Tag: Verbotomy

DEFINITION: To injure oneself physically, or to be reduced to a state of mental incapacity, when attempting to open shrink-wrapped CDs, DVDs or software.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Shrinkorrhage: /shrink-orr-ige

/ Shrinkorrhage is the the painful mental stress and sometimes bloody result of the twenty minute ordeal I go through every time I buy a new CD.

Etymology: SHRINKORRHAGE – noun – from SHRINKWRAP (a flexible film of plastic that, when exposed to a heating process, shrinks to the contour of the merchandise) + HEMORRHAGE (a profuse discharge of blood; any uncontrolled loss, including sanity, when dealing with shrinkwrapped CD’s)
Created by: Stevenson0.

Plasticscourgery: /plas tik skur jury/ Sheldon loved to be the first in line every Tuesday to get the latest DVD releases of his favourite movies. The only downer he experienced to buying these new purchases was the plasticscourgery he would have to go through to free the films from their cellulolistic prisons. No matter what he used, be it fingernails or sheer brute strength, his wrestle with the clear plastic covers usually took longer than what it took to watch the entire movie and trailers. It was SARANdipitous that one day while walking to the video store, he chanced by a garage sale. His keen eye spotted the perfect tool to help him cut through to his precious movies. For his plasticscourgery, Sheldon bought a second-hand scalpel for $2 and now looked forward once again to DVD Tuesdays! Etymology: Plastic (generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives) & Scourge (something causes misery or unpleasantness;punish severely; excoriate) & rhyme to Plastic Surgery (surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue)

Created by: Nosila.

Inadequacedey: /in-ad-ah-kwa-see-dee/ Every day he was faced with his inadequacedey because he worked in a shrink wrap testing lab. Often he was reduced to tears (tairs). Etymology: inadequacy + CD + cede (surrender) Created by: Jabberwocky.

Awraposis: /aw-rap-OH-sis/ Whenever Bob was needed to open skrink-wrapped items, it was not long before he began to wrapambulate wildly. A wraposcopy revealed that he had a severe case of awraposis. It was suggested that the condition was passed on to him from his father, but he refuses to take the rap. His “shrink” is still searching worldwide for a cure; and, hopefully, for Bob’s sake, the matter will be wrapped-up soon. Etymology: Blend of AWRY: disordered, disarranged, gone wrong; AWE: fear, dread, fright; WRAP: put something around, cover; & -OSIS: suffix usu. denoting a medical term or condition (pyschosis) Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Awraposis:

Jabberwocky, 2008-08-18: 13:06:00
your logic is very clear

Nosila, 2008-08-18: 21:15:00
That’s a Wrap for me…I’m in Wrapsody!

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DEFINITION: The moment of awareness when you realize that have you made a huge mistake on a big project, and will have to start all over again, from the very beginning.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Apocalaspe: /apok-a-laps

/ His apocalapse occurred when he realized that after spending fifteen hours working on the company’s business report, he was using the wrong set of data from last year.

Etymology: APOCALASPE – noun from – APOCALYPSE (revelation, or dramatic disclosure of something not previously known) + LAPSE (error, or failure) Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Apocalaspe:

readerwriter, 2008-08-15: 04:50:00
Love it!

pungineer, 2008-08-15: 07:11:00
brillant – i can see a collapse in there too

Jabberwocky, 2008-08-15: 10:37:00
excellent

OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-15: 18:32:00
Betcha it gave his colleagues something to babylon about. Top word.

lumina, 2008-08-16: 00:30:00
My fave!

Awerrorness: /ah wer ror ness/ We have all had that moment of awerrorness, when you just knew you had picked the wrong job or the wrong house or the wrong vehicle or the wrong person to share your life with. Marcia just had such a flash of awerrorness when her Dad walked her up the aisle to marry the love of her life, her high school sweetheart, John Brady. Even though they had been engaged forever, had 6 children together, owned a business and a big ranch home together, Marcia just knew at that very moment that life had way more to offer her than John could provide. Sure he was reliable, steady, a solid rock and oh so boring. She was after all a still vibrant and attractive 29 year old, with unfulfilled passions and ambitions. There were still places to visit, although John never wanted to leave the farm. There were still adventures to have, although John did not believe that life was meant to be lived in an exciting manner. Seeing her change in demeanour, her father squeezed her arm and whispered to her out of the side of his smiling mouth:
“Marcia, Marcia, Marcia…wake up from your daydream and smile…many girls would love to become a member of the Brady Bunch!” Etymology: Awe {an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)} & Awareness (having knowledge of) & Error (a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention;inadvertent incorrectness; a misconception resulting from incorrect information )
Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Awerrorness:

OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-15: 18:40:00
Great tale:lol. Is John aka John-boy Walton

Stunveilment: /stun-vale-ment/ She was in a complete state of stunveilment when she realized the most important element of her dream wedding was missing – her shoes! Etymology: unveilment (revelation) + stun (shock) Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Stunveilment:

OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-15: 18:27:00
A stunner!

