Vote for the best verboticism.
DEFINITION: n., An ongoing relationship where one person does all the talking, whining and complaining, and the other just listens quietly and tries to appear sympathetic. v., To participate in a lopsided conversation where one person does all the conversing.
Verboticisms
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Rantaway
Created by: stephboo43
Pronunciation: ran-ta-way
Sentence: Lizzie can't have an actual conversation with anyone, the only thing she can do are rantaways.
Etymology: (ran-to move quickely) (ta-talking) (ways-one sided conversation)
Noddogging
Created by: ianbkk
Pronunciation: NOD - dog - ing
Sentence: I've been noddogging solid for two weeks and she still won't let me past just holding hands.
Etymology: nod - a sign of assent/showing interest and 'to dog' 1. something that won't leave you alone 2. being on the outside looking in
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COMMENTS:
Very original! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-11: 18:32:00
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Ventrawlation
Created by: dochanne
Pronunciation: Vent-rawl-ation
Sentence: Diane's heart sank as she saw who was calling, but it was too late, she had pressed the accept button. Michael launched into his usual monotonic whining soliloquoy without as much as a 'how are you?' and before she knew it Diane was the same old sounding board she always had been since the start of this ventrawlation he chose to call a "friendhship". One day she really would train a parrot to say "uhuh" and "I know, oh, I know" just to see if he would notice. Or maybe she'd just get a new phone number and move to Cleveland.
Etymology: Vent - to release emotional energy with excess verbiage; drawl - excessive, pointless or slow speech; relation - indicative of a relationship of some variety.
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COMMENTS:
I rethunk it and prefer BLAHBUDDY. - dochanne, 2008-12-04: 13:01:00
VENTRAWLATIO is extremely clever. Love the "parrot" concept! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-04: 17:20:00
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Annoyifying
Created by: sjacksonnnn4
Pronunciation: An-Noy-If-Eye-Ing
Sentence: I was stuck in the worst annoyifying conversation today!
Etymology: (annoy- to annoy + ifying)
Windfunnel
Created by: emdeejay
Pronunciation: wind funnel
Sentence: Macey was a highly strung lass. Scarely a day went by when she wasn't on the blower to one friend or another detailing every last nuance of her existence. Incessantly her tongue would flap away, like an errant handkerchief in a stiff breeze. Her friends tried to be supportive, but eventually all they could feel was the continual blast of hot air emanating from Macey's wind pipe. Inevitably they tired of being on the narrow end of her windfunnel and changed numbers, address, and in one extreme case, country. Only Macey's cat Briggs will listen to her now, and only then in exchange for food and iTunes gift cards.
Etymology: "Wind": exasperatingly excessive verbiage. "Funnel": device designed to channel substance without spillage in one direction. "Blower": Slang for telephone.
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COMMENTS:
When asked how he did it, Briggs replied: "iTune'd out" - emdeejay, 2008-12-04: 05:03:00
perfect! - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-04: 09:17:00
Excellent. Wind for the talker, and funnel for the one who takes it all in. Is the song of the day "You are the wind beneath my wings?" - silveryaspen, 2008-12-04: 11:58:00
Techno-mechanically sublime word! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-04: 16:29:00
fantastic - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-05: 03:02:00
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Unigaberate
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: YOO-nee-GAB-uh-REYT
Sentence: Unigaberated, Roxie's rantipals deserted her one by one until there remained only three still willing to endure her monoprattleral yapathons: her catonic cat, Tib; Ivan her crapnoduliac cockatoo and, of course, her completely lambasted and long suffering companion, Bob.
Etymology: UNIGABERATE: blend of UNI: comb. form meaning "having one only; GAB:to talk or chat idly; chatter & RATE:the action of doing so. RANT + I : to talk foolishly, noisely, rave, harangue & PAL: chum. comrade, associate. 2. CRAPNODULIAC: Slave of "crap" : foolish, exaggerated talk. -based on capnoduliac.
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COMMENTS:
Poor Bob! Sounds great though when pronounced in thick Queenslander :-) - emdeejay, 2008-12-04: 04:56:00
Excellent - especially fits to the definition. - silveryaspen, 2008-12-04: 12:24:00
GO BOB! The word seems to contain "berate" also... - metrohumanx, 2008-12-04: 16:22:00
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Speakatone
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: speak at 1
Sentence: Chaterine woke with words flowing out of her mouth. The rivers of words ran all day. Only the need for sleep, stemmed the flow to distant snores. Mummed by it all, hushband Rod Earick, descendant of the great House of the Hushered, suffered silently from the speakatone.
Etymology: Speak, with a play on "speak at once" by making it speak at one. Roderick was a character in the novel the House of Usher.
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COMMENTS:
One tongue to rule them all! - emdeejay, 2008-12-04: 04:59:00
House of Hushered...perfect! - Nosila, 2008-12-04: 21:16:00
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Solidosis
Created by: DeltaRho2K
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The secret to my relationship with her is the solidosis I possess to be able to link her conversation with my brain. Isn't marriage wonderful?
Etymology: solid (from solidarity) - unity that produces or is based on community of interests, objectives, and standards -osis (from osmosis) - a usually effortless often unconscious assimilation
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COMMENTS:
So very nice ... both the sentence and the verboticism! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-11: 18:15:00
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Asymmetreat
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: ay-sim-e-treet
Sentence: Dealing with Loquacia is asymmetreating at its worst. Afterwards I feel like I've gone 15 rounds with used car salesman, and only got 4 words out.
Etymology: asymmetry (lopsided) + treat (to deal with, negotiate as in treaty)
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COMMENTS:
A semant(ic) treat! - emdeejay, 2008-12-04: 04:51:00
Hahahaha...."Loquacia"....Good one! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-04: 16:33:00
Great sentence, oh loquacious One! - Nosila, 2008-12-04: 21:36:00
MDJ - clever - now we have to aim for onomatopoeic comments - petaj, 2008-12-05: 03:10:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
Jabberwocky - 2008-02-11: 05:57:00
very funny cartoon today - I look forward to seeing them every day
Thanks Jabberwocky! I was thinking of you when I did it. Of course, you're the cat, and I'm the babbler. ~ James
Jabberwocky - 2008-02-11: 11:38:00
that's okay - looks like a very happy cat - probably listening to some old Cat Stevens songs
OZZIEBOB - 2008-02-11: 18:38:00
The cat looks so friendly, I could moggicoddle him. Another great cartoon in a long line of great cartoons!
silveryaspen - 2008-02-11: 18:42:00
Your definition really elicited a lot of good words, remistram. Good one!
silveryaspen - 2008-02-11: 18:43:00
I second Jabberwocky's 'I look forward to your cartoons each day' ... me two, James. Can I be the mouse missing from the ipod?
Thanks! Of course the most fun is seeing how everyone responds to the creative challenge by reading their wonderful words! That's what I look forward to every day. ~ James
Excellent!
emdeejay - 2008-12-04: 05:01:00
Love the way it FINishes :-)
"Excellent" was supposed to appear under YOUR word....ahhh- the mysteries of the comment box!
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
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