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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.
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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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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Astroknockle
Created by: TheFourth
Pronunciation: ass-tro-nok-uhl
Sentence: n: Astroknockles are a sign of severe head trauma. v: Are you just going sit there and astroknockle all day or are you going hit me back?
Etymology: A hybrid of two words. Astro represents the common celestial anomalies seen when experiencing severe head trauma. The second part of the word, knockle, is a spin off the word knock, the action that normally causes the said celestial anomalies.
Concusstellation
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: kon kust el ay shun
Sentence: the concusstellation wasn't the only thing that was out tonight
Etymology: concussion, constellation
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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Galachesy
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: gal ake see
Sentence: She was a very strong gal, one punch from her would take him to another galachesy.
Etymology: galaxy, ache (sorry about the gal pun as well!)
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COMMENTS:
there's a gal in your name as well - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-19: 10:40:00
great fun sentence and word! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-19: 12:30:00
Yeah, she was a KNOCKOUT! - metrohumanx, 2009-02-23: 00:50:00
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Twittersplatted
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Twit-er-splat-ed
Sentence: When Sam agreed to help out at the local under 10's cricket club he didn't realise how dangerous it could be. Being one player down he stepped in to help, only to be knocked out by a speeding cricket ball. As he came round he was completely twittersplatted, all he could see were stars, flashing lights and little tweety birds. A night in hospital soon had him back on his feet, but he decided to give cricket a miss from then on.
Etymology: Twitter(of a bird, a series of light tremulous sounds)+ Splat(ted)(The sound of being struck by a heavy or hard object)
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COMMENTS:
terrific sentence - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-19: 10:38:00
WELL DONE, TJ! This def was inspired when i ran into a low-hanging lintel while running to answer a telephone. - metrohumanx, 2009-02-23: 00:44:00
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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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