Tag: invented words

Menagerieatrois

DEFINITION: v. tr. To allow your pet to sleep in your bed even though it may squirrel into your pillows, hog all the sheets, and bulldoze you on to the floor. n. A pet which sleeps in its owner’s bed.

Do you think it's time that Elsie started sleeping on the floor?

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Menagerieatrois: /men a jah ree a twa/ When Angus moved in with Cattelena, he herd that her bovine was to menagerieatrois with them. Sometimes he wished he had been more of a maverick and had had time to ruminate; take a poll or gotten a Papal Bull about the hayrrangement. Suddenly, phrases like “Hit the Hay”, “BedSpread”, “Counterpain”, “Rustling the sheets”, “Udder ecstasy”, “Beef Tongue”, “Ranch Dressing”, “Ride a Limousin” and “DetOX” took on a whole new meaning for him. And many’s a night he awoke Friesian because someone had steered the covers off him or he had a very sharp pain in his calf! Every morning, there was a stampede for the bathroom. At this rate,and with his short horn, he would never be a fodder. Etymology: menage a trois (“sleeping” arrangement of 2 with a third participant, wink, wink, nod, nod, say no more, a wink’s as good as a nod to a blind horse) & menagerie (a facility where animals are kept) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Menagerieatrois:

silveryaspen, 2008-03-13: 02:16:00
Absolutely hilarious! Great last line! Brilliant etymology. Exceptional Word!

petaj, 2008-03-13: 03:57:00
tres magnifishe

galwaywegian, 2008-03-13: 08:11:00
brilliant!

picabomama, 2008-03-13: 13:33:00
Hard to say, but perfect!

Nosila, 2008-03-13: 19:41:00
Cheers, all! Do you think this couple cud live happily heifer after??

OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-13: 21:59:00
Thought of it; thought again: moved on!Crazy, but I like it.

Bedgehog: /-bej-hog-/ Bandit had started out as a cute Border Collie puppy, but now he’d grown into a huge bedgehog. Not only did Bandit hog all the pillows and yank the comforter to the other side of the bed, but he had literally pushed Stewart out of his own bed three nights in a row. Stewart decided to seek professional help, and started wondering how hard it was to contact that ‘It’s Me Or the Dog’ lady. What was her name again?… Etymology: Bed – furniture for sleeping (from Common Germanic, badjam “sleeping place dug in the ground”) + Hedgehog – small, spiny, insectivorous mammal (from German, hecke “hedge” + Cornish, hogh “swine”) Created by: Tigger.

Comments on Bedgehog:

silveryaspen, 2008-03-13: 02:20:00
Great etymology! Very clever word play!

petaj, 2008-03-13: 03:59:00
Throw a quillt over it.

Nosila, 2008-03-13: 19:43:00
Hopefully in her, he will find a comforter!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-13: 21:56:00
Bandit, he ain’t nothing but a hound dog! Once again, great etymology.

Corabbitation: /ko-rab-bi-TEY-shun/ I heard scratching; was that Cotton-tail – had he returned?” Quickly, I leapt out of bed, and opened the bedroom door. Sweeping my furry little friend up in my arms, I said, “Where have you been?” In a nanosecond, I knew the answer, six little bunnies were running over my toes. Cotton-tail had brought his family home. Jumping up onto my bed, they all snuggled around me: it was cozy: it was contentment: it was corabbitation. Suddenly, and it seemed like only seconds later, a jagged elbow buried itself into my ribs. Roxie rasped, “Wake up; dreaming again; I suppose, what about this time?” “Rabbits,” I said. “More like Playboy Bunnies,” she responded. Etymology: Rabbit & Co-habitation. Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Corabbitation:

Jabberwocky, 2008-03-13: 09:09:00
how sweet

silveryaspen, 2008-03-13: 10:27:00
Great sentence, especially the last line. Great Word!

Nosila, 2008-03-13: 19:50:00
Good one, OB. Sometimes I dream I’m Scarlett O’Hare and I am going to the Hop with Rabbit Redford and we dance to that song by Queen: “SomeBunny to love…”

Snzooze: /sn-zoo-zz/ Sally worked at the zoo and brought home the sickly animals to give them her constant attention. Consequently she did nothing more than snzooze. Etymology: snooze + zoo Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Snzooze:

silveryaspen, 2008-03-13: 10:38:00
Odd to say … but Great Embedding!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-13: 21:49:00
Clever Blend. Perhaps, she needs a nappendectomy! If you not zzzszure – ask Stevo.

