http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticisms.php Verboticisms: The latest invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers for today's Verbotomy comic and create-a-word challenge en-us Thu, 22 Nov 2018 1:58:50 EST Thu, 22 Nov 2018 1:58:50 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Verbotomy.com help@verbotomy.com help@verbotomy.com http://www.verbotomy.com/verbotomy.php?jid=ma DEFINITION: n. The emotional connection between a mother and her child, which continues on through life despite all the protestations. v. To be loved by your mother and even though you complain about it a lot. help@verbotomy.com Thu, 22 Nov 2018 1:58:50 EST http://www.verbotomy.com/verbotomy.php?jid=ma http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=24232 Magape: /Ma-gaip/ SENTENCE:.The mother loved her only so much, it was the culmination of magape. ETYMOLOGY: From Agape (unconditional love) and Mother. CREATED BY: UnluckyCharm511. help@verbotomy.com (UnluckyCharm511) Thu, 22 Nov 2018 1:56:25 EST http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=24232 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=24231 Chronicnatophilia: // SENTENCE:. ETYMOLOGY: CREATED BY: ChrisKelly. help@verbotomy.com (ChrisKelly) Thu, 22 Nov 2018 10:37:44 EST http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=24231 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=24230 Deprecating: // SENTENCE:. ETYMOLOGY: CREATED BY: Tawkir. help@verbotomy.com (Tawkir) Thu, 22 Nov 2018 3:51:56 EST http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=24230 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=24033 Momdage: /momdage/ SENTENCE:.Lacking competition from a needy father, her deadbeat kids kept her in eternal momdage. ETYMOLOGY: Mom + bondage (As in "serfdom," not the sexual practice, you pervs!) CREATED BY: ShittyZen. help@verbotomy.com (ShittyZen) Mon, 23 Feb 2015 6:11:29 EST http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=24033 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=23780 Mloving: /Mll-uv-ing/ SENTENCE:.She had a special love for her child, it wasn't like any other, it was mlove. ETYMOLOGY: "Mom" and "Loving" Mom being the loving mother of the child requires no use of child in the word. CREATED BY: Littlewolfdreamer. help@verbotomy.com (Littlewolfdreamer) Thu, 5 Sep 2013 2:33:10 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=23780 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=23779 Pedopathy: /peh doh path y/ SENTENCE:.Ellen loved her son more than anything else. Her pedopathy was strong; she was a true pedopath. ETYMOLOGY: pedo (child); pathos (emotion) CREATED BY: Krixwell. help@verbotomy.com (Krixwell) Thu, 5 Sep 2013 1:51:17 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=23779 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=22440 Mombarrasment: /mom-barr-rass-mint/ SENTENCE:.She's a bit of a mombarrassment when she smothers Doug because he always complains afterwards. ETYMOLOGY: mom + embarrassment CREATED BY: Koekbroer. help@verbotomy.com (Koekbroer) Fri, 11 May 2012 5:09:12 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=22440 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=22439 Motherbucker: /muhth-er-buhk-er/ SENTENCE:.Tim's mom treats him like he's still two years old despite his stint in the Marines and his job as a cop. As she nuzzles up to him and calls him her "Pookie Wookie" he becomes a motherbucker. ETYMOLOGY: mother (a female parent) + bucker (to resist or oppose obstinately) CREATED BY: artr. help@verbotomy.com (artr) Fri, 11 May 2012 6:59:22 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=22439 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=22438 Maternality: /mat urn al it ee/ SENTENCE:.She always told her daughter, "You'll always be my baby, even when you're eighty!" It was her chant of maternality. Now her daughter is eighty and she at 100 still has her baby! ETYMOLOGY: Maternal (characteristic of a mother) & Eternity (time without end) CREATED BY: Nosila. help@verbotomy.com (Nosila) Fri, 11 May 2012 1:24:53 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=22438 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=20590 Nagnurturing: // SENTENCE:. ETYMOLOGY: CREATED BY: georgia27. help@verbotomy.com (georgia27) Mon, 22 Nov 2010 4:31:54 EST http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=20590 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=20589 Demumstration: /dee-mum-stray-shun/ SENTENCE:.She knew he was just showing her a demumstration in front of his friends as he tried to ignore her presence; he couldn't help but secretly text her that he still loved her. ETYMOLOGY: demonstration (protest) + mum (mother) CREATED BY: remistram. help@verbotomy.com (remistram) Mon, 22 Nov 2010 8:50:43 EST http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=20589 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=20588 