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DEFINITION: n. The unexpected moment of horror when you realize that you’re sharing your bathroom shower with thousands of rapidly replicating fungi, commonly known as orange slime. v. intr. To be colonized by orange slime.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Epiphamuck: /iˈpif-É™-muck/ Sally was going about her normal morning routine when she an epiphamuck moment. Perhaps it was the sip of coffee she gulped before she climbed into her shower or the boring line-up on TV the night before that precipitated a full night’s sleep, she was actually awake this morning. She wondered why she would have bought an orange shower curtain that didn’t go with the other accessories in the bathroom. It was only when she noticed that the orange didn’t stop at the edge of the curtain that she had a major case of orange-slime heebie-jeebies. Etymology: epiphany (a moment of sudden revelation or insight) + muck (dirt, rubbish, or waste matter) Created by: artr.

Comments on Epiphamuck:

metrohumanx, 2008-09-29: 17:07:00
I remember the heebie-jeebies.
Where did the nitty-gritty come from? That’s what I want to know. 🙂

OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-30: 17:44:00
Nice:in a grotesque way.

Mushgroom: /Mush-gr-oom/ Sally decided the only way to get rid of her hangover from the previous nights pub crawl was a good scrub in the shower. Due to her condition she had forgotten to remove her contact lenses before she passed out. This lead to the discovery of a very unpleasant growth of mushgroom lurking in the corner of the shower tray. Being short sighted she had not spotted the disgusting gooey mess before and therefore it had grown to quite a size. Her piercing screams coud be heard for miles, the police arrived expecting to attend a homicide and could not believe it when Sally explained what had actually happened. Etymology: Mush(a soft wet pulpy mass) + Groom(to pay attention to personal hygiene and appearance) = Mushgrooom. Play on Mushroom(a spore producing body of a fungus) Created by: TJayzz.

Comments on Mushgroom:

zxvasdf, 2008-09-29: 12:46:00
I’m a sucker for puns. Mushgroom in muchrooms!

metrohumanx, 2008-09-29: 16:46:00
Methinks there exists a link between excessive alcohol consumption and scary fungi, wouldn’t you agree, Watson?

Scumprised: /scum-prised/ Jenny was totally scumprised when the fungi lifted her right out of the shower and closed the curtains behind her.

Etymology: SCUMPRISED verb from SCUM (a film, or layer of foul bacterial matter) + SURPRISED (a sudden feeling of wonder, or astonishment)

Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Scumprised:

metrohumanx, 2008-09-29: 16:44:00
Scumprised really packs a wallop. Why are wallops always “packed”? Metro

Mildewplicated: /mil doo plik kated/ When Jenny moved into her new apartment, she had made a spore-atic decision and decorated the bathroom in shades of orange and appricot. Because of the camouflage of orangy patterned shower curtain, she failed to notice the orange slime had mildewplicated itself on it. When she did notice, she felt smutty. Not only could she see them
but horrors, they could see her, naked, every morning. Not knowing what else to do,she molded a plan and phoned her boyfriend. “Rusty”, she purred into the phone, “I need you to come see me, because you are my fungi!” Etymology: mildew (a fungus that develops in humid environments) & duplicated (reproduced or copied) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Mildewplicated:

zxvasdf, 2008-09-29: 12:52:00
“…molded a plan…” fantastic! Puns galore.

metrohumanx, 2008-09-29: 16:40:00
Wow! You really do your research, Nosmeister. Do you have a favorite fungus? I was once followed home by an orange slime mold. 🙂

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DEFINITION: v. tr., To strain with all your might, and twist with every muscle in your body including your eyes, tongue and toes in a desperate but perhaps futile effort to open a sealed container, such as a jar of pickles.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Dillcapitate: /dill-cap-i-tate/ I will dillcapitate you Dave screamed at the pickle jar – even if my eyes remain bloodshot for a week. Etymology: dill (as in pickle) + decapitate + cap Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Dillcapitate:

OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-26: 18:06:00
Brilliant: now part of my vocabulary.

TJayzz, 2008-09-27: 05:32:00
Very good word

Jarchacha: /jahr-CHAH-chah/ Bob found himself totally in a jarchacha, when in front of Mrs Sanchez, who he wanted to emundorosape perfectly, even to her love of Latin-American dancing and body-building, he couldn’t, despite straining every muscle, open a jar of gerkins.

