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DEFINITION: n. The stars, lights and birds that circle your head when you hit it REALLY hard. v. To watch the stars that circle your head after impact.
Verboticisms
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Howstongami
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: haʊ:strɒŋ:am:eeee
Sentence: After 10 years in grad school and countless blows to the head, Gerard finally got his degree in HowstrongamI from the Dept of "High to Middling Energy Howstro-Physics". Now all he needed was a bang on the ear and some beans to count.
Etymology: Pun on Astronomy : The "science" of how the sky was cooked up - a highly technical form of bean counting and stamp collecting.
Lumenflummoxed
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: loo-muhn-fluhm-muhcs-t
Sentence: The moon was full when Brianne, President of the local Scooby Doo Fan Club, and Connie, the VP, parked their car at the bottom of the darkened hillside. The moon was full and, after a few tokes, they determined this was the night they would make it up the creepy drive to view the old Greymoor Mansion, rumoured to be haunted. It was a hike, but, just as they rounded the bend and caught sight of the enormous stone ediface, a cloud moved across the sky blocking the moon. They screamed and jumped, turning at the same time, intending to run full speed down the hill. Instead, their heads collided. Sitting on the ground, they stared, lumenflummoxed, at the stars circling their heads. "Out of sight," they in unison. The cloud moved on and the gods laughed.
Etymology: From LUMEN, for light +FLUMMOX, confused
Concusstellation
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kon kus stel lay shun
Sentence: When the craniologists were experimentinmg with head blows, they were surrounded by a concusstellation.
Etymology: Concussion (an injury to the brain caused by a blow) & Constellation (a configuration of stars)
Bonkmos
Created by: yellowbird
Pronunciation: bawnk-mose
Sentence: Just as Newton was inspired to study gravity by being bombarded with apples, and Einstein encouraged to investigate the relativity of time by being forced to fill out dreary piles of paperwork in an office, so too was the the young Carl Sagan influenced by an outside event. After banging his head on a low shelf, he saw a personal 'bonkmos' of amazing brightness and detail, which led him to a career in science and experimentation with certain herbal supplements, all in an effort to recreate the 'little twittery cosmos' he saw on that long ago day.
Etymology: bonk + cosmos
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COMMENTS:
Brilliant and lyrical! - metrohumanx, 2009-02-23: 00:37:00
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Milkyhaze
Created by: DnBrown
Pronunciation: Milky-Haze
Sentence: Jim was getting sick of his wife telling him what to do, so he finally lost it and gave her a good yelling. Not pleased with the tone Jim was giving her, she reached in the cupboard, grabbed a frying pan and gave Jim a piece of her mind. It took almost a whole day for Jim to loose the Milkyhaze surrounding his vision.
Etymology: a mix of Milky, from the Milky Way (It is a barred spiral galaxy that is part of the Local Group of galaxies. Also where our solar system resides) and Haze (vagueness or obscurity, as of the mind or perception; confused or vague thoughts, feelings, etc.)
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COMMENTS:
Excellent. Cold and concise sentence, too! - metrohumanx, 2009-02-23: 00:42:00
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Hallucigyrate
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: ha LOO si GIE rate
Sentence: After getting hit on the head several times by the burglar, I had halucigyrates going around and around and around me circling. There is a little bird hallucigyrate, a bell hallucigyrate, and something that looks like the burglar standing in front of me again.
Etymology: HALUCINATE: see things that aren't there GYRATE: circle around
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COMMENTS:
senternce so good I cringed. admire the originality of your verbotomy. - silveryaspen, 2009-02-19: 12:32:00
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Conkfetti
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: conk fet ee
Sentence: Mother Hubbard woke up to hear the kids in the kitchen. She went running and smacked her head on the open cupboard door. Instead of seeing what was going on, all she could see was conkfetti.
Etymology: CONK, CONFETTI Conk - a blow to the head. Confetti - small pieces of colored paper, often in the shapes of stars, birds, flowers, et cetera, that are thrown over people's heads, usually at celebrations.
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COMMENTS:
Song of the day: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - silveryaspen, 2009-02-19: 01:02:00
terrific word - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-19: 10:52:00
I must Conkfess I love it! - Nosila, 2009-02-19: 20:59:00
Good one, SA! I must say! - metrohumanx, 2009-02-23: 00:38:00
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Starspangledbanger
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: star-spangld-BANG-ehr
Sentence: When the stars were whirling around his head and he heard the 'music' playing after rapping his head very hard on a low overhang Arnold said aloud to no one in particular, "Whoa...that was really a starspangledbanger."
Etymology: Substituted 'banger' for 'banner' of Star Spangled Banner.
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COMMENTS:
love it - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-19: 10:53:00
outstanding! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-19: 12:36:00
Bang On! - Nosila, 2009-02-19: 20:57:00
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Stardazing
Created by: Negatrev
Pronunciation: Star-Daze-ing
Sentence: After running head first into the low beam, Albert was left Stardazing.
Etymology: From Stargazing, to watch stars, altered with the state to be dazed.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
I must have been in a sort of time-warp chronoanomaly when this one came down the pike, because i missed it completely. Very rich trove of Verbotomisms, though! Carry on!
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
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