Tag: Verbotomy

DEFINITION: n., 1. A pine needle infestation, common during and after the holiday season. 2. Prickly Christmas guests who will not leave and cannot be cleaned up. v., To fall down during a holiday party and hide under a rug.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Ofirun: /oaf fir run/ Although they love the smell of a real tree and get one every Christmas, by the end of the holidays, George & Mary are ofirun with needles. It seems to take most of the next year to finally get them gone. That is about as long as it takes to get rid of all the unwanted relatives who delight in surprising them with unexpected visits! Etymology: Overrun (infested with;invaded by) & Fir (a coniferous evergreen, popular as a Christmas Tree. Created by: Nosila.

Pinattaque: /pahyn-uh-tak/ Look after your Christmas tree with care if you don’t want your home to be the next victim of pinattaque.

Etymology: Created by: Lingoism.

Porcupinetree: /pôrkyəpīntrē/ Why is it that the needles from the porcupinetree seem to actively burrow into the carpet like so many quill moles. Etymology: porcupine (a large rodent with defensive spines or quills on the body and tail) pine tree (an evergreen coniferous tree that has clusters of long needle-shaped leaves) Created by: artr2.

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DEFINITION: v. To inspire and motivate people to do great things, by issuing petty threats. n. A kind and gentle threat.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Pushsuasion: /push sway shun/ Every Mother is guilty of using pushsuasion to try and inspire their children to do more. It’s a bargaining tactic and right up there with those 2 magic words that inspire awe and compliance: “Or Else”, especially at Christmas time. Etymology: Push (to urge, goad into action;make one’s self more successful) & Persuasion (inducement to act by argument or reasoning or entreaty)
Created by: Nosila.

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galwaywegian, 2011-12-16: 04:20:00
also works around shove tuesday

Hohohotivation: /hoe hoe hoe tiv ay shun/ When motivation doesn’t work, try hohohotivation, if that doesnt’t work, it for packupandgotivation. Etymology: Motivation, ho ho ho Created by: galwaywegian.

Naginspirate: /Nagin spirate/ Harry totally naginpirated me to do the laundry so I could watch my favourite tv programme tonight. Etymology: nag & inspirate Created by: Lingoism.

Threatentice: /θretnentÄ«s/ The boss is famous for his ability to threatentice his sales staff. “If you don’t make time to get your paperwork done, I just might not have time to sign your commission checks” can be quite motivating. Etymology: threaten (state one’s intention to take hostile action against someone in retribution for something done or not done) + entice (attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage) Created by: artr2.

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DEFINITION: n., The wondrous, and the “wonder how I’m going to pay for it” feelings of the holiday shopping season. v., To stumble through a shopping mall like a zombie on a buying binge, grabbing anything and everything that will fit on your credit card.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Oweoweowe: /o o o/ T’was the day before Christmas and all thru the Mall, no one paid cash, no one at all. The charge cards were melting from the friction of swipe and shoppers all wondered how they’d survive all the hype. Santa was laughing, his cheeks very merry. He told all the shoppers oweoweowe, Christmas debt is scary! Etymology: Owe (be indebted to;be in debt) & Ho Ho Ho (Santa’s trademark laugh;”Ho ho ho” is a rendition of a particular type of deep-throated laugh or chuckle which is of Gaelic (Irish language) derivation) Created by: Nosila.

Generiousity: /jen err eye owe you sitee/ by about 3.00pm on the 20th of december, his generousity became generiousity Etymology: generousity. IOU Created by: galwaywegian.

Clausquander: /Clau-skwon-der/ Jenny had to go to rehab after the Christmas holidays to cure herself from the Clausquander syndrome after effects. Etymology: Claus – Santa Claus
Squander – to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully Created by: Lingoism.

Spenderlust: /spɛndərləst/ In a bad case of spenderlust Brian bounced from one store to another at the mall buying most everything that caught his eye until his card was declined. Looks like its gonna be a ramen January. Etymology: spender (somebody who pays out money in buying or hiring goods or services) wanderlust (a strong desire to travel) Created by: artr2.

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DEFINITION: n., An ugly decorative item or article of clothing received from friends or relatives, which is kept stored away but ready to be pulled out at a moment’s notice in anticipation of a return visit. v., To temporarily place an old, and perhaps unattractive gift in a place of honor.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Gifthoarse: /gift hors/ Christmas Season means family visits and redecorating to accommodate and proudly show off the bizarre previous gifts reveived from the visitors. When Wendy & Peter redecorated, they always included the present his Mother had given him and thought was a perfect addition to their lodge-like home, Billy-The-Singing-Big-Bass-Fish-Stuck-On-A-Wall-Plaque. She would repeatedly push the button and play “YMCA” over and over, laughing all the way. Luckily so many years of abuse had almost worn out his singing voice and Billy was now a gifthoarse. Etymology: Gift (present) & Gifthorse (a gift (usually of inferior quality) that should be accepted uncritically) & Hoarse (deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion) Created by: Nosila.

Artdecohno: /art dek o no/ his mother had a huge collection of artdecohno on display, screaming aesthetic abuse from the mantlepiece, Etymology: art deco, oh no Created by: galwaywegian.

Uglament: /É™glÉ™mÉ™nt/ Bill and Joan have one of the prettiest Christmas trees in the neighborhood. The only thing that keeps it from being the best is the huge uglament they are obligated to hang prominently on their tree. It was a gift from Joan’s mother. Mom made this atrocious bauble in her craft class from an egg carton and too much glitter. Etymology: ugly (unpleasant or repulsive, esp. in appearance) + ornament (a thing used to adorn something but usually having no practical purpose) Created by: artr2.

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DEFINITION: n., A Christmas tree, ornament or caroler that, no matter how it is tied, tethered and tilted, refuses to stay upright. v., To be so full of Christmas cheer that you simply sparkle, twinkle and tip over.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Listletoe: /list ill to/ When Yul & Holly decorated their apartment for Christmas, they had trouble getting anything to hang up straight. They ended up calling one particular thing the listletoe because it meant you had to lean into your partner to get a better kiss. Hmm, maybe it was not such a bad idea…and maybe putting some Viagra in the tree water might spruce up their Christmas Tree! Etymology: List (to lean to one side) & Mistletoe (Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas, which people have to kiss each other when under it)
Created by: Nosila.

Pissedmas: /piss d niss/ he was on the pissedness diet. driink everything. Eat only solpadeine. Etymology: christmas, pissed Created by: galwaywegian.

Parumparumrum: /parəmparəmrəm/ Ralph was really trying to help decorate the Christmas tree but was having trouble staying upright due to the fact that he was full of parumparumrum. Etymology: Pa rum pum pum pum (Onamonapia for drumming from Little Drummer Boy) + rum (an alcoholic liquor distilled from sugar-cane residues or molasses) Created by: artr2.

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