Tag: Creativity

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

DEFINITION: A lie told by a politician which is not really a lie, because in their heart of hearts, they are pretending it is true.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Itsnofacto: /itz – no – FACT – oh/ Senator Hornblower had been hawking his latest trumped up gimmick for so long he had polished the delivery to the point that even he himself could no longer separate fact from fiction and his spiel was itsnofacto truth in his mind. Etymology: It’s + no + fact….play on ‘ipso facto’…’by the fact itself; by the very nature of the deed’ Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Itsnofacto:

TJayzz, 2008-06-12: 08:27:00
Great word!

Jabberwocky, 2008-06-12: 11:40:00
very funny – rolls off the tongue

Nosila, 2008-06-12: 20:38:00
Ah, many’s a good story is ruined by sticking to the factos…good word

OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-13: 08:25:00
Very clever – luv it!

Defactualize: /de-fact-choo-uh-lahyz/ Good politicians are able to defactualize freely and sincerely about any and every situation in order to gain the upper hand and score political points, depending on who they are talking to. Etymology: DEFACTUALIZE – verb – from DE (do, or make the opposite of; reverse) + FACT (reality; truth) + CONCEPTUALIZE (a general notion or idea formed in the mind) Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Defactualize:

wordmeister, 2008-06-12: 10:20:00
Excellent word! It is certainly one we could use in real life. I can see a politician explaining that he wasn’t lying, it was just a simple matter of “defactualization”.

Nosila, 2008-06-12: 20:39:00
I think you just invented a bew buzz word, Stevenson0!

Nosila, 2008-06-12: 20:39:00
I meant NEW buzz word

Fibdelity: /fib-DEL-i-tee/ Fred was the consummate politician, telling all new parliamentary members daly, that if you are must lie to the electorate, do it with spincerity. For, after all, you doing it for their good, aren’t you?
Although, it cannot be said that Fred didn’t have a political conscience, refusing to employ a spin-doctor, preferring to weave his own brand of fibdelity. But the most important piece of political wisdom he shared with his party’s novice “gravy-trainers” was that, in the end, all that really counts in politics is having the numbers. Etymology: FIB: to tell a white lie & FIDELITY: trust, trueheart, integrity. Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Fibdelity:

Rutilus, 2008-06-12: 11:28:00
Another belter there Ozziebob! Superb stuff

Jabberwocky, 2008-06-12: 11:40:00
fantastic

galwaywegian, 2008-06-12: 14:30:00
love it!

Clintonism: /Klin-ton-izem/ Although being caught red-handed as it were, Rupert De Soussa, the MP for Lustington South continued to deny his affair with the local vicars wife. His Clintonisms however were not fooling anyone, no matter how much he protested his innocence. Etymology: Taken from the famous quote ‘I did not have sexual relations with that woman.’ Created by: TJayzz.

Comments on Clintonism:

Jabberwocky, 2008-06-12: 11:39:00
great application – too bad he will ‘go down’ in history for this

OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-13: 08:26:00
Good word.

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Be Creative,

James

www.verbotomy.com

the create-a-word game

DEFINITION: The mental state induced by the discovery your new husband, and your maid of honor, entangled in the satin sheets given to you as a wedding present by your grandmother.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Mattressidal: /Mat-ress-idal/ Lisa felt positively mattressidal when she discovered her new husband Tony in a compromising position on the marriage bed with her maid of honor and ‘best friend’ Sue. And to top it all off they were using the black satin sheets bought by her rather ‘racy’ grandmother as a wedding gift!! Etymology: Mattress (Fabric filled case used on a bed.)Arabic ‘carpet or cushion’. + Suicidal(The intention to kill oneself) Latin sui ‘of oneself’ +caedere ‘kill’ = Mattressidal Created by: TJayzz.

Comments on Mattressidal:

wordmeister, 2008-06-11: 00:18:00
Great word! funny!

Jabberwocky, 2008-06-11: 12:13:00
great combo

OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-12: 07:26:00
Funny and creative.