Etymology: Blend of Jar & Cha-Cha Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Jarchacha:

Jabberwocky, 2008-09-26: 15:00:00
funny

Machogotcha: /maw-choh-GOT-cha/ Having always considered himself to be very manly and virile, Hector’s self confidence suffered a major case of machogotcha when he failed at all attempts to open the jar of pickles at the office picnic. Etymology: Blend of ‘macho’ (an assertively virile, dominating, or domineering male) and ‘gotcha’ (the fact of having beeen caught or defeated) Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Machogotcha:

artr, 2008-09-26: 07:35:00
Rolls off the tongue nicely

OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-26: 18:17:00
I like it.

Wristsist: /rist sist/ Stanley could normally open anything but this pickle jar was determined to wristsist all his efforts. Try as he mite, he could not open it. What he did not realize was that he had met the leader of the Wristsistance in his fridge, Colonel Cornichon. The Colonel had dilliberately held his position and mobilized his highly trained commandos, The Gherkins, to hold off Stanley’s attacks. When Stanley held their stronghold under hot water and tapped it with a knife, the Colonel knew the siege was almost over and mustard his courage and sent out an SOS (Sweet or Sour) signal: “Mayo-day, Mayo-day, we don’t relish this a salt. Although we’ve worked hard for our bread and butter, pickles, it is time to use our brines and admit defeat, since wristsistance is futile and sing the old war songs. ‘Goodbye, Piccallili, Farewell Leicester Square, it’s a long, long way to sip a sherry, but my heart’s right there’. Dill we meet again, in the Alimentary Canal, I salute you.” Etymology: Wrist (a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones) & Resist (refuse to comply;withstand the force of something;elude, especially in a baffling way)

Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Wristsist:

LoftyDreamer, 2008-09-29: 20:23:00
Can’t open the pickle jar? No big dill!

Great paranomasiac story…

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DEFINITION: v. tr., To find a lost item immediately after purchasing a replacement. n., An item which is lost and cannot not be found unless a replacement is purchased.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Suckscessor: /suk ses sor/ When George’s wife, Gina, had disappeared on a flight to Australia 7 years ago, he had spent ages looking for her and grieving. When he was finally convinced she had perished in the plane crash, along with the other passengers, he started to move on with his life. He collected on her life insurance and fell in love with the pretty insurance lady, Alice. At their marriage ceremony, when the audience was asked who objected to their wedding, imagine his surprise when
Gina turned up! Turns out she had spent those 7 years on an uncharted island. How was he going to explain he had spent most of the insurance money on his wedding to her sucksessor! Etymology: Sucks (slang:something which makes you unhappy or which disappoints) & Successor (a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Suckscessor:

OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-26: 18:27:00
Very funny.

Voodooplicate: /voo-doo-pli-keyt

Sentence: The evil spirits always conspire to voodooplicate the item I just purchased to replace the one I just lost and once again because of this mysterious voodooplication I seem to have two of everything I own.

Etymology: voodoo/ It is always with sinister and evil irony that the spirits always conspire to voodooplicate the item I just purchased to replace the one I just lost and because of this mysterious voodooplication I seem to have two of everything I own.
Etymology: VOODOO – verb – from VOODOO (to act upon with magic; magical) + DUPLICATE (to make an exact copy of)
Created by: Stevenson0.

Pairendipity: /pare-en-dipp-uh-tee/ Feeling relief at finding his comfortable old coat he thought had been lost forever, Randal counted his blessings at the pairendipity of now having a brand new coat along with the old, comfortable one. Etymology: Blend of pair and ‘serendipity’ (good fortune; luck) Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Pairendipity:

Jabberwocky, 2008-09-25: 09:13:00
great word and sentence

OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-26: 18:18:00
Terrific

Switchbacktrack: /Switch-back-track/ Harvey was reaching under the loveseat to retrieve his wayward M&Ms when he felt something thin and plastic, which turned out to be the iPod Nano he lost during the Steelers game last week and couldn’t live without, and then had to rush down to Best Buy and switchbacktrack a new one with the leftover balance on his gift card his folks sent last Christmas, while Nancy glanced over at his bag of M&Ms and asked with mild indifference, “are you eating those, or what?” Etymology: Switch: change or swap + Switchback: an unexpected change of direction + Backtrack: to cover territory already traveled. Created by: Kyoti.

