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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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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
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.
Newwdophohbia
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: neww doh fow beeeee ah
Sentence: Her newwdophohbia left a bad taste at the nudist's convention, but nothing as bad as it would have tasted.
Etymology: nude eww phobia oh
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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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
Resistench
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: rez iss tench
Sentence: her natural resistench was so powerful, she was the only person who used the spa's sunbed fully clothed.
Etymology: resistance, stench
Sweathreat
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: swet thret
Sentence: "Dang it", said the Lone Ranger. "I knew I should have never worn these fancy new boots to my faithful companion Tonto's party. They make my feet so hot that I am afraid of being a sweathreat to everyone there!" It was too late to turn Silver around and go home, so the Masked Man went up and knocked at the flap of Tonto's teepee. His anxiety evaporated when Tonto bade him enter and told him to remove his boots and be comfortable. When he hesitated, Tonto knew what was wrong right away (he had that esp thingy going) and said, "Don't worry about your feet,Kimo Sabe, because this is a Sweat Lodge anyway!" The Lone Ranger laughed and relaxed until Tonto said, "Besides it's only the two of us tonight..."
Etymology: Sweat (perspiration, body odour) & Threat (a warning that something unpleasant is imminent)
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COMMENTS:
LOL - I forgot how much I enjoy your stories, Nosila. Hysterical... - Tigger, 2009-11-12: 01:56:00
Yes I agree, this is another hilarious one! - splendiction, 2009-11-12: 21:30:00
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Fearoma
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: fee a roma
Sentence: When Clayton was invited over for games night at his neighbours, he insisted on keeping his boots on, lest the fearoma commence. Everything was fine until he landed on the B&O Railroad in the Monopoly game.
Etymology: Fear (an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) & Aroma (a smell, odor)
Pungentolfactophobia
Created by: kikawong
Pronunciation: pung/gent/toe/ol/fact/toe/foe/bia
Sentence: He's suffers from such extreme pungentofactophobia that he can't even come 100m within the radius of a dustbin.
Etymology: pungent (smelly) + olfactory (sense of smell) + phobia (fear)
Whiffsteria
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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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