Tag: Creativity

DEFINITION: v. tr., To compulsively print out paper copies of all electronic files. n., A printing fetish common among paper pushers who suffer from a paranoid fear that their digital files are disintegrating on their hard drives.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Fileanthropist: /file-an-throw-pist/ Noted for her many benevolent efforts, the famous fileanthropist Felicity Fileworthy established a museum for the printed word. The building itself is constructed of papier mache. Etymology: file + philanthropist Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Fileanthropist:

artr, 2008-10-06: 06:16:00
Papier mache, a nice touch.

TJayzz, 2008-10-06: 06:50:00
Nice!

zxvasdf, 2008-10-06: 10:51:00
So you dabble in fileanthropy?

Jabberwocky, 2008-10-06: 11:58:00
“curses – filed again”

zxvasdf, 2008-10-06: 13:47:00
haha

OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-07: 04:48:00
Good one

Papyrulimia: /puh-pahy-ruhlim-ee-uh
/ With unlimited reams of corporate paper, Jenny slowly descended the long, lonely path of papyrulimia where she continuously feed the photocopy machine as much paper as it could swallow and with great satisfaction watched it spew out copy after copy after copy.

Etymology: PAPYRULIMIA – noun – from PAPYRUS (paper) + BULIMIA (an eating disorder characterized by frequent episodes of grossly excessive food intake followed by self-induced vomiting)

Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Papyrulimia:

Jabberwocky, 2008-10-06: 10:19:00
very funny

zxvasdf, 2008-10-06: 13:48:00
Thanks for the mental picture. I can’t look at a printer the same way again…
Good one.

TJayzz, 2008-10-06: 16:56:00
Good one!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-07: 04:49:00
Terrific blend

Xerobsession: /zee robs esss yun/ her boeese reaction to her xerobsession, when discovered, was unprintable. Etymology: xerox obsession Created by: galwaywegian.

Comments on Xerobsession:

Mustang, 2008-10-06: 18:58:00
Good one.

Afourrhea: /Ey-fawr-REE-uh/ As copy after copy poured from Roxie’s printer, fellow worker worried that her afourrhea would become dendricidal. Indeed, sadly, her mother had succumbed to documentia.
Etymology: Blend of A-FOUR sized paper – the most commonly used paper for printing & RRHEA: a flow, a current. Created by: OZZIEBOB.

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Be Creative,

James

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DEFINITION: v. tr., To search for and find a pen to write down an important note, only to discover that the pen does not work. n., A moment in time when the only pens you can find, are pens that do not work.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Bictimized: /bik-tim-ized/ There were two signatories and two pens to choose from, one that had a grey cover and one that was clear with a reservior of blue ink showing through. He chose the clear pen and realized when he put the pen to paper with no result he’d been bictimized again. Etymology: bic + victimized Created by: bookowl.

Comments on Bictimized:

zxvasdf, 2008-10-03: 13:41:00
If you have been a bictim, raise your hand.

Inkoherent: /ink oh hee rent/ the inkoherence meant he just had to scrape her number onto his arm. Etymology: incoherent ink Created by: galwaywegian.

Ballpointless: /bôlˌpoint lis/ Rusty had a wonderful idea. This happened so infrequently that it seemed imperative to write it down. He reached for a ballpointless pen and proceeded to do little more than tear a hole in a piece of paper. This whole exercise was ballpointless. He then had to try his entire collection of paper scratchers. As he looked at the advertising message on a pen and wondered where he had pilfered each one, the original thought he wanted to save for humanity slowly faded away, never to return. Etymology: ballpoint (a pen with a tiny ball as its writing point) + pointless (having little or no sense, use, or purpose) Created by: artr.

Paperblankwriter: /Pay-per-blan-k-ry-ter/ When Steve’s boss called to tell him the date and details of a very important meeting, he thought he had better make a note of it as his memory was not his best asset. He picked up the nearest pen but it had run out of ink so he tried again , only to realise that all the pens in the house were paperblankwriters that refused to work. He made a vow to himself that next time he would always buy his pens in bulk and discard them as soon as they were running out. Etymology: Paper(material made from wood pulp used for writing on) + Blank(empty, plain, not marked) + Writer(a device that writes information) = Paperblankwriter Created by: TJayzz.

Comments on Paperblankwriter:

Jabberwocky, 2008-10-03: 09:46:00
playing the Beatles card eh? clever

TJayzz, 2008-10-03: 13:06:00
Being British what else could I do?

Nosila, 2008-10-03: 20:16:00
A Hard Day’s Write??

OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-05: 17:36:00
hard to beatle.

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James

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DEFINITION: v. tr., To swap your lousy lunch for a way tastier one found in the shared office fridge. n., A lunch which is borrowed from a coworker and will not be returned until after it has been consumed.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Refrigeraider: /re-FRIDJ-er-rade-er/ Geoff was a notorious refrigeraider and had no qualms at all about taking a coworkers tasty looking lunch and leaving his stale sandwich and old piece of fruit in it’s place. Etymology: Blend of refrigerator and raider. Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Refrigeraider:

hooterbug, 2008-10-02: 08:40:00
Perfecto!

zxvasdf, 2008-10-02: 09:33:00
For some reason I envision Tusken Raiders standing in front of the fridge, scratching their cowled heads, saying “Where the hell did my lunch get to? I was really looking forward to that boiled Jawa.”

