it, typically occurs during telephone conversations, email discourses, and behind people’s backs. v. tr., To use an unseen gesture to express what you cannot say.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Sneerleader: /snÄ“rlÄ“dÉ™r/ As Debbie was climbing a ladder wearing the company uniform including an apron emblazoned with a large company logo, one more customer asked “that” question. “Do you work here”? That’s when she snapped. She held it together long enough to direct them to their desired item but as they headed to the register, from atop her ladder she turned into a sneerleader. It was all the clerk at the register could do to keep a straight face as Debbie mocked from her elevated perch. Etymology: sneer (a contemptuous or mocking smile, remark, or tone) + leader (the person who leads or commands) derivitive of cheerleader (a person who leads cheers and applause, esp. at a sports event) Created by: artr.

Comments on Sneerleader:

wayoffcenter, 2008-11-19: 06:21:00
I wondered why the checkout clerk was in such a good mood…

Nosila, 2008-11-19: 23:14:00
Rah RAh !

OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-20: 00:34:00
Excellent

Handestine: /han-dess-tine/ They thought the CEO couldn’t see the one fingered handestine salute he was given behind his back. Little did they know he wore two way mirrored glasses. Etymology: hand + clandestine (covert) Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Handestine:

Mustang, 2008-11-19: 06:45:00
Verbal gymnastics…I like it!!

Slymutecue: /SLAHY-mew-TEE-kyoo/ Sick of glibogusity and forsaking the immense sense of self-satisfaction he gained from omnibouchelating, Bob, from a side window, hoped that his miensavvy, combined with his subtle slymutecues, would convince the members of the selection panel that he – not the present applicant, a onetime slykick, addressing the panel- was the right man for the job. Etymology: Blend of SLY: stealthy, insidious, or secret ; MUTE: silent; refraining from speech or utterance & CUE: a hint; intimation; guiding suggestion. Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Slymutecue:

Jabberwocky, 2008-11-19: 13:27:00
ooh – nice

metrohumanx, 2008-11-19: 20:10:00
Nice triple header!

Fliphandcy: /flip-hand-see/ Sue was convinced that her fliphandcy would be construed as mere frivolity. Etymology: flip (as in flip the finger) + hand + flippancy Created by: Stevenson0.

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James

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DEFINITION: n., A “talent” for which an individual takes a great deal of personal pride, even though it is just a common, mundane skill that almost everyone can do. v. intr., To take pride in a special talent which in fact is not special at all.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Vexpertise: /vex-pur-tease/ Johnny’s mom thought her son charmed his way into being promoted to higher levels but it was really only his vexpertise. Etymology: vex + expertise Created by: bookowl.

Comments on Vexpertise:

Nosila, 2008-11-18: 20:40:00
Vexcellent word!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-19: 16:44:00
I like it

Chompitence: /chomp-i-tense/ Chris’ chompitence was to chew food in perfect time to the music being played in the restaurant. Etymology: chomp + competence Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Chompitence:

TJayzz, 2008-11-18: 07:49:00
Excellent

OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-19: 16:44:00
Very good

Pomproud: /pämproud/ Bobby’s parents were pomproud of every little thing he did. They would praise him when he tied his own shoes. They would laud his ability to fix his own breakfast. The fact that Bobby is a college graduate doesn’t seem to deter their enthusiasm. Etymology: pompous (affectedly and irritatingly grand, solemn, or self-important) + proud (feeling deep pleasure or satisfaction) Created by: artr.

Craptitude: /Cr-ap-tee-tude/ Billy’s parents actively encouraged him to eat enormous amounts as they thouht he had a natural craptitude for eating. The proud look on their faces said it all when Billy started to tuck into his fourth family sized bag of crisps. Etymology: Crap(nonsense, rubbish) + Aptitude(an ability,inclination or skill) Created by: TJayzz.

Comments on Craptitude:

Jabberwocky, 2008-11-18: 10:55:00
that definitely would produce a load of craptitude

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Be Creative,

James

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