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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.
Verboticisms
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Smelfconcious
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: smelf-con-shus
Sentence: when i realised i would be expected to take off my shoes i started to feel very smelfconcious
Etymology: smell, selfconcious
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COMMENTS:
Hehe! Love the sound of it! - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-26: 05:02:00
love it! - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-26: 10:50:00
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Neudeodorosis
Created by: playdohheart
Pronunciation: no-dee-o-door-o-sis
Sentence: A person suffering from neudeodorosis may frequently begin to raise an arm (to hail a cab or wave hello to a friend) but halt midway, put down their arm, and look around the room self consciously.
Etymology: neurosis + no deodorant
Ponganoia
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: pong ah noy aah
Sentence: The midnight garlic salami binge only increased her ponganoia
Etymology: paranoia pong
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COMMENTS:
Brilliant! I'm actually going to start using this word in everyday conversation. - jonzerofourteen, 2011-04-02: 00:08:00
With luck it will end up in the OED - piepowder, 2011-06-05: 13:36:00
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Coldorsweat
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: kol - dor - swet
Sentence: Mr. Badd O. Door came over to my house wearing a a leather jacket, leather pants and heavy leather boots during a hot summer's day last year. I complimented them about his boots and he asked me if I wanted to try them. It was kind of a dare actually, since those boots seemed to be heavy. I quickly said, "Yes, take them off." And not missing a beat, he sped off like Flash into the horizon. I guess coldorsweat must have overcome him.
Etymology: cold sweat (figurative language associated with uneasiness) + odor
Scaredsniff
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Sk-air-d-sniff
Sentence: When the GP asked Tom to remove his trainers in order to hop on the couch, Tom was Scaredsniff, that the doctor would feel nauseous with just a slight whiff of the awful odour emanating from his smelly tootsies.
Etymology: Scared(Feeling or showing fear or nervousness.) + Sniff(smell by drawing in air through the nose) = Scaredsniff
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COMMENTS:
love it! - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-03: 12:09:00
I smell a winner... - Nosila, 2008-07-03: 20:11:00
Excellent. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-04: 06:42:00
Mock on! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-05: 05:35:00
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Bromcious
Created by: vermeulenstevos
Pronunciation: Brohm-chis
Sentence: Whenever I meet my in-laws I get bromcious.
Etymology: Bromhidrosis- medical term for stinky feet anxious-feeling nervous about some uncertainty
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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Funkomfortable
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: fung-kumft-er-bul
Sentence: Vicky's birthday wasn't getting any better. The day had suddenly turned unseasonably warm, then her dog got loose and she'd had to chase him for 20 minutes before catching him. On top of that, her car's air conditioning stopped working. By the time she got home, she just wanted to take a nice, cool bath. She'd opened the door to a surprise party, and now all of her friends wanted to give her a big hug. She was so funkomfortable!
Etymology: Funk - a strong unpleasant odor (slang) & Uncomfortable - awkward or uneasy
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COMMENTS:
Funkredible word...Welcome back, Tigger! We've missed you. - Nosila, 2009-11-12: 09:40:00
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Rancidychosis
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ran - sid - uh - CO - sis
Sentence: Felix was a real neat freak with a clean fetish and fearing he had multiple kinds of body odors and emanations, he suffered severe bouts of rancidychosis whenever he had to be around other people.
Etymology: Blend of rancid (of an odor or taste- rank, unpleasant, and stale), and psychosis (a mental disorder characterized by symptoms, such as delusions or hallucinations, that indicate impaired contact with reality)
Odorthroes
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: OH-der-throhs
Sentence: Bob had perpetual pong-pangs and didn't want anymore to catch a whiff of his odorthroes.
Etymology: ODOR or ODOUR: a disagreeable smell & THROES: a sharp attack of emotion; rueful throes; upheaval, tumult, chaos, turmoil.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by magenta.
Thank you magenta! ~ James
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.
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
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?
Not to be THAT guy but shouldn\'t the first line be \"You must BE so hot in those boots\"?
Today's definition was suggested by magenta. Thank you magenta. ~ James