Tag: Verbotomy

DEFINITION: v. To exclusively use credit cards, debit cards and/or electronic banking in order to avoid using, or even touching, old fashioned cash. n. A person who never pays for anything using real money.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Spendshift: /SPEND-shift/ Virgil’s wife, Mabel, loved to tell her friends that he had become a devoted spendshift, having arranged to have both their paychecks deposited directly to their banking accounts, doing all his bill paying on line and making all purchases with credit or debit cards, thereby avoiding any contact with actual cash which he considered to be antiquated and beneath him. Etymology: Blend of ‘spend’ (expend funds) and ‘shift’ (transfer or move to another place), a play on the word spendthrift. Created by: Mustang.

Plasticscene: /plas tik seen/ When Joey started school, he was familiar with the plasticscene, because his Dad had taught him all about credit cards. Imagine his surprise to find out he was meant to make a model out of it in Art class. Etymology: Plastic (credit cards) & Scene (happening) & Wordplay on Plasticine (synthetic clay-like material used in schools for making models) Created by: Nosila.

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DEFINITION: v. To expectorate unexpectedly, especially in situations where it is not considered socially acceptable. n. A person who habitually spits, even when among polite company.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Spittune: /spit-TOON/ Whether or not it was intentional no one knew, but folks did know a conversation with Willard may well result in them being plastered with his dinner, his drinks or just his spittle and behind his back folks referred to his conversation as a spittune as the ‘punctuations’ of spittle resembled the beat of uptempo music. Etymology: Blend of ‘spit’ (expectorate) and ‘tune’ (song or bit of music) Play on the word spittoon, a cuspidor Created by: Mustang.

Spirettes: // He has a problem he always spits he has spirettes. Etymology: Created by: Menotyou.

Horkule: /hork yewl/ Her blind date turned out to be a mystery date, especially after he covered her in his trachial fluids. He was none other than Horkule Poirot and her little grey cells wished she had never agreed to this outing. Etymology: Hork (to release phlegm from nose or throat)& Hercule Poirot (Agatha Christie’s fictional Belgian Detective) Created by: Nosila.

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DEFINITION: v. To ask a someone a bizarre question in order to get them to think outside their mental little boxes. (And to see if they are actually listening.) n. A creative provocation designed to pull people out of their daily stupor.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Yeastinflection: /yeest-in-fleckt-shun/ Juanita had a very ‘bubbly’ personality and a bit of an off-the-wall skew on life in general and she often tried to get a ‘rise’ out of people by putting a bit of a yeastinflection in her approach and would ask seemingly pointless questions in order to goad her companions into making responses to what were sometimes very personal matters. Etymology: ‘yeast’ (1.A microscopic fungus) and ‘inflection’ (1.A change in the form of a word (typically the ending) to express a grammatical function or attribute such as tense, mood, person), and a play on words on ‘yeast infection’. Created by: Mustang.

Homedepose: /home de pose/ When Kyle asked about a seat for his wheelbarrow, Katie the associate was used to getting homedepose idiotic questions all the time. Her experience had prepared her to think outside the box store and have a ready response. Etymology: Home Depots (famus US home goods retailer, known for its signature orange color and pretty much in every city in USA & Canada…) & Pose (ask a question) Created by: Nosila.

Whatiffing: // Etymology: Created by: Menotyou.

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DEFINITION: v. To obsessively work on, shine and polish something which has no intrinsic value. n. A item which has lots of imagined shine in the eyes of the owner, but no real value for anyone else.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Quartshite: /kwart shy t/ She spent cleaning and polishing the quartshite ring he gave her, not knowing it was as worthless and trashy as he Etymology: quartzite, shite Created by: galwaywegian.

Perfectioneering: / per-fek-shun-EER-ing/ Something of a drama queen and one with a notable lack of self esteem, Brandy would work incessantly to improve any and all manner of things from her written essays to her doll collection to her flatware, believing that her perfectioneering would somehow transform mundane things into works of art. Etymology: Blend of ‘perfection’ state of being perfect and ‘engineering’ (engineer – To plan, manage, and put through by skillful acts or contrivance; maneuver) Created by: Mustang.

Finetoon: /fyne toon/ No matter what Naomi did to her resume, it always looked like someone had had to finetoon it. How else would her work history look like such a piece of fiction? Etymology: Fine-tune (polish and perfect) & Toon (cartoon;imaginery, humourous drawing;caricature) Created by: Nosila.

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DEFINITION: n. A tool which has been re-purposed and is now being used (perhaps unsafely) to perform a completely different function. v. To use a tool for a different purpose than for which it was originally designed.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Skimprovise: / SKIM-pro-vyz/ Even at risk of life and limb in using tools and devices dangerously to save a few pennies, Maribel would often skimprovise, sometimes even endangering those around her. Etymology: Blend of ‘skimp’ (To provide for or supply inadequately; be stingy with) and ‘improvise’ (to make, provide, or arrange from whatever materials are readily available) Created by: Mustang.

Limplement: /lim ple ment/ Eileen was attemting to use her recycled saw to trim her nose hairs. Unfortunately, it slipped and severed her leg, making it a limplement. She now spells her name I-Lean… Etymology: Limb (arm or leg or tree branch) & Implement (tool, device, instrument) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Limplement:

galwaywegian, 2013-07-04: 07:29:00
Are you sure her name wasn’t Noeleen?

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