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DEFINITION: v. To suddenly discover that your most troublesome personality defect, for which you have been taking medication and/or therapy, is actually your greatest asset. n. A perceived weakness which is actually a strength.
Verboticisms
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Luckjaw
Created by: jadenguy
Pronunciation: luk jaa
Sentence: His inability to talk made him a great grief counciler. His success rate was nearly 87%, with comment cards lauding his ability to listen.
Etymology: lockjaw + luck
Flawpotent
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: flaw - po - tent
Sentence: Sally felt flawpotent when her relentless jabbering and wild hair got her a spot on the popular gameshow "Everyone's Talking but Nobody's Listening"....
Etymology: flaw, compenent, potent
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COMMENTS:
That gameshow is Twitter - jrogan, 2009-07-31: 10:41:00
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Benifit
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: ben + ih + fit
Sentence: My epilepsy gets me a lot of work in industrial blending applications, so it's turned out to be a benifit.
Etymology: bene + fit (only I spelled it with an "i" instead of the second e, to distinguish it from the original word).
Faultility
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: fawl-TIL-i-tee
Sentence: Madeline's faultility was her incessant nose-blowing. Her husband thought of divorcing her, but she was such an amazing duck call.
Etymology: fault + utility
Thatsitinsane
Created by: andrewa121
Pronunciation: "that's it insane"
Sentence: After interviewing candidate after candidate for our unique position, we finally found one who was thatsitinsane. Her quirks were perfect in every way.
Etymology: from "that's it", an epiphanic phrase, and insane, denoting a tenuous relationship with the rational. cf. "bat shit insane".
Rednose
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛdˌnoʊz/
Sentence: Sadly, while the fact that his face and voice were incapable of expressing emotion was an impressive rednose during the poker tournament, he still couldn't get a date.
Etymology: As in Rudolph the reindeer's shiny red nose
Flawntit
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: flawnt-it
Sentence: Cherie really started marketing herself when she realised her flawntit gave her an oddvantage over the other candidates.
Etymology: flaw + If you've got it flaunt it.
Dumbskill
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: dum-skil
Sentence: In person, everyone thought Annie was a complete numskull. She was always chattering about whatever was on her mind, which was not too much. (She had the attention span of a gnat, and an addiction to celebrity gossip.) It was a dumbskill that she made the most of on twitter, where she had 1000 followers.
Etymology: dumbskull + skill
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COMMENTS:
They say, in order to 'keep ahead of the game' and 'to remain relevent in the workplace' workers should dumbskill every 5 years. - scrabbelicious, 2009-07-31: 11:41:00
The dumber the better... - jrogan, 2009-07-31: 12:35:00
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Obsuccession
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: on suk ses shun
Sentence: Little did Hugh Hefner's parents know that their son's obsession with pet rabbits would make him rich. His compulsion for bunnies turned into an obsuccession. He ended up with bunnies galore (one for each month of the year) a Bunny Club in every city, a Bunny TV Channel, a Bunny Mansion, a Bunny Magazine and a Bunny Jet. They were happy that his success was just based upon his love of bunnies, because as a little boy, he was also obsessed with naked girls...
Etymology: Obsession (an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone;an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions against your will)& Success (an event that accomplishes its intended purpose;a state of prosperity or fame)
Comments:
This is a Verbotomy Classic -- one of our favorites from the past. If you have already created a word for this definition, and want to try a new challenge try our new Verbotomy Text. ~ James
purpleartichokes - 2007-06-25: 11:55:00
Hey James, the Show All view doesn't show all. I like the Daily Stats better.
purpleartichokes - 2007-06-25: 12:04:00
Points aren't working either. I got 8. Did a word, pronunciation, etymology, and voted.
Show all is working now. I'm working on the scoring. ~ James
The score is now updated properly ~ James
wordmeister - 2007-06-29: 00:39:00
good
jrogan - 2009-07-31: 10:16:00
It was hard to write a sentence for this one...
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