Tag: Creativity

DEFINITION: n., The immense sense of self-satisfaction the one gets from winning a pointless argument. v. tr., To be so addicted to proving yourself right that you argue compulsively, and endlessly, about anything and everything.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Disputin: /disˈpyoōtin/ Victor’s detractors referred to him as Disputin. He seemed to revel in any opportunity to jump in on a debate. Whatever opinion someone expressed, he was all too ready to take up the opposing argument. It didn’t matter how trivial the point, he would hammer his rival into submission. The only thing worse his assault was the gloating that followed. Etymology: dispute (a disagreement, argument, or debate) + Rasputin (Russian monk. He exerted great influence over Tsar Nicholas II and his family during World War I known for his powers of elocution) Created by: artr.

Comments on Disputin:

Mustang, 2008-11-10: 06:55:00
Can’t argue over a dispute about Rasputin….

OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-11: 03:45:00
Very interesting blend

Jabberwocky, 2008-11-11: 08:01:00
great word

rombus, 2008-11-11: 10:52:00
simple yet so meaningful….

libertybelle, 2008-11-11: 12:28:00
excellent word!! This is one for the dictionary!

Omnibouchelate: /OM-nee-Boo-shoor-Leyt./ Bob said: “I’m sorting things out now, don’t worry; all you need to do is listen and I’ll keep it simple so even you will understand.” But this one sided discussion was far from finished. He spoke on and on, his argurrhea continuing for a further thousand words, ending with “This is the end of the matter, all that need been said, has been said.” He was so addicted to proving himself right that he omnibouchelated compulsively, and endlessly, about anything and everything.
Etymology: OMNI : all, totally, BOUCHE: Fr. mouth; consider embouchure “river mouth, ” from bouche “mouth”, from L. bucca, lit. “cheek & ELATE: to be happy, joyful;feeling of great joy or pride; high spirits, extreme gladness. Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Debatabull: /dee-bate-a-bull/ He was so inflated by his need to be confrontational that he would even argue with the cat. Even the time of day was debatabull. Etymology: debatable + bull**** Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Debatabull:

Mustang, 2008-11-10: 06:52:00
Now THAT stinks. But it’s a great verboticism

TJayzz, 2008-11-10: 11:16:00
Excellent!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-11: 03:44:00
Great word

Spattitude: /spat – te – toode/ What excitement swirled around Rhonda was multiplied by her extreme spattitude. She had a gift for creating arguments just to show that she knew more than everyone else. Even if she was wrong, she asserted herself with a forceful attitude of complete belief in her often incorrect “facts” and would go to any length to try to prove that she was right. Etymology: Spat means to bicker, quarrel or fuss +
attitude means state of mind; disposition or way of thinking or acting Created by: rombus.

Comments on Spattitude:

Nosila, 2008-11-10: 15:30:00
Spaticulous word!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-11: 03:48:00
Excellent

Jabberwocky, 2008-11-11: 08:02:00
nice

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James

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DEFINITION: n., A soft romantic moment which is unexpectedly interrupted by a pestersome child, parent or spouse. v. tr., To barge in on a romantic couple at a most inopportune moment.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Disruptorapture: /diss-RUPTO-rap-chure/ Lattimore and Babs had spent an entire evening in a delightful psychic headlock, slowly ratcheting up the cosmic duality which was about to engulf their very souls like an orgasmatron gone mad…when a sudden DISRUPTORAPTURE fell upon them like a load of cherubic guano. Lattimore felt his ego and his enthusiasm deflate like a bad phallic metaphor when his ex-flame broke the door down in a gin-induced fury and pelted the unlucky couple with cast-iron frisbees of venom. Beware the scouge of DISRUPTORAPTURE ! Rent a room in Patagonia. Etymology: DISRUPT+RAPTURE=DISRUPTORAPTURE……..DISRUPT:to break apart, to throw into disorder, to interrupt the normal course of intimacy with Lattimore;Latin disruptus, past participle of disrumpere, from dis- + rumpere to break…..RAPTURE:an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion, a state or experience of being carried away by overwhelming affection for Babs;Latin raptus. Created by: metrohumanx.

