Tag: Creativity

DEFINITION: v. tr., To methodically read the magazines dedicated to the opposite sex in an effort to sensitize yourself to, and learn how to manipulate, their needs and aspirations. n., A person who studies gender differences in order to exploit them.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Survoyllance: /-sur*voy*llance-/ This was Fred’s first covert operation, women had always been a mystery to him and Mindy was no exception, but he’d be damned if Vouge didnt have the answers. Etymology: Surveillance: Close observation of a person or group, especially one under suspicion. And voyeur: however slightly less perverted and more a healthy interest in the opposite sex. Created by: Nimbulan.

Comments on Survoyllance:

silveryaspen, 2008-01-17: 09:01:00
Excellent!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-17: 22:27:00
Good word!

Studdy: /stuh dee/ His studdy made him an expert on feng shui, the g spot, the enneagram, the GI diet and many other topics. Etymology: stud, study Created by: galwaywegian.

Comments on Studdy:

bananabender, 2008-01-17: 09:36:00
I guess he’s a Bachelor then! Great word!

Jabberwocky, 2008-01-17: 11:38:00
so simple yet so good

OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-17: 22:26:00
Yep. I agree. Very good!

Crossmopolitan: /cross-moe-pall-i-tan/ Dick was a hardened crossmopolitan. He kept the latest issues of Cosmopolitan, Glamour and Allure in a stack under his bed to get the ladies in the mood. Etymology: cross ( as in crossing over) + Cosmopolitan (magazine) Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Crossmopolitan:

OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-17: 22:29:00
Nice word!

bananabender, 2008-01-17: 22:37:00
clever combination!

Cleowulf: /klee-OH-woo..lf/ Whilst on his way to see the movie “Beowulf”, Bob was bedazzled by a beautiful blonde reading “Cleo” magazine. Later on, that evening, when asked by Roxie the name of the movie he had seen, he replied – “Cleowulf!” Etymology: CLEO: Magazine for women featuring the latest in fashion, beauty, love sex, fitness etc & WOLF (or better, its OE variant WULF): a man who is agressive in making amorous advances to women. Sorta, try to imagine, Beowulf wooing Cleopatra! Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Cleowulf:

Dougalistic, 2008-01-17: 05:18:00
You watch too many movies lol. Good word!

Jabberwocky, 2008-01-17: 11:35:00
great word ozzie

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

Be Creative,

James

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

Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2008-01-17: 01:32:00
Today’s definition was suggested by OZZIEBOB. Thank you OZZIEBOB. ~ James

DEFINITION: v. tr., To share your feelings with a customer service representative by using a perceived product deficiency to express your own sense of inadequacy and/or deep seated rage against the world. n., An irritating or annoying customer.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Harasshole: /-hah-ras-hohl-/ Oscar had plenty of cars he needed to work on today, but for twenty minutes now he’d been stuck listening to some harasshole complain that the forty thousand mile warranty on his wife’s car tires ‘under normal driving conditions’ should cover her repeatedly running over curbs, because, he claimed, that’s how she normally drives. Etymology: harass – to torment, as with troubles or cares; pester; persecute (Middle French, harasser “to harry”) + asshole – a stupid, mean, or contemptible person, [or a donkey’s poopchute, perhaps?] (Origin: 1350–1400; Middle English, arshole “anus”) Created by: Tigger.

Comments on Harasshole:

bananabender, 2008-01-16: 05:50:00
How funny!!! I can’t stop laughing! Love the word, sentence and the description. Good one!

Jabberwocky, 2008-01-16: 10:45:00
great word

OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-16: 16:23:00
Funny and a great word!

Crusstomer: /cruss-tum-ur/ All clerks manning the crusstomer service counters should be equipped with IPODS playing soothing music with positive reinforcement lyrics. Etymology: customer + crusty (irritable) + cuss (slang for curse) Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Crusstomer:

OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-16: 16:21:00
Maybe if they listen to the soft rock of “Bread” they won’t be so crusty! Another great word!

Bullygoat: /bul – li – gote/ He ranted and raved about the “faulty” nose-hair clippers, complaining that no matter how many times he used them his hair kept growing back. He’s such a bullygoat! Etymology: Bull**** – nonsense, humbug / bully – a tyrannical blustering ruffian / goat – “get on one’s goat” (coll) to annoy, also “act the goat” (coll) to behave foolishly Created by: bananabender.

Comments on Bullygoat:

silveryaspen, 2008-01-16: 08:03:00
“Damn Ram” said Nannygoat, “but I love that old Bullygoat! Clever!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-16: 16:27:00
I like it! Seems to me that he very caprickious!

Tigger, 2008-01-16: 21:02:00
Hey, that’s it. That’s what the guy in the picture kinda’ looks like — a bleating goat!

Creepsumer: /creep-zoom-er/ The worst job at Sears is the product return desk which attracts one creepsumer after another. Etymology: creep + consumer Created by: Stevenson0.

