Tag: Verbotomy

DEFINITION: v. To engage in an emotional debate over the small, yet somehow surprisingly important details in a simple game. n. An emotional game player

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Scrabblividity: /skrab bel liv id it ee/ Sheldon was a poor sport when he played board games. He cheated and intimidiated his partners and got mad when he lost. His scrabblividity usually resulted in shouting matches. It was suspected that he had vowel trouble… Etymology: Scrabble (board game like crossword) & Lividity (a state of fury so great the face becomes discolored) Created by: Nosila.

Verbotocide: /ver bot oh sighed/ Her snide remarks and superior attitude caused him to commit verbotocide by literally making her eat her words Etymology: verbotomy, genocide Created by: galwaywegian.

Bloodplayer: /blud-plae-yer/ “I am done playing Doug. I can’t take all his yelling anymore. He is a total bloodplayer” Etymology: blood; play Created by: Koekbroer.

Scrabblesquabble: /skrab-uhl-skwob-uhl/ Everybody loves that James now has an electronic edition of Scrabble. Nobody has to engage in a scrabblesquabble when they play him. When he tries to play a word that he “knows” is right, he can scream at the computer all he wants and nobody but neighbors within three blocks have to hear it. Etymology: Scrabble (Board game where you create interconnected words) + squabble (to engage in a petty quarrel) Created by: artr.

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DEFINITION: n. 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. v. To catch your new husband in a close quarters with a close friend.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Bedtrayal: /bed tray al/ When Samantha discovered her groom, Roger, with her bridesmaid Marie, together on her marriage bed, she felt horrible bedtrayal. She was enraged that they were doing it on the fabulous new bedding her Grandma had given her. Talk about cheat sheets… Etymology: Bed (have sexual intercourse with;a piece of furniture in which to sleep and do other things) & Betrayal (be sexually unfaithful to one’s partner in marriage) Created by: Nosila.

Matrimoany: /mat rim oh nee/ she left the reception to investigate the souds of matrimoany coming from the broom closet Etymology: moan matrimony Created by: galwaywegian.

Sheetcheats: /sheet-cheet/ Jill was stunned to find that her new husbum was a sheetcheat. She began to suspect something when she heard that her girlfriend just happened to book a vacation the same place they were having their honeymoon. Etymology: sheet (a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, or other material used as an article of bedding) + cheat (to deceive) Created by: artr.

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DEFINITION: n. A sudden, uncontrollable desire to eat something fast, usually occurs at bedtime. v. To eat food while lying in bed.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Nocturnibble: /nok-tur-nib-uhl/ Joan just can’t understand Jerry’s need to eat in bed. His nocturnibble habit may well be why she is considering separate beds in her redecorating plan. Etymology: nocturnal (of or pertaining to the night) + nibble (small morsel or bit) Created by: artr.

Vitotic: /Vee-taw-tihk/ Resisting my vitotic sensations was one of the key ways I lost a lot of my weight. Etymology: This comes from an episode of “Viva la bam”, where Vito lays on a bed and eats several chicken wings as a prank on Johnny Knoxville. Thus, when you are eating in bed you are being like vito. Created by: chaok.

Grubstruck: /grub-struk/ At two in the morning Doug was suddenly grubstruck and had to hurry off to the fridge to fix himself a teetering dagwood. Etymology: “grub”, as in food; “struck” as in a blow Created by: Koekbroer.

Insomniate: /in-SOM-nee-ayt/ For the fifth night in a row George’s growling stomach kept he and his wife, Gladys, awake and for the fifth night in a row George raided the fridge and insomniate himelf off to dreamland. Etymology: Blend of ‘insomnia’ and ‘ate’. Created by: Mustang.

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DEFINITION: n. A mixture of delight and guilt felt when a colleague, whom you despise, suffers a misfortune. v. To feel bad about feeling good when something bad happens to someone who is definitely not good.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Obraguilt: /oh-brah-gihlt/ I felt obraguilt when I heard that my boss was fired. Etymology: “obra-” comes from “Obratna”, which, according to google translate, is macedonian for “reverse”. Guilt comes from a word that means “sin, crime, fault” in old english. Created by: chaok.

Rueglee: /ROO-glee/ Miranda was struck with rueglee over the sudden misfortune that came to her friend Louise, the woman she loves to hate. Etymology: Blend of ‘Rue’ (v. to feel sorrow over; repent of; regret bitterl and ‘Glee’ (n. open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation) Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Rueglee:

chaok, 2012-07-19: 19:16:00
wow. much better than my own.

Sadpy: /sad-pee/ When Rachel heard that her office enemy had spilled her coffee all over her own laptop she became very sadpy. Etymology: contraction of “sad” and “happy” Created by: Koekbroer.

Melanjolly: /mel-uhn-jol-ee/ Joyce had a case of menanjolly when she heard that her major rival was being let go over a conflict of interest issue. The fact that she had presented him with the opportunity to do so pinged on her conscience just a little, but she got over that quickly. Etymology: melancholy (depressed, sad) + jolly (laughing, joyful) Created by: artr2.

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DEFINITION: n A lie told by a politician which is not really a lie, because in their heart of hearts, they are pretending it is true. v. To believe you are telling the truth even though you know it’s really not.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Politiwrap: /po-LIT-eh-rap/ Senator Bugle once again orated in politiwrap, information that met his own test for beign factual but not necessarily related to the truth as the rest of the country might see it. Etymology: Blend of ‘political’ and ‘wrap’ (v. To surround or involve in a specified quality or atmosphere) also a play on the word ‘rap’ or ‘speech/talk’ Created by: Mustang.

Simultruth: /sim-il-trooth/ “Read my lips: no new taxes” Etymology: simulate + truth Created by: Koekbroer.

Truthdecay: /trooth de kay/ When Senator I.M. Mendacious the second won the seat his father had held before him, he ignored the gossip of bribes and kickbacks and outrageous election promises. His defense was that despite the fact that he suffered a hereditary illness, he had overcome it to win the election. He had been diagnosed with chronic truthdecay and had become the poster boy for finding a cure. Etymology: Truth (a fact that has been verified; conformity to reality or actuality)& Decay (the process of gradually becoming inferior;decompose or fall into ruin; an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying) WordPlay on Tooth Decay. Created by: Nosila.

Inventruth: /in-ven-trooth/ The candidate is famous for his use of inventruth. He is so good at it that his own mother is beginning to doubt her memory of her son’s early life. Etymology: invent (to produce or create with the imagination) + truth (conformity with fact or reality) Created by: artr2.

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