Tag: Verbotomy

DEFINITION: To push a pushbutton that has just been pushed by someone else because you “need” to push it yourself; common at elevators, traffic lights, and family meetings.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Compushion: /com-push-yuhn/ Joe has to be sure he is in total control of his life and make things happen for himself. As a result, he has to push all the buttons and make all his own choices to ensure he has forged his own path. His compushion is annoying to those around him, but he must control the panel of his life and be assured he caused what is to take place in his life. Etymology: COMPUSHION – noun – from COMPULSION (an irresistible impulse to perform an act + PUSH (press with energy and insistence) Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Compushion:

lumina, 2008-06-19: 02:29:00
Another good one!

Jabberwocky, 2008-06-19: 11:42:00
excellent

OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-20: 05:53:00
Another Top word.

Buttonupmanship: /buht’n-UHP-man-ship/ Bob wasn’t a nice man; if he didn’t get his own way, he would become pushy. Frequently he would be “pushing someones button,” and if that didn’t work he would “push their keys.” Also he thought that he was a tough dude and joined “The Push,” but they thought he was nothing more than a “push-fire” and a real “push-over.” Even at lifts and traffic lights, he always tried his buttonupmanship, telling little old ladies to “button-up their lip.” He had no success with the younger ladies also, when it came to “push-on-up.” Seeking a free night’s fun at someone else’s expense, he thought he might push his luck with the ladies at a “pushing school” or a “buttonhole factory,” but when it came to “push and shove,” they stomped on his “button and bows” and told him to “push off” or he’d be “pushing clouds” sooner than he thought. Etymology: BUTTON: n. any small knob or disk pressed to activate an electric circuit, release a spring, or otherwise operate or open a machine, small door, toy, etc. ONEUPMANSHIP n. the attitude or practice of trying to keep one step ahead of a friend or competitor; Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Buttonupmanship:

lumina, 2008-06-19: 02:28:00
I like it.

Mustang, 2008-06-19: 06:31:00
Funny, and very clever.

Jabberwocky, 2008-06-19: 11:41:00
great word and sentence

Nosila, 2008-06-19: 20:29:00
Bob, is his last name Pushkin by any chance? He’ll be doing that till they put him in a push chair!

Repressgallery: /re press gall eree/ Simon’s repressgallery button on his phone was working overtime…I mean if you pushed again, would something magically appear? Well, only if you are in a theatre or other place where contact was awkward! Right? Etymology: repress: (put out of one’s consciousness or to press again) & Press Gallery (an area (sometimes in a balcony) set aside for reporters (especially in a legislative hall)

Created by: Nosila.

Presstidigaddiction: /press – tuh – didj – uh – DICT – shun/ Darryl had a major case of presstidigaddiction wherein he compulsively pressed already pushed buttons on elevators, vending machines, crosswalks, even knowing the button had already been pushed. Though he did his best to conceal his move, he would do it openly where necessary. Etymology: Blend of prestidigitation (sleight of hand) and addiction Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Presstidigaddiction:

Jabberwocky, 2008-06-19: 11:44:00
great tongue twister

Nosila, 2008-06-19: 20:33:00
Good one, for a 19 letter word!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-20: 05:54:00
Quite a mouthful, but on the mark.

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https://www.verbotomy.com/verboticisms.php?jid=button

Be Creative,

James

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the create-a-word game

Definition Comments:

Mustang – 2008-06-19: 08:28:00

Being compushive isnt easy. It takes lots of energy and ingenuity.

DEFINITION: A mixture of delight and guilt felt when a colleague, whom you despise, suffers a misfortune.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Hiphipsorray: /hip hip sorray/ A classic case of “the good news and the bad news” was just the way Candace’s life seemed to be going lately.
So when she heard Linda, not Linda B., but Linda S, the one who stole her man had been fired the same day her cat died, she couldn’t help but feel hiphipsorray. Etymology: Feeling sorry on the outside, but cheering on the inside. Created by: lumina.

Comments on Hiphipsorray:

Jabberwocky, 2008-06-16: 12:29:00
great

Mustang, 2008-06-16: 19:21:00
Excellent

lumina, 2008-06-16: 22:33:00
Hey, thanks guys. Just found this fun site, and finding my way around. I make up alot of words for fun anyway, so this is right up my alley. 🙂
Alot of VERY talented Verbologists here! 🙂

OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-17: 03:08:00
Very i-LUMINA-ting. But I’m sorry about the cat.

lumina, 2008-06-17: 10:46:00
Ozziebob…yeah…the cat…Candace is still feeling very illitterate about it. (Etymology: ill=sick, litter=as in kitty. Def: The lowest point of grief after losing a beloved feline.) 🙂

