Verbotomy

DEFINITION: The mental state induced by the discovery your new husband, and your maid of honor, entangled in the satin sheets given to you as a wedding present by your grandmother.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Knivesinwhitesatin: /nyves-in-wyte-satin/ The discovery of the tryst sent her into a state of knivesinwhitesatin hopefully “never reaching the end” Etymology: knives (the kind that in literature come flying out of ones eyes) + Knights in White Satin (Moody Blues) Created by: Jabberwocky.

Betraythed: /bee-tray-thed/ she went from betrothed to betraythed in record time Etymology: betrayed, betrothed Created by: rikboyee.

Marrage: /mer-rage/ On finding her new husband and the maid of honour, she went into a state of marrage throwing and breaking everything she could get her hands on. Etymology: marriage + rage Created by: Stevenson0.

Apesheet: /APE-sheet/ When Sheila walked in and discovered her new groom and her maid of honor entangled in the satin sheets given as a wedding present by her grandmother, she went absolutely apesheet! Etymology: wasn’t this scene from “The Godfather”? Created by: Alchemist.

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DEFINITION: A sudden, uncontrollable desire to eat something fast, usually occurs at bedtime.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Nappetite: /nap-ah-tight/ everytime his head hit the pillow his nappetite would kick in Etymology: nap, appetite Created by: rikboyee.

Moonchies: /moon-cheez/ He had an attack of the full moonchies, that irresistible urge to chow down and send himself to dreamland on a full stomach. Etymology: moon + munchies Created by: Stevenson0.

Boltdozer: /bowlt-dozer/ As soon as dusk fell he became a boltdozer, wolfing down any junk food in sight – he eventually married a short order chef Etymology: bolt (to eat hurriedly) + dozer (sleeper)also refers to bulldozer Created by: Jabberwocky.

Nightstoker: /nye-t-stoker/ He kept it hidden by day but he became the nightstoker at bedtime. Etymology: night stalker + stoke (feed) Created by: porsche.

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DEFINITION: A mixture of delight and guilt felt when a colleague, whom you despise, suffers a misfortune.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Dupliciglee: /doo-pli-si-glee/ She had a difficult time hiding her dupliciglee when the office know it all got the boot Etymology: duplicity + glee (deceitful happiness) Created by: Jabberwocky.

Sadissfaction: /sa-diss-faction/ I really didn’t mean for her to literally “break a leg” on stage, so I was overcome with sadissfaction when I saw her in a cast and using crutches. Etymology: sad, diss, satisfaction Created by: purpleartichokes.

Schuldeschadenfreude: /shool-de-shahd-n-froi-duh/ Kathy’d thought of herself as a “mean girl” so her schuldeschadenfreude at Betty’s car accident (Betty’d always flaunted that Mercedes!) was something of a shock. Etymology: Basically a compound German word, this is based on a combination of “Schuld” (guilt) and “Schadenfreude” (pleasure at the misfortune of others) which is an already accepted, and surprisingly rarely used word in the English language. Created by: catgrin.

Regretstasy: /ree-gret-stah-see/ Jill felt regretstasy over Betty’s termination because while Jill despised Betty she wouldn’t want to be ousted so publicly. Etymology: regret + ecstasy Created by: jedijawa.

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DEFINITION: A lie told by a politician which is not really a lie, because in their heart of hearts, they are pretending it is true.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Balonimony: /ba-LO-na-mo-nee/ When he was running for office, he gave an oathspiel about how he cared about the environment; when he was elected, I realized it was just his bullief and nothing more than balonimony. Etymology: baloney (a lie), testimony Created by: purpleartichokes.

Defactualize: /dis-fak-choo-lize/ The Prime Minister was able to defactualize about the situation by thinking about what he will do in the future, not what he did to cause the problem. Etymology: de facto + fact + conceptualize Created by: Stevenson0.

Internalies: /inturn-a-lize/ The politician lost all sense of fact and fiction because he had told so many internalies Etymology: internalize + lies Created by: porsche.

Doubledupe: /dubbl-doop/ His argument that subways were inhabited by zombies was so convincing that it became a doubledupe and he always had to take the bus Etymology: double + dupe and dupe + double Created by: Jabberwocky.

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DEFINITION: A technological innovation that doesn’t work as expected because “normal people” can’t figure out how to use it.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Trekkienology: /trekee-nawl-ogee/ I think you have to understand Vulcan to figure out modern trekkienology Etymology: trekkie + technology Created by: Jabberwocky.

Einstymie: /EIN-sty-mee/ Sue was all thrilled to get her new cell phone, but after reading through the 245 page manual and realizing she didn’t have a clue as to how to turn on the damn thing, she realized she had purchased yet another Einstymie. Etymology: Einstein, stymie (A situation or problem presenting such difficulties as to discourage or defeat any attempt to deal with or resolve it.) Created by: purpleartichokes.

Ditzmo: /ditz-mo/ The ditzmo was such a complicated bit of electronics that Bobbie didn’t even try to figure it out. Etymology: ditz (a scatterbrain) + gizmo (a mechanical device) Created by: jedijawa.

Vistappointment: /vis-tah-POYNY-ment/ That new self-walking dog leash I bought online turned out to be a big Vistappointment. I couldn’t even get it configured to my breed, it kept defaulting to “shih tsu”. What a rip! Etymology: Vista (you know) + disappointment Created by: Alchemist.

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