Tag: Verbotomy

DEFINITION: n., The anger and frustration that grows out of an unsatisfying, unfulfilling or unpredictable relationship one has with an electronic device, especially a computer. v. intr., To be trapped in a passive-aggressive, codependency with a computer.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Incomputible: /in-com-put-uh-bull/ After many months of anger and frustration and unsatisfying results from her laptop, the technical advisor at the computer store advised Jane that her and her laptop were completely incomputible and she should move onto a new machine. Etymology: computer + incompatible Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Incomputible:

bananabender, 2008-01-30: 07:50:00
I like it! Will she go to a computer dating agency to shop around?

Jabberwocky, 2008-01-30: 12:16:00
perfect word!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-30: 16:21:00
From the chains of computrimony goeth Jane! great word.

purpleman, 2008-01-30: 20:44:00
hi mr.stevenson its chris the 1 who asks a lot off qu. at lunch im purpleman kk

Macadementia: /mac-ah-dee-men-shia/ I was driven into macadementia by my aging mac. It turned from being user friendly into Hal from 2001. Etymology: mac(computer) + dementia(mental deterioration caused by mac) + macadamia (type of nut) Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Macadementia:

silveryaspen, 2008-01-30: 06:45:00
Ah nuts! You cracked me up with this one! Excellent!

Dougalistic, 2008-01-30: 10:17:00
Cracking word!! (pun intended)

Jabberwocky, 2008-01-30: 10:45:00
walnut always encouraged acorny comment is almond always appreciated

OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-30: 16:29:00
Macadamias: a hard nut to crack! Ps: also known as the Queensland nut, Maroochi nut.

bananabender, 2008-01-30: 23:54:00
Aah, Queensland nuts….. I’ve cracked many in my time using my grandfather’s vice under the house, a hammer and a dent in a cement works except when the nut shoots sideways at lightning speed (watch out onlookers!), but I’m set up well these days because I have a nutcracker designed by a Queenslander specially to deal with those tough shells. Super word!

chaiandallthatjazz, 2008-01-31: 10:47:00
Ah! Excellent word! Sounds like it could really make it to the DSM-V !

Hardweariness: /hard WEER ee nehs/ After a full day of wrestling with her laptop, blackberry, and TIVO, the familiar hardweariness set in. Yet she couldn’t help herself as she surfed until the wee hours of the morning, hardwearied (hardwired + weary) to her computer. Etymology: hardware + weary Created by: ScrabbledEgg.

Comments on Hardweariness:

silveryaspen, 2008-01-30: 19:46:00
Great last line!

Terminalrelationship: /ter min al ree lay shun ship/ Rose knew that her terminalrelationship with her computer was hopeless…she’d soon have to go on Dr.Phil or Jerry Springer because she couldn’t hack it anymore. Etymology: terminal (computer & near death) & relationship (connectedness to another) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Terminalrelationship:

Tigger, 2008-01-30: 02:43:00
Ah, very funny!!

bananabender, 2008-01-30: 03:35:00
clever! lol!

silveryaspen, 2008-01-30: 06:49:00
Is there a computer hospice to go to for terminalrelationships?

galwaywegian, 2008-01-30: 07:30:00
excellent

Nosila, 2008-01-31: 23:19:00
Yes, galwaywegian, if you think you have the virus, you should maybe check into a LANatarium or the Sick e-bay or even the sPCa for help. Cheers everyone, Nosila

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:
https://www.verbotomy.com/verboticisms.php?jid=device

Be Creative,

James

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

Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2008-01-30: 01:10:00
Today’s definition was suggested by Silveryaspen. Thank you Silveryaspen. ~ James

bananabender – 2008-01-30: 08:22:00
Great definition Silveryaspen. You definately pressed our buttons with this one! So many clever and funny verboticisms and sentences. Still chuckling!

DEFINITION: n., A feeling of discomfort, common while sitting on a plane or train, created by the sense that you are about to be decapitated by your fellow passengers who are tilting aggressively towards you. v. intr., To sit in a very small space, which seems to be getting smaller.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Boeingconstrictor: /bow-ing-constrictor/ I got swallowed up by a boeingconstrictor on my last flight. Etymology: boeing aircraft + boa constrictor Created by: bookowl.

Comments on Boeingconstrictor:

bananabender, 2008-01-29: 18:38:00
Hilarious! lol!

bananabender, 2008-01-29: 21:45:00
great wordplay. There’s also the tight constricted feeling for your etymology too.

Nosila, 2008-01-29: 22:48:00
Good one, bookowl! If the passenger is not sitting on the aisle, would that make them a window viper?

silveryaspen, 2008-01-29: 23:57:00
Great word for all the planes with their cramped seating … Right on!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-30: 16:14:00
Clever & funny! Good word.

chaiandallthatjazz, 2008-01-31: 10:55:00
Good one!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-05: 19:44:00
Did you hear about the man who crossed a parrot with a boa constrictor. He didn’t know what he got, but believe me, when it talks-he listens.

