Tag: Verbotomy

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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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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James

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DEFINITION: v. intr., To identify so strongly with character from a book, show, or urban legend, that you become convinced that the story is actually about you. n., A person who believes they are a fictional character in wonderfully tragic and heroic story.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Metamorfigment: /met-uh-MOR-fig-ment/ Gladys was an inveterate daydreamer and when reading or viewing works of fiction would often metamorfigment and have realistic hallucinations wherein she became one of the characters in the story. Etymology: Blend of ‘metamorphosis’ (conversion, transformation) and ‘figment’ (a mere product of mental invention; a fantastic notion) Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Metamorfigment:

TJayzz, 2008-11-17: 12:15:00
Great word

Oughttobiography: /ott to by og rafee/ Jimmy could identify with James Bond in all the books and movies. With his dashing good looks and suave,debonair comportment and je ne sais quoi, he could relate to James Bond, Agent 007, “License to Kill”. He thought Ian Fleming had written an Oughttobiography for Jimmy when he wrote his books, as the similarities were very evident, if one had a “GoldenEye” for details. When he went for his annual physical, it was “Dr.No”; When he bought vodka (for his martinis, shaken, not stirred) it was “From Russia With Love”; when he got engaged it was “Diamonds are Forever”; when he got married, it was “Goldfinger”; when he got his hair done, it was “Live and Let Dye”; If he couldn’t get an appointment, he could “Dye Another Day”, because “Tomorrow Never Dyes”; when he bowled, it was “ThunderBall”; when he went hunting, it was “A View to a Kill”; when he played tennis with the Queen, it was “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”; when he went to the optometrist, it was “For Your Eyes Only”; when he enlisted in NASA’s space gardening program, he became “Moonraker” and when he ate seafood, instead of kalamari, he ordered “Octopussy”. Yes, Jimmy shared a bond with James Bond, he could scare “The Living Daylights” out of anyone who tried to steal his Aston Martin. When he got bored, he would head to “Casino Royale.” He enjoyed a”Quantum of Solace” when he was caught speeding chasing “The Spy Who Loved Me” and after Blofeld’s men, he was clocked at 95 mph by the “Man With The Golden Gun”.
There was some “Quantum of Solace” in the fact, he had to find a new pad,with all the best of Q’s gadgetry. Although Jimmy was a citizen of this world,he thought “The World Is Not Enough”! Etymology: Ought to (should, had better, need to) & Autobiography (a biography (life story) of yourself)
Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Oughttobiography:

metrohumanx, 2008-11-17: 03:34:00
As a lad in the sixties, I was pemanently warped by I Spy, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Secret Agent Man, The Saint, The Prisoner, etc etc etc…

petaj, 2008-11-17: 04:37:00
didn’t realise you had a james bond story when i came up with my word

petaj, 2008-11-17: 04:46:00
Piercing humour, give us some Moore cos I’m feeling lazenby and singing like a connery.

Nosila, 2008-11-17: 20:36:00
There’s a lot of Bonding going on here, Walther PPK! One of the best lines from the movies was in Moonraker, when James (Roger Moore)and Lois Chiles are making love in zero gravity on a shuttle on their way back to Earth. M asks what is he doing?(because he can see them on the monitor) and Q answers, “I think he’s attempting re-entry!”

Transmogulfry: /tranz-MOE-gull-fry
(transmogulfried;transmogulfriar)/ Cosmo was a very likeable chap-superintelligent and kind to small furry things. I knew him briefly in junior high school, before he disappeared into the sordid subculture of the sixties. No more was heard from him until surfaced one day at Eva’s Soup Kitchen. In the intervening decades, Cosmo had TRANSMOGULFRIED to a significant degree. He regaled everyone with his stories about his fortune, made and lost, as a Sheep Wrangler in New Zealand. A few minutes later, he explained his life with the Cargo Cults of the South Pacific. He had been a rocket sled test pilot, a dental floss tycoon, and he could reel off a list of movies he had starred in under various names. Cosmo had TRANSMOGULFRIED his brain, but he was sure to inherit Ted Turner’s vast fortune after he liberated Inner Mongolia and become an Ascended Master. Cosmo was a close personal friend of Doctor Terwilliger, whose thousand piano students would one day perform the ultimate piano recital. Cosmo perfected perpetual motion and the motor-operated pushover, but was cheated out of the royalties. He refused to accept money or tobacco, even if it wasn’t damp. However, there was ONE favor he asked…please refer to him by his rightful name: Alexander Vasilievich Ungern Von Sternberg. Etymology: TRANSmogrify+MOGUL+FRY=TRANSMOGULFRY…TRANSMOGRIFY:to change or alter one’s perceptions or lifestyle,greatly and often with grotesque or humorous effect, often to the detriment of one’s sanity;origin unknown…..MOGUL: A person wielding great power, however imaginary- a tycoon or magnate;Persian Mughul, from Mongolian mongγol Mongol…..FRY: To abuse one’s brain to the point of delusion through accidental or intentional ingestion of psychotropic substances, particularly SOMA-the divine mushroom of immortality…. Or an industrial accident or other traumatic event. Created by: metrohumanx.

Comments on Transmogulfry:

metrohumanx, 2008-11-17: 03:42:00
Nice paintings here:
http://www.roerich.org/

Jabberwocky, 2008-11-17: 12:59:00
great etymology

Nosila, 2008-11-17: 20:46:00
Cosmo sounds like The Great Pretender or Catch Me If You Can…

Mustang, 2008-11-17: 22:47:00
Good one.

hyperborean, 2008-11-17: 23:00:00
I like this one because it is one of the few verbs.

OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-18: 03:09:00
Yep, good one

Iamesbond: /I ams Bond/ It was only after he had screeched off in his astin martin that the guests realised that he was an IamesBond. Then all the strange martini demands, leering looks at female guests and the fact he was wearing a tuxedo to a bbq fell into place. Etymology: James Bond (fictional character) + I + am + bond (to connect with) Created by: petaj.

Comments on Iamesbond:

libertybelle, 2008-11-17: 09:28:00
i thought the word was Lamesbond for a moment… which works too 🙂

OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-18: 03:12:00
Very clever

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James

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