Despereka: /dez-pear-eek-ah/ Eminent plumbing historian Prof. Desmond Shirt’s whole being shuddered as the moment of despereka hit him. His long awaited action packed novel ‘The History of Public Conveniences’ was back from the publishers and they or he hadn’t spotted the misspelling of his surname – the most important consonant was missing… Etymology: A prefix of root of despair/desperation added to eureka! to make it an antonym Created by: pungineer.

Comments on Despereka:

readerwriter, 2008-08-15: 07:32:00
What a moving experience for the Professor…he must have been scared shirtless…

pungineer, 2008-08-15: 07:47:00
’tis a bowel ‘oul world indeed

pungineer, 2008-08-15: 07:54:00
’tis a bowel ‘oul world indeed

Jabberwocky, 2008-08-15: 10:42:00
that must have caused quite a stink

OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-15: 18:25:00
Did he write his novel in Desperanto?

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DEFINITION: v. intr. To spend years and years wishing you could be young again, only to discover that it’s actually happening, but not exactly as you imagined.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Unkindrewind: /un kynd ree wynd/ James had a daydream his whole life that he would never get old. As each decade past though, people he thought of as old in his younger days were now his peers or younger. Instead of saying “Wow, she’s at least 50 and ancient.” He would now say, “Hey, she’s only 50/60/70/80 or 90 and looks great!” He knew he was getting old when he started going to more funerals than weddings and he read the obits every day in the paper to make sure he was not listed there. Although his mind was still young and foolish, his body started to betray him. Going to his doctor every week was now a social activity, one that he would use in conversations with, well, anybody (“You should see the size of my prostrate!) This once lively and exhuberant man was now experiencing the unkindrewind syndrome. Yep, his fountain of youth was drying up…he had taken a stroll through the Disenchanted Forest never to return…he wouldn’t buy green bananas, in case they couldn’t ripen in time! His latter years would be spent regressing mentally and physically until, with no family or friends around, he’d be left to the mercy of a temporary foreign worker nurses’ aide who did not speak English. A nice enough lady who would cheerfully spoonfeed him with a clean bib at each meal, wipe his nose (and other parts), teach him to try and speak again and change his diapers. He thought she was his Mom… Etymology: Unkind(lacking kindness;lacking or showing kindness or compassion or mercy
;circumstances that cause suffering) & Rewind (to go backwards;to reverse)& play upon “Please be kind and rewind” stickers that video shops placed on VHS tapes. Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Unkindrewind:

OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-15: 06:02:00
Good word.

Nappydays: /Nap-pee-dayz/ Bob’s wish to be young again had finally come true. Having been diagnosed with Alzheimers disease he could no longer fend for himself and had reverted back to having a mental age of three. He was certainly back in his nappydays! Etymology: Nappy(a piece of absorbant material wrapped around babies to absorb bodily functions)ORIGIN abb.Napkin + Days = Nappydays. See also Happydays. A comedy following a group of teenagers growing up in the 1950’s, when their lives where full of fun and being young thought nothing could ever go wrong in life. Created by: TJayzz.

Comments on Nappydays:

Jabberwocky, 2008-08-14: 12:24:00
funny, he became a fonz de leon

Nosila, 2008-08-14: 21:44:00
Isn’t this a sad definition? Good word,
TJayzz.

OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-15: 06:03:00
Very clever.

Deagerate: /dee-age-er-ate

/ The alzheimer’s disease caused his brain to deagerate at a rate much quicker than his family had anticipated.

Etymology: DEAGERATE – verb – from DE (added to verbs to imply reversal) + AGE + DEGENERATE (to diminish in quality)

Created by: Stevenson0.

