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DEFINITION: n. A harmless untruth, intended to comfort simple souls. v. To use a little bit a fiction to smooth over the perplexities and complexities of life.
Verboticisms
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Fibonaughtchicanery
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: fib/oh/not/chi/can/ury
Sentence: Those wonderful fairytales of childhood are really nothing but fibonaughtchicanery.
Etymology: fib + naught (nothing) + chicanery (deception) + fibonacci
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COMMENTS:
Looks it a tongue twister, but sounds good. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-24: 08:17:00
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Benefib
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: ben/uh/fib
Sentence: To keep their spirits up and help them through the day to complete their tasks, the boss would often encourage his staff with a benefib or two.
Etymology: benefit + fib
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COMMENTS:
Dude, you come up with the best words without making them long and cumbersome. - jedijawa, 2007-04-16: 12:55:00
And people love voting for the obvious ones! ;) - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-16: 15:13:00
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Virdecept
Created by: Ellemorpheus
Pronunciation: Ver-dih-sept Veer-dih-sept Ver-dee-sept Veer-dee-sept
Sentence: The broken man told a small virdecept to make the young couple feel better.
Etymology: Vir-virtue/virgin/pure decept- deception, deceive
Nayverily
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: nay - VERR - uh - lee
Sentence: Spinning yet another nayverily, Nathan assured his family and friends that his emaciated state and absence of energy was due to his strict diet and not the result of serious disease, though his doctor had told him otherwise.
Etymology: Blend of nay ... 'deny', and verily...'truth'
Frib
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: fribb
Sentence: As was his nature, Alexander once again passed along a frib when asked a hard question with a potentially embarrasing answer, a tiny untruth that was told to spare the feelings of his friend.
Etymology: Blend of the words 'fib' (small lie) and 'rib'...to poke fun or make light of.
Tootroo
Created by: patb
Pronunciation: too-troo
Sentence: Tom used tootroo about the "non-infectious airborne contagions" to convince his girlfriend that it was okay to kiss, as long as he didn't breathe
Etymology: too true two
Soitghost
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: soe it goest
Sentence: His soitghosts will remain relevent wherever there is a need for humour in tragic situations.
Etymology: "so it goes" ghost
Simplifictionalize
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: simp - le - fik - shun - all - iz
Sentence: Since Sally couldn't quite explain the circumstances of her whereabouts, she decided to simplictionalize her story. She felt that it took out the complexity of the situation and put it into a scenario that was better understandable by her family.
Etymology: simplify, fictionalize
Fiblet
Created by: RustyGb
Pronunciation: fib-let (phoenetic)
Sentence: When asked of his whereabouts, Jim loosed a fiblet about a dentist's appointment to preserve the secret of Carie's surprise party.
Etymology: Fib: to lie -let: small one (MF -elet, fr el)
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COMMENTS:
I like it! - wordmeister, 2007-04-20: 10:20:00
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Consolie
Created by: justinchau
Pronunciation: con-sol-lie
Sentence: I had to consolie my patient when he wanted assurance that x-rays had no radiation. I consolied the hypochondriac by assuring her the pill wasn't a placebo.
Etymology: console + lie
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COMMENTS:
Hmm, what about alieviate (alleviate + lie)? - justinchau, 2008-06-23: 05:55:00
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Comments:
ErWenn - 2007-04-16: 08:00:00
Best verbotoon ever. So it goes, buddy, so it goes.
ErWenn - 2007-04-16: 08:20:00
Just noticed what was written on the typewriter. Ha!
Today's definition was suggested by Kurt Vonnegut and first appeared in his novel Cat's Cradle.
Thank you Mr. Vonnegut! ~ James
RE: "Best Verbotoon Ever" Thanks ErWenn! However I must say it was all inspired by KV himself. So it goes... ~ James
See the top 4 words of the day at Yeah, I'm in heaven now ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Kurt Vonnegut and first appeared in his novel Cat's Cradle.
Thank you Mr. Vonnegut! ~ James
wurdless - 2008-07-12: 15:23:00
Vonnegut is cool!
reverb - 2008-07-12: 15:31:00
cat's cradle rocks
Today's definition was suggested by vonnegut. Thank you vonnegut. ~ James
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