Vote for the best verboticism.
DEFINITION: v., To clean up another person's mess, only to have all their garbage dumped right on top of you. n., A person who tries to help other people solve their problems but always ends up in deep doo-doo.
Verboticisms
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Samaritrashed
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: sah - MARE - uh - trasht
Sentence: When Germond tried to clear the clog in Beatrices's toilet with a compressor and suddenly found himself covered in fresh sewage he realized he had once again been samaritrashed while innocently trying to help someone.
Etymology: Mix of samaritan and trashed
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COMMENTS:
Did the kitty litter in the cartoon inspire this sentence! Wow ... strong images today. lol! Good blend of words, too! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-07: 08:34:00
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Counselquence
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Cown-sel-quen-se
Sentence: When Nicola heard the knock on her door late one night she knew it would be her best friend Dana with news of the latest tragic event in her life. This time she found her in floods of tears, when she asked her what was wrong she told her that she had been seeing a married man and didn't know what to do. Being a good friend Nicola sat and listened to her for the next five hours, eventually she advised her to give the man an ultimatum, the wife or her. Dana thanked her and left. What she hadn't realised however was that the man in question was her own husband, but she soon found out when the counselquence ended in him packing his bags and moving in with Dana a week later.
Etymology: Counsel(give advice to someone to help resolve a personal problem) + Consequence(result or effect)
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COMMENTS:
I think those are my neighbors - Mustang, 2008-12-02: 07:33:00
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-02: 12:29:00
Great story, TJayzz...the basis of all Country & Western songs! - Nosila, 2008-12-02: 22:18:00
A modern parable, indeed. - metrohumanx, 2008-12-03: 16:44:00
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Sainttomarse
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: snt-toe-MARSS
Sentence: Benedict was a true sainttomarse. Every time he volunteered to help a friend move house he ended up with all the sh*t jobs.
Etymology: saint (one with good intentions) + Saint Thomas + arse (from whence the doo doo)
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COMMENTS:
ROFL - emdeejay, 2008-12-03: 04:59:00
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Gallantrashed
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: gal-uhn-trasht
Sentence: Maybe it's karma, maybe just bad luck but whenever Ben tries to make amends for someone else's mess he gets gallantrashed.
Etymology: gallanrtry (dashing courage; heroic bravery; noble-minded behavior) + trashed (to destroy, damage, or vandalize)
Boomerangel
Created by: CanadianAndyCapp
Pronunciation: Boom-er-ane-jel or boom-er-ang-le
Sentence: Despite all his efforts, Jack's best friend /guardian angel, Alex, just couldn't stop him from getting into all kinds of trouble. Which inevitably rebounded back on the angel, getting him the nickname Boomerangel
Etymology: Boomerang - (Australian) An aerodynamic weapon with the property of eliptical flight. or to rebound upon. Angel - Helpmate, guardian
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COMMENTS:
very nice word - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-07: 15:57:00
Out of this world! Heavenly! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-07: 19:45:00
I was looking for a way to use 'boomerang' too, but I couldn't get it to work — you sure did! Excellent creation. - Tigger, 2008-02-11: 01:03:00
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Goodpunish
Created by: Sibahi
Pronunciation: Good-punish
Sentence: "John was goodpunished, John is a goodpunish"
Etymology: "No good deed goes unpunished." - Clare Boothe Luce
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COMMENTS:
Nice wordplay and turn about in your sentence and verboticism! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-07: 08:44:00
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Poomerang
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: poōmərang
Sentence: Whenever Charlie tries to help his friends get out of a mess, his efforts turn into a poomerang. It’s like an excremental tar baby.
Etymology: poo (excrement) + boomerang (return to the originator, often with negative consequences)
Helperskelper
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: Hell-pers-Kell-per
Sentence: HelperSkellper, and we all fall down!
Etymology: Botch job of 1. Helper 2. Skupper and generally inspired by Helter Skelter...which is a catchy combination in a pop song a bit like..la la la
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COMMENTS:
cute - Nosila, 2010-04-27: 11:01:00
Wow this sounds familiar to me! - splendiction, 2010-04-27: 19:54:00
Know why it sounds familiar: check out the fifth word I made (helperskelpering)! - splendiction, 2010-04-27: 19:59:00
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Lamentidy
Created by: jajsr
Pronunciation: Lay-mint-tie-dee
Sentence: Paul was just trying to help out, but fell victim to lamentidy as the cat knocked over the litterbox.
Etymology: A combination of "lament" and "tidy".
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COMMENTS:
Nice combination! More! More! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-02: 14:03:00
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Dooundo
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: doo - un - doo
Sentence: As Harry lay on his back with a pile of Rover's doo on top of him, he realized that he had just experienced a case of dooundo. While shoveling the dog run, his shovel hit a rock, propelling him backwards and flinging the doo on top of him.
Etymology: Doo and Undo
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COMMENTS:
LOL! I laughed at your word~ Good one! :) - abrakadeborah, 2012-03-05: 11:36:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by purpleman. Thank you purpleman. ~ James
silveryaspen - 2008-02-07: 21:21:00
Had fun with your definition today, purpleman! A rose for your good cartoon, James! (an aside for pupleman and Stevenson about a past verbot: You both noted that beefcant got votes but no comments. It was because most of the compliments I thought turned my face red! If you care to go back and take a look, I'm tickled pink to tell you I finally came up with one I could post!)
Smells like a rose or maybe a strawberry. Thanks Silveryaspen! ~ James
silveryaspen - 2008-12-02: 13:05:00
Great word. Great etymology.
silveryaspen - 2008-12-02: 13:08:00
in the wrong box again! I'm flummboxed!
Today's definition was suggested by purpleman. Thank you purpleman. ~ James
scrabbelicious - 2010-05-01: 13:17:00
What can I say, fools seldom differ. ;-)