Jigamortis: /jig-uh-MAWR-tis/ “Nana! nana!-where are you?” I cried out. The door of Bob’s and my bedroom was for some reason closed; but pushing against it I forced it open. My nana lay on the ground. A horrible feeling came over me, – I thought she was dead. On bending down I could find no injury, and I found that she still was breathing, so I trusted that she had only fainted. I sprinkled her face with water, and she shortly after heaved a sigh and opened her eyes. “Is this a hideous dream?” she asked; “and why are Bob and Trixie here wrapped only in the satin sheets I gave you for a wedding present!” “There’s nothing to be alarmed about, nana,” I answered. “Bob has gone to work and Trixie is holidaying in Far North Queensland” “Oh! go and look for yourself,” she said, ” I give her FNQ!”
Assured that she had fully recovered, I hurried out to find Bob and Trixie, on all fours still wrapped in the satin sheets, their clothes in their hands, making their way to the front door. That indeed for me was a miserable sight and jigamortis set in. Nan did her utmost to comfort me. “You haven’t got anything to worry about: you better off without them!” exclaimed nan. “So here’s a pen and paper; just write a note to them, and get them to send back the satin sheets!” Etymology: JIGA from jig-a-jig, jig-jig, jiggy-jig, jig-a-jog n. sexual intercourse, often found in (pidgin) slangs & rythming with rigor MORTIS: death’s stiffening; in familar terms: numbness, a sense of chilliness. Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Jigamortis:

wordmeister, 2008-06-11: 08:45:00
Great word! The jigs up!

Jabberwocky, 2008-06-11: 12:12:00
funny

Nosila, 2008-06-11: 21:43:00
love it

Spoustracised: /spows-tra-sized/ Chloe was mortified. Dan, the man of her dreams or so she thought, humping away with best friend and maid of (dis)honour Jane.

The bitch had seduced her new hubby and she had been left truly spoustracised on her special day. Etymology: spouse – husband or wife;
ostracised – forced out, ignored Created by: Rutilus.

Comments on Spoustracised:

OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-12: 07:23:00
Great word.

Knivesinwhitesatin: /nyves-in-wyte-satin/ The discovery of the tryst sent her into a state of knivesinwhitesatin hopefully “never reaching the end” Etymology: knives (the kind that in literature come flying out of ones eyes) + Nights in White Satin (Moody Blues)+ knights + knives and wives rhyme Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Knivesinwhitesatin:

OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-12: 07:28:00
No Sir Galahad in this tale; very creative word.

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Be Creative,

James

www.verbotomy.com

the create-a-word game

DEFINITION: A person who immediately answers all cell phone calls, then chats on and on, leaving the people they’re with, hanging.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Cellibrat: /sell – uh – brat/ Alexander has always been a cellibrat, rudely leaving friends and even his fiancée, Belle, hanging while he chatted aimlessly with pals about sports, cars, or even other women. Etymology: Blend of cell and brat, play on the word ‘celibrate’. Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Cellibrat:

Jabberwocky, 2008-06-10: 13:34:00
if he keeps it up he may end up cellibat

galwaywegian, 2008-06-10: 16:58:00
or the cellibut of a joke!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-11: 08:10:00
Excellent

Celphcentered: /self-sent-ured/ Jack was so celphcentered that he had his cell phone surgically attached to his ear so that he wouldn’t miss a call. Etymology: cell + self centered Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Celphcentered:

Tigger, 2008-06-10: 10:30:00
ExCELLent! (What? Someone had to say it…) Fits the definition perfectly.

wordmeister, 2008-06-10: 13:40:00
You may joking about the surgery, but I bet this will be really happening within five years. And so the “me generation” will be ultimately be replaced by the “celphcentered generation”.

OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-11: 08:09:00
So very well constructed.

Icellationist: /-ahy-SEL-ley-shun-ist-/ They were out on a date, but Laura had seen Drew’s icellationist behavior already tonight, and on previous dates, when he would talk with his friends for an hour everytime his cellphone rang. He should have been paying attention to her, shouldn’t he? So, when he went to the bathroom, she didn’t feel guilty at all about popping out the battery, sticking a piece of napkin across the contacts, and putting it back in. He would probably just think the battery went dead. Etymology: Blend of: Isolationist – one who insulates themselves from ouside or foreign influences (from Latin, insula “island”) + Cell – mobile telephone (shortening of ‘cellular’) Created by: Tigger.

Comments on Icellationist:

TJayzz, 2008-06-10: 09:49:00
Very good!

Jabberwocky, 2008-06-10: 13:09:00
he really gave her the cold shoulder

OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-11: 08:10:00
Great word

Celleezy: /sell ee zee/ Celldon was one Celleezy person. Whenever he took his latest girlfriend, Cellcilia out, he would repeatedly answer the calls he got from his future girlfriends Cellectra or Cellvia on his cell and talk to them for ages, in the company of Cellcilia. Needless to say, Cellcilia, would get upset and feel ignored, particularly when his chats turned to a more graphic nature. He often wondered why these women became so cellective and never wanted to go on a second date. Oh well, plenty more fish in the sea to cellect from… That is until one day he answered such a call in front of his wife, Cellda…
It took the doctors three hours to surgically remove that cellphone from
Celldon’s cellected orifice. And yes, he can hear her now. Etymology: cell (cellular phone) & sleazy (tawdry, lacking class, morally degraded, of poor quality) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Celleezy:

pungineer, 2008-06-10: 06:53:00
Down with celleezy celluts!

