Tag: Verbotomy

DEFINITION: n., A wear mark, or shiny spot, which appears on a heavily used computer touch-pad, mouse or keyboard. v. tr., To wear down or erode through repetitive clicking, tapping or poking.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Alopadcia: /-al-uh-pad-shee-uh-/ “Does your owner tap on you like a beast? are you losing your hair and colour? Do no wait anymore! STOP IT NOW!!! By using our brand new product called Aminexpad!!! Try it out, or you’ll be out! Etymology: ALOPADCIA. From Alopecia (loss of hair; baldness) + Pad Created by: vmalcolm.

Comments on Alopadcia:

Jabberwocky, 2008-10-17: 11:53:00
very funny

metrohumanx, 2008-10-17: 12:22:00
Zounds!

Nosila, 2008-10-17: 22:25:00
Hair-iffic!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-19: 00:33:00
clever

Hardwarewear: /hard-wair-wair/ Scranton’s keyboard, mouse and mouse pad all bore excessive hardwarewear that included shiny mouse buttons, scuffed mouse pad, keys and space bar worn completely thru from excessive gaming and keyboarding. Etymology: Blend of hardware and wear Created by: Mustang.

Keypetitive: /kee-pet-i-tiv
/ Because she didn’t own a joystick, the letters ‘s’ and ‘l’ disappeared from her keyboard because of the constant keypetitive tapping, clicking and pushing required by the computer game.

Etymology: KEYPETITIVE – from KEY (keyboard) + REPETITIVE (repeated over and over)

Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Keypetitive:

metrohumanx, 2008-10-17: 12:18:00
wow. i remember joysticks.

Erodency: /i-ROHD-uh n-see/ Bob lived in constant state of click-button erodency with abrashining “mouse” and repitritious keyboard.
Etymology: Blend of “E” for a system of world-wide electronic
communication;as in email etc., RODENT: from Mod.L. rodentia, the order name, from L. rodentem (nom. rodens), prp. of rodere “to gnaw, eat away,” like a “mouse” and CY: state or condition. Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Erodency:

Jabberwocky, 2008-10-17: 11:52:00
excellent

TJayzz, 2008-10-17: 14:17:00
Good one!!

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DEFINITION: v. tr., To read a person’s face and correctly interpret what they are actually thinking, even when they are trying to conceal their true feelings. n., The skill of reading people’s faces, especially by observing micro-expressions.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Visagenary: /viz ah jen ari/ Victor had visagenary skills. His ability to tell whether or not a person was lying was legendary. This skill had stood him well through his life and was very handy when dealing with the children he taught in school. He taught them that the truth was their only option, because you could never tell who had this power besides him. It helped while dating (her lips were smiling but her eyes weren’t…) And he could have been a human lie detector for the CIA or FBI or the police. Victor figured as long as he had the gift, he might as well earn some money with it. That’s when he started on the Celebrity Poker circuit and won millions with his visagenary talents! Etymology: Visage (the human face; the appearance conveyed by a person’s face) & Visionary (a person with unusual powers of foresight,seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Visagenary:

Jabberwocky, 2008-10-16: 15:52:00
great word

Mustang, 2008-10-16: 19:34:00
Excellent!

metrohumanx, 2008-10-17: 07:47:00
First-rate word, that.

OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-19: 00:31:00
Terrific

Demeanoreveal: /de-MEEN-er-ree-veel/ Carmine had an uncanny ability to glance at another person and within seconds after scanning their countenance could lay out demeanoreveal in great detail and with great accuracy just what that person was thinking at that moment. Etymology: Blend of demeanor and reveal Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Demeanoreveal:

OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-19: 00:32:00
Good word

Facesper: /Faces per/ She would sit in the middle of pedestrian traffic and be engulfed in emotion, her delicate talent facespering strains of thoughts from the expressions of strangers that streamed past her like writhing eels in a current. A facesper like her had a tendency towards a delicacy in bone structure and diminutiveness in size, as if the swell of emotion splayed on the faces of the world caused the body to shrink inwards. Facesperate attempts by non-sensitives were the subject of ridicule by true facespers. Etymology: Face (anterior part of the skull) & ESP (Extra Sensory Perception)& -er (one that has) Created by: zxvasdf.