Mompudent: /mämpyədənt/ SENTENCE:.Debbie can always count on her kids to be mompudent. If they expressed affection without a snide comment she would be concerned that something was drastically wrong. ETYMOLOGY: mom (one’s mother) + impudent (not showing due respect for another person) CREATED BY: artr. help@verbotomy.com (artr) Mon, 22 Nov 2010 4:41:50 EST http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=20588 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=20587 Materix: /may ter ix/ SENTENCE:.A mother's undying love for her child is called a materix. She loves you when you are a helpless babe, dirty diapers, late night feedings and all. She loves you through the rotten 13-20 year age, when you think her and your Dad are the dumbest people on earth and you need to rebel from them at all times. And she loves you through all the years after, even when you put her away in a nursing home and forget to call, visit or write... ETYMOLOGY: Mater (Chiefly British word for Mother, used with The) & Matrix (an enclosure within which something originates or develops (from the Latin for womb) CREATED BY: Nosila. help@verbotomy.com (Nosila) Mon, 22 Nov 2010 1:40:20 EST http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=20587 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17948 Dylanquerncy: /Dill-an-kwern-see/ SENTENCE:.Cameron bristled every time his mother's dylanquerncy surfaced, it reminded him of where he once begun, she would 'always be emotionally yours', even when he was unraveling wherever he's traveling, even to foreign shores. Despite his behaviour or her neediness, boy, mama was on his mind! ETYMOLOGY: Dylan - rocks; delinquency - objectionable behaviour usu of youth and emotionally laden; maternity/paternity - parentage; infancy - period of immaturity and neediness. CREATED BY: dochanne. help@verbotomy.com (dochanne) Sun, 10 May 2009 11:37:25 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17948 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17947 Smotherlylove: /SMOTH er ly love/ SENTENCE:.He still needed her help! She often imagined her son still small enough to hold like a baby. In fact, she could recall the day he was born as if it were just nineteen days ago! Rob felt smotherlyloved and complained bitterly to her, but looked forward to her daily calls just the same. For gawd sakes: he was thirty-nine-eleven...so why was she still asking him things like, had he eaten any greens lately or, did he still have that watch she gave him?! (Her pancakes are still the best, though). ETYMOLOGY: From: love, smother and a play on "motherly love". CREATED BY: splendiction. help@verbotomy.com (splendiction) Fri, 8 May 2009 6:13:32 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17947 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17946 Claustromomic: /claws + tro + mom + ik/ SENTENCE:.Clyde had felt claustromomic ever since he could remember. When he was ten, he was not allowed to play outside with the other kids because she was afraid he might be hurt; now at 45, she lectured him about how he might get hurt mowing the lawn. He knew she loved him but he just felt so "hemmed in". ETYMOLOGY: Claustrophobic (uncomfortably closed or hemmed in) and Mom CREATED BY: mweinmann. help@verbotomy.com (mweinmann) Fri, 8 May 2009 9:13:38 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17946 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17945 Mamamiasma: /mah-mah-mee-az-mah/ SENTENCE:.Prince Hammie Boy was so obsessed with and conflicted by his mother's marriage to his father's brother, he created a mamamiasma in the castle and left quite a few dead, giving truth to the expression "something is rotten in Denmark." Those involved in the clean-up soon suffered from mamamiasthma. ETYMOLOGY: Blending Mama Mia (title of musical/Italian for "my mama") + miasma (putrid air) CREATED BY: readerwriter. help@verbotomy.com (readerwriter) Fri, 8 May 2009 8:07:36 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17945 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17944 Infantuation: /inn fannn chew ay shun/ SENTENCE:.Infantuation was the only explanation for the love she felt for her dylanquent son Robert ETYMOLOGY: infatuation, infant CREATED BY: galwaywegian. help@verbotomy.com (galwaywegian) Fri, 8 May 2009 6:28:59 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17944 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17943 Motherpetual: /moth-er-pet-tu-al/ SENTENCE:.It was early on Mother's Day that I first felt the quickening of movement that signaled the beginning of my motherpetual vigil. I realized that from that moment on every breath I took would be a continual prayer for the happiness of another, that every movement would be for and toward the beloved, every gaze would be like the anxious watch of a sentinal for his king, and that no force in heaven and on earth could