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DEFINITION: v. To talk to, encourage and advise inanimate objects, in hopes that they will work better. n. A person who talks to their tools, cars, kitchen appliances, furniture, or whatever...
Verboticisms
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Woktalk
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: wok tok
Sentence: Judy talked to her appliances. She'd have a toaster toast; a spout shout; a fridge bitch; a kettle prattle and her favourite was a woktalk. She loved to stir-fry gossip and chopped vegetables with her fancy new wok, Wokker, the Texas Ranger. He understood her better than her husband and didn't argue back. One day, Judy and Wokker plotted the demise of her hubby, Ralph. By having a woktalk with her sharp knife, David Bowie and her ax, Nurse Hatchet, Judy's plan to eliminate an animate object was coming together. Ralph's shaver, Darth Razor, overheard the plotting and yelled at Ralph, "Run, don't Wok!"
Etymology: Wok (pan with a convex bottom; used for frying in Chinese cooking) & Talk (express in speech)
Frwrench
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: fur - rench
Sentence: Suzy slowly turned the bolt and this time; used soothing words spoken in frwrench. It seemed to work as the wrench smoothly fit over the bolt and responded to her parisian accent. Job done, thought Suzy as she tipped her beret....
Etymology: french (a romantic languate), wrench (a tool used to tighten bolts).
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COMMENTS:
tres bien! - Nosila, 2010-10-07: 21:52:00
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Objectihifive
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: ob + jekt + eh + hi + fiv
Sentence: Cecile often gave her posessions an objectihifive when they performed well and also, she just talked to them because they became dear to her.
Etymology: Object, Hi, High Five >> To greet or say hello to an object and encourage it with a High Five.
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COMMENTS:
Nice play on the word objectify - silveryaspen, 2009-03-25: 10:03:00
works for me! - galwaywegian, 2009-03-25: 11:26:00
nice - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-25: 15:23:00
Cute word - Nosila, 2009-03-25: 15:41:00
Great! - kateinkorea, 2009-03-26: 09:34:00
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Toolekinesis
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: tule/eh/kin/ee/sis
Sentence: Sam thought that by means of toolekinesis he could build his deck at record speed. He took it as a personal affront and considered it a rebellion when he accidentally screwed his foot onto a plank.
Etymology: tool + telekinesis
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COMMENTS:
Is Sam related to Tim the toolman on the tv show Home Improvement? - silveryaspen, 2009-03-25: 14:48:00
It's such a cute creation I can't help exclaiming Holy Tooledo! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-25: 14:53:00
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Axplain
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: aks playn
Sentence: Mary had to axplain to her trusty hatchet what would happen when she could not hack her snoring hubby anymore.
Etymology: Ax (edge tool with heavy sharp blade) & Explain (define, make to understand)
Machintercourse
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: ma-sheen-ta-cors
Sentence: Sharleen's children were stressed and jealous because their mother's machintercourse took precedence over any attention she gave to them. But, my goodness she never had a day's trouble from any of her appliances.
Etymology: machinery + intercourse (conversation - keep it clean!)
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COMMENTS:
now that's just too wierd! :) - galwaywegian, 2009-03-25: 06:05:00
it is a little disturbing - makes me wonder how you spend your spare time petaj - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-25: 15:22:00
Sounds borderline kinky. I LIKE it!! - Mustang, 2009-03-25: 23:41:00
Did Mach have intercourse? lol!:)funny! - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-27: 05:30:00
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Persuadethething
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: Pər-ˈswād-the-thing
Sentence: Jeff snored so loud that his wife Michelle never even got a wink of sleep,often she would lay awake thinking of solutions to end his awful snoring. One night out of sheer frustraion she grabbed Jeff's ax out of his tool box and started to "persuadethething" to jump out of her hand and clunk Jeff in the head! ~:-0
Etymology: Persuade;To to plead with or urge. The;before consonants usually thə, before vowels usually thē, sometime before vowels also thə; for emphasis before titles and names or to suggest uniqueness often ˈthē. Thing;An object.
Utensilexicon
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: yew-tens-uhl-LEX-eh-kon
Sentence: Martha had developed her own very extensive utensilexicon, a language whereby she actually believed she could communicate with and encourage her kitchen utensils and appliances as well as other tools to behave in ways beneficial to her.
Etymology: Blend of 'utensil' (any instrument, vessel, or tool serving a useful purpose) and 'lexicon' (the vocabulary of a particular language, field, social class, person, etc)
Anthropomoreprate
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: AN throw po MORE prate
Sentence: "May I sit on you?” she said to the chair. “Of course I can. I know you don’t mind.” And then turning to the table, she said, “Now I will put my soup on you. Don’t worry it’s not too hot. Now then where was I yesterday? I was telling you about the time that I went to France twenty years ago and how I met that nice gentleman there, and…” All day long she would anthropomoreprate and we would have to listen to her anthropomoreprattle bore us to tears, other than to make us want to laugh. But she continued, as if everything around her had ears and held on to her every word.
Etymology: ANTHROPOMORPHIC: treating inanimate objects, gods, or animals like they are real MORE: lots, continuous PRATE: to talk too much in a stupid or boring way
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COMMENTS:
:) nice word there Kateinkorea! - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-25: 03:21:00
Great sentence, excellent choice and blending of words! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-25: 09:52:00
terrific - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-25: 15:14:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by mweinmann. Thank you mweinmann. ~ James
silveryaspen - 2009-03-25: 11:08:00
It was such a good definition and quite a challenge today, mweinmann!
silveryaspen - 2009-03-25: 11:15:00
You don't have to ax me, I'll tell you James ... your cartoon succeeded in producing a lot of angstiety and axiety!
mweinmann - 2009-03-25: 11:21:00
Glad you liked it Silvery but, yes, it was a challenging one. I really enjoyed the cartoon....as usual.
Thank you again silvery and mweinmann. It is funny idea, because it is what we do. At least it is what I do, especially when I am working on the computer. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by mweinmann. Thank you mweinmann. ~ James