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'You must me so hot in those boots.'

DEFINITION: n. Anxiety caused by fear that one's body odor may offend others; often exacerbated when required to remove heavy sweaters, or footwear.v. To worry about the way you smell.

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Odorosis

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: o/dor/os/is

Sentence: When ever she begins to sweat, her odorosis sets in and out comes the spray-on deodorant with its mists and whiffs of polluting fragrance.

Etymology: odor ('odour' in Canada because we stink differently from the rest of the world and put the 'u' in to blame you - "It can't be us stinking, we're Canadian.")+ neurosis

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like the Canadian reference - porsche, 2007-04-26: 11:26:00

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Smelancholia

Created by: wordmeister

Pronunciation: smel-an-col-lee-a

Sentence: Michael suffered from severe smelancholia. And in an effort to mask his real or imagined malodours, he would always wear long sleeve shirts, two or three sweaters, and rubbers boots. While this did relieve the psychological symptoms, it had a rather unfortunate physical manifestation.

Etymology: smell + melancholia

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Stinkytoesis

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: stin/kee/tow/sis

Sentence: Barb's acute stinkytoesis caused her to break out in hives whenever she encountered a display of flip flops. She had to order all of her footwear online.

Etymology: stinky + toes + psychosis + halitosis

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COMMENTS:

Very good - TJayzz, 2008-07-03: 15:17:00

Clever etymology & nice word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-04: 06:54:00

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Pungiphobia

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: pun-geh-foe-bia

Sentence: Betsy had severe pungiphobia and was afraid that the smell of her feet would clear the room if she took off her shoes.

Etymology: pungent + phobia

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Sweatfret

Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: SWEHT-freht

Sentence: After the five-mile hike to his girlfriend's house soaked his sweater, Alex was bound to get into a sweatfret.

Etymology: sweat + fret (agitation)

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Anxietydisodor

Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: angs-eye-ity-dis-Odor

Sentence: After a long day in the sun David had anxietydisoder, sniffing his under arm after taking off each layer of clothing.

Etymology: anxiety disorder/ odor

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COMMENTS:

exsmellent! - galwaywegian, 2007-04-26: 07:23:00

I'll return the compliment toadstool57 - very clever - your word is very fun to say!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-26: 10:42:00

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Reekopathy

Created by: verysimplegame

Pronunciation: reek-ah-pa-thee

Sentence: Bonny longed to take her coat off in the stifling room, but her reekopathy held her in check.

Etymology: Reek + opathy

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Odorwrought

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: oh/der/rawt,

Sentence: When ever Jenny begins to sweat, she becomes odorwrought and she has to bring out the spray-on deodorant with its mists and whiffs of polluting fragrance which overcomes all around her in the office. Jenny's severe case of odorosis and subsequent spraying has caused six secretaries to ask for transfers to the suburban branch office.

Etymology: ODORWROUGHT - noun - from ODOR (a sensation perceived by the sense of smell) + OVERWROUGHT (excessively nervous, or agitated)

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COMMENTS:

very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-03: 10:49:00

with all those transfers smells like a rort to me - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-04: 06:50:00

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Stangst

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: stank-st

Sentence: Colin was in a spiral of increasing anxiety. His stangst caused him to never remove an item of clothing, which lead to even more perspiration, causing an even greater stink of body odour and greater levels of stangst.

Etymology: stank + angst

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COMMENTS:

ohwtepph nice. you changed angst subtly. - ohwtepph, 2007-04-26: 06:12:00

No doubt Colin reekgretted his decision to remove his clothes. - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-26: 08:11:00

fabulous word - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-26: 10:51:00

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Stinkytoesis

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: stinky/toe/sis

Sentence: Barb's acute stinkytoesis caused her to break out in hives whenever she encountered a display of flip flops. She had to order all of her footwear online.

Etymology: stinky toes + psychosis

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COMMENTS:

gymmy choos i suppose - galwaywegian, 2007-04-26: 06:18:00

playdohheart hehehe. this one made me giggle. - playdohheart, 2007-04-26: 08:41:00

good one jabber! - toadstool57, 2007-04-26: 09:13:00

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-26: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by magenta.
Thank you magenta! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-26: 00:56:00
Vonnegut Week's top Verbotomist, Rikboyee, reveals his secret creative strategy! Read The Verobotomy Interview: Rikboyee on the Verbotomy Blog.

Jabberwocky - 2007-04-26: 10:59:00
I really enjoyed reading the Rikboyee interview. Perhaps you could choose random verbotomists to interview from time to time. It adds yet another dimension to an already fabulous game.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-26: 13:53:00
Hey Jabberwocky, Excellent idea! Are you, perchance, offering yourself for a splinterview? (Note: Splinterview is word created by Rikboyee to describe the way I spliced together our email exchange to create the "interview" for the blog.) I would love to splinterview the winner each week, and I see you are very near the top of the list... I have also heard rumours, although it is not official yet, that the winner this week will be awarded a Verbotomy Cup (See the sneak preview here) imprinted with the Author's own Verboticism. ~ James

Jabberwocky - 2007-04-26: 14:20:00
While it would be a frabjous (blend of fair, fabulous and joyous, taken from the Lewis Carroll poem about the Jabberwocky)honour to be splinterviewed, I have been close many weeks but have a difficult time maintaining my stamina. I suspect the winner this week will be Petaj who has put in some superlative words. There are also several dark horses moving up as well, along with the indomitable Stevenson0. The cup is tempting though - great idea

petaj petaj - 2007-04-26: 19:11:00
OOh that cup looks great. I hope I can hold on to my lead with those dark horses closing in.

Mustang - 2008-07-03: 06:14:00
Psychosis....good one. gmta?

artr artr - 2009-11-12: 03:41:00
Not to be THAT guy but shouldn\'t the first line be \"You must BE so hot in those boots\"?

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2011-04-01: 00:04:00
Today's definition was suggested by magenta. Thank you magenta. ~ James