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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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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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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".
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
Handycap
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: han-dee-capp
Sentence:
Etymology: handy, handicap
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COMMENTS:
Very apt and capped a good day's verboting. - scrabbelicious, 2009-07-31: 15:22:00
Nice Flo to it! - scrabbelicious, 2009-07-31: 15:24:00
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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
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
Flawsome
Created by: hamburgerman
Pronunciation: flaw sum
Sentence: OMG! dude, thats totally flawsome!
Etymology: flaw + awesome = flawsome
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COMMENTS:
no comment - hamburgerman, 2009-08-20: 21:34:00
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Defasset
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: deh-fah-set
Sentence: I never knew she was up for the job until I realized that she had a defasset.
Etymology: defect + asset + deficit
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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