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Be Creative,

James

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Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2008-03-13: 00:01:00
Today’s definition was suggested by kabloozie. Thank you kabloozie. ~ James

Clockadoodulled

DEFINITION: n. The fatigue brought on by the loss of one hour of sleep, especially if caused by something beyond your control, like the conversion to daylight savings time, barking dogs, or an addiction to late night TV. v. tr. To lose one hour of sleep.

You had to get up an hour earlier?

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Clockadoodulled: /clock – a – dew – dulled/ It takes a clocksucker to come up with the clockamamie idea of daylight savings time. Darn clock-a-doodlers! I drag through the day clockadoodulled Etymology: COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO and CLOCK! COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO: rooster’s call, usually emitted at the break of dawn, waking you up too early. CLOCK: device for measuring time, including daylight savings time – and both are rigged to emit noise to get you up too early. Created by: silveryaspen.

Comments on Clockadoodulled:

bigveg, 2008-03-12: 13:13:00
nice one!

Jamagra, 2008-03-12: 14:12:00
My kid has had croup all week. “Clockadoodulled” is exactly how I’m feeling. Great word.

Jabberwocky, 2008-03-12: 15:56:00
eggsellent

OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-12: 16:39:00
Im cock-a-hoop about this one! Very clever; nice word.

OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-12: 16:58:00
Perhaps, I meant clock-a-hoop! Also, do the somnolent need to be saved from, “the endless sheep?”

OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-12: 20:38:00
Oops.I think I meant insomnolent!

Biscotti, 2008-03-12: 20:57:00
Brilliance….sheer brilliance…

stache, 2008-03-12: 21:26:00
been watching Deadwood, you clocksucker? (great word)

stache, 2008-03-12: 21:27:00
Ka-ching! looks like we have a winner!

silveryaspen, 2008-03-13: 01:12:00
Appreciate and enjoyed all your comments about these clock-eyed creations!

Zzzszure: /zees-zher/ Every March when daylight savings time takes away an hour of sleep, Colleen’s body goes into a zzzszure for about a week until she adjusts to the new time zone. Etymology: zzzs – sleep; seizure – breakdown, deprivation Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Zzzszure:

petaj, 2008-03-12: 04:40:00
very clever

silveryaspen, 2008-03-12: 10:10:00
Great Pun! Great Word!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-12: 16:41:00
Zizzonked!

arrrteest, 2008-03-12: 20:43:00
I snorted at this word!

Nappendectomy: /nap-end-ek-tomy/ To have one hour of sleep ripped heartlessly out of your schedule is to have a nappendectomy. Etymology: nap + appendectomy Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Nappendectomy:

purpleartichokes, 2008-03-12: 08:28:00
Love it!

silveryaspen, 2008-03-12: 10:13:00
Such a wide spread condition! I feel the same as you do in your sentence! Great create!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-12: 16:43:00
Stop cutting into my sleep. Nice wor…zzzz. !

stache, 2008-03-12: 21:20:00
ouch.

diyan627, 2008-03-15: 11:21:00
so funny!

Mishoury: /miz ow ryy/ Her mizhoury was compounded by the fact that the song the students living next door had eventually blown their speakers playing (at 4.15am) was bouncing around in her head like a hot steel ball. (any suggestions?) Etymology: misery hour Created by: galwaywegian.

Comments on Mishoury:

purpleartichokes, 2008-03-12: 07:25:00
Rock Around the Clock? Time keeps on slippin, slippin, slippin, into the future? Wake Up, Little Snoozy?

silveryaspen, 2008-03-12: 09:57:00
Great embedding! Good pun! Meaning full! Outstanding!

Jabberwocky, 2008-03-12: 15:54:00
In-a-gadda-da-vida would do it for me – impossible to sleep through that!

