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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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Ignorified
Created by: ttime77
Pronunciation: ig-noor-if-eyed
Sentence: Maddy's cat seemed to be very ignorified when she tried to vent to him.
Etymology: ignor-to exclude or blow off someone or something around you; + -ified-used as a verb.
Crapport
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: krap pore
Sentence: Their crapport was all one way. she talked crap, and her buddy let it straight through one ear and out the other, while wondering what she was doing there again.
Etymology: rapport, crap
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COMMENTS:
Interesting blend! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-11: 15:59:00
Does she need to give her buddy ear plugs? (wink/grin) - silveryaspen, 2008-02-11: 18:26:00
I like that this is a very versatile word. - Tigger, 2008-02-12: 01:04:00
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Blabon
Created by: lauram22
Pronunciation: bl-ab-on
Sentence: Mary was stuck in a blabon while her friend Kaycee went on about how her parents grounded her.
Etymology: blab- to reveal indiscreetly and thoughtlessly. On- operating or in use
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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Rhetoriflux
Created by: DaddyNewt
Pronunciation: ri/TAWR/i/fluks
Sentence: Any relationship will suffer from rhetoriflux.
Etymology: rhetoric + flux
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COMMENTS:
I love the word "flux". - metrohumanx, 2008-12-04: 16:24:00
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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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Monorail
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Mon-o-ray-al
Sentence: Jackie was getting fed up with the monorail relationship that had developed between herself and Kathy, all she seemed to do was sit and listen to her moaning about everything from her boyfriends lack of affection to the state of the economy!
Etymology: Mono(one,single) + Rail(complain or protest strongly to)
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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Whyneetawker
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: why-nee-taw-ker
Sentence: Annette was such a whyneetawker that her poor cat tried to get away from her every chance he could!
Etymology: Whinnnnnyyyy; To utter a plaintive, high-pitched, protracted sound, as in pain, fear, supplication, or complaint. To complain or protest in a childish fashion. Tawker ; play on the word "Talker" ; Someone whose talk is trivial drivel and non stop empty words.
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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