stop it nor would death ever end it. ETYMOLOGY: mother + perpetual: enduring forever CREATED BY: mrskellyscl. help@verbotomy.com (mrskellyscl) Fri, 8 May 2009 6:04:51 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17943 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17942 Umbilicallingcard: /um/bill/i/call/ing/card/ SENTENCE:.No matter where you may be or what you may be doing you have a lifelong umbilicallingcard with your mother. If not for you, Babe, I couldn't find the door, Couldn't even see the floor, I'd be sad and blue, If not for you. ETYMOLOGY: umbilical + calling card CREATED BY: Jabberwocky. help@verbotomy.com (Jabberwocky) Fri, 8 May 2009 6:00:28 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17942 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17941 Amasterpieceofheartfeltstrings: /A-mas-ter-peace-of-heart-felt-strings/ SENTENCE:.Feeling amasterpieceofheartfeltstrings of your child. ETYMOLOGY: A masterpiece:Something superlative of its kind,an outstanding achievement! (In this case my only child, my son) Of:Composed or made from,Centering on; directed toward. Heartfelt:Sincerely and strongly felt! Strings: The ties that bind you to your child as a parent that somehow you feel when they need you by instinct. A strong connection as an invisable string that is stronger than you have ever dreamed of experiencing in a lifetime. (A deep bond) "Of ALL of the paintings,drawings or writings I have done, my greatest masterpiece is my son! CREATED BY: abrakadeborah. help@verbotomy.com (abrakadeborah) Fri, 8 May 2009 4:33:50 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17941 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17940 Smotherhood: /sməðərhoŏd/ SENTENCE:.Joyce is very good at smotherhood. Despite protests from her son Tom, she is involved just about every aspect of his life. She selects what he should wear each day. She plans his diet, what he watches on TV, how he spends his spare time. Tom's wife just wants her to go home for a while. ETYMOLOGY: smother (make (someone) feel trapped and oppressed by acting in an overly protective manner toward them) motherhood (being with a female parent) CREATED BY: artr. help@verbotomy.com (artr) Fri, 8 May 2009 4:25:28 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17940 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17939 Amomability: /A Mom A bilitee/ SENTENCE:.For eighty years she showed great agility at her favourite calling, her kids never doubted her amomability! ETYMOLOGY: A Mom (a female parent) & Ability (the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment;possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done) CREATED BY: Nosila. help@verbotomy.com (Nosila) Fri, 8 May 2009 4:12:13 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17939 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17938 Oxytoxindissmaterealization: /oxytoxin-diss-materealization/ SENTENCE:.He suffered from the immature and life long curse of "oxytoxin dissmaterealization". ETYMOLOGY: A Mashup from the words: oxytocin,toxin,to"diss",mater -(Noun 1. mater - an informal use of the Latin word for mother; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously ),dematerialize/realize/realization. CREATED BY: November. help@verbotomy.com (November) Fri, 8 May 2009 3:56:18 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17938 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17937 Wombance: /woom-ans/ SENTENCE:.Sarah was jealous of her husband's wombance with his mother until she had her first child. Then she understood. ETYMOLOGY: womb (uterus) + romance (a love affair) CREATED BY: hyperborean. help@verbotomy.com (hyperborean) Fri, 8 May 2009 2:37:01 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17937 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17936 Infabomom: /N-fab-o-mum/ SENTENCE:.Infabomom created a healthy relationship with his wife and mother-in-law. ETYMOLOGY: Infant bonding with mother. Infa + bo + mom = infabomom CREATED BY: jasjamson. help@verbotomy.com (jasjamson) Fri, 8 May 2009 1:38:09 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17936 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17935 Parentrapment: /pair entrapment/ SENTENCE:.Bob once had a case of parentrapment: "Come mothers and fathers throughout the land. And don't criticize what you can't understand. Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command. Your old road is rapidly agin'." ... Youth is charming, but at times a little selfish and impatient. This is more how I feel: "Love while ya can 'cos too soon they'll be gone, for the times they are a changin'" ETYMOLOGY: Parent: mum or dad. Entrapment: a compromising situation imposed upon you. Bob Dylan: You rock, man. Mum: I love you CREATED BY: emdeejay. help@verbotomy.com (emdeejay) Fri, 8 May 2009 1:25:16 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17935 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17934 Maternality: /muh-tern-AL-ity/ SENTENCE:.The bond between mothers and offspring is maternality, maternal love and instincts that last throughout the lifetime. ETYMOLOGY: Blend of maternal and eternity CREATED BY: Mustang. help@verbotomy.com (Mustang) Fri, 8 May 2009 12:40:00 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17934 http://www.verbotomy.com/verbotomy.php?jid=broken DEFINITION: n. Something, or someone, that/who always seems to break or fall apart, just when you need it/them the most. v. To fall apart just when you need to get it together. help@verbotomy.com Wed, 21 Nov 2018 1:00:01 EST http://www.verbotomy.com/verbotomy.php?jid=broken http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=24071 Fethrend: // SENTENCE:.My fethrend dentist has an appointment available whenever I don't need him. ETYMOLOGY: fair weather friend CREATED BY: tigress. help@verbotomy.com (tigress) Thu, 19 Nov 2015 3:37:16 EST http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=24071 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=23781 Phondrome: /fon-drowm/ SENTENCE:.He would be there for her at all times, except when she really needed him to. He kept phondroming her. He was a real phondromist. ETYMOLOGY: Phone (telephone) + syndrome (disease), shortened from idea "broken phone syndrome". CREATED BY: Krixwell. help@verbotomy.com (Krixwell) Fri, 6 Sep 2013 11:50:52 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=23781 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=22371 Iphoneular: /I-Phone-U-Lar/ SENTENCE:. ETYMOLOGY: Iphone + Failure CREATED BY: BeauKnows. help@verbotomy.com (BeauKnows) Thu, 26 Apr 2012 8:36:37 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=22371 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=22368 Emergencyalater: /emergence-see-u-later/ SENTENCE:.Dan always disappeared when it came down to crunch time, definitely an emergencyalater kind of guy. ETYMOLOGY: Emergency + See you later CREATED BY: dekra. help@verbotomy.com (dekra) Wed, 25 Apr 2012 8:44:34 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=22368 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=22367 Quitessential: /kwit-uh-sen-shuhl/ SENTENCE:.Marsha assumed that the owner's manual had a typo when it described her new computer as quitessential. Not so. All too often, when she was at a crucial juncture in a tabulation, it would just quit. She wouldn't even get the dreaded blue screen, just a few Chinese-looking Kanji characters and a shutdown. When she had the characters translated, they said "I have a headache, goodnight". So much for buying a cheap PC from the back of a van. ETYMOLOGY: quit (of the pure and essential essence of something) + essential (absolutely necessary; indispensable) CREATED BY: artr. help@verbotomy.com (artr) Wed, 25 Apr 2012 7:47:10 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=22367 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=22366 Vacellate: /va sel layt/ SENTENCE:.Mona's phone was often on the fritz. It never happened when robocall election polls came through, heavy breathers or debt consolidation recordings happened. It would only vacellate when Mona needed it for emergencies, work calls, making important appointments or talking to cute guys on the 1-900 numbers. ETYMOLOGY: Vacillate (to be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action)& Cell (Cellular telephone) CREATED BY: Nosila. help@verbotomy.com (Nosila) Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:14:22 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=22366 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=20586 Hollalization: // SENTENCE:. ETYMOLOGY: CREATED BY: Keeah. help@verbotomy.com (Keeah) Sun, 21 Nov 2010 5:27:24 EST http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=20586 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=20585 Autodislovation: // SENTENCE:. ETYMOLOGY: CREATED BY: chuzzlechamp. help@verbotomy.com (chuzzlechamp) Sun, 21 Nov 2010 6:52:04 EST http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=20585 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=20584 Reliabull: /ree-lie-ah-bull/ SENTENCE:."Sure, I'll be there for you whenever you need me, anytime, anyplace I promise." At that, she stealthily slipped out the door. He knew at this moment he was being fed a hefty dose of reliabull. ETYMOLOGY: reliable (trustworthy, dependable) + bull (as in bullcrap, lies, nonsense) CREATED BY: remistram. help@verbotomy.com (remistram) Fri, 19 Nov 2010 9:04:39 EST http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=20584 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=20583 Voilater: /voi-later/ SENTENCE:.he again proved to be a voilater by not turning up to take his friend for his(friend's) appointment with the dentist. my cellphone is doing a "voilater" again, i have to make a call and i cant