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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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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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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.
Converhate
Created by: justinb
Pronunciation: CON-ver-Hayte,
Sentence: i converhate you
Etymology: to hate conversing with you
Jabberapport
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: JAB-er-rap-or
Sentence: Libby has great jabberapport with patient listeners who always seem to resist the urge to interject any comments of their own, and are content to let her jabber away because she is just impossible to dislike.
Etymology: Blend of 'jabber' (to talk very quickly and with a lot of enthusiasm, especially in a way that is not sensible or that is difficult to understand) and 'rapport' (a relationship in which people like, understand, and respect each other)
Talkseemea
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: tok/see/mia
Sentence: Dave had an acute case of talkseemea. He carried on a conversation with 4 different commuters on his way home.
Etymology: talk + see me + toxemia
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COMMENTS:
Tootsie rolls to you for this very clever tongue-roller! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-11: 10:00:00
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Droneonpitant
Created by: dluman
Pronunciation: drone-on-pitant
Sentence: Angela, being droneonpitant, quickly put Brad to sleep as they flew from South Africa to Homer Alaska.
Etymology: From drone, which is a colloquilizatoin of Deranged One.
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)
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)
Blatherinfection
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: bhathr - in - fect - shun
Sentence: From the way Regina would prattle on incessantly about any and everything her friends and family feared she had an untreatable blatherinfection.
Etymology: combination of blather and a medical condition.
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COMMENTS:
Funny! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-11: 08:46:00
I think gargling with cranberry juice and talking at the same time is supposed to help - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-11: 14:36:00
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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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