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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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Epiphaclick
Created by: bubbos
Pronunciation: e-pi-fa-click
Sentence: Tom acknowledges that Sally's stubbornness as an epifaclick for her career.
Etymology: epiphany + click, for it all to click in
Flawesome
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: flaw-sum
Sentence: when people mistook my nervous tic for well rehearsed break-dancing, it was flawesome
Etymology: flaw, awesome
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COMMENTS:
Good one. - Clayton, 2007-06-25: 21:15:00
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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
Ticaccentuatom
Created by: texmom
Pronunciation: tick ac cent you oh tom
Sentence: She found that the freak circus appreciated her shoulder twitch and the resulting ticaccentuatom delighted her.. with a new job.
Etymology: tic - nervous muscle movement accent - highlighted atom - sounds good
Emfoible
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: em-foy-bull
Sentence: "Eureklutz!" Ted exclaimed, as he landed that nifty job as a baggage handler. He had become emfoible.
Etymology: employable, foible
Blurse
Created by: Msumida
Pronunciation: Replace the w in worse with bl.
Sentence:
Etymology: Combination of "blessing" and "curse" from the the saying, "It's a blessing and a curse."
Profective
Created by: Lapper
Pronunciation: pro-FEKT-ihv
Sentence: John was found to be quite profective when his lack of heart permitted him to be one of the country's top assassins.
Etymology: The prefix "pro-" and "defective".
Bencompovery
Created by: weareallbeautiful
Pronunciation: b-eh-n-kuh-m-puh-v-er-ee
Sentence: Julie made an astonishing bencompovery that her annoying compulsion of organizing everything had gotten her a high paying job as a secretary for the president of one of the most successful corporations in the country.
Etymology: benefit+compulsion+discovery
Nonplusplus
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: nänˈpləspləs
Sentence: The fact that Jerry was unsure what to do and accomplished little made him perfect for his government job. It turned out to be a nonplusplus. He even developed a theory and an entire unofficial training program entitled DYNAMIC INACTION in which you look very busy working in one direction only to reverse course before you get to any measurable goal. The net result; status quo. Not only do you NOT rock the boat, you confine all your activity to the dock.
Etymology: nonplus (surprise and confuse (someone) so much that they are unsure how to react) + plus (an advantage)
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COMMENTS:
"DYNAMIC INACTION" - hilarious! Good word - splendiction, 2009-07-31: 18:01:00
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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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