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

Be Creative,

James

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

Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2008-01-16: 01:08:00
Today’s definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James

DEFINITION: v. tr., To pig out at your desk right before a business lunch, so you’ll be satisfied with a salad and water at the restaurant, and create the impression that you’re not a glutton. n., A secret snack taken to strengthen one’s resolve not to eat too much when others are watching.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Prehamble: /pree-ham-bul/ As a prehamble to her weightwatchers reunion she would pig out on meaty ham sandwiches so she could nibble contentedly on lettuce all evening. Etymology: preamble + ham Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Prehamble:

silveryaspen, 2008-01-15: 09:57:00
Great job of hamming it up! Made me smile!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-15: 16:37:00
Cryptopig! Love your word!

bananabender, 2008-01-16: 01:15:00
You’ve brought home the bacon this time!

Chowcanery: /chow-can-er-y/ She practised chowcanery to avoid eating a lot in front of her co-workers. Etymology: chow + chicanery (trickery, deception ) Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Chowcanery:

silveryaspen, 2008-01-15: 09:43:00
Clever!

Jabberwocky, 2008-01-15: 10:13:00
great word

OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-15: 16:33:00
Did she ever chowproof herself with chowder? Great word!

bananabender, 2008-01-16: 01:10:00
I agree… clever!

Sneaksnack: /snik-snack/ Shannon had a quick sneaksnack before going to the Friday lunch with the office gang. It kind of backfired on her as she still ended up looking like a glutton when all she was hungry for was conveniently, dessert. Etymology: sneak + snack Created by: chaiandallthatjazz.

Comments on Sneaksnack:

Mustang, 2008-01-15: 03:48:00
good word.

bananabender, 2008-01-15: 21:53:00
right on the button!

Cramwich: /KRAM – wich/ Marla would eat a cramwich or two at her desk so often that her keyboard keys started to stick together with cramdrops. Etymology: cram – to stuff in + sandwich – two slices of bread filled with meat, salads, condiments, etc. Created by: bananabender.

Comments on Cramwich:

silveryaspen, 2008-01-15: 10:06:00
Which witches of the watercress sandwich lunch practiced cramwiching first? Funnypunny word!

Jabberwocky, 2008-01-15: 10:38:00
cramdrops keep falling on my head….

Tigger, 2008-01-15: 22:40:00
I guess that’s how Marla keeps crammaging her keyboard… (those who sometimes eat at your computer — ever turn it over and shake all the cramdrops out? )

bananabender, 2008-01-16: 00:23:00
Nah, nothing came out. Looks like I’m gonna have to use the cramdropsickle again!

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

Be Creative,

James

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

Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2008-01-15: 00:01:00
Today’s definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James

silveryaspen – 2008-01-15: 10:12:00
Thanks for the fun definition, remistram. Great job on all the verboticisms by all the verbotomists … what a fun one for us all!

Jabberwocky – 2008-01-15: 10:17:00
Her her – oops I meant hear hear (my mouth was full as I’m snacking at my desk)

Verbotomy – 2008-01-16: 01:27:00
Thanks for all the tasty words! ~ James

DEFINITION: v. tr., To prepare or process food in a manner that renders it unpalatable, indigestible and completely inedible. n., Food which has been prepared in such a way that it is unfit for human, or even non-human, consumption.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Cesserole: /SES-uh-rohl/ Roxie’s “piece de resistance” was her cesserole – an annigobnoxious alimentation – barely edible once a year. Bob often wondered whether it would end in cuisinecide! Etymology: Blend of “CESS” from cesspool & CASSEROLE: a baking dish; any food, usually a mixture, cooked in such a dish. Noun : cesserole; Verb: to cesserole. Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Cesserole:

galwaywegian, 2008-01-14: 06:38:00
very tasteful!

Jabberwocky, 2008-01-14: 15:31:00
great sentence

silveryaspen, 2008-01-14: 18:48:00
I liked cusinecide even better than cesserole … but that’s only cause I’m so easily grossed out. Today’s definition certainly led to a lot of verboticisms that can do that!

bananabender, 2008-01-14: 19:56:00
great words! Ugh, I’m grossed out too.

Tigger, 2008-01-15: 00:05:00
Ah, I can just picture little kernel of corn floating in it, eww. Good one!

Retchipe: /RECH – i – pee/ After Marla mixed and drank her healthy earth worm shake, Ron inquired which retchipe book she got her inspiration from. Etymology: retch – to make an effort to vomit + recipe – list of ingredients and instructions for preparing a concoction of food or drink Created by: bananabender.

Comments on Retchipe:

Mustang, 2008-01-14: 07:00:00
I like it!!

silveryaspen, 2008-01-14: 11:20:00
Retchipes for the wretched wreck of a cook gone bad! Great Creation!

