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DEFINITION: v. To enthusiastically tell and share a lame joke with an unwilling audience. n. A person who does not realize that their sense of humor is not appreciated and laughs loudly at their own jokes.
Verboticisms
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Missterical
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: miss/tare/i/cal
Sentence: Ralph thought everything he said or did was hysterical but it was in fact missterical.
Etymology: miss + hysterical + mystery
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COMMENTS:
Interesting blend. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-01: 22:34:00
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Witticissistic
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: wit/ti/sis/sis/tic
Sentence: John was a witticissistic who loved his own sense of humour and the jokes that he wrote and was constantly pushing them on his unlaughing friends.
Etymology: witticism + narcissistic
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COMMENTS:
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-01: 11:06:00
you da man. - stache, 2008-04-01: 18:41:00
Outstanding. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-01: 22:16:00
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Comediot
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: com-E-dE-ot
Sentence: Jill thinks she is the life of the party, telling her stupid jokes that have no punch line, and go on and on with no end in sight. Being the only one laughing you'd think she has to realize she is a complete comediot and not a canidate for comic relief.
Etymology: comedian/idiot
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-01: 14:37:00
I like this one. compact and to the point, plus it fits the def. - stache, 2008-04-01: 20:55:00
Great word. Very descriptive and blunt. Wish I'd thought of it. - Mustang, 2008-04-01: 22:22:00
Spot on. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-01: 22:24:00
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Antitain
Created by: davem
Pronunciation: "Anti" 'i' pronounced 'eye'; 'tain' rhymes with 'main)
Sentence: To John, who had not seen Monty Python's Search For the Holy Grail, Eric's constant, giggling intonations of "burn her! she's a witch!" and "we are the Knights who say Ni!" and other lines of Pythonese amounted to back-breaking antitainment.
Etymology: Anti (the opposite, as in antithesis) tain, truncated form of "entertainment."
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COMMENTS:
Wonderful wit! And quite true about people spoiling the fun by taking humor out of its rightful context. Well named. - janebrowne, 2008-04-01: 12:17:00
nicely done. good that you put a clear pronunciation guide-my first thought was anTIshen. - stache, 2008-04-01: 16:01:00
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Funnoying
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: fun - noy - ing
Sentence: Ralph's jokes were largely funnoying to most of his friends and colleages. As he laughed and laughed at his own jokes, others were most often annoyed at his hyena-like wailing and failed to see what was funny.
Etymology: Funny + Annoying
Solomedian
Created by: DevynAlexanderSkyeHarris
Pronunciation: So-Low-Mead-Ee-In
Sentence: Faelo loved to tell others jokes that no one seemed to get, yet never seemed to notice, though Solomedians are a one man band and audience so why would he have? the prick.
Etymology: Solo - By oneself, without others + Comedian - Teller of jokes or humors.
Jerkster
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Jerk - stir
Sentence: Elliot fancied himself a master of the practical joke, but most folks considered him to be a jerkster of the first order and a buffoon completely bereft of social graces.
Etymology: A play on the word 'jokester'.
Nilarious
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: nill-air-ee-us
Sentence: Lauren is so nilarious that people are always forgetting to laugh at her jokes.
Etymology: nil, hilarious
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COMMENTS:
how sad - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-01: 14:38:00
Unfortunately, Lauren is not alone...good word, Purple! - Nosila, 2008-04-01: 15:05:00
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Comedescend
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: coma/descend
Sentence: Everyone ducked when they saw Chris coming. He would always comedescend with his unfunny comedy on unsuspecting prey.
Etymology: comedy + condescend
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COMMENTS:
Clever blend - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-01: 22:18:00
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Witlesscism
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: wit les sisim
Sentence: When Leonard told his girlfriend Penny about his great empty virus folder joke, she neither understood nor appreciated his witlesscism. Her nerd alert button had gone off for the last time and so she walked out on him. He was so busy on his laptop that he did not notice for 3 or 4 hours. Then the Penny dropped...him.
Etymology: Witticism (a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter) & Witless ((of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgmentor humour)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes. Thank you purpleartichokes. ~ James
stache - 2008-04-01: 08:58:00
Nice seasonal selection; I have to admit you had me for a minute.
Thanks stache. I was wondering if anyone would get my joke... I was starting to think that I'm just a nilarious jestersmuck, or maybe a farcefeeding obliviass. ~ James
purpleartichokes - 2008-04-01: 13:27:00
Got me as well, ya toonatic!
Today's definition was suggested by purpleartichokes. Thank you purpleartichokes. ~ James