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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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Boringtatious
Created by: Taylor
Pronunciation: Bor-ing-tay-shus
Sentence: Taylor was having best friend issues and the only person she could talk to was her cat. However, he was very boringtatious and didnt care about her problems.
Etymology: (boring-not fun, disinterested + tatious) To not enjoy listening to others problems.
Matrimonologue
Created by: Banky
Pronunciation: matt-trih-mohn-o-log
Sentence: When Jenna's husband would begin a droning matrimonologue about the good old days in the frat house in college, she would escape through the back door in her mind. Today she found herself in the middle of the Caribbean aboard a pirate ship, with Captain Fabio, who proceeded to use his "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Spray" in the most debaucherous of manners. Oddly enough, her husband was having a very similar fantasy, but with substantially more Greek-letter-inscribed paddling.
Etymology: matrimony + monologue
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COMMENTS:
Very funny sentence! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-11: 09:08:00
love it! - galwaywegian, 2008-02-11: 12:13:00
Shamefully, I must admit marriage came to mind for me too. Great word! - DeltaRho2K, 2008-02-11: 13:06:00
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Logophononullification
Created by: XMbIPb
Pronunciation: /lo-go-pho-no-nulli-fi-cation/
Sentence: Despite of clear and compelling evidence by Chris Darden and Marcia Clark, the jury completely logophononullified everything presented to them and pronounced a guilty man "innocent."
Etymology: Logos (grk.) - word; Phone (grk.) - sound; Null (lat.) - zero/void; The word literally means to void/ignore ("nullify") every word ("logos") sounded ("phonated") in your direction.
Bleatsink
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: BLEET-sink
Sentence: Generica was a delightful lassie who was driven to expound at length in clipped sentences on the excruciating details of her alpine life. Her wooly logic did not penetrate, but only grazed the skulls of those who inexplicably flocked to bask in her aura. Shorn of all restraint, her radiant soul and genuine sincerity was so endearing that you cud only hope to drive in a word wedge when she stopped ruminating to catch her breath. Most people just became BLEATSINKS for Generica's rambling monologues, sheepishly absorbing the airy earnestness of whatever it was she was talking about. I became a BLEATSINK myself, held fast by her steady gaze while the evening passed with the speed of a glacier. I might have stomped out had I been younger, but it's difficult to resist such charms- especially when you're pasture prime.
Etymology: BLEAT+SINK=BLEATSINK-A takeoff on heatsink (a device that absorbs or dissipates unwanted heat ) BLEAT:to make the natural cry of a sheep or goat, to utter a similar sound,to talk complainingly or with a whine,to utter in a bleating manner, blather; Middle English bleten, from Old English blǣtan;akin to Latin flēre to weep........SINK:penetrate,absorb, to become opressively known or felt; Middle English, from Old English sincan; akin to Old High German sinkan to sink.
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COMMENTS:
Word has it that Generica actually talked her cat, Long Heaps, into a coma. - metrohumanx, 2008-12-04: 01:23:00
Oh, metro...you'll never be pasture prime...you're too rambitious! - Nosila, 2008-12-04: 21:20:00
http://isitchristmas.com/ - metrohumanx, 2008-12-17: 01:03:00
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Whinologue
Created by: thegoatisbad
Pronunciation: WHY-NO-LOG
Sentence: Ever since Kimberly had decided to rebuke television, she spent vacant half-hour slots in front of a mirror, practicing what she wanted to tell co-workers the next day. As a result, the office became merely a backdrop for her crafted conversations- which were whinologues in reality.
Etymology: whine (complain) + monologue (indivdual uninterrupted speech)
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)
Uniblather
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: yoo-nuh-blath-er
Sentence: Jane's cat seemed to be unaffected by her uniblather. Unfortunately, the annual trip to the vet disclosed a case of bleeding ear syndrome.
Etymology: unilateral (relating to, occurring on, or involving one side only) + blather (to talk or utter foolishly; blither; babble)
Yakitylack
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: yak-it-ee-lak
Sentence: Conveniently, Bob was able to mow the grass and trim the hedges while Sue yakitylacked with what he could only assume was the toaster oven.
Etymology: yackity yak, lack
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COMMENTS:
Fun to say! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-11: 08:51:00
Yakety yak (don't talk back) (song for the day) - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-11: 14:46:00
Guess I coulda picked a better song... Try "Red, Red Whine" instead. - purpleartichokes, 2008-02-11: 15:35:00
99 bottles of beer on the wall !!! Now that's a yakitylak song! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-11: 18:17:00
I wanted to spell it b-ear ... but bear is a bear and that's a whole different animal! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-11: 19:00:00
Seeing the cartoon has a cat and Purps' sentence mentions toast, I am reminded of "The Cat and Buttered Toast Theory." An American magazine held a competition, inviting its readers to submit new scientific theories on any subject. The winner was "Perpetual Motion" It theorized that when a cat is dropped, it always lands on its feet, and when toast is dropped, it always lands buttered side down. Therefore, if a slice of toast is strapped to a cat's back, buttered side up, and the animal is then dropped, the two opposing forces will cause it to hover, spinning inches above the ground. If enough toast-laden felines were used, perhaps they could form the basis of a high-speed monorail system. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-11: 22:47:00
Cool idea Bob. One question though. How do you keep all those cats from licking the butter off each other's toast? - Tigger, 2008-02-12: 01:00:00
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Solomeo
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sōlōmēō
Sentence: Once the words **Let me tell you** slipped past Sally*s lips, Edward knew it was going to be a solomeo evening. It didn*t matter if he had seen the Queen of England or if he had been hit by a bus. His job for the duration of the night was to nod reassuringly and interject phrases like **I know what you mean** or **That*s terrible**. Three hours later his mind was numb and his neck sore from nodding, all this because some clerk **looked at her funny**. His story about seeing a **queen** from England getting hit by a bus would just have to wait.
Etymology: solo (a thing done by one person unaccompanied) + (used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself as the object of a verb or preposition) a play on *O Solo Mia - a globally known Neapolitan song written in 1898
Fakeism
Created by: carliejansen
Pronunciation: fake-ism
Sentence: I believe in Christianity and she belives in fakeism.
Etymology: fake-to pretend;simulate ism-suffix forming nouns of action, state, condition, doctrine
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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