Jabberwocky, 2008-01-14: 15:29:00
very appropriate

OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-14: 19:13:00
Some recipes are so bad, they sound almost ready to retch for! Nice word!

Tigger, 2008-01-15: 00:04:00
Its a retchtipe for disaster. Great word!

Stewage: /-styoo-ij-/ From the smell, Ron thought that the kitchen sink had backed up again, and he was making toward the closet with the plunger, when Bridget ran into him in the hall and said, “You do remember that my mother’s coming over today, right? Oh, and I’m making lutefisk — it’s a Swedish delicacy.” We’d be having stewage for dinner tonight. Etymology: Blend of ‘stew’ – to cook by simmering or slow boiling (Middle English, stewen “to bathe in a steam bath”) & ‘sewage’ – liquid and solid waste carried off in sewers or drains (from Anglo-Fr. sewere “to drain off water”) Created by: Tigger.

Comments on Stewage:

silveryaspen, 2008-01-14: 11:48:00
Clever!

Jabberwocky, 2008-01-14: 11:51:00
funny

OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-14: 19:18:00
Think I prefer a smorgasbord – but lets not get in a stew! Nice word.

bananabender, 2008-01-14: 22:29:00
Served by a steward of course!

bananabender, 2008-01-14: 22:32:00
good word!

Cordonblew: /kor don bluu/ it was another of her special cordonblew lunches. It was better than the last one at least, he actually got to the bathroom before he blew this one! Etymology: cordon blue, blew his lunch. Created by: galwaywegian.

Comments on Cordonblew:

silveryaspen, 2008-01-14: 11:21:00
Kudos and Chuckles!

Jabberwocky, 2008-01-14: 15:32:00
very funny

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

Be Creative,

James

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

Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2008-01-14: 00:01:00
Today’s definition was suggested by zebrahdh. Thank you zebrahdh. ~ James

silveryaspen – 2008-01-14: 18:53:00
Great gross in your cartoon today … from the critter’s butt sticking up … to the facial expressions … to the hair on the bite on the fork … even the colors were putrid combinations!

Verbotomy – 2008-01-14: 19:49:00
I’m glad to hear you find my color sense is putrid. ~ James

bananabender – 2008-01-14: 20:49:00
What a regurgitreat of a day in Verbotomyland! The creative juices have been flowing freely today. Now, what am I gonna cook for dinner???

Verbotomy – 2008-01-15: 00:03:00
We could always eat our words… ~ James

zebrahdh – 2008-01-17: 18:50:00
That’s great illustration! Thanks for using my suggestion!

DEFINITION: n., The immense sense of self-satisfaction the one gets from winning a pointless argument. v. tr., To be so addicted to proving yourself right that you argue compulsively, and endlessly, about anything and everything.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Debatabull: /dee-bate-a-bull/ He was so inflated by his need to be confrontational that he would even argue with the cat. Even the time of day was debatabull. Etymology: debatable + bull**** Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Debatabull:

silveryaspen, 2008-01-11: 13:43:00
Short and right on the definition! Kudos for this creation!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-13: 04:08:00
Sounds like a bit of unidebatabullology – and catty, too! Good word.

Argumentalcase: /ar-gu-MEN-tal-case/ I lived with an argumentalcase who was so convinced that London was a dangerous city that I shot her. Etymology: Argumental + mental case Created by: sharktrager.

Pettisessive: /pet-ti-sess-ive/ Jack is pettisessive. He must be right about everything he says and will argue his point no matter how silly it is until you give up. Then he will cheer for himself and dance around. Etymology: pettifog (argue) + petty (trival) + obsessive Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Pettisessive:

OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-13: 04:11:00
Good word!

Argurrhea: /ahr-gyoo-REE-uh/ “There’s no word in the English language to describe that bastard’s bavardage. But a good start would be yakkety-hack, egorrhea, argurrhea….” yelled Roxie’s father, an avid verbotomist, who could no longer tolerate Bob’s bodacious and eristic ways. Etymology: Blend of “ARGU” of argumentive & “RRHEA” of logorrhea, diarrhea. 2. Bastard – strictly “OZ” usage. Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Argurrhea:

Jabberwocky, 2008-01-11: 10:37:00
very useful word

silveryaspen, 2008-01-11: 12:57:00
Clever!

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

Be Creative,

James

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

Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2008-01-11: 00:01:00
Today’s definition was suggested by MithrilShadow. Thank you MithrilShadow. ~ James

silveryaspen – 2008-01-11: 14:41:00
What a fun definition. It certainly generated some fun and funny creations! Thanks MithrilShadow!

silveryaspen – 2008-01-11: 14:44:00
James … that’s some finger sandwish he’s making in your cartoon! Wonder how many people noticed it like me and went … Ouch! Yuk! As Dr. Phil would ask … “What were you thinking?” (chuckle)

Verbotomy – 2008-01-13: 18:01:00
Thanks for the positive comments Silveryaspen. I’m glad that you got my point! ~ James