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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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Bonusneurosis
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: bo-nuss-nerr-os-iss
Sentence: Viv discovered that her bonusneurosis actually enhanced her standing in the company....numbering all the photocopy paper saved the office money, which in turn led to her promotion.
Etymology: bonus (as in free gift, or reward) + neurosis (a relatively mild personality disorder typified by excessive anxiety or indecision and a degree of social or interpersonal maladjustment)
Impairmight
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: IM pair might
Sentence: Beatta shrieked excitedly, “you mean I can keep everything as clean as I want? Including my hands?” Her impairment would become her impairmight, as long as she agreed to wear gloves.
Etymology: From: impairment and might.
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).
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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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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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
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.
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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Comments:
chris - 2006-12-04: 07:56:00
great sentence, babel
babel - 2006-12-04: 12:28:00
thanks chris!
wordmeister - 2006-12-04: 14:12:00
Hey Babel, Your word is good too! This is a tough one. I am thinking... Maybe I think too much... Maybe that's my weakness...
babel - 2006-12-04: 16:27:00
Yeah, this one was a toughie...
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...