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Be Creative,

James

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

Definition Comments:

Verbotomy – 2008-03-13: 00:01:00
Today’s definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James

Verbotomy – 2008-03-12: 00:36:00
By the way we would have got this done earlier in the week, (i.e. Monday) but I was bit short on sleep. And remistram didn’t think of the idea until Monday morning when her Boss yelled at her for coming to work in her pajamas. ~ James

remistram – 2008-03-12: 09:24:00
not true! the pajama part anyway….

purpleartichokes – 2008-03-12: 11:17:00
DLS didn’t bother me a bit this year… I reset all the clocks in the house, except for the single one I forgot – the alarm clock. Oops.

Verbotomy – 2008-03-12: 12:01:00
Remistram, I am glad to hear you didn’t actually wear your pajamas to work. I guess, I must have just “made that up”. I assume that it’s part of the hazards of being a sleep-deprived creative writer. Thanks for all the funny ideas! And the wake-up call! ~ James

silveryaspen – 2008-03-12: 12:09:00
Not liking DST, I guess today I’ll finally change the clocks! My computer and tv clocks have been at me to do it, too. I think remistram and James came up with today’s apt definition and cartoon, just to remind me!!!

Jamagra – 2008-03-12: 14:09:00
Once my colleague got a speeding ticket in her jammies and bathrobe. She was driving to school for our “Right to Read Week” pajama party. Heh. Took her a while to live that one down. ~PS~ Loving the site, James. Thanks for all your work.

remistram – 2008-03-12: 15:26:00
Thanks James, I thought this def was timely…hehe…

stache – 2008-03-12: 22:59:00
EXcellent cartoon, James.

Verbotomy – 2008-03-12: 23:42:00
Thanks for the wonderful words! ~ James

Rebutthead

DEFINITION: v. intr. To habitually object to and contradict other people’s statements, especially if they include any facts or opinions. n. A person who finds fault what other people say no matter what it is, and lets them know it.

Look out! Here comes a truck!

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Rebutthead: /-ri-BUHT-hed-/ Lyle was such a rebutthead that he started an argument with the mugger who was trying to rob him, telling him that he wasn’t holding the gun correctly. At first Lyle tried to demonstrate with his empty hands but the criminal was incompetent, and Lyle told him so. Frustrated, he reached for the gun to show the mugger again. Lyle is finally out of Intensive Care and recuperating nicely, although he’s driving the doctors and nurses crazy. Etymology: Rebut – to refute by evidence or argument (from Old French, rebuter “to thrust back”) + Butthead – a stupid or inept person (slang: buttheads often “butt heads” with other people, but the ‘anal’ connotation is clear. Also, Beavis’ buddy) Created by: Tigger.

Comments on Rebutthead:

Nosila, 2008-03-11: 01:20:00
Tigger, I hope the nurses and doctors gave him large needles in his rebutt!

ErWenn, 2008-03-11: 01:34:00
Good word.

stache, 2008-03-11: 15:02:00
very funny word and sentence.

OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-11: 19:10:00
Thoroughly enjoyable.

Jamagra, 2008-03-11: 20:30:00
Tigger-iffic!

diyan627, 2008-03-11: 21:06:00
That’s a good one!

silveryaspen, 2008-03-11: 21:21:00
Sentence and word … clever and fun … great pun! Marvelous creation!

Disagweeble: /dis-ah-gwee-bull/ Being a disagweeble led to Jane’s ultimate demise. When Bob yelled “Alligator!”, she felt compelled to stand there and argue that the 8-foot long beast was actually a crocodile. Etymology: disagreeable, weeble – cuz they keep coming back at ya (and I love weebles!) Created by: purpleartichokes.

Comments on Disagweeble:

Jabberwocky, 2008-03-11: 12:23:00
weebles can get a round anything

OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-11: 19:03:00
Did everything turn out o-cay man?

silveryaspen, 2008-03-11: 21:30:00
Clever, fun, and downright cute!

Tigger, 2008-03-12: 00:34:00
Too funny! I’m going to use this word on the next person who argues with me.