Nosila, 2008-10-02: 22:16:00
Great word!

lumina, 2008-10-03: 00:07:00
Gets my vote! 🙂

Supgrade: /sup-grade/ The trick to improving your lunch without getting caught is to supgrade modestly.
Etymology: sup + upgrade Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Supgrade:

TJayzz, 2008-10-02: 14:49:00
Good word

Swapslop: /Swop-slop/ When Peter discovered what his wife had packed him for lunch, he let out a huge sigh. He realised that she had been trying out her new recipes on him again and this time had surpassed herself by creating some inedible looking mess that could not be identified. He then had the brilliant idea of going to office fridge and proceeded to swapslop his lunch for something that resembled food. No-one would ever guess it was him as long as he kept his mouth shut. Etymology: Swap(an act of exchanging one thing for another) + Slop(unappetizing semi-liquid food) = Swapslop Created by: TJayzz.

Comments on Swapslop:

Jabberwocky, 2008-10-02: 13:28:00
funny

Exvictual: /ex vict ual/ He took one look in his lunch bag and found that he had been exvictualized. Fair’s only fair, he thought when he peeked into the various containers scattered in the refrigerator for his very own exvictual. Etymology: Exchange (to trade) & Evict (to expel) & Victual (food) Created by: zxvasdf.

Comments on Exvictual:

Nosila, 2008-10-02: 22:27:00
Way too many good words today…

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James

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DEFINITION: v. intr., To create the impression that you are deathly ill and represent a potentially lethal bio-hazard risk, so that your boss will ask you to “take the next couple of days off”. n., A faked illness.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Plaguegiarize: /playg-jeea-rise/ Whenever Dan felt the urge to spend a lazy day relaxing on the beach he would plaguegiarize the current circulating virus and call in sick. Etymology: plague + plagiarize Created by: Jabberwocky.

Pseudomonia: /soodo-mone-yuh/ After two days of fake hacking and coughing at meetings, Congolia finally convinced her boss she was too ill to work, but Congolia smiled to herself as she left the office, knowing it was really a case of pseudomonia. Etymology: pseudo (false) + pneumonia (respiratory illness) Created by: LoftyDreamer.

Comments on Pseudomonia:

Nosila, 2008-10-01: 21:58:00
Love that Congolia!

Expediadotcon: /ex speedy yah dot kon/ Mary had a knack for getting additional vacation time every year. By faking dreadful symptoms and acting better than most Oscar winners, she was able to fool her boss into believing she was at death’s doorstep and highly infectious. She definitely put the “con” in contagious. After she had set the stage, she flu off to exotic locales and enjoyed an expediadotcon vacation. One of these days, her boss would wise up and figure out that when Typhoid Mary came back from these illnesses, she had a tan. When that happened, she’d lose her job and she would only be able to afford to vacation in Puerto Backyardo! Etymology: expedia.com(popular website for last minute cheaper vacations) & con (to deprive by deceit;hustle) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Expediadotcon:

Jabberwocky, 2008-10-01: 10:59:00
love Peurto Backyardo

metrohumanx, 2008-10-01: 13:29:00
🙂 !

OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-01: 18:13:00
Good word

Mediscamvacation: /med-eh-scam-vuh-KAY-shun/ For the third year in a row Bernard managed to play on the sympathy of his boss Viola, and wrangled a weeks paid vacation of sick leave by pulling yet another mediscamvaction gambit. Etymology: Blend of medical, scam, and vacation.
Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Mediscamvacation:

metrohumanx, 2008-10-01: 13:40:00
That’s what I”M talking about. More! More!

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James

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DEFINITION: v. tr., To drop food on the floor, then pick it up and eat it, before anyone else can say “it’s too dirty”. n., A tasty treat which has been accidentally dropped, then quickly salvaged and savored.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Foodianslip: /food-ee-an-slip
/ At the party, Joe just reacted with another foodianslip when he dropped his cake and then immediately proceeded to get down on all-fours to lick the icing off the rug. Etymology: FOODIANSLIP – noun – FOOD + FREUDIAN SLIP

Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Foodianslip:

OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-01: 18:15:00
Good one

Scoffdrop: /Sk-off-dr-op/ Tim was skilled in the art of scoffdrop, he would spend hours trying to persuade his friends that any food that had accidentally fallen to the floor was perfectly safe to eat, as long as you follow the golden rule. The food must be eaten within five seconds so that any germs do not have a chance to move in on it. Etymology: Scoff(to eat quickly or greedily) ORIGIN Dutch from Schoft ‘meal’ + Drop(to fall or cause to fall to the floor) = Scoffdrop Created by: TJayzz.

Comments on Scoffdrop:

metrohumanx, 2008-09-30: 14:18:00
Nice sentence, Tjayzz.

OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-30: 17:33:00
I like it.

Linoleumyum: /lyn-OLE-ee-yum-yum/ When any food was dropped on the floor anywhere near him Brandon showed that he was a mindless dolt where sanitation was concerned, as he considered those morsels to be freebie linoleumyums…
Etymology: Blend of linoleum and yumyum Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Linoleumyum:

yellowbird, 2008-09-30: 09:08:00
nice

Jabberwocky, 2008-09-30: 12:09:00
funny

Jabberwocky, 2008-09-30: 12:58:00
funny

artr, 2008-10-01: 16:23:00
I might have shortened it to Linoleyum so it sounds like the real word but plays with the spelling.

Upgrub: /UHP-gruhb/ Fastidiousness wasn’t one of Bob’s stronger points. And from the time when he was a drover on the Barcoo, and nearly had to eat a barcoo sandwich to survive, his philosophy was that if it was food, it was edible. So when any yumflot hit the floor, Bob quickly upgrubbed it.

Etymology: Blend of YUM & FLOT(sam): By analogy -when tasty food falls “overboard. Yum: yummy, tasty, scrumptious. UPGRUB: grub: “food” & vb: to forage. Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Upgrub:

Mustang, 2008-09-30: 14:16:00
good one

metrohumanx, 2008-09-30: 14:27:00
Yumflot upgrub never ever foodsnub.

Jabberwocky, 2008-09-30: 15:08:00
funny

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James

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