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DEFINITION: n. Anxiety caused by fear that one's body odor may offend others; often exacerbated when required to remove heavy sweaters, or footwear.v. To worry about the way you smell.
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Fearoma
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: fee a roma
Sentence: When Clayton was invited over for games night at his neighbours, he insisted on keeping his boots on, lest the fearoma commence. Everything was fine until he landed on the B&O Railroad in the Monopoly game.
Etymology: Fear (an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) & Aroma (a smell, odor)
Whiffident
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: wif-i-duhnt
Sentence: The leather jacket plus the jog to work, due to the flat tire, left Juan a little whiffident and so he kept it on all day.
Etymology: Whiff - Diffident
Nidorfabricosis
Created by: iaincb
Pronunciation: knee door fab ri co sis
Sentence: I suspect that he is suffering from nidorfabricosis nurse..you can tell by that heavy jacket he is wearing.
Etymology: Nidor - Latin for smell Fabric - Material osis - condition or disorder
Instinktiveness
Created by: Noble
Pronunciation: in-stink-tive-ness
Sentence: When you just know, without actually taking your shoes off, that there will indeed be an unpleasant smell...
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-04: 10:42:00
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Halitoesies
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: halitōzēz
Sentence: The Scout group loved to go hiking. Days of trekking in heavy-duty boots left some of the troop with a bad case of foot stank. One member (name withheld to save embarrassment) was granted a special dispensation from the group leader to stick his un-booted feet out the car window because of his advanced halitosies.
Etymology: halitosis (technical term for bad breath) + toesies (any of the five digits at the end of the human foot)
Stenchion
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: sten-chen
Sentence: Mark was laying on the gurney in the emergency room after his injury and his stenchion level began to rise when he realized that he was still wearing his lucky underwear that he hadn't changed since the beginning of the season. Now his mother would find out about it. She had warned him. It didn't matter that he had two gold gloves and an MVP, what would the doctor think about him?
Etymology: stench: strong, foul odor + tension: mental, emotional or nervous strain -- baseball players are notorious for being highly superstitious and will regard certain articles of clothing as being "lucky." They have been known to go for weeks without taking off socks, charms, underwear, etc. as long as they're hitting well.
Anxietydisodor
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: angs-eye-ity-dis-Odor
Sentence: After a long day in the sun David had anxietydisoder, sniffing his under arm after taking off each layer of clothing.
Etymology: anxiety disorder/ odor
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COMMENTS:
exsmellent! - galwaywegian, 2007-04-26: 07:23:00
I'll return the compliment toadstool57 - very clever - your word is very fun to say!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-26: 10:42:00
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Hodour
Created by: patb
Pronunciation: ho pdour
Sentence: Katie's hodour was so strong that she imagined that she smelled like a ho after spending the afternoon with her boyfriend. The weird thing is that it was just her imagination.
Etymology: ho odour
Phobio
Created by: imcvey
Pronunciation: fo-be-oh
Sentence: Despite suffering in the August heat, Suzanne succumbed to her phobio and would not remove the thick woollen sweater.
Etymology: Phobia - to be disproportionately anxious about something, and B.O. (body odour).
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COMMENTS:
Oooh, nice. Asian? - ohwtepph, 2007-04-26: 11:07:00
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Coldorsweat
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: kol - dor - swet
Sentence: Mr. Badd O. Door came over to my house wearing a a leather jacket, leather pants and heavy leather boots during a hot summer's day last year. I complimented them about his boots and he asked me if I wanted to try them. It was kind of a dare actually, since those boots seemed to be heavy. I quickly said, "Yes, take them off." And not missing a beat, he sped off like Flash into the horizon. I guess coldorsweat must have overcome him.
Etymology: cold sweat (figurative language associated with uneasiness) + odor
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Today's definition was suggested by magenta.
Thank you magenta! ~ James
Vonnegut Week's top Verbotomist, Rikboyee, reveals his secret creative strategy! Read The Verobotomy Interview: Rikboyee on the Verbotomy Blog.
Jabberwocky - 2007-04-26: 10:59:00
I really enjoyed reading the Rikboyee interview. Perhaps you could choose random verbotomists to interview from time to time. It adds yet another dimension to an already fabulous game.
Hey Jabberwocky, Excellent idea! Are you, perchance, offering yourself for a splinterview? (Note: Splinterview is word created by Rikboyee to describe the way I spliced together our email exchange to create the "interview" for the blog.) I would love to splinterview the winner each week, and I see you are very near the top of the list... I have also heard rumours, although it is not official yet, that the winner this week will be awarded a Verbotomy Cup (See the sneak preview here) imprinted with the Author's own Verboticism. ~ James
Jabberwocky - 2007-04-26: 14:20:00
While it would be a frabjous (blend of fair, fabulous and joyous, taken from the Lewis Carroll poem about the Jabberwocky)honour to be splinterviewed, I have been close many weeks but have a difficult time maintaining my stamina. I suspect the winner this week will be Petaj who has put in some superlative words. There are also several dark horses moving up as well, along with the indomitable Stevenson0. The cup is tempting though - great idea
OOh that cup looks great. I hope I can hold on to my lead with those dark horses closing in.
Mustang - 2008-07-03: 06:14:00
Psychosis....good one. gmta?
Not to be THAT guy but shouldn\'t the first line be \"You must BE so hot in those boots\"?
Today's definition was suggested by magenta. Thank you magenta. ~ James