Habitchualist: /huh-bich-oo-list/ Jennifer chose her girl friends with a great deal of care and foresight. They were of the lowest self-esteem with traits she could easily exploit to her advantage and control. Jennifer was an habitchualist and she knew they would put up with the constant berating and castigation she bestowed on them. As the queen faultalist, she had victims around her ready and waiting to be belittled, just to be noticed. Etymology: habit, habitual, constant, persistent + bitch, beef, bellyache, bemoan, complain, expostulate, find fault Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Habitchualist:

OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-11: 19:07:00
Great word. Thanks for the words of congrats.

silveryaspen, 2008-03-11: 21:27:00
The heart of your word hits the heart of the definition! Terrific creation!

arrrteest, 2008-03-11: 22:20:00
Great play on words! Love it. I used it already to describe somebody.

Arguenaut: /argue-nought/ Jason was on the point of jumping overboard, prematurely ending his voyage. Due to a typo in the job ad, he had a crew of arguenauts and now the ship was going round in circles while they all disagreed on the course. Etymology: argue (disagree strongly) + argonaut (someone seeking dangerous but rewarding adventure) Created by: petaj.

Comments on Arguenaut:

Jabberwocky, 2008-03-11: 12:23:00
great word

OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-11: 18:52:00
Very clever; good word!

Jamagra, 2008-03-11: 20:29:00
Excellent!

silveryaspen, 2008-03-11: 21:28:00
Funtastic!

Nosila, 2008-03-11: 22:32:00
By Zeus, you have a good word there. That’s what they should call the Toronto football team!

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 – 2008-03-11: 00:01:00
Today’s definition was suggested by Biscotti. Thank you Biscotti. ~ James

silveryaspen – 2008-03-11: 21:51:00
Well done, Biscotti and James!

Verbotomy – 2008-03-12: 00:06:00
Thank you Silvery! I won’t rebutt a compliment. ~ James

Snotsam

DEFINITION: n. A pile of used and discarded tissues; may constitute a bio-hazard. v. intr. To drop a used tissue on to the floor beside your bed or chair, because you are so sick you can barely move.

Oh-oh, I'm surrounded

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Snotsam: /snot-sam/ Bill was astonished by the amount of snotsam that could accumulate in just one night. Etymology: snot: the stuff you put on a tissue flotsam: wreckage which can wash ashore Created by: bigveg.

Comments on Snotsam:

purpleartichokes, 2008-03-10: 06:52:00
HA! Love it!

ErWenn, 2008-03-10: 09:47:00
Perfect!

petaj, 2008-03-10: 09:52:00
you can really pick em.

galwaywegian, 2008-03-10: 11:03:00
excellent

Jamagra, 2008-03-10: 13:12:00
Great creation!

kashman, 2008-03-10: 13:13:00
you should feel floating yourself after picking this great one 🙂

Jabberwocky, 2008-03-10: 16:56:00
clever

purpleartichokes, 2008-03-10: 18:30:00
Yep, you picked a winner!

Infloorendsza: /in-flor-ends-za/ Josh had learned in his meditation class to let go of problems and let them float away so he put the teaching into practice used infloorendsza to rid himself of his germs carefully wrapped up in tissues. Etymology: influenza + floor + ends + za (which is sort of like ya) Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Infloorendsza:

petaj, 2008-03-10: 09:55:00
Sick! And it suggests that some kind of growth (flora) has taken over.

purpleartichokes, 2008-03-10: 18:25:00
Snot so bad! Song for the day, Booger Woogie Bugle Boy!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-10: 21:10:00
Good word. The eyes have it, parhaps more the noses!

silveryaspen, 2008-03-10: 23:00:00
LOve the way you embedded floor and ends in influenza … clever blending … fits the definition. Outstanding word!

Tocsickwaste: /tok sik way ssst/ He drifted back into conciousness with the worrying news that the tocsickwaste beside the couch appeared to be moving. thoughts of a new mutant virus were quelled when he noticed the face of his pet chihuahua looking up throught the gunge filled kleenex. Etymology: toxic waste, sick. Created by: galwaywegian.

Comments on Tocsickwaste:

Jabberwocky, 2008-03-10: 13:28:00
poor chihuahua probably had a very glossy coat after that experience

Snotzone: /snot-zone/ Seeing Bob lying there with a cesspool of snot rags beside him, Sue knew what she had to do. She quickly donned her self-contained breathing apparatus and fully encapsulated Level A suit, entered the snotzone, and began to gingerly pluck the mucousy mess from the floor. Etymology: hot zone (in HAZMAT response, the area of contamination), snot Created by: purpleartichokes.

