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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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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)

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Pewleery

Created by: MuskokaMuffin

Pronunciation:

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Smelfconsciousness

karenanne

Created by: karenanne

Pronunciation: smelf KON shus nes

Sentence: Kara's extreme smelfconsciousness kept her from enjoying herself while dancing. She refused invitations to dance, which led men to think she was aloof and self-centered, but her friends knew she was just self-SCENTered.

Etymology: smell + self-consciousness

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COMMENTS:

perfect word for the definition! - splendiction, 2009-11-12: 21:27:00

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Neudeodorosis

playdohheart

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

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Odorboding

Created by: iwasatripwire

Pronunciation: ode-or-bode-ing

Sentence: Hippies have no sense of odorboding.

Etymology: odor + foreboding

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Whiffsteria

jonzerofourteen

Created by: jonzerofourteen

Pronunciation: wif-ster-ee-uh

Sentence: Tom usually suffered terribly from whiffsteria. His anxiety about people smelling his body odor forced him to seek therapy. And what a change! Thanks to his therapist, he still stunk to high heaven, but he didn't worry about it anymore. His whiffsteria was cured.

Etymology: whiff (trace of odor or smell) + hysteria (outburst of emotion or fear)

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Wetsweatypeeyou

Created by: idavecook

Pronunciation: it's czech, sound it out

Sentence: Gina's wetsweatypeeyou had gotten so bad that she still wears her skinny jeans when she goes swimming at the beach. Damn hipsters.

Etymology: Stinky people, and the way you feel after a shag.

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Eaudoubt

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: oh-dowt

Sentence: You would think that after spending the entire afternoon in the hot sun putting in a stone walkway Mark would have eaudoubt, but to the contrary, he walked in the house and blithely peeled off his shirt, taking out two of my guests in the process.

Etymology: eau, doubt, no doubt

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Myodaphobic

Created by: heb319

Pronunciation: my oda fobic

Sentence: Henry was too myodaphobic to remove his shoes in front of his new girlfriend.

Etymology: my oda-odor phobic

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Maloduress

CharlieB

Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: mal-oh-dure-ess

Sentence: The fear that his feet smelt like rotten eggs left him in a constant state of maloduress.

Etymology: malodorous (having an unpleasant smell) + duress (constraint or intimidation)

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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