Comments on Disruptorapture:

metrohumanx, 2008-11-07: 00:44:00
http://www.100words.com/

metrohumanx, 2008-11-07: 01:11:00
This message brought to you by the Patagonian Tourist Bureau.

Mustang, 2008-11-07: 18:51:00
excellent

Nosila, 2008-11-07: 20:43:00
It’s like Shakespearean…verily!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-08: 16:45:00
Reptilian, but real good.

OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-09: 16:13:00
“100 WORDS” Great webstead-terrific challenge

Missedtryst: /missed – trist/ Due to the fact that the kids came home unexpectedly from school, Bonnie suffered another missedtryst with her neighbor. Too bad that he got caught in the tree as he quickly exited through her bedroom window. Etymology: missed (skipped, not having, go wrong or err, longed for) + tryst (liaison, date, rendezvous or assignation) + a play on the word mistrust…. Created by: mweinmann.

Comments on Missedtryst:

Nosila, 2008-11-07: 20:42:00
Good one…is she still the neighbour’s missedtryst?

Sexuwilt: /sek sh oō wilt/ Lance found himself the victim of sexuwilt when he visited home with his new wife. Any time things started to get sexual between them they would turn to sexuwon’t. Apparently the spare bedroom was the repository of everything that family members needed to make their lives complete. He still can’t figure out why his mother needed a snow shovel in June. Etymology: sexual (relating to the instincts, physiological processes, and activities connected with physical attraction or intimate physical contact between individuals) + wilt (become limp) Created by: artr.

Comments on Sexuwilt:

wayoffcenter, 2008-11-07: 06:21:00
Sounds like his visit sexuwasn’t very enjoyable.

Billancooruptus: /BIL-n-Koo-RUHPT-us/ When Bob’s girlfriend came to stray, it was, in matters of the heart for Bob, a week of woobegone, brought on by Roxie’s unbridled billancooruptus.

Etymology: Combo of BILL and COO: to talk & murmur fondly; to interchange caresses; — said of doves;
also of demonstrative lovers. & RUPTUS: break in, meddle. (As in Interruptus) WOOBEGONE:
Blend of “WOO” inclined, as with affection & “BEGONE”: depart go away!
Created by: OZZIEBOB.

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James

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DEFINITION: n., 1. The process by which pairs of socks are washed, dried, and then separated perhaps never to be reunited again. 2. The place where lost socks disappear to. v. tr., To lose your mate in the wash.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Styxcycle: /STICKS-uh-cull (alternatively: stick-SIGH-cull)/ Flo and Eddie drove down to the local Sudz-O-Mat with some trepidation. Flo didn’t trust Eddie’s laundry skills, and Eddie knew he’d suffer a tumble-dried fate worse than death if he lost just ONE of Flo’s imported Mohair/Alpaca blend custom knitted reinforced-toe foot garments. After gently front-loading the best machine with Eco-friendly low-phosphate clinical-action detergent, Flo lovingly inserted her beloved socks and set the washer to “ultra-gentle”. Flo positioned SweatyEddie on a folding chair right in front of the porthole and went next door to the pizzeria.
Sure as shootin, when they opened the evil machine’s greedy maw, Flo’s coddled sockettes were riding solo, unpaired and unloved, traumatized victims of the mysterious STYXCYCLE which spelled the end of another modern relationship. Flo had insured her collection to the hilt, but although her temperment was set to NORMAL, she took Eddie down to the river and beat him on a rock in an effort to make him “come clean”… Etymology: STYX+CYCLE=STYXCYCLE…..STYX:the principal river of the underworld in Greek mythology in which the Gods did their laundry;Latin Styg-, Styx, from Greek…….CYCLE:an interval of time during which a sequence of events or phenomena is completed
a course or series of events or operations that recur regularly and usually lead back to the starting point.
Created by: metrohumanx.

