Vote for the best verboticism.
DEFINITION: To collect all the emotional energy you receive from one person, and then share it with the very next person you meet.
Verboticisms
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Flitch
Created by: ChristopherAndersen
Pronunciation: flitch
Sentence: Don't flitch your mom's hostility on me!
Etymology: from "flip" (or maybe "flick"?) and "bitch" (or maybe "pitch"?). Also can be used to describe the flicking, dismissive hand gesture made when trasferring negative energy to others.
Dumpchump
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: dump-chump
Sentence: As soon as he heard that her dog mauled her big toe, he ran for the hills knowing full well he'd be dumpchumped.
Etymology: dump (to dispose of something) + chump (sucker, sitting duck)
Endorphosis
Created by: elron
Pronunciation: en-dor-fo-sis
Sentence: I could tell when Mary approached me that her endorphosis would be completely spilled on me.
Etymology: endorphin + osmosis
Karmadiate
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: Kahr-may-dee-ate
Sentence: Billy knocked on the door, and when Jennifer opened it, she looked right at him and said, "I suppose you think this fixes everything!", then ran off and locked herself into the bathroom for an hour. While he waited impatiently on the couch, her Saint Bernard, "Mr. Tidwell", began to take a more than friendly interest in nuzzling Billy's sensitive areas. Before he caught himself, Billy glanced at Mr. Tidwell and karmadiated involuntarily, "I suppose you think this fixes everything".
Etymology: Karma + radiate
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COMMENTS:
Hey Kyoti - keep going with your story - it's good but you still haven't used your word in a sentence - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-20: 11:09:00
I always forget that part. I'm too busy ducking from my boxlexia. This place is full of trap doors, you know? - Kyoti, 2007-07-20: 11:14:00
much better - funny story - maybe you should have named the dog Monica - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-20: 11:20:00
Mr. Tidwell did my verbotomy - snuffleupaguest. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-20: 13:27:00
Well, see... Tidwell is a verbotomy too. Sobbbbb.... - Kyoti, 2007-07-20: 14:56:00
Or was that an anagram? Hmmm.... - Kyoti, 2007-07-20: 14:57:00
A subliminal mnemonic device? I dunno. - Kyoti, 2007-07-20: 14:58:00
And LOL @ snuffleupaguest. :)) - Kyoti, 2007-07-20: 14:58:00
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Viberus
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: vibe-russ
Sentence: it started with Allan, who gave it to sue. She passed it on to Derek, who, in turn, gave it to the other Derek. Yep...there was a pretty sour Viberus spreading through the office today.
Etymology: vibe, virus
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COMMENTS:
Caustic vibrosis? - petaj, 2007-07-20: 05:18:00
Wow - a double-derek office. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-20: 09:01:00
One of the Dereks needs a nickname, like "Trey". - Kyoti, 2007-07-20: 10:45:00
he already has one...he's 'the other Derek' - rikboyee, 2007-07-20: 19:05:00
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Empugnate
Created by: dzhessi
Pronunciation: emPUGnayt
Sentence: Laura empugnates her friends after she goes to one of her special meetings.
Etymology: en (in) + pug (
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COMMENTS:
Cool - Nolina, 2007-07-22: 16:51:00
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Dumpathy
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: dum-pah-thee
Sentence: After her cat, Fidon't, rejected her plea for companionship, she went to work and immediately began to dumpathy on her boss, which ultimately landed her a nice, nonsocial position in the mail room.
Etymology: dump, empathy
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COMMENTS:
was that position in the paper recycling dump bin? - petaj, 2007-07-20: 05:16:00
Pity she didn't study harder. She could be a dumpatologist by now. - galwaywegian, 2007-07-20: 07:15:00
Either way, she'd be down in the dumps. - Kyoti, 2007-07-20: 10:43:00
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Emopushenta
Created by: dancerxoxox
Pronunciation: emo/push/enta
Sentence: The girls told Helen to go away, making Helen emopushenter her boyfriend away.
Etymology: emotional + pushing + enter = EMOPUSHENTA
Remocate
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: ree-MOH-cayt
Sentence: As Alex's girlfriend slammed the door in his face, he automatically assumed she was remocating from a phone call just before.
Etymology: relocate + emotion
Comments:
Kyoti - 2007-07-20: 10:50:00
Ozzie's probably an emociologist on the side, and slightly emotipathic as a result. Must... transfer... moodflings.
Kyoti - 2007-07-20: 10:51:00
Sighhh... not again.