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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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Limburgerous
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: lim BER ger us
Sentence: "Oh no. I can’t take off my boots! My limburgerous feet’ll knock them to the ground!"
Etymology: Adjective from: limb, odoriferous and Limburger cheese (a VERY smelly cheese).
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COMMENTS:
cheesy word...love it. - Nosila, 2009-11-12: 17:16:00
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Footophobia
Created by: daisy
Pronunciation: foot-o-fo-bi-ah
Sentence: Sam's footophobia kept him out of the podiatrist's office long enough, he was going to get those corns taken care of come hell or high water.
Etymology:
Olfacprehention
Created by: Pasicheio
Pronunciation: Oal-Fack-Pre-Hen-Shun
Sentence: She was paralyed by olfacprehention and declined an invitation to enter her friend's home
Etymology: Olfaction; Apprehention
Stinxeity
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˌstɪŋˈkzaɪədi/
Sentence: Commercials for the deoderant Sure make good use of people's tendency for stinxeity.
Etymology: From stink + anxiety
Hodour
Created by: patb
Pronunciation: ho pdour
Sentence: Katie's hodour was so strong that she imagined that she smelled like a ho after spending the afternoon with her boyfriend. The weird thing is that it was just her imagination.
Etymology: ho odour
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.
Toejambrosia
Created by: hooterbug
Pronunciation: toe\jam-ˈbrō-zh(ē-)ə\
Sentence: A faint whiff! of toejambrosia puffed like a delicate cloud from Marylou's Pink Tony Lama's as she quickly yanked them off and lassoed her legs around her cowboy Jake. Yee-Hah!
Etymology: Combination of Toe jam and ambrosia-the ointment or perfume of the gods
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COMMENTS:
Love it. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-04: 06:41:00
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Trepongdation
Created by: pinwheel
Pronunciation: trep/ong/day/shun
Sentence: I have a wardrobe full of shoes that don't fit me properly. Every time I go to buy a new pair I suffer such trepongdation that I can never bring myself to actually try them on.
Etymology: trepidation (trembling anxiety) + pong (wrinkled nose yeuch!)
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