Comments on Styxcycle:

metrohumanx, 2008-11-06: 11:33:00
http://www.oldewash.com/

Jabberwocky, 2008-11-06: 12:11:00
hopefully they went to heaven where choirs of angels sing hose/anna in the highest

metrohumanx, 2008-11-06: 12:14:00
Today’s challenge has spawned a cornucopia of creativity that’s going to make voting VERY difficult. What a crew!

metrohumanx, 2008-11-06: 12:20:00
http://www.myspace.com/floandeddie

mweinmann, 2008-11-06: 13:22:00
Don’t know when I’ve had so many laughs reading the stories behind the words!!!
Didn’t know there was actually laundry being done in the underworld!!

metrohumanx, 2008-11-06: 15:45:00
NOBODY escapes washday 🙂

OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-06: 17:41:00
Terrific imput as usual. Perhaps the wayward siocks are trying to escape eternal darnation. Nice combo by use of ‘Styx”

Nosila, 2008-11-06: 22:05:00
Styx and stones…it’s great therapy to hear everyone discuss their sox lives…

Mustang, 2008-11-06: 22:18:00
Good one!!

Blackholse: /black-holz/ Marnie knew if she could just find the secret portal into the blackholse, she would wander into a sock-filled utopia where errant socks and other miscellaneous garments were lined up in an orderly fashion just waiting to be reunited with their mates or owners. So obsessed was she that her husband came home to find the washer and dryer disassembled and the beginnings of a hole dug into the laundry room floor. From that moment on, Marnie and her husband never spoke of the blackholse again, and Marnie started wearing those little disposable foot covers they have in shoe stores for trying on shoes without socks. Etymology: Mash-up of black hole and hose Created by: Nuwanda.

Comments on Blackholse:

metrohumanx, 2008-11-06: 12:00:00
Very thorough- a strong scientific foundation, with overtones of Hitchcock and Poe, yet with a happy ending. Remarkable.

Argyleabyss: /ar-GYL-uh-byss/ Sandra was perplexed because of the repeated and mysterious disappearances of several of her boyfriend Thad’s argyles when she did is laundry at the laundromat. Etymology: Blend of argyles and abyss Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Argyleabyss:

metrohumanx, 2008-11-06: 11:49:00
Another one bites the dust!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-06: 17:36:00
Seems Sandra has Argylethargy.

Nosila, 2008-11-06: 21:59:00
I think she did it on purpose because she is a Thaddist!

Hosetage: /hose-taj/ We have reports of several hosetage situations taking place in a new subdivision where LG washers have been installed. We now believe LG stands for last gasp and several socks have lost their mates to the dreaded spin cycle gang. Etymology: hose + hostage Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Hosetage:

metrohumanx, 2008-11-06: 12:11:00
Did the Bader-Meinhoff gang use dryers for their balaclavas, of just hang ’em on the line?

Nosila, 2008-11-06: 21:56:00
It’s time to round them up and wring the truth out of them…it will all come out in the wash!

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James

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DEFINITION: n., A set of product instructions, or a warning label, which is so obviously self-evident that it should be completely unnecessary. v. tr., To provide unneeded directions, advice and/or warnings.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Duhrections: /duh-reck-shuns/ It seems evident to me that one shouldn’t place their bare hand directly into a running snow blower, but apparently all of the visitors to my emergency room that come in with missing fingers due to doing just that failed to read the clearly marked duhrections on the side of the machine. Etymology: duh + directions Created by: libertybelle.

Comments on Duhrections:

zxvasdf, 2008-11-05: 10:46:00
This is perfect

zxvasdf, 2008-11-05: 10:46:00
This is perfect

Mustang, 2008-11-05: 19:49:00
Very good!!

Nosila, 2008-11-05: 21:58:00
Duhlightful!

artr, 2008-11-06: 07:46:00
But duh snow wasn’t coming out! Love your word!

Dimwiterature: /dim-wi-tur-i-chur/ Sally was an English professor and had no trouble reading the classics. She was, however, totally incapable of understanding the dimwiterature on product instructions. Etymology: dim wit + literature Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Dimwiterature:

galwaywegian, 2008-11-05: 10:02:00
i can welate to that!

