Vote for the best verboticism.
DEFINITION: v. To listen intently and sympathize with your colleagues when they request assistance, and then to simply, and completely, forget about it. n. The ability to sympathize with, yet ignore, requests for help.
Verboticisms
Click on each verboticism to read the sentences created by the Verbotomy writers, and to see your voting options...
You have two votes. Click on the words to read the details, then vote your favorite.
Empathotomy
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: empa/thot/amy
Sentence: His unique skill in performing an empathotomy was known not only by his colleagues but also by his superiors.
Etymology: empathize + lobotomy
Flipservice
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: flip/sur/vus
Sentence: His flipservice was so convincing, he never did any actual work
Etymology: flip (about face) + lip service (hypocracy)
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Can also be tied to flippant, which is quite appropriate. - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-27: 10:01:00
Excellent point purple - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-27: 13:30:00
----------------------------
Empathetic
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: em/pa/theh/tik
Sentence: Our IT team is very empathetic. They listen attentively to our problems and then promptly forget about them.
Etymology: empathy + pathetic
Vagless
Created by: aj3131
Pronunciation: Vag-less
Sentence: Every dude can be vagless.
Etymology: well you guys know what is meant.
Ipodnod
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: I/pod/nod
Sentence: He was a master of the ipodnod. He looked intensely interested but he was really listening to his favorite tunes
Etymology: ipod + nod
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Is this a confession? - wordmeister, 2007-02-27: 19:31:00
----------------------------
Helpologize
Created by: Ahmad
Pronunciation: help-o-lo-gize
Sentence: Saba helpologize when i asked her to help me out in my assignment as she got to do something.
Etymology: help + apologize
Empathesia
Created by: bettyann9
Pronunciation: em-path-eezha
Sentence: She was so skilled at the art of empathesia that her friends never suspected she was transforming herself into a lawnmower even as she listened intently to their inane stories.
Etymology: Empathy+amnesia
Alzhumours
Created by: w5lf9s
Pronunciation: ahls.hu.mers
Sentence: When she reminded him the third time to print out that report for her, she began to wonder whether he might be suffering from that particular form of Alzhumour's she had read about.
Etymology: Alzheimer's disease (the first symtoms of which are forgetfulness) + to humour someone
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Maybe he just considered she was a lazy cow who knew perfectly well how to hit the print button. - petaj, 2007-02-27: 17:42:00
----------------------------
Eyewall
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: eye/wall
Sentence: His eye contact was perfect and sincere and his responses empathetic and kind, but his memory was going into shut down mode. He was a master at the ability to eyewall his colleagues.
Etymology: eye + eye ball + fire wall
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
great word - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-27: 09:12:00
perfect word, in fact - I love it! - w5lf9s, 2007-02-27: 11:26:00
----------------------------
Teamnesia
Created by: splangdon
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology:
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
. - splangdon, 2007-02-27: 14:33:00
----------------------------
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus.
Thank you erasmus! ~ James
Thanks James! shame I cant think of a word this time though, boo!
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus. Thank you erasmus. ~ James