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DEFINITION: v. To hurry up and wait. n. A person who compels you to prepare quickly for an activity which they know will be delayed, postponed or retarded.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Accelerwait: /ak-sel-er-weyt/ John must be early for everything, especially on business trips out of town. This panic causes him to accelerwait. He rushes to the airport only to have to bide his time for hours waiting for his flight. Etymology: accelerate + wait Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Accelerwait:

Tigger, 2008-04-22: 23:33:00
Nice one!

Anticrastinate: /ān’tÄ«-krās’tÉ™-nāt’, ān’-tÄ“-krās’tÉ™-nāt’/ “Why must you always anticrastinate?!?” Chelsea berated Jackie. They had rushed to Ronald Reagan International Airport to catch their flight home to Atlanta, which involved a scramble from their hotel to the metro station, then transfers from the red to the orange to the green line, and then a mad dash to the baggage check station and a sprint to the gate where they arrived two hours early with their pre-printed boarding passes despite the strip-search they endured at the security gate, only to discover that their flight was delayed SIX HOURS due to snow in Duluth. Etymology: ‘anti,’ var. of ‘auntie,’ favored spinster relative; ‘crastinate,’ var. of ‘castanet,’ flamenco percussion instrument. Created by: stache.

Comments on Anticrastinate:

OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-23: 05:55:00
Such a interesting word! If my Latin serves me correct, the “cras” means tomorrow. And of flamenco and castanets, brings to mind the song, “Manana” and “the land of manana”

Pretard: /pre-tard/ Jonathan was never late. In fact his girlfriend often complained that he came too early, but his perpetual pretardation never got in the way of their relationship until their planned wedding day, when the anxious pretard arrived at the church 16 hours early and ended up sleeping with another lady in waiting, who coincidently had pretarded her intended groom by a day and a half. Etymology: pre+tard Created by: wordmeister.

Comments on Pretard:

Jabberwocky, 2008-04-22: 11:29:00
The wedding must have taken place at Hour lately of Pre-pet-ual Help church

wordmeister, 2008-04-22: 13:47:00
Yes it was consecrated at the Church of Hour Lately, but it was done a holy hour early.

stache, 2008-04-22: 19:03:00
The word standing alone is hilarious. The sentence is icing. (not sure, however, you meant “come to early,” which would mean being an early riser, as opposed to “come too early,” which means, well, kind of the same thing…oh, never mind.)

wordmeister, 2008-04-23: 00:11:00
Thank you stache. I have added another “o” to my “too”, for clarification purposes…

Anticiwait: /an-tiss-uh-wayt/ Joel knew it would look ridiculous to the non-believers, but he didn’t care. Tickets for the band didn’t go on sale for another three days. He remembered the last time he waited for the latest video game console to come out — he took his time and got there 36 hours before the release date and was 9th in line. He wasn’t going to let that happen again. He was going to anticiwait as long as it took to be first in line. Etymology: Anticipate + wait Created by: arrrteest.

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Be Creative,

James

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Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2008-04-22: 00:01:00
Today’s definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James

DEFINITION: v. To give a child, pet or coworker a wrapped gift or packaged item, only to discover that they are much more interested packaging than the item itself. n. Gift wrapping or packaging materials which prove to be more exciting than the contained item.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Wrappeal: /rÉ™-pÄ“l’/ Little Marty loved the fire engine Grandpa brought him, but the wrappeal of the box and excelsior was overwhelming. Etymology: wrap appeal Created by: stache.

Comments on Wrappeal:

Jabberwocky, 2008-04-21: 16:51:00
nice blend

OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-22: 07:22:00
Good word

Wrapsody: /rap sode ee/ When Christmas morning came around, the little kids were more enamoured of the neat silver boxes that their rock computer games came in than the games themselves. It was like a Bohemium Wrapsody to see them unwrap their presents: A steel guitar, a DVD of “Wayne’s World” and a CD of Queen’s Greatest Hits! Instead of carols, all we heard were refrains like: “Nothing really matters, anyone can see, Nothing really matters to me”! And “Can anybody find me, someone to love…”
Yes, it was a regal Christmas…”Under Pressure” and “We Are The Champions” “We Will, We Will Rock You!” “Wrapsody in Right Satin”. Etymology: rhapsody (an epic poem adapted for recitation) & wrap (enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering)

Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Wrapsody:

Tigger, 2008-04-21: 01:26:00
Rock on, Nosila! Nice word.