Seatraction: /seet-trak-shun/ Whenever John flew and had to sit in the middle isle, Murphy’s Law of seatraction always seemed to come into play. On either side of him twin 300 pounders always made him feel cozy and crushed for the full six hour flight. Etymology: seat + contraction Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Seatraction:

silveryaspen, 2008-01-29: 09:12:00
Interesting combo!

Jabberwocky, 2008-01-29: 13:28:00
I first thought of your word as seat attraction which would make sense if the seat on either side got closer – great word

bananabender, 2008-01-29: 22:21:00
good word! twelve hours in traction after the flight to straighten out the limbs would do the trick… but not with the 300 pounders as the weights!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-30: 16:17:00
John – Go by sea next time ! good word.

Closetrophobia: /klose-tra-foe-beea/ Owing to my closetrophobia, I wear a wide brimmed hat and a hoola hoop at all times to define my personal space. Etymology: close + claustrophobia Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Closetrophobia:

galwaywegian, 2008-01-29: 07:00:00
I’d say that outfit would be pretty effective in keeping people away from you alright.

silveryaspen, 2008-01-29: 09:08:00
lol … nice clothes additions! Terrific creation!

bananabender, 2008-01-29: 21:49:00
great word again! You’ll be fine in Southern Belle fancy dress too!!!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-30: 16:16:00
Good Word. Hoopla!

Economisery: /-i-kon-uh-miz’-uh-ree-/ Before the technology stock bubble burst, Richard had always flown first-class, but now, crammed into the back with the rest of the average Joe’s, he was nearly overcome with economisery, and recumbentrauma caused by the seat in front of him reclining back so suddenly that he dropped his meager ration of peanuts, and couldn’t bend down to retrieve them. Etymology: economy – Economy class; the cheapest class of travel accomodations (from Greek, oikonomíā “household”) + misery – wretchedness of condition or circumstances (from Latin, miseria, equiv. to miser “wretched”) Created by: Tigger.

Comments on Economisery:

bananabender, 2008-01-29: 22:23:00
clever blend!

silveryaspen, 2008-01-29: 23:59:00
Really brings out the miserly feelings in this definitions!

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:
https://www.verbotomy.com/verboticisms.php?jid=tilt

Be Creative,

James

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

Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2008-01-29: 04:10:00
Today’s definition was suggested by gemmgemms. Thank you gemmgemms. ~ James

silveryaspen – 2008-01-29: 09:30:00
Evocative cartoon … crushed-people like sardines in a tinned-canny airplane with that overpowering fishy smell closing in on everything! Very clever!

Verbotomy – 2008-01-30: 01:10:00
Hey Silveryaspen, Thanks for the kind words. Smells like croosht shoup ~ James

DEFINITION: n., An expressive gesture made with the belief that the person it is directed at cannot see it, typically occurs during telephone conversations, email discourses, and behind people’s backs. v. tr., To use an unseen gesture to express what you cannot say.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Handestine: /han-dess-tine/ They thought the CEO couldn’t see the one fingered handestine salute he was given behind his back. Little did they know he wore two way mirrored glasses. Etymology: hand + clandestine (covert) Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Handestine:

galwaywegian, 2008-01-28: 07:19:00
digitally enhanced vision! like it

Banky, 2008-01-28: 08:22:00
I seriously debated over whether to even bother trying to make a word today, I liked this one so much…fantabulous.

silveryaspen, 2008-01-28: 12:52:00
This will be heard, for it’s such a handy word, by design, usefully fine!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-28: 16:21:00
Handsome!

Stevenson0, 2008-01-28: 21:01:00
I have to hand it to you! You handled this challenge well!! Easily the best word today!!!

Phantomime: /fan-toh-mime/ it was my first day of teaching, and i had the uneasy feeling that while i was writing my name on the board , the whole class was phantomiming behind my back Etymology: phantom, pantomime Created by: rikboyee.

Comments on Phantomime:

galwaywegian, 2008-01-28: 07:20:00
phantastic!

ErWenn, 2008-01-28: 10:36:00
Simply brilliant.

Tigger, 2008-01-28: 12:16:00
Ghoulishly clever!

silveryaspen, 2008-01-28: 12:50:00
I could become a phan of phantomine!

Jabberwocky, 2008-01-28: 15:34:00
Can you imagine what I’m phantomiming right now?…. wrong – it’s 2 thumbs up

OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-28: 16:39:00
Great word!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-28: 16:41:00
Great word!

Gesticuhate: /je-stik-yu-hate/ To show their negative feelings about the idea, he would gesticuhate his displeasure with gesticuhative movements. Etymology: gesticulate (to express by gesturing) + hate Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Gesticuhate:

Tigger, 2008-01-28: 12:01:00
Nice blend.

silveryaspen, 2008-01-28: 13:08:00
Strong word!

