Vote for the best verboticism.
DEFINITION: v. To have a favorite article of clothing with which you develop a personal, and even a deeply fulfilling, relationship. n. A much loved article of clothing.
Verboticisms
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Threadaulation
Created by: vainglorious11
Pronunciation: Supposed to be "threadulation" thread-you-lay-shun
Sentence:
Etymology: =threads+adulation
Thunderwear
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: θəndərwār
Sentence: Jeremy has a great difficulty with the concept of growing up. He was practically giddy when he found an icon of his childhood, Thunderwear. That\'s right, ThunderCats Underoos. He Thunderwears them every day. People have been known to Thunderstare in the locker room at the gym but he doesn\'t Thundercare.
Etymology: ThunderCats (ThunderCats is an American animated television series) + underwear (clothing worn under other clothes, typically next to the skin)
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COMMENTS:
He must have a hard time finding ones that go up over his thunderthighs. - mrskellyscl, 2009-08-04: 05:57:00
The Thunder down under! - Nosila, 2009-08-04: 16:28:00
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Apparellize
Created by: whimsy
Pronunciation: She had an apparellizing relationship with her gerbil-fur shoes.
Sentence:
Etymology:
Sentigarmentality
Created by: jboehnker
Pronunciation: sent' i gar' ment al' i tee
Sentence: Bob's friends began to suspect he was taking his sentigarmentality a little too far when they received their invitations to a birthday party for his favorite boxer shorts.
Etymology: sentimentality + garment
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COMMENTS:
This word really captures the meaning. - lauramy, 2006-12-18: 21:30:00
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Sartomania
Created by: verbinator
Pronunciation: sart-uh-may-nee-yuh
Sentence: At the end of a long day, Helen would put on her lavender wool Versace coat and feel a happy flush of sartomania.
Etymology: sartorial + mania
Sextillism
Created by: isopraxis
Pronunciation: like it reads
Sentence: I can't wear these calvins without having a bout of the old sextillisms.
Etymology: Sex textiles
Sweettee
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: swēttē
Sentence: Billy Bob just loves his NASCAR. Nothing gets him pumped up more than a good ol’ Sunday afternoon of racing. And of course he has to wear his authentic, signed Jimmy Johnson teeshirt. There’s nothing like a man wearin’ a shirt with a picture of another man and a badass car and an explosion in the background. He just loves him some Jimmy Johnson. That’s his sweettee. But not THAT kinda sweet and not THAT kinda lovin’. Thatud just be wrong.
Etymology: sweet (delightful) tee (t-shirt)
Textitillation
Created by: pegritz
Pronunciation: tex-TIT-ill-ation
Sentence: Having been raised by a cult of Prada-worshipping housewives in Upper Manhattan, Richard was all to familiar with the unending temptation of textitillation.
Etymology: Textile + titillation = a good time for all!
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COMMENTS:
Great Sentence! - wordmeister, 2006-12-14: 23:42:00
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Sandalovesick
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: san dal luv sik
Sentence: Sandra was dreading it. The annual foreboding of the Labor Day Weekend. She would be sandalovesick, because her beloved lime sandals would once more leave her like a summer romance and go off to her closet. Mother Nature and Dame Fashion both insisted that the darling shoes be sent away until next spring, when climate and season would be more accepting of them. It broke Sandra's heart and when she became despadrille to see them in the cold days of winter, she would secretly break them out of their California Closet prison and dance a salsa around the house in them...she just could not help herself to save her sole!
Etymology: Sandal (a shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot) & Lovesick (languishing because of love;obsessed about someone or something).
Comments:
Jonno - 2006-12-14: 04:40:00
Hi all! New to this and it's fun, but here's my 3 cents worth... 1. Placing the most voted-for words at the top of the list biases the voting. 2. Words entered earlier are subject to more votes. Could you not take all the entries before voting begins? Or have voting for yesterday's word while today's definitions are open? 3. You should add the part of speech to the definition (verb, noun, etc). I think the celeverer words are the ones which match the definition. 4. Please make these comment boxes a bit bigger! Thanks, Jon.
Hey Jonno, Thanks for your suggestions. They are all good! We are working on way to divide players/words into smaller groups, which will change the way verboticisms are listed, and the way voting happens. Stay tuned... In terms of the "part of speech", we actually had that in earlier, but took it out because people didn't like it. We could add it back... What do you guys think? Thanks for playing! ~ James
ErWenn - 2006-12-14: 12:14:00
I've just joined, and so far, every definition has been for a verb, but most of them lend themselves better to nouns. For example, it's easier to name a disease or condition than it is to give a word that describes succumbing to such a condition. Most of the winning words are nouns, as you can see. I think you should either formally open it up for any part of speech communicating the idea, choose the part of speech for each definition more carefully, or strictly enforce matching the part of speech of the definition.
philip - 2006-12-14: 12:31:00
Nice idea, look forward to playing :) Agree with Jonno on all points, especially the problem that entries made earlier will automatically get more votes...
verbatul - 2006-12-14: 12:35:00
James, the parts of speech is a great idea! It seems that we have a lot of clever people suggesting words so I don't think any creativity will be suffer. In fact, it may inspire more ingenuity. Great game!
I think that we might take a tip from ErWenn keep it formally open to all parts of speech, but then allow players to create variants for specific part of speech (e.g, a verb, a noun, an adj,) and award bonus points for the extra creativity. ~ James
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