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'Some weirdo keeps taking pictures on my ear!'

DEFINITION: v. To secretly take a photo of someone with your cellphone. n. A cellphone photo, especially if it was taken surreptitiously.

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Skulkleptofurtigrab

metrohumanx

Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: skull-KLEPTO-fur-ti-GRAB (skulkleptofurtigraph)

Sentence: Sookie was lovely but shy and quite sneaky. Multiple piercings made her seem freaky. She shunned all the guys that she could've brought home, Preferring to just snap their pix with her phone. Sookie was later ejected from the local mall for trying to SKULKLEPTOFURTIGRAB a compromising shot of Santa Claus and his overworked captive Elf. She later returned wearing a ghillie suit, and is now undergoing court-ordered recalcitraining for her new-age affliction.

Etymology: SKULk+KLEPTOmania+FURTIve+GRAB= SKULKLEPTOFURTIGRAB.....SKULK:to act in a stealthy or furtive manner,to hide or conceal something (as oneself) often out of cowardice or fear or with sinister intent;Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect skulka to lie in wait, lurk.....KLEPTOmania:a persistent neurotic impulse to steal especially without economic motive; New Latin 1830.....FURTIVE:obtained underhandedly,done by stealth, surreptitious, sly;French or Latin; French furtif, from Latin furtivus, from furtum theft, from fur thief, from or akin to Greek phōr thief; akin to Greek pherein to carry.....GRAB: to obtain unscrupulously, to take hastily,to take or seize by a sudden motion or grasp; obsolete Dutch or Low German grabben.

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metrohumanx GHILLIE SUIT:A ghillie suit, originally designed for hunting and now also used for military operations, is arguably the best type of wearable camouflage. Specifically, the suit is a full body piece of clothing that is designed to break up your body's outline and add texture. - metrohumanx, 2009-02-06: 09:00:00

You deserve a prize for the most sizable verbotomies and etymologies!Sighs-able! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-06: 22:25:00

metrohumanx Thanks Silvery! Next week i'll stive to reduce. - metrohumanx, 2009-02-08: 11:43:00

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Surrepicturious

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: sur-uh-pik-cher-uhs

Sentence: The proliferation of camera phones has meant an explosion of surrepicturious moments.

Etymology: surreptitious(obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized) + picture (photograph)

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Spiphone

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: sp eye fohn

Sentence: her spiphone was directly linked to a see eye ay printer

Etymology: spy iphone

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Pictaboo

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: pickt - ah - boo

Sentence: Maurice is going to get roughed up one of these days... He goes down the street playing pictaboo with his cell phone. I am sure that if his subjects could see all of the candid, unflattering and intrusive photos that he is taking, they would be horrified.

Etymology: Picture + taboo + play on the phrase "peek a boo" >>> Picture (a visual representation (of an object,scene or person ) Taboo (an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion ) Peek A Boo (is a game similar to hide and seek. In the game, one person hides their face, pops back into view, and says — to the other's amusement — "Peekaboo"!! or "Peekaboo, I see you"!! In this case, it would be "Pictaboo, I see you"!!

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cute - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-06: 11:56:00

adorable etymology - silveryaspen, 2009-02-06: 22:14:00

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Circumspicked

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: sir cum spikt

Sentence: Jolene circumspicked her subjects well. Her cellphone was full of sexy pictures of hot guys running past her, looking at her oddly and hurriedly hiding their faces with their hands. Apparently she was looking for her Prints Charming.

Etymology: circumspect (heedful of potential consequences) & Pic (picture)& picked (chosen, selected)

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ROFL! Adore Prints Chrarming. Circumspicked sounds so delightfully naughty! Great creates - silveryaspen, 2009-02-06: 11:12:00

like it - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-06: 11:58:00

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Smartshot

Created by: scrabbelicious

Pronunciation: smɑːtːʃɒt

Sentence: Buster became very swift with the old 1:2, or was it 4:3? It didn't matter, the smartshot was another knockout.

Etymology: Smart : Clever like a phone, ring like a good verbotomy word. Shot : Photograph, perhaps cheap. Also to strike a blow, esp. in boxing.

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Musicpolisz

Created by: chika0019

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Intriguing verbotomy. I wish you had given us a sentence, and even more, an etymology. You get points for doing them. If you go to the links at the top of the screen, under News/Help click on 'scoring.' You also get points for casting 2 votes for your favorite verbotomies each day. Welcome to verbotomy. - silveryaspen, 2009-02-06: 22:30:00

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Shytterbuggy

Created by: kateinkorea

Pronunciation: SHY ter BUG gy

Sentence: Some freaky guy is weirding me out because he takes pictures of my hands, my ears, my lunch box, my feet, my everything. As soon as I turn around he starts to shyterbuggy me. He thinks I don't know. Yesterday I saw him sitting in the cafeteria admiring all of his pictures of me when he didn't realize I was standing behind him.

Etymology: SHY: nervous or embarrassed to come near someone SHUTTERBUG: a person who really likes to take photos BUGGY: slang for crazy

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Sneakshot

neljifer

Created by: neljifer

Pronunciation: Just like the words sneak and shot.

Sentence: I was mortified when I caught my younger brother taking a sneakshot of me playing air guitar in my bedroom.

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Camrazzi

Created by: wilburoinks

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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-02-06: 00:01:01
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-08-23: 00:09:00
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James