Jabberwocky, 2008-01-28: 15:34:00
excellent

OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-28: 16:47:00
I like it, but I hope that he isn’t a hate male!

Hexpression: /hecks-press-shun/ While the caller would blather on about savings on international calls of up to 1.3% over other hucksters, Dana would focus on contorting her face into her telemarketer hexpression, which she was convinced would visit bowel cancer upon these rude troglodytes. Etymology: hex – a curse or malicious spell, expression – a visual depiction of mood or sentiment Created by: Banky.

Comments on Hexpression:

Jabberwocky, 2008-01-28: 10:54:00
very funny – I’ll have to try that some time

silveryaspen, 2008-01-28: 11:40:00
Great idea! Terrific word!

Tigger, 2008-01-28: 12:09:00
Haha. Your sentence was LOL-funny!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-28: 16:48:00
Great word and sentence!

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:
https://www.verbotomy.com/verboticisms.php?jid=gesture

Be Creative,

James

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

Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2008-01-28: 00:01:00
Today’s definition was suggested by ErWenn. Thank you ErWenn. ~ James

Maxine – 2008-01-28: 08:57:00
This is a really great cartoon!

Verbotomy – 2008-01-28: 11:03:00
Thanks Maxine! ~ James

libertybelle – 2008-01-28: 11:12:00
I love the guy making a grab at himself – made me laugh out loud.

silveryaspen – 2008-01-28: 13:16:00
Fun definition, Erwenn. Your cartoon was uproariously funny, James. All the creations were a hoot,great job verbotomists!

Verbotomy – 2008-01-28: 14:30:00
ErWenn’s definitions always always seem to generate a good laugh. See: Let me hold the door for you… Thanks! ~ James

DEFINITION: n., A “talent” for which an individual takes a great deal of personal pride, even though it is just a common, mundane skill that almost everyone can do. v. intr., To take pride in a special talent which in fact is not special at all.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Craptitude: /krap-ti-tood/ Despite his pride over knowing the name of every Real World participant over the last 19 seasons, somehow Evan couldn’t parlay this craptitude into gainful employment. Etymology: crap – sheer worthless feculence + aptitude – an ability given of natural sources Created by: Banky.

Comments on Craptitude:

bananabender, 2008-01-25: 01:17:00
Clever!

Dougalistic, 2008-01-25: 04:36:00
Good word combo! 🙂

zebrahdh, 2008-01-25: 05:31:00
I can’t even think of a word now. Craptitude is exactly right.

Jabberwocky, 2008-01-25: 11:18:00
excellent

silveryaspen, 2008-01-25: 11:42:00
You really wiped us out with this clever creation! Right on!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-25: 15:31:00
Clap, clap, clap for “crapitude” Really good word!

ErWenn, 2008-01-26: 12:31:00
I should learn to read the previously submitted words before submitting something similar but less funny.

Chompitence: /chomp-i-tenss/ Chris’ chompitence was to chew food in perfect time to the music being played in the restaurant. Etymology: chomp + competence Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Chompitence:

Banky, 2008-01-25: 11:07:00
Haha, awesome!

gundlefinger, 2008-01-25: 19:47:00
terrific!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-25: 15:22:00
Absolutely brilliant! Sounds like Chris is a “glutton for nourishment”. Wonder if there’s a lingering malady somewhere in his chonkey head!?

silveryaspen, 2008-01-25: 21:58:00
Another great creation by changing just one letter … very clever again!

Normceptional: /norm-cep-tion-al/ He is normceptional at walking and talking at the same time. Etymology: normal + exceptional Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Normceptional:

purpleman, 2008-02-01: 15:24:00
ha ha great word think u sould be ahead off everyone

Insignifinesse: /-in-sig-ni’-fi-ness-/ Shouts of “Watch this, Mom! Watch what I can do!” could be heard repeated for hours on end at the community swimming pool, as little Jerome practiced swimming underwater, although all he was really doing was putting his head under the water for a few seconds and wiggling convulsively. His mother, of course, saw this insignifinesse as the makings of a future Olypian. Etymology: insignificance – lacking importance or consequence (from Latin, in- “non” significāre “signal”) + finesse – skill in handling a difficult task; an artful maneuver (from Old French, fin “subtle, delicate”) Created by: Tigger.

Comments on Insignifinesse:

Mustang, 2008-01-25: 16:58:00
Great word!

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:
https://www.verbotomy.com/verboticisms.php?jid=talent

Be Creative,

James

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

Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2008-01-25: 00:01:00
Today’s definition was suggested by zebrahdh. Thank you zebrahdh. ~ James

zebrahdh – 2008-01-25: 05:24:00
When I suggested this one, I just knew it was a winner! 🙂