Coolamity: /kool am it ee/ It wasn’t that Jane wasn’t fond of Bill…no, she absolutely hated him.He had started after her, for more money and she had to train him. To top that, he got a promotion and big raise that should have been hers. While she slaved away ensuring that the project was completed on time, he swanned off to join the boss for golf every Wednesday afternoon. That Bill was just schmoozing his way into the old boys’ network and she was left behind to do all the work! This Wednesday things had changed, as if in answer to Jane’s prayers. After the “boys” went off for their weekly golf game, a dreadful storm had blown in. At the 15th hole, Bill had been struck dead by lightening and perished. Jane’s reaction, between crocodile tears, was one of coolamity…now they’d have to promote her to fill Bill’s place. She liked that…her new name would be Coolamity Jane! Etymology: Cool ( psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike or great coolness and composure under strain) & Amity (a state of friendship and cordiality) & Calamity (an event resulting in great loss and misfortune)

Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Coolamity:

OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-17: 02:58:00
Doesn’t seem a fairway to go? Enjoyed your sentence; cool word.

Dupliciglee: /do-pliss-i-glee/ Sally had a difficult time hiding her dupliciglee when the office know it all got the boot. Etymology: duplicity + glee (deceitful happiness)

Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Dupliciglee:

Mustang, 2008-06-16: 19:22:00
Best of the day!

Nosila, 2008-06-16: 19:32:00
good one

OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-17: 02:50:00
Enchanting words: it dances before your eyes.

Gleemorse: /glee – morse/ Frowning on the outside, giggling on the inside, Lucinda was thoroughly enjoying her waves of gleemorse as word circulated around the office that her social superior and tormentor, Elvira, had been diagnosed with genital herpes and was suddenly being shunned by all the single guys in the department. Etymology: blend of glee and remorse Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Gleemorse:

Jabberwocky, 2008-06-16: 12:32:00
great word

Nosila, 2008-06-16: 19:22:00
Sounds like you have invented the gleemorsecode

lumina, 2008-06-16: 22:35:00
Love it! Good one!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-17: 02:54:00
Fantastic.

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Be Creative,

James

www.verbotomy.com
the create-a-word game

DEFINITION: The art of sneaking to the office kitchen without having to take orders from your colleagues for coffee, or tea, or anything…

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Creepuccino: /creep-uh-cheeno/ Every day it gets more difficult to sidle past my co-workers to practice the ancient art of creepuccino. Yesterday I almost got caught because of the frothy mustache. Etymology: creep (sneak) + cappuccino Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Creepuccino:

Rutilus, 2008-06-13: 12:25:00
Like it

wordmeister, 2008-06-13: 15:40:00
re: mustache. Perhaps you should shave?

Nosila, 2008-06-13: 23:05:00
Java close shave?

OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-15: 20:08:00
Good word.

Eatraider: /eet ray der/ Jocelyn was an accomplished eat-raider. Not only could she out sell her colleagues on the Internet and the NYSE and TSE, she could plan her futures, so that after she placed a particularly steep bid which left her co-workers focussed on their screens and trying to understand her ploys, she made a commandonut & coffee raid on the staff kitchen. When she picked out the consomme instead of the boullion, she ran back to make a stock exchange and pointed to it with her index finger. Since you had to pay for the food, she was often a broker eat-raider. Yes, Jocelyn was a stealthy eater. Etymology: Eat (take in solid food) & Raider (someone who takes spoils or plunder or a corporate investor who intends to take over a company by buying a controlling interest in its stock and installing new management)& e-trader ( someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold on the electronic stock market). Created by: Nosila.

Cuppouflage: /cup-oh-flaj/ Linda carefully placed her cup in the box, the one she kept her ’tissues’ in and headed in the direction of the ladies. She diverted to the stairwell to the next floor, walked back across, and down again straight into the kitchen.

Tea made, she carefully crept back up the stairs, back across to the other side and down again, to make it look like she’d been to the loo.

Once she was back at her desk she carefully took the mug of tea out of the box and enjoyed the moment. She had become quite adept in the execution of cuppouflage; she wasn’t going to hang around making brews for all and sundy that’s for sure. Etymology: Cuppa – cup of tea/coffee;
Camouflage – the art of concealment Created by: Rutilus.

Comments on Cuppouflage:

Jabberwocky, 2008-06-13: 10:38:00
great plan – I’ll have to try it sometime

OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-15: 20:09:00
Another good word.

Subteafuge: /subb teee few jjj/ Her subteafuge was only matched by her teacrecy Etymology: subterfuge, tea Created by: galwaywegian.

Comments on Subteafuge:

Jabberwocky, 2008-06-13: 10:36:00
love it

Nosila, 2008-06-13: 22:58:00
Teariffic word!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-15: 20:10:00
Very subtle blending.

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Be Creative,

James

www.verbotomy.com

the create-a-word game

Definition Comments:

metrohumanx – 2008-06-15: 11:30:00

I LIKE EATRAIDER !
The double meaning is very funny…
Metrohumanx