Comments on Snotzone:

libertybelle, 2008-03-10: 09:30:00
hee hee – you beat me to it!

Jabberwocky, 2008-03-10: 13:26:00
gross, but funny

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 – 2008-03-10: 00:01:00
Today’s definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James

Herpevaricate

DEFINITION: v. intr. To pretend that you adore someone’s pet even though it is annoyingly stupid, bizarrely threatening, or just plain stinky. n. A alarming pet or companion, which nevertheless requires fawning.

So what do you think of my snake?

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Herpevaricate: /hur-pi-var’-i-kate/ The proximity of Steve’s 13 foot, 60 pound “pet” boa constrictor caused Sarah to simultaneously hyperventilate and herpevaricate. “Does this make me a herpocrite?” she wondered. Etymology: herpetology (dealing with reptiles and amphibians) + prevaricate (to lie); also “herpe” + hypocrite (a person whose actions or words belie their beliefs) Created by: Jamagra.

Comments on Herpevaricate:

silveryaspen, 2008-03-07: 09:52:00
Ingenious sentence, etymology and word. Triple Kudos!

OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-08: 20:58:00
Another great word; luv the sentence too.

Abhorable: /abhor-able/ David was so cute and so charming and so rich that Tiffany found herself cuddling up with his menagerie of abhorable animals, despite her fear of venomous attack. Etymology: A play on the word adorable, replacing ador with abhor, meaning to to detest. Created by: picabomama.

Comments on Abhorable:

diyan627, 2008-03-07: 14:29:00
perfect word! my sister’s dog is abhorable with the way she lunges and flies at my face and barks in a high pitched, glass breaking squeal of a bark, but I have to pretend I love her…my sister worships her

silveryaspen, 2008-03-07: 22:04:00
Sometimes we read more into a word as the day goes on … abhorrible … homonym to abhorable! So good I’ll be using it! Great originality!

Mustang, 2008-03-08: 06:31:00
Excellent verboticism.

Ferretrocious: /ferret-trow-shus/ I find my friend’s new pet ferret quite ferretrocious, especially after it attacked my pet bunny. My friend said it was just because my bunny was a tease and he really liked her. Etymology: ferret + ferocious Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Ferretrocious:

silveryaspen, 2008-03-07: 09:50:00
Always so pleasant to experience your subtle infunuations! Fierce word!

purpleartichokes, 2008-03-07: 13:25:00
Sounds like ferrhetoric on the friend’s part.

OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-08: 21:04:00
Tough love,eh! Good word.

Petriflect: /PET-ra-flekt/ When Bob described his pet “Phido” as a sanguined-eyed, silky-skinned sweetie, craving to be cuddled, Roxie couldn’t wait to meet him. But to her horror, when Phido slithered silently from under a cushion on the sofa she was sitting, she almost apsed into unconsciousness. Not wishing to offend Bob she smiled and petriflected, as if nothing was a hiss. However when Phido sidled up to her and slipped inside her blouse, she feared she was about to be cleopatronized. Bob told her not to worry, saying: “That’s his way of showing you that he likes you.” Etymology: Blend of PET, tamed or domesticated animal; PETRIFY, metaphorically to paralyse with fear, shock; FLECT, to bend as in GENFLECTION, to bend knee or touch ground in adoration; obeisance, dote. Nouns: petriflection; a petriflect. “Phido” Gk:ophidia-snake Created by: OZZIEBOB.

Comments on Petriflect:

silveryaspen, 2008-03-07: 09:45:00
Your sentence is so full of great plays on words! Cunning sentence and word!

Jabberwocky, 2008-03-07: 09:50:00
what a word week

Banky, 2008-03-08: 09:06:00
Uh, wow, I guess I’ve learned the value of pressing “show all” instead of “more”, because I almost completely ripped yours off in mine. I totally didn’t mean to, sorry Oz! 🙁

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 – 2008-03-07: 00:01:00
Today’s definition was suggested by yellowbird. Thank you yellowbird. ~ James

Tigger – 2008-03-07: 02:48:00
If I can post a YouTube link here, this one’s pretty amusing, and relevant to this definition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq6NJ7kKEag