Jabberwocky, 2008-06-10: 13:33:00
song of the day “Cellcilia, you’re breaking my heart
You’re shaking my confidence daily”

Nosila, 2008-06-10: 20:56:00
Or “Cellebrate good times, come on…” Oh no, now they are both in my head!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-11: 08:16:00
You got me going now: ‘operator could help me place this call..”

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Be Creative,

James

www.verbotomy.com

the create-a-word game

DEFINITION: n.A state of irrational irritation, which inevitably develops whenever you work or live with someone whose annoyingly bad habits happen to mirror your own.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Mirritation: /mir-i-tey-shun/ Mirritation occurs when you get angry at your kids for copying and doing something stupid that you just did. Etymology: MIRRITATION – noun – from MIRROR + IRRITATION Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Mirritation:

Tigger, 2008-06-09: 02:36:00
Good word. It could also be used to describe how you feel when you’re having a ‘bad hair day’.

Mustang, 2008-06-09: 02:49:00
Mirritation reflects poorly on ones character.

Jabberwocky, 2008-06-09: 09:20:00
terrific

OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-10: 05:26:00
And you have all those little mirror-images of yourself running around; great word.

Habituhate: /Habb-it-u-hayt/ Gemma knew that she had some annoying little quirks, but the worst thing was her flatmate seemed to have picked some of them up since she moved in just over six months ago. The thought of putting up with it for the next six months made her feel very habituhate indeed. Etymology: Habit(a regular tendency to do something.) + Hate(An intense dislike) =Habituhate Created by: TJayzz.

Comments on Habituhate:

OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-10: 05:24:00
Nice looking word, cleverly blended.

Apeability: /ay pa bil it ee/ Aperil had an annoying apeability. Whomever she worked with, she could ape their bad habits within a very short time to the point where it annoyed the original offenders. This would explain why she had held 14 jobs in the past year and was working towards number 15.
When first interviewed, she had the apeability of mirroring those traits in her prospective employers which made them think they were hiring in their own image. But after a very short while, those bad habits her employers hated in themselves would soon manifest themselves in Aperil. Like the fact she enjoyed aperitifs and apepetizers at 12:00 noon; she never apeologized when she made an error; the fact that she had a big apetite; she miswrote apepointments; her apepearance left a lot to be desired and she did not apepreciate her employers. Aperil worked as an Apeprentice Apepraisor with the Ape Apeprehension Apepeal Apepellate Apeperratus. Etymology: ape (someone who copies the words or behavior of another or imitate uncritically and in every aspect) & ability (the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment) & capability (an aptitude that may be developed) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Apeability:

Tigger, 2008-06-09: 02:31:00
How apepropraite… a very ‘punny’ story.

Mustang, 2008-06-09: 02:47:00
Sounds like Aperil just enjoyed monkeying around. Good one!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-10: 05:23:00
Seems like gorilla warfare to me. Nice word; clever sentence.

Nosila, 2008-06-10: 20:57:00
Thanks for gibbon me a compliment!

Mimirkry: /-MIM-urk-ree-/ Cheryl would sometimes sing to herself when listening to her iPod — not loud enough to bother anyone (or so she thought). But when Yvonne, her roommate, would do the same thing but much louder, Cheryl was sure, and out-of-key, it was just so irritating. And since Yvonne and Cheryl liked almost all of the same songs, it was even worse, because it was just a tuneless mimirkry of the same songs Cheryl found herself singing along to. Etymology: Mimicry – the act of mimicking; imitative behavior (from Greek, mimikos “of or pertaining to mimes”) + Irk – to irritate, annoy, or exasperate (from Middle English, irken “to grow tired, tire”) Created by: Tigger.

Comments on Mimirkry:

Jabberwocky, 2008-06-09: 09:20:00
very nice – fits the definition vry well

Nosila, 2008-06-09: 20:18:00
Mimarvellous word!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-10: 05:27:00
Good word.

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:

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Be Creative,

James

www.verbotomy.com

the create-a-word game

Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2008-06-09: 00:00:01

Today marks the start of summer season for Verbotomy so we will be doing a little “recycling” and running some the best Verbotomy Challenges from the past. Enjoy and be creative! ~ James

Verbotomy – 2008-06-09: 00:02:00

And congratulations to Nosila for winning the our Sex and The City week! Obviously she has a way with words and with style! ~ James