find it... ETYMOLOGY: voila = word used by magicians when they make something disappear.. so... voilater = who / which disappears.. CREATED BY: ankur. help@verbotomy.com (ankur) Fri, 19 Nov 2010 5:45:22 EST http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=20583 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=20581 Herohoh: /hee row ow/ SENTENCE:.cometh the hour, goeth the herohoh ETYMOLOGY: hero oh oh CREATED BY: galwaywegian. help@verbotomy.com (galwaywegian) Fri, 19 Nov 2010 4:28:25 EST http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=20581 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=20580 Paragone: /parəgôn/ SENTENCE:.Just when they were needed most the aging quarterback’s legendary comeback abilities were paragone. ETYMOLOGY: paragon (a person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality) + gone (no longer present; departed) CREATED BY: artr. help@verbotomy.com (artr) Fri, 19 Nov 2010 4:06:42 EST http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=20580 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=20579 Mismefunktion: /mis me funk shun/ SENTENCE:.Every time her family had a get together, Velma's husband, Harry, would mismefunktion and she'd end up going alone. One time it was migraines, another he'd have to work late or another time his gout was too bad. It really came down to 2 things...he did not like her family and he had a mistress who had a wide screen tv. ETYMOLOGY: Misfunction (fail to function or function improperly); Function (a social event)& Me (Myself) & Funk (a state of nervous depression) CREATED BY: Nosila. help@verbotomy.com (Nosila) Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:50:32 EST http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=20579 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17955 Vexamate: /Vecks-a-mate/ SENTENCE:.Dave did his best to avoid looking self-absorbed by offering his help where he could, but when the time came he always had a good excuse to renege. He prided himself on being just retreatimate enough with his female friends that they would be left wanting more, never realising that the VXM he saw in texts was a referral to him, the ultimate vexamate. ETYMOLOGY: Vex - annoy; mate - friend, buddy, chum or partner; vaccinate - unpleasant treatment required before people become immune to nasty things. CREATED BY: dochanne. help@verbotomy.com (dochanne) Mon, 11 May 2009 2:56:26 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17955 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17933 Vodkatage: /vod-kah-tahj/ SENTENCE:.I thought a little liquid courage would smooth out my nerves, but when she asked me why I wanted to work for her company I cursed her out. I vodkataged another big interview. ETYMOLOGY: vodka (booze) + tage from sabotage (treacherous action to hinder an endeavor) CREATED BY: hyperborean. help@verbotomy.com (hyperborean) Thu, 7 May 2009 11:06:35 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17933 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17932 Reliefragile: /really fragile/ SENTENCE:.Sandra spent most of her time on tenterhooks as steward of the women’s shelter relief kitchen. Lately, she had become reliefragile in her personal affairs as well. It was a relief for her to lean on the pillars around her for support. ETYMOLOGY: From the words relief and fragile. CREATED BY: splendiction. help@verbotomy.com (splendiction) Thu, 7 May 2009 5:08:59 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17932 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17931 Dependafallible: /deep - pend - eh - fal - eh - bull/ SENTENCE:.Everytime I need you, you always seem to leave; you're so dependafallible. ETYMOLOGY: dependable, fall, fallible (likely to fail or make errors;wanting in moral strength, courage, or will) CREATED BY: mweinmann. help@verbotomy.com (mweinmann) Thu, 7 May 2009 8:31:02 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17931 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17930 Humptydumptease: /hum/tee/dum/teeze/ SENTENCE:.Bob was such a humptydumptease. Every time Sarah felt secure in their relationship he would fall apart and go off singing How does it feel To be on your own With no direction home Like a complete unknown Like a rolling stone? ETYMOLOGY: humpty dumpty + tease CREATED BY: Jabberwocky. help@verbotomy.com (Jabberwocky) Thu, 7 May 2009 5:55:46 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17930 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17929 Focusbrokeus: /fo-kus-bro-kus/ SENTENCE:.Even though he was a prolific writer, Bob was unbelieveably ADHD to the point where he couldn't keep a relationship because his mind and his boot heels would go wanderin' all the time. Alice would try to talk to him, but he would get a faraway look in his eye and she knew he was off in some mental magic swiriling ship and not really with her. The