Retropetrifry: /ret-ro-PET-rih-fry/ Elmo J. Fox didn’t mind getting old- he just didn’t want to RETROPETRIFRY like those guys sitting on resin chairs outside the Veteran’s Tapdance Administration. Elmo had too many good memories, and when he was driving alone he thought of many women he had loved, or believed he had. Turns out they hadn’t loved him, though, and right now he just wished someone were sitting in the passenger seat – someone who would get his jokes – not his fuzzy slippers.
The clear beauty of this vibrant day could only be better shared with someone….mabye that redhead at the clinic would like to watch an old movie some evening…..NAAAH !
Elmo J. Fox would eventually,inexorably,inevitably become: RETROPETRIFRIED. Etymology: RETRO+PETRIfy+FRY=RETROPETRIFRY________RETRO:meaning “backwards” or “in past times”French rétro, short for rétrospectif _____PETRIFY:to make rigid or inert like stone: a: to make lifeless or inactive like an old fart feeding pigeons on a bench in the park on a saturday afternoon.
Middle French petrifier, from petr- + -ifier –ify_____FRY: to damage or destroy by overheating especially as a result of unusually high voltage, too many rock concerts, or generally intense living.Middle English frien, from Anglo-French frire, from Latin frigere to roast; akin to Greek phrygein to roast, fry, Sanskrit bhrÌ£jjati he roasts;late 1960s jargon “Man, that dude is FRIED!”
Created by: metrohumanx.

Comments on Retropetrifry:

metrohumanx, 2008-08-14: 02:02:00
Get my drift?
http://www.textetc.com/workshop/wt-verlaine-1.html

metrohumanx, 2008-08-14: 02:06:00
ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS.

Jabberwocky, 2008-08-14: 12:21:00
great word metro

Nosila, 2008-08-14: 21:39:00
Good word, RetroMetro!

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DEFINITION: v. tr. To eat in a peculiar or ritualistic manner in an effort to lose weight while consuming more. n. An idiosyncratic method of eating, usually adopted for “health reasons”.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Ritestuffing: /ryte stuf fing/ Ava Dupois had developed a system called ritestuffing to try and watch her calories. If she ordered a big juicy hamburger with all the trimmings, she would be sure to order a diet soda with which to wash it down. Her logic being that the no calories in the soda would counteract the many calories of the burger. In her mind, you could undo all the harm that your favourite fatty foods might do simply by counterbalancing with non-caloric foods. By the same ritestuffing philosophy, she’d eat apple pie with low-cal frozen yogurt on top;mix rum with diet Coke; wash down chocolate cake with skim milk and eat French fries with diet ketchup. She dreamed she could market her philosophy and become the next big diet guru to make a fortune. Move over Jenny Craig and WeightWatchers! Although mentally she felt skinnier using ritestuffing, for some reason, she was having problems fitting into her clothes. This of course she put down to the theory of the dreaded shrinkhangers that lurked in her closet. Etymology: Rite (ritual,of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals; any customary observance or practice)& Stuffing (overeating or eating immodestly; make a pig of oneself; fillng completely)& The Right Stuff (You’ve got what it takes, and then some!) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Ritestuffing:

metrohumanx, 2008-08-13: 03:33:00
Goddess of glee! Pasha of puns!
Ava Dupois, INDEED!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-13: 18:23:00
Very nice

Vegebation: /veg-uh-bey-shun
/ Vegebation is the peculiar ritual Jenny practises. She is a vegetarian who only drinks her food. She juicers all her vegetables and tofu together and drinks her meals. Vegebation is part of the ‘X-Man’ cultasy which proclaims that this activity will reduce the side effects of youthanesia and prevent wear and tear on teeth and reduce facial aging lines from chewing. Etymology: VEGEBATION – noun – fro VEGETARIAN (a person who does not eat meat) + LIBATION (the act of drinking; the drinking of a liquid offering as a religious ritual) Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Vegebation:

metrohumanx, 2008-08-13: 03:36:00
Excellent ento! At least she’s not reduced to mastication.

Mustang, 2008-08-13: 08:23:00
Eggcellent

Jabberwocky, 2008-08-13: 10:27:00
great combo

Snibbler: /sni-bler/ In an attempt to lose 15 pounds in one week, the week before her wedding of course, Jan joined her sister’s online weight loss support group and was now an official snibbler.

Snibblers believe that as long as you snack and nibble from the plates of those around you and NEVER make a plate for yourself, the embarrassment alone will be a great motivator, as well as the many times your hand will be slapped away. Etymology: Snack
Nibble
Created by: lumina.

Comments on Snibbler:

readerwriter, 2008-08-13: 18:01:00
How can I join?

Nosila, 2008-08-14: 00:34:00
It’s like when you eat alone in the dark…no one sees so it does not count!

