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DEFINITION: v. To send out confused or conflicting signals when driving or dating. n. A person who signals their intentions to do one thing, then does something else completely different.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Clangle: /kl-ay-n-gul/ Eric was in such a state of clangle after being told by the same person that the nearest gas station was 2 miles west, 3 miles north, and 9 miles east of the exact same location. To add to the clangle, he was pointing in the wrong direction all three times! Etymology: clash (noticable difference) + tangle (mess, confusion) Created by: Biscotti.

Comments on Clangle:

silveryaspen, 2009-04-24: 01:48:00
You put such great angles into your
sentence and verbotomy. Luv to say cclangle … it’s such a fun word … can’t say it without smiling, too!

Youturner: /yoo ter ner/ Ted sees Jane. Jane sees Ted. Jane & Ted get married and form a multi-national, international coalition. For many years, Ted added colour to old movies, like “Gone With The Wind” and many others to show the world that the old days were not just in black and white and grey. Ted turnered many heads at the UN and made them see that they could turneround the world. But after Jane and Ted had been married a while, he pulled a Youturner. In the end Ted could not figure out why, if he was right, why he was now left…go after Jane, Ted…Don’t be a Dick! Etymology: U-Turn (complete reversal of direction of travel) & You (Pronoun, second person singular) & Turner (someone who turns; also Ted Turner, a media proprietor who “turned” America onto Buffalo Meat, Cable Vision, CNN, and is a “The Mouth of the South”) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Youturner:

silveryaspen, 2009-04-24: 01:42:00
You are really sporting Great Entertainment with this won. So Turnermental it sent me laughing around the bend!

Inderection: // Etymology: Created by: pressman25.

Deviateases: /Dee vee ate tees uz/ Star fell in love with John Glwhenn. He led her to believe he was going to raise the big question: “Would you like to hitch your wagon to my stars?” Asstonishingly, he turned out to be an asskdhernaught! Thereafter, she avoided all deviateases. Etymology: People who DEVIATE (change from what is usual, accepted, expected, or planned) are not very nice TEASES (those who offer some thing, then take it back/ or pretend to do one thing, but in reality, do the opposite). Created by: silveryaspen.

Comments on Deviateases:

Biscotti, 2009-04-24: 02:35:00
A devious word indeed! Great create Silvery!

abrakadeborah, 2009-04-24: 06:51:00
Silvery,I loved your word and sentence! You are so gifted at making others laugh! What a great and joyous spirit you have 🙂

galwaywegian, 2009-04-24: 09:11:00
good one

Nosila, 2009-04-24: 22:04:00
Good one…he’s probably a Cosmonaught, too, or he’d have a clue about women!

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DEFINITION: n. A lovable yet stupid pet. v. To be dumb, fat, lazy, arrogant, and totally, completely, irresistibly cute.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Ignoramouser: /ig noh ray mau sser/ her ignoramouser dribbled, drooled, slept, sprawled and stank, but she hadn’t had any visiting rodents since he’d arrived, which was fine by her. Etymology: ignoramous mouser Created by: galwaywegian.

Abdorable: /ab-DORE-uh-bl/ Felicity’s cheshire cat, Felicity, was twice the size it should have been, was totally without any brain power, and spent most of it’s days sprawled out on the sofa sleeping, yet it was irresistibly cuddly, sweet and abdorable. Etymology: Blend of ‘abhor’ (to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate) and ‘adorable’ (lovable) Created by: Mustang.

Catastrophy: /cat as tro fee/ As pets go, Felix was a catastrophy…lazy, stupid, house-wrecking cute ball of adorable feline. Etymology: Cat ( feline pet) & Catastrophe (disaster) & Trophy (award, token) Created by: Nosila.

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DEFINITION: n. A sick planet which has a cold, a fever, and some kind of weird infection. v. To be worried sick about the health of the planet, because you know the problem is really the people.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Gaiaaaaaaaargh: /guy aaaaaaaa/ Etymology: gaia aaaaargh Created by: galwaywegian.

Envirusment: /en-VYE-rus-mehnt/ What had once been a pristine world, devoid of any kind of pollution or environmental upheavals has suddenly developed a severe envirusment, a world where every corner was feeling the effects of enviro sickness. Etymology: Blend of ‘environment’ (The circumstances or conditions that surround one; surroundings) and ‘virus’ ( the causative agent of an infectious disease) Created by: Mustang.

Gaialing: /gaya ling/ The approaching aliens took one look at the smog, lack of ozone layer and drying polar caps and oceans and decided planet Earth was gaialing. They decided to abort their landing procedures and flee home. Etymology: Gaia: (Greek Goddess of the Earth; also the hypothesis that the living and nonliving components of earth function as a single system in such a way that the living component regulates and maintains conditions (as the temperature of the ocean or composition of the atmosphere) so as to be suitable for life; also: this system regarded as a single organism) & Ailing (Ill,prone to sickness) Created by: Nosila.

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DEFINITION: v. To ignore anything positive and focus your energy on problems, disasters, and whatever bad news you find. n. A person who searches for, and feeds on, other people’s weaknesses, failures and mistakes.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Lugubriate: /loo-GOO-bree-ayt/ Even on the sunniest days and rosiest occasions Esmerelda could be counted upon to lugubriate, searching through all the days events and news for the downbeat and negative offerings. Etymology: Blend of ‘Lugubrious’ (mournful, dismal, or gloomy, esp. in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner) with suffix ‘-ate’ (As the ending of a verb, it means to make, to cause, to act, etc.; as, to propitiate (to make propitious); to animate (to give life to) Created by: Mustang.

Sinnic: /sin nik/ Woody was a sinnic in the worst sense of the word. If your actions did not benefit him directly, he thought you had no business being on the planet! Etymology: Sin (commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake) & Cynic (someone who is critical of the motives of others)
Created by: Nosila.

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DEFINITION: v. To try to kill a weed that just won’t die. n. A weed that just keeps on coming back, no matter what you do to it.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Eradicaint: /ee-RAD-ehck-aynt/ Over the course of the growing season Livonia had tried all kinds of chemicals, digging, chopping, lawn mower, and with her latest effort of pouring charcoal starter fluid and lighting it, she was distressed to find that this too was one more eradicaint when she saw the plant flourishing a couple days later. Etymology: Blend of ‘eradicate’ (eliminate, dispose of, wipe out) and ‘aint’ (is not) Created by: Mustang.

Clovercome: /klo ver kum/ Daisy’s attempts to unsuccessfully remove the clover from her lawn made her realize that she was now clovercome. Etymology: Clover (3 leaved plant that is hard to get rid of) & Overcome (rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or profusion of something) Created by: Nosila.

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