Tag: Verbotomy

DEFINITION: n., A person so enamored with the holidays that they don’t just deck their halls and home, but they also decorate their car, their cubicle, their pets, and themselves. v., To obsessively decorate according to seasonal holidays.

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Deckadent: /dek a dent/ Merry Yule is a self-proclaimed deckadent. She starts gathering her Christmas Kitsch in October and by December her home,vehicle,office, pets and person are covered in greens & reds, candy canes, bells and holly. When she looks for a new home, the first thing she asks is, “Where can I put the Christmas Tree?” She gets so excited waiting for Santa, no one has the heart to tell her he’s not real… Etymology: Decadent (a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically); marked by excessive self-indulgence)& & Decorate (make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.)& Deck (to decorate;to be beautiful to look at) Created by: Nosila.

Christerical: /kris terry kal/ if you go Christerical in november yule probably regret it. Etymology: hysterical, Christmas Created by: galwaywegian.

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Preposterxmas: /pripästÉ™reksmÉ™s/ Holly’s approach to the holidays is truly preopsterxmas. It was bad enough last year when she started wearing a string of lights and couldn’t leave her cubicle without trailing extension cords behind her but this year she is festooned with sprigs of holly and ornaments. She is a hazard to be around. Etymology: preposterous (utterly absurd or ridiculous)+ Xmas (informal term for Christmas) Created by: artr2.

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DEFINITION: v. To turn up the volume on your ipod and zone out all exterior noise, chatter, distractions, and focus on what’s really important – your own feelings! n. A person who is humming their own tune, and ignoring everything else.

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Narcisstatistic: /nar sis stat tis tik/ No wonder there are so many distracted driving laws and lawsuits against people too stupid to concentrate on what they are doing and act safely. Take Penny, who merrily walked into the path of a car on the street, oblivious due to her wearing her earpads, listening to fluffy pop music. The driver of the car lost control to avoid her, flipped over and went to Heaven. Penny herself narrowly avoided becoming another narcisstatistic and still doesn’t know it! Etymology: Narcississtic (characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance) & Statistic (a datum that can be represented numerically)

Created by: Nosila.

Oblissvious: /É™blisvÄ“É™s/ Mary seems to always have her earbuds stuck in her ears. She goes through life completely oblissvious to what is going around her. Co-workers are amused to see her dancing down the hall whisper-singing her favorite tune. The scary part is that her iPod hasn’t worked for weeks. All the music she hears comes from her head. Etymology: oblivious (not aware of or not concerned about what is happening around one) + bliss (perfect happiness; great joy) Created by: artr2.

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DEFINITION: n. An ingrained habit which is so entrenched in individual’s personality that they practically have an identity crisis if anyone tries to change it. v. To try to modify a person’s instinctive behavior and/or unconscious habits.

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Himertia: /him ur sha/ Betty was a scientist and her best study was her husband Gill. He always displayed a bad case of himertia. He seldom stirred for days on end. She fully expected him to be hanging by his toenails from a tree when she got back from the lab. Oh well, she was doing her thesis on his himertia…had she done it on a female, it would have been called inhertia. But we all know that a woman’s work is never done. Etymology: Him (male person) & Inertia (the tendency of a body to maintain is state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force; a disposition to remain inactive or inert) Created by: Nosila.

Habquiddity: /habkwidətē/ Ralph is a man of habits. He drives the same route to work every day. He parks in the same spot. He takes 37 steps starting with his right foot to get to his desk. He gets a cup of coffee, adds two containers of creamer and one packet of sugar, stirring it 17 times. If anything breaks into his habquiddity he is a wreck for the entire day. Etymology: habit (a settled or regular tendency or practice) + quiddity (the inherent nature or essence of someone or something) Created by: artr2.

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DEFINITION: v. To unintentionally encourage bad behavior by responding to it in a manner that incites even worse behavior. n. A response designed to stop bad behavior, which paradoxically produces more of it.

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Habetual: /ha bet ual/ Joanie nagged at Chachi when he drove, which drove him insane. She failed to under stand that her habetual commentary on his poor driving habits made him a worse driver. It would have probably worked better if she had actually had a driving license of her own before passing such critiques on his driving skills… Etymology: Habitual (commonly used or practiced; usual) & Abet (assist or encourage, usually in wrongdoing) Created by: Nosila.

Fortidefy: /fôrtədifī/ Joanne knows all about the concept of reverse psychology. It is easy for her to get her children and husband to do what she wants by getting them to fortidefy her nagging. Etymology: fortify (strengthen or invigorate) + defy (openly resist or refuse to obey) Created by: artr2.

Crazydriver: // Etymology: Created by: Andrew98.

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DEFINITION: v. To use animal training techniques to improve and direct the behavior of other people. n. A technique which uses the principles of animal training to solve a human behavioral riddle.

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Pavlover: /pav lov er/ In order to break her husband Ivan of his sock-dropping habits, Anna rewarded him with love in order to get him to respond. She was a pavlover and if he still didn’t learn to pick up his socks, she had to become a pavtufflover.
But enough about their socks life… Etymology: Pavlov (Russian physiologist who observed conditioned salivary responses in dogs (1849-1936)) & Lover (a person who loves or is loved)

Created by: Nosila.

Fetchnpay: /fechnpā/ Jill is pleased with the progress with the training of her new boyfriend. He is doing well with sit (and be quiet), speak (when given permission) and stay (focused on your girlfriend only). Jill’s proudest achievement is teaching him fetchnpay. All she has to do is mention she would like to have and release him to go get it. She still has to work on keeping him from getting distracted and buying too much for himself. Etymology: fetch (go for and then bring back) n (and) pay (give someone money that is due for work done) Created by: artr2.

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