Comments on Switchbacktrack:

Nosila, 2008-09-25: 20:17:00
cute

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DEFINITION: n., A gallant gesture which does not produce the desired effect because of poor execution. v. tr., To offer a small gesture of assistance, which backfires as you trip over your own kind intentions.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Doomerang: /doōmərang/ Wendel tried once again to do the gracious thing. As he attempted to help an older woman carry a heavy bag of groceries to her car only to trip and scatter the contents across the pavement. He would have stayed and helped her clean up the mess but she seemed much more intent on beating him with her cane than retrieving her broken eggs. Once again he found himself to be an expert at creating doomerangs, those deeds that always find a way to come back and boot you in the seat. Etymology: doom (death, destruction, or some other terrible fate) + boomerang (a curved flat piece of wood that can be thrown so as to return to the thrower) Created by: artr.

Comments on Doomerang:

bookowl, 2008-09-24: 13:44:00
great sentence

OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-25: 18:21:00
Nice word

Adversassisty: /ad-vurs-assist-ee/ My well meaning offer of assistance quickly turned into an adversassisty as I slipped on the ice trying to help an elderly lady across the street. She fractured her hip and I bruised my ego.
Etymology: assist + Adverse (harmful, injurious) + adversity (mishap, misfortune) Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Adversassisty:

zxvasdf, 2008-09-24: 19:25:00
Ha Ha! I’d bruise my ego and shatter my own hip as well.

OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-25: 18:19:00
I like it:flows nicely.

Shrivalry: /sh riv al ree/ His attempt at chivalry quickly turned into shrivalry as the revolving crushed his pride and other more sentitive bits Etymology: chivalry, shrivel Created by: galwaywegian.

Comments on Shrivalry:

Jabberwocky, 2008-09-24: 13:15:00
ouch! – very funny

Urbean: /ur-bean/ John’s attempt to be urbane, chivalrous, courteous, polite and just plain well-mannered became urbean when his head got jammed in the doorway helping a damsel in distress.

Etymology: URBEAN – noun – from URBANE (polite, refined and often elegant in manner) + MR. BEAN

Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Urbean:

OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-25: 18:22:00
Very clever

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DEFINITION: v. tr., To engage in private, and even intimate conversations with an office colleague while publicly ignoring them. n., A co-worker and secret “best friend” with whom it is best to keep your friendship confidential.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Snubordinate: /snub-or-din-it/ On the weekends Tiffany and Becka could be found shopping, lunching and looking for love at the hottest clubs together. Becka didn’t mind at all that come Monday she was nothing but Tiffany’s snubordinate. “Tiff” promised once she got the keys to the Management lounge, they could…well, that she’d get fresher pastries, after work, outside, in the parking lot, around the corner and two blocks down. Etymology: Snub: To ignore or behave coldly toward; slight.

Suborninate: Belonging to a lower or inferior class or rank; secondary. Created by: lumina.

Comments on Snubordinate:

Mustang, 2008-09-23: 08:16:00
She should be brought up on charges of insnubordination.

yellowbird, 2008-09-23: 18:34:00
snubbery = opposite of snobbery?? very nice word

Incogmigo: /in-kog-mee-goh/ Jenny liked to have a number of incogmigos at work who were used as her contacts to keep track of all the politics and gossip going on. Etymology: INCOGMIGO – noun – from INCOGNITO (having one’s identity concealed to avoid notice)+ AMIGO (a friend) Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Incogmigo:

lumina, 2008-09-24: 00:07:00
I likey, and I votey. 🙂

OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-24: 05:47:00
I like it too.

Protocoldshoulder: /pro-toe-cold-shol-dur/ Whenever I encounter my barhopping buddy/CEO at work I am given the protocoldshoulder. Etymology: protocol (official formality and etiquette) + cold shoulder (snub) Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Protocoldshoulder:

Mustang, 2008-09-23: 08:13:00
Exquisite!!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-24: 05:46:00
Good word

Differsociate: /dif-er-SOSE-she-ayt/ Peggy Sue was a social climber as well as being professionally ambitious and she made social distinctions in public between those who could help or who might hinder her professionally as well as socially and would only associate with ‘substandard’ friends in private…to her, to differsociate was a survival mechanism more than it was a social aberration.
Etymology: Blend of ‘differentiate’ (to make a distinction) and ‘associate’ (to join as a companion, partner, or ally) Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Differsociate:

Jabberwocky, 2008-09-23: 10:18:00
clever

Nosila, 2008-09-23: 12:49:00
Is that like differsity?

lumina, 2008-09-23: 16:56:00
I’ll bet Becky Sue, in her attempt to “sniff out” who would help and who would hinder…I am sure she has done quite a bit of kissassociating. 🙂

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