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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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Phobio
Created by: imcvey
Pronunciation: fo-be-oh
Sentence: Despite suffering in the August heat, Suzanne succumbed to her phobio and would not remove the thick woollen sweater.
Etymology: Phobia - to be disproportionately anxious about something, and B.O. (body odour).
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COMMENTS:
Oooh, nice. Asian? - ohwtepph, 2007-04-26: 11:07:00
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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
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.
Sniffrightened
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: snif - fryt - nd
Sentence: Waldo felt sniffrightened when he was asked to take off his shoes. Had had taken Maggie to a Japanese restaurant and he couldn't remember if he had washed his feet.
Etymology: sniff, fright
Maloduress
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)
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.
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)
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
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