Comments on Facesper:

Jabberwocky, 2008-10-16: 15:54:00
I like how you incorporated the ESP into your word

metrohumanx, 2008-10-17: 12:24:00
What a beautifully lyrical sentence. Bravo!

Miensavvy: /meen-SAV-ee/ It seems that even without someone speaking, but just thinking about speaking, Roxie was able to interpret their faciaguile and see through their emociopacity with ease. Call it prosoperspicacity or – in layman’s language – mugnous; or perhaps, even better, miensavvy, she could read others like an open book.
Etymology: blend of MIEN; Bearing or manner, especially as it reveals an inner state of mind: MENSA(?):M-, the name of an organization for people of IQs of 148 or more founded in England in 1946, & SAVVY.: Well informed and perceptive; n. shrewdness;
practical understanding Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Miensavvy:

Jabberwocky, 2008-10-16: 15:55:00
great sentence

Mustang, 2008-10-16: 19:40:00
Very good. Clever wording in your sentence.

metrohumanx, 2008-10-17: 07:52:00
WOW- A whole buncha bonusisms there- all for the price of one. Good Word, and even better sentence.

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DEFINITION: v. tr., To believe you’re saving money by buying things which are on sale even if you don’t really want or need them. n., A person who believes they are saving their money whenever they buy something on sale.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Dealusional: /deel-loo-shun-al/ Joe became completely dealusional about the value of any item, no matter how obsolete, if it was marked down 70%, or more.

Etymology: DEALUSIONAL – from DEAL (a bargain) + DELUSIONAL (a false belief strongly held in spite of invalidating evidence) Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Dealusional:

lumina, 2008-10-16: 00:56:00
My fave! Gets my vote. 🙂

Dealboughtcheery: /deel-bot-cheer-ee/ Harold exhibited the classic signs of dealboughtcheery every time he emerged from a going out of business store with a grin on his face and several huge shopping bags filled with useless bargains. Etymology: deal + bought+ cheery + debauchery (excessive sensual indulgence) Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Dealboughtcheery:

TJayzz, 2008-10-15: 15:03:00
Great word

Deniacurement: /Dee-nigh-a-cure-ment/ Tony is a constant victim of deniacurement – he’s always buying things he never needs! Etymology: Denial (refusal to acknowledge) + Procurement (the purchasing of something) = Deniacurement Created by: LotusB.

Comments on Deniacurement:

metrohumanx, 2008-10-17: 07:54:00
VERY clever-please expound on your funny sentences. 🙂

Frugalifutile: /frue-GAL-uh-few-tyl/ Ramon thought he was being cagey in buying up fantastic bargains even though he had no use for them and while other thought his efforts were frugalifutile at best, he continued to consider himself to be shrewd and thoughtful. Etymology: Blend of frugal and futile Created by: Mustang.

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DEFINITION: v. tr., To grasp the meaning of muddled texts like blog posts, emails and text messages where standard grammatical or spelling conventions have been ignored. n., The ability to read and understand confused or poorly written messages.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Jumbleguya: /jum-bl-gi-a/ The new boss seemed to have his own language when it came to texting. At first everyone was nervous. It wasn’t until someone made a call down to the mailroom where Simon the jumbleguya worked. He could unscramble eggs. Etymology: play on Jambalaya Created by: lumina.

Comments on Jumbleguya:

metrohumanx, 2008-10-14: 02:34:00
Twenty lashes with a wet noodle, Lumina.

lumina, 2008-10-14: 10:04:00
Youch! (mix of Yummy and Ouch) 🙂

Jabberwocky, 2008-10-14: 13:20:00
great word

Texhume: /tex-hume/ His job was to texhume cryptic messages that had been buried in emails.

Etymology: TEXHUME – verb from TEXT (a unit of connected writing) + EXHUME (to revive, or restore; bring to light)

Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Texhume:

Nosila, 2008-10-14: 20:14:00
Good word

Cryptosleuth: /kripˈtō sloōth/ Debbie needed to become a cryptosleuth. She loved teaching at the Community College but trying to decipher messages from her Generation TXT students put a real strain on her sense of rightness. She and her bff would lol at e-mails from her students. Etymology: cryptographer (the art of writing or solving codes) + Sleuth (a detective) Created by: artr.