Mustang, 2008-04-21: 21:15:00
Great word!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-22: 07:27:00
Roll over Beethoven – I’m rapped; good word!

Wraptivate: /RAP-tuh-veyt/ Wraptivated by some strange bibliomania, Bob’s bookself was full of books unread, but collected solely for the beauty or bizarreness of their dust-covers*. Etymology: Blend of WRAP as in wrapper, RAPT: carried away with the emotion, beauty etc., & CAPTIVATE: overpower with excellence etc. *DUST-COVER = Dust-jacket or Dust-wrapper. Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Wraptivate:

Jabberwocky, 2008-04-21: 12:12:00
Hey Bob – we missed you last week

Mustang, 2008-04-21: 21:16:00
Good word!

Bubblewrapture: /-buhb-uhl-rap-cher-/ Every year on Timmy’s birthday, a large box of carefully packed presents would arrive, sent by his Uncle Donovan and Aunt Beverly, who lived on the opposite coast. And every year, after opening the box and looking over the presents, Timmy would be overcome by a case of bubblewrapture, often making a fort out of the box and fashioning weapons and armor out of the packing materials. Etymology: bubble – a body of gas contained in a liquid or solid (from Middle Dutch, bobbel; imitative) + rapture – ecstatic joy or delight; joyful ecstasy (from Latin, raptus “a carrying off”) Created by: Tigger.

Comments on Bubblewrapture:

galwaywegian, 2008-04-21: 05:22:00
oh Yessssss!

libertybelle, 2008-04-21: 10:13:00
ah – ya beat me to it! Well done!

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Be Creative,

James

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the create-a-word game

Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2008-04-21: 00:01:00

Today’s definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James

DEFINITION: v. To compulsively wash and excessively reuse “disposable items”, like paper cups, plastic utensils or kleenex tissues. n. An obsessive compulsion to reuse disposable items, often combined with a disposal inhibition.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Hoardiculture: /hord a kul chur/ “I think you are taking that commercial way too literally, Rita”, said her neighbour, Bev. “When they said not to squeeze the Charmin, they did not mean when you washed it and hung it out on the line”.
Rita said, “You just don’t understand the basics of hoardiculture, Bev.” “People have to justify their carbon footprint by saving everything they can..the forests, the whales, the water, the environment and Mother Nature, too.”
Bev replied, “But, Rita, is it really wise to re-use toilet paper with brownish streaks on it? I mean doesn’t that spread disease and isn’t it just plain hard to stop germs from spreading?”
“Oh, Bev, I call it it hoardiculture, you call it hardiculture…as she gazed fondly over to her mailbox, proudly showing her name: “R. Swipe!” Etymology: Hoard (to save up or never dispose of anything) & culture (a particular society at a particular time and place or the product of cultivating micro-organisms) & horticulture (the cultivation of living organisms) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Hoardiculture:

pieceof314, 2008-04-18: 08:21:00
great word -seems as if it should already been one!

arrrteest, 2008-04-18: 16:22:00
Love it! Fits perfectly!

Mustang, 2008-04-18: 18:59:00
Great word! Wish I’d thought of it first.

Recyclivity: /re – syke – LIV – uh – ty/ Belinda’s propensity for saving and recycling any all all manner of disposable materials had evolved into full blown, out of control recyclivity. Etymology: Blend of recycle and proclivity (habitual inclination or tendency) Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Recyclivity:

Nosila, 2008-04-18: 01:21:00
We should all have a proclivity for recyclivity, especially with Earth Day coming on Apr.22 … good one, Mustang!

Repsycholist: /re-sahy-koh-list/ Janice was our neighbourhood repsycholist who not only reclaimed kleenex from the street gutter for her children to use, but also cigarette butts for her husband. Etymology: recyclist + psycho Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Repsycholist:

Nosila, 2008-04-19: 00:38:00
Good one!

Uberuseabuse: /oober-yoos-a-byoos/ The whole family was suffering from Nanna’s uberuseabuse since it had progressed from crocheting floor rugs from plastic breadbags to soaking bandaids in bleach and then smearing some adhesive on them to re-stick them on the grandkids grazed knees. Etymology: uber (over) + use + abuse (what happens when you force someone to re-use their disposable nappy or bandaid) Created by: petaj.

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 – 2008-04-18: 00:01:00
Today’s definition was suggested by stache. Thank you stache. ~ James