Unoshnique: /yoo-NOSH-neek/ Although Bob often chewed his food 82 times before swallowing, and even suggested that humans could survive on air and water alone, his most wacky unoshnique was the claim that any food and, in particular, pizza and ice-cream eaten between meals, didn’t contribute to weight gain. Etymology: Blend of UNIQUE & NOSH: food; nibble; snacking between meal & TECHNIQUE Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Unoshnique:

Jabberwocky, 2008-08-13: 10:32:00
great word

Nosila, 2008-08-14: 00:31:00
U R Unique!

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DEFINITION: n. A pop culture entertainment property, which has transcended itself and become a de facto religion with legions of devotees, prescribed rituals and sacred texts.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Abbasolution: /ab ba so loo shun/ After the competition met their “Waterloo” at Eurovision, ABBA became a cult religion that has lasted over 30 years. Yes, ABBAcadaABBAra! and the faith ABBAsolution was Bjorn, where new followers say “I do, I do, I do, I do, I do”, to it everyday. The group’s, “I have a Dream” became mantra for others as well. It’s “The Name of the Game” that many ordinary people take sABBAticals and ABBAdicate their responsibilities to become “Super Troupers”, spending all their “Money, Money, Money” on music, paraphanalia and tickets. (I mean “Does Your Mother Know?”) One of the Bennyfits of this faith, is that you can “Take A Chance On Me” and meet some “Fernando” or “Chiquitita” who will say: “Lay All Your Love On Me” and make you a “Dancing Queen” after you belt out that fine old hymm (him?)…”Gimme, Gimme, Gimme A Man After Midnight!” “Knowing Me, Knowing You” it’s the best they can do, because they do not believe in ABBAstinence. “Mamma Mia”, this ABBAsolution has spread from ABBArdeen to Addis ABBAba to ABBAsynnia and even ABBAtibi, Quebec (“Voulez-Vous?”). The ABBApeal is mAgnethic to devotees Anna-Frieda to join in. Instead of saying Amen…fans say, “Thank You For The Music!” and “SOS”…Save Our Souls, ABBAsolutely!) Etymology: ABBA – Famous Swedish Foursome (Agnetha,Bjorn,Benny & Anna-Frieda) who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 and released their first album in 1975 and went on to top the pop charts for years, only to have had recent revivals of new generations of fans since the release of Mamma Mia, the stage and movie musical) & Absolution (forgiveness;formal redemption as a religious act in the sacrament of the penance) & Solution (a set of values;a statement that solves a problem or finds answers) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Abbasolution:

metrohumanx, 2008-08-12: 13:07:00
Wow! VERY thorough, Nosila…as usual, you excel.

scrabbelicious, 2008-08-12: 17:46:00
Shake a tea-towel tell me what’s wrong and absolution may be hours.

readerwriter, 2008-08-13: 04:43:00
You are ABBAsolved of any sins associated with the creation of this word!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-13: 08:19:00
Another good word and great story

OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-13: 08:19:00
Another good word and great story

Phenomicon: /Fe-nom-i-con/ It is hard to believe that a simple TV show could become a phemonicon for a whole generation. Etymology: Phenomenon + Icon Created by: artr.

Comments on Phenomicon:

metrohumanx, 2008-08-12: 14:42:00
I know…it’s revolting.
Great word.

Warholygrail: /war-holey-grayle/ The quest for the warholygrail causes millions to seek their 15 minutes of fame. Etymology: Andy Warhol + holy grail Created by: bookowl.

Comments on Warholygrail:

metrohumanx, 2008-08-12: 13:18:00
Artsy, arcane and inspired.

scrabbelicious, 2008-08-12: 17:42:00
Could spark a holy war. Bananas.

Nosila, 2008-08-12: 20:52:00
So Andy Warhol’s Campbell Soup Can could indeed be Can-A-Lot, the new Holy Grail Musical…

OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-13: 08:16:00
Congrats: i tried to put Andy in there; but failed!

Genremania: /zhan – rah – main – ya/ Webster was absolutely hooked on various forms of Jazz to the point that it had become an obsession bordering on spiritual devotion and he spent most of his waking hours listening to it and searching for more on Youtube. Etymology: Blend of ‘genre’ (a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like) and ‘mania’ (excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze) Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Genremania:

metrohumanx, 2008-08-12: 13:11:00
I’ve seen this before- born-again jazzophiles who then scorn all other genres. Tragic.

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