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Proposed Definitions:

DEFINITION: n. having to urinate or use the bathroom in some way during an extremely important event
CREATED BY: jack189 - 2008-11-11

DEFINITION: n., the act of slowly moving yourself in order to improve reception in cell phone, car radio v., to move one's self or car slowly in order to gain better reception. Often seen at stop lights.
CREATED BY: libertybelle - 2008-11-05

DEFINITION: DEFINITION: To talk to and name inatimate objects as if they can think, hear and respond. For instance, talking to your car when it won't start "Come on, Betsy, let's get going". Or while putting together something such as furniture, talking to the tools or pieces when things aren't working right..... "Oh damnit, why won't you just line up?"....
CREATED BY: mweinmann - 2008-11-03

DEFINITION: What do you call it when you go into a supermarket and some enlightened manager has decided to re-arrange all the aisles which you have painstakingly logged into your memory?
CREATED BY: metrohumanx - 2008-10-28

DEFINITION: Ever since the demise of doorbells and the rise of cellphones, I must admit that I am often annoyed by the evil clown who sits in the car, blowing the horn repeatedly in an attempt to pick up the guy next door, who needs a ride because he lost his license and now has to carpool to work. Know what I mean? There must be a name for that inconsiderate fool.
CREATED BY: metrohumanx - 2008-10-28

DEFINITION: v. To ask someone who is clearly in a store uniform, perhaps on a ladder creating a display or running a cash register "Do you work here?" n. A person who doesn't know how to ask for assistance in a retail store without asking a stupid question.
CREATED BY: ladyiggy - 2008-10-25

DEFINITION: n. The "leftover" word or phrase that remains when a letter or letters on a neon sign have burned out.
CREATED BY: mweinmann - 2008-10-24

DEFINITION: n., A person who laughs at only his own jokes and no one else's v. tr., To laugh outrageously at your own jokes but no one else's
CREATED BY: mweinmann - 2008-10-23

DEFINITION: n. The mysterious grime found on a telephone after frequent use, and infrequent cleaning, even if one's ears/hair/face are clean.
CREATED BY: LotusB - 2008-10-23

DEFINITION: V. To promise yourself you are just going to check your email one more time, then your favorite blog, then JUST your own blog, but end up going the rounds checking all your favorite blogs and sites, and then your email again in case something came in while you were checking for updates elsewhere, only to find that another hour has gone by and you are still online because things keep updating while you are checking something else. n. The vicious circle of checking all favorite sites, blogs and email accounts before logging off, only to get stuck since everything keeps updating while checking something else.
CREATED BY: lumina - 2008-10-21

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'My nose hairs are scary!'

DEFINITION: n. A tool which has been re-purposed and is now being used (perhaps unsafely) to perform a completely different function. v. To use a tool for a different purpose than for which it was originally designed.

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