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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Comfkshy
Created by: k2nsf
Pronunciation: Cumf-shkee
Sentence: I can't go to sleep unless I'm wearing my comfkshy socks.
Etymology: Comfort plus blankie
Fashrriage
Created by: skelk
Pronunciation: Fash-ridge
Sentence:
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
- skelk, 2006-12-21: 11:19:00
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Apparellize
Created by: whimsy
Pronunciation: She had an apparellizing relationship with her gerbil-fur shoes.
Sentence:
Etymology:
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)
Fetish
Created by: hvhtim
Pronunciation: feh-tish
Sentence: i have a fetish with these shoes.
Etymology: it's the word
Inanimorata
Created by: DarthWader
Pronunciation: in an ih more otta
Sentence: She clawed through her closet for the her precious inanimorata, which sat protected in a special box toward the back.
Etymology: inanimate (not alive) + inamorata (female lover)
Fashiophilia
Created by: daveleack
Pronunciation: fash e o filia
Sentence: My girlfriend suffers from fashiophilia. She's made up back stories for each of her pairs of shoes. Pretty detailed histories that she can't help but recount at parties.
Etymology: From fashion (popular clothing styles) and philia (having a deep fondness for)
Infashionation
Created by: oxhead
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I admit to having an infashionation with this jacket.
Etymology: Combines "infatuation" with "fashion."
Wardrobsession
Created by: ArsMajika
Pronunciation: WAR-drobe-ses-SHUN
Sentence: "My sister has a total wardrobsession with that scarf; she wears it everywhere!"
Etymology: Wardrobe + Obsession... pretty simple, really
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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