Interpretext: /Inter-pret-ex-t/ Jane’s mum just couldn’t get to grips with the predictive text on her cellphone, luckily Jane was an expert in interpretext, so when her mum’s muddled messages came through she understood exactly what she was trying to say. Etymology: Interpret (Understand the meaning of, translate) + Text (Written or printed words, message left on cellphone) ORIGIN Latin textus from texere ‘weave’ = Interpretext) Created by: TJayzz.

Comments on Interpretext:

Jabberwocky, 2008-10-14: 13:21:00
great combo

Mustang, 2008-10-14: 17:22:00
Very clever.

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DEFINITION: v. tr., To put an unwanted houseplant, especially a seasonal or gift plant like a Poinsettia or Easter Lily, outdoors in hopes that it will die. n., An unwanted houseplant which has been left to nature.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Floracide: /flor-uh-side/ In a blatant attempt to commit floracide on an unwanted hideous tropical houseplant she had gotten as a gift, Etta left it outdoors on the patio during a blizzard. Etymology: ‘Flora’ (Plants considered as a group) with the suffix ‘cide’ (from Latin meaning “killer,” “act of killing,” used in the formation of compound words)
Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Floracide:

metrohumanx, 2008-10-13: 02:36:00
Yes, a blizzard WILL do the trick.

lumina, 2008-10-13: 22:23:00
Now that is just plain “cold-hearted.”

Florasaken: /flora-say-ken/ Lily was alone and florasaken, but at least she had a nice door to look at.

Etymology: FLORASAKEN – from FLORA (plants) + FORSAKEN (deserted; abandoned; forlorn)

Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Florasaken:

metrohumanx, 2008-10-13: 02:37:00
Truly tragic Triffid, S.O.

Mustang, 2008-10-13: 08:47:00
A lonely little lily in an oninon patch?

Ostraponicaw: /oss-trip-ONIC-awww/ Herb really loved Lilly, but he only tolerated her infatuation with plants.
Lilly had a necrarium in the living room in which nothing greater than fungi would grow. In the kitchen, spiderplants threatened Herb’s every move. Forest litter and detritus was accumulating under the end tables. Herb, not being especially gifted at conflict resolution, decided to convert one houseplant each night into an OSTRAPONICAW. He gave secret thanks to the Frost Giants who visited the doorstep and turned each rare succulent into a slimy mass of burst cells which no plant food spike could ever hope to revive. Poor Lilly.
AWWWWWWWWWWW Etymology: OSTRAcise+hydroPONIC+AWWWW= OSTRAPONICAW
…..OSTRACISE:a method of temporary banishment without trial or special accusation ; exclusion by general consent from common privileges or social acceptance…..HYDROPONICS:the growing, however unsucessfully, of plants in nutrient solutions without an inert medium (as soil) to provide mechanical support…..AWWW: 21st century exclamation intended to express dismay or mock sympathy, often uttered at the demise of an unloved decorative companion.
Created by: metrohumanx.

Comments on Ostraponicaw:

metrohumanx, 2008-10-13: 01:38:00
The BEST source for planty stuff:
http://www.jlhudsonseeds.net/

metrohumanx, 2008-10-13: 01:42:00
OSTRAPONICS: The Not growing of plants on any viable medium. Plants which thrive on abuse are particularly suited to this merhod of floracide.

Jabberwocky, 2008-10-13: 14:08:00
how cruel

metrohumanx, 2008-10-14: 02:51:00
Now that i look at OSTRAPONICAW, it sounds like an endangered sub-tropical bird. Oh well- there are no provisions for “taking back” a word, i guess.

Bloomingales: /bloom-in-gales/ Chris carefully positioned all his Christmas plants in the shelter of the taller conifers hoping that Darwin’s theory would prove correct and they might survive. It wasn’t enough though to protect them from the blizzard and gale force winds and the little plants cried out to him “Why do you love us only at Christmas? We’re not bred to bloomingales. Etymology: bloom + gales + bloomingdales Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Bloomingales:

Mustang, 2008-10-13: 08:49:00
Bloomingales, a great place to chop…errr..shop

TJayzz, 2008-10-13: 09:01:00
A plant is not just for christmas!!

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