TJayzz, 2008-11-05: 12:10:00
Excellent!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-05: 15:42:00
great word

Stuplicit: /stu-plic-it/ The warning label on the glass bottle was completely stuplicit; “Do not eat the bottle”.

Etymology: STUPLICIT – from STUPID (foolish; senseless) + EXPLICIT (obvious, unequivocal) Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Stuplicit:

OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-05: 15:52:00
Neat & nice.

Redundinstructions: /ree dun din struk shuns/ One of the main problems with globalization (besides losing jobs in developed countries) is that buying manufactured goods abroad leaves you at the mercy of the person translating the directions for use into the English language. One such example of these redundinstructions was a little plastic kitchen tool Henry bought called a Real Remon Sqweezer. Written on a piece of paper inside the little box containing this tool were the words: “Push tool inside the lemon’s skin and turn the apple right until the orange juice comes running out of the onion. Wash off tool before seizing another fruit”. Etymology: Redundant ( more than is needed, desired, or required;repetition of same sense in different words; superfluous) & Instructions ( a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it)

Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Redundinstructions:

zxvasdf, 2008-11-05: 10:48:00
Oh man. I didn’t see this one. Either we did it simultaneously or, dang, I need to drain some more of that morning oil.

Nosila, 2008-11-05: 21:41:00
No problem,z, great minds think alike!!

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James

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DEFINITION: v., To enthusiastically congratulate a woman on her pending motherhood, only to be told that you are mistaken. n., The dashed expectations and pregnant silence that follows such mistaken congratulations.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Mistorken: /Mis-stork-en/ Zak was totally mistorken when he asked Angela when the baby was due. He realised his mistake when he saw the look of horror on her husband’s face and noticed the stoney silence that followed, and knew that she had just eaten too many pies. Etymology: Mistaken(incorrect,an error) + Stork(a long-legged bird associated with pregnancy and birth) = Mistorken Created by: TJayzz.

Comments on Mistorken:

metrohumanx, 2008-11-04: 09:07:00
Verrrrry clever, Big M!

metrohumanx, 2008-11-04: 09:11:00
BIG Mistork! Humble pies for ZAK!

galwaywegian, 2008-11-04: 09:22:00
heh

Jabberwocky, 2008-11-04: 10:33:00
excellent

libertybelle, 2008-11-05: 09:46:00
i love it!!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-05: 15:43:00
terrific

Immaculatemisconception: /i-mak-yuh-liti-mak-yuh-lit/ When Joe innocently and mistakingly mistook twenty extra pounds on the wife of his boss and congratulated her for “the baby on the way”, it was truly an immaculatemisconception. Etymology: IMMACULATE (blameless) + MISCONCEPTION (A mistaken thought, idea, or notion; a misunderstanding) Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Immaculatemisconception:

lumina, 2008-11-04: 01:33:00
Love it.

metrohumanx, 2008-11-04: 09:09:00
…..and a lesson for us all.
Good work,Steverino!

galwaywegian, 2008-11-04: 09:22:00
nice

OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-05: 15:56:00
Good one.

Jestashun: /jes-tay-shu/ Phil experienced total jestashun after he incorrectly speculated that he could feel the baby kick against the palms of his hands. After a pregnant pause he was told that it was just gas. Etymology: jest + shun + gestation Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Jestashun:

metrohumanx, 2008-11-04: 09:05:00
Hilarious diagnosis, Doctor J !

TJayzz, 2008-11-04: 14:36:00
Good!

Mustang, 2008-11-04: 17:44:00
Very clever!

libertybelle, 2008-11-05: 09:45:00
terrific word!!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-05: 15:44:00
Very clever combination

Pregknot: /preg nät/ Tom was watching his pending promotion sliding away. He tied himself up in a big pregknot by suggesting that the boss’s wife was expecting. He incurred the wrath of the obeast when he offered that she must be carrying twins. Etymology: pregnant (having a child or young developing in the womb) + knot (a complex and intractable problem) Created by: artr.

Comments on Pregknot:

Jabberwocky, 2008-11-04: 13:04:00
+ not as she’s not pregnant – another great word artr

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James

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