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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.
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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
Stenchion
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: sten-chen
Sentence: Mark was laying on the gurney in the emergency room after his injury and his stenchion level began to rise when he realized that he was still wearing his lucky underwear that he hadn't changed since the beginning of the season. Now his mother would find out about it. She had warned him. It didn't matter that he had two gold gloves and an MVP, what would the doctor think about him?
Etymology: stench: strong, foul odor + tension: mental, emotional or nervous strain -- baseball players are notorious for being highly superstitious and will regard certain articles of clothing as being "lucky." They have been known to go for weeks without taking off socks, charms, underwear, etc. as long as they're hitting well.
Kevinfetidline
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: ke/vin/fet/id/lyne
Sentence: Kevinfetidline disorder has hit many boy bands making their music stink
Etymology: Kevin Federline + fetid
Instinktiveness
Created by: Noble
Pronunciation: in-stink-tive-ness
Sentence: When you just know, without actually taking your shoes off, that there will indeed be an unpleasant smell...
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-04: 10:42:00
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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.
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
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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Aromaphobia
Created by: wurdless
Pronunciation: a-rom-A-fo-be-a
Sentence: Here aromaphobia was so extreme she was afraid to go outside and smell the flowers
Etymology: aroma +phobia
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
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