day he forgot that he was supposed to be going to see her and instead spent the entire day dancing with a corner street musician she had enough and sent him packing. When asked about the sad ending of their relationship she would quietly explain, "Focusbrokeus." ETYMOLOGY: focus: attention to a particular point or detail, have a direction in life + broke: broken + us CREATED BY: mrskellyscl. help@verbotomy.com (mrskellyscl) Thu, 7 May 2009 5:38:42 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17929 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17928 Fragmentia: /fragmənshə/ SENTENCE:.Alan has an unusual approach to stress. First he will fall apart, go into a tizzy, disintegrate. Then he will conveniently forget that it ever happened. His friends call it fragmentia. They aren't sure which is worse, the cyclone of chaos that occurs first or being ignored afterward. ETYMOLOGY: fragment (break or cause to break into fragments) + dementia (a chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning) CREATED BY: artr. help@verbotomy.com (artr) Thu, 7 May 2009 4:30:08 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17928 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17926 Widgetwreck: /WID-jit-rek/ SENTENCE:.Sandra calls her appliances, tools, cell phone and other gadgets widgets and sadly for her many of them seem to fail at the most inopportune moment, a condition she lugubriously refers to as widgetwreck. ETYMOLOGY: Blend of widget and wreck CREATED BY: Mustang. help@verbotomy.com (Mustang) Thu, 7 May 2009 3:50:33 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17926 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17925 Govinvain: /guhv inn veyn/ SENTENCE:.She went above and beyond the call of duty in welcoming the new governor. but he turned out to be a govinvain ETYMOLOGY: love in vain, gov(ernor) CREATED BY: galwaywegian. help@verbotomy.com (galwaywegian) Thu, 7 May 2009 3:49:59 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17925 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17923 Nojokingitisallbroken: /No-joke-ing-it-is-all-broken/ SENTENCE:.Bob Dylan tells the world, Nojokingitisallbroken,including you and me. ETYMOLOGY: No:Used to express denial, no way! an expression of emphatic refusal or denial [Old English nān none] disagreement, or refusal. Joking: To not be real to make things appear as not real a joke,an amusing or ludicrous incident or situation. It: Used to refer to a general condition or state of affairs... Is: Third person singular present indicative of "be". All: The entire or total number, amount,quantity or totality. Broken: Being in a state of disarray; disordered,to be torn apart and unable to pull it together,subdued totally; humbled: a broken spirit,a broken promise weakened,crushed by grief,financially ruined,not functioning; out of order... (Unable to keep their word) CREATED BY: abrakadeborah. help@verbotomy.com (abrakadeborah) Thu, 7 May 2009 3:25:08 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17923 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17922 Jerkalist: /jurk ul ist/ SENTENCE:.The jerkalist never returned my call. ETYMOLOGY: The act of being a jerk. Even if it means making yourself look good! CREATED BY: jasjamson. help@verbotomy.com (jasjamson) Thu, 7 May 2009 3:10:20 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17922 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17921 Crapitulate: /crap IT you late/ SENTENCE:.It was the last straw. Jenny did not care if it was Dennis or his phone that was crapitulating this time, but she was going to emancimate him. He was a Broke Down Engine, and ain't got no drivin' wheel! ETYMOLOGY: Crap: somewhat vulgar universal noun used to refer to something that's substandard (this crap phone has crapped out again!). Capitulate: To give up or in, usually at an inopportune moment. Emancimate: see Monday's verbotomy. CREATED BY: emdeejay. help@verbotomy.com (emdeejay) Thu, 7 May 2009 3:07:26 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17921 http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17920 Dylanthropologist: /dil anth ro pol ojist/ SENTENCE:.His card stated he was a Dylanthropologist, so when Joan kept calling to make an appointment, she would invariably get his answering machine which would either play "It ain't easy"; "It ain't me, Babe"; "Lay, Lady, Lay" or "Don't call me no more, cause I'm knock, knock, knockin' on Heaven's Door!". ETYMOLOGY: Dylan (Bob Dylan, stage name of Robert Allen Zimmerman, an American songwriter noted for his protest songs (born in 1941) & Anthropologist (the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings) & Apologist (A person who expresses regret at having caused trouble for someone) CREATED BY: Nosila. help@verbotomy.com (Nosila) Thu, 7 May 2009 1:56:01 EDT http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticism.php?vid=17920