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'He's kind of possessive about his litter...'

DEFINITION: v., To clean up another person's mess, only to have all their garbage dumped right on top of you. n., A person who tries to help other people solve their problems but always ends up in deep doo-doo.

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Samaritrashed

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: sah - MARE - uh - trasht

Sentence: When Germond tried to clear the clog in Beatrices's toilet with a compressor and suddenly found himself covered in fresh sewage he realized he had once again been samaritrashed while innocently trying to help someone.

Etymology: Mix of samaritan and trashed

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COMMENTS:

Did the kitty litter in the cartoon inspire this sentence! Wow ... strong images today. lol! Good blend of words, too! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-07: 08:34:00

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Hellperskelter

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: hell - per - skell - ter

Sentence: Lenny was beginning to feel all hellperskelter. Instead of experiencing the warm fuzzy feeling that should come with doing good deeds for his friends, he had been thrust into some type of helper hell where everything had gone awry. He gave his friend Bruce an opinion about a relationship issue last week which had led to his breakup with Ilene. Now, Jenny was calling him to inform him that he had killed her prize Yucca plant that he had done his best to care for when she was out of town on business.

Etymology: The word helper (someone who assists another or helps) is combined with Hell to form the first part of this word + skelter (from helter skelter) tumultuous disorder; confusion.

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COMMENTS:

Great word. Great etymology - silveryaspen, 2008-12-02: 13:08:00

metrohumanx VERY creative, M. - metrohumanx, 2008-12-02: 14:02:00

I like it! One vote for you! - logarithm, 2008-12-02: 17:28:00

Brilliant! - emdeejay, 2008-12-02: 19:57:00

LMAO! This is a good one! - mzoctober84, 2008-12-03: 12:49:00

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Negatate

Created by: Biscotti

Pronunciation: neh-guh-tayt

Sentence: Jonny became the negatate when Mittens attacked him for trying to clean out his litterbox

Etymology: From negated, meaning to be cancelled out by another action

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Dupelomatic

thegoatisbad

Created by: thegoatisbad

Pronunciation: dup-lo-ma-tic

Sentence: "See if I try to help you EVER AGAIN!" Kimberly said, angry over a dupelomatic mishap. Kimberly insists that she "was only trying to help Zinnia organize her button collection" but that doesn't explain why Kimberly found herself ankle deep in bird droppings.

Etymology: Dupe (easily fooled) + Diplomatic (friendly, cordial)

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Poomerang

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: poōmərang

Sentence: Wendell loves to help others. The problem is that most of his efforts turn into poomerangs.

Etymology: poo (excrement) + boomerang (of a plan or action - return to the originator, often with negative consequences)

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COMMENTS:

pooriffic word - Nosila, 2010-04-27: 23:18:00

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Schlockodile

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: SHLOK-uh-dahyl

Sentence: Ted‘s scatchat led him to dust-ups and his dregochets bounced back to land him into domestic doo-doo. An omnidebriotic schlockodile, he almost always recalcitrashed the efforts of those who tried to helped him.

Etymology: Shlock (Yiddish from German) Trash, dregs, scum, dross, slag, fetid, filthy,squalid; disagreeable person 2. Yiddish shlak apoplectic stroke, evil, nuisance, wretch (cf. MHG slac(g) blow; & Crocodile: a person who makes a hypocritical show of sorrow.

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COMMENTS:

I want to say I'm at a loss for words but ... - emdeejay, 2008-12-02: 05:24:00

trust an ozzie to put a crocodile in his etymology - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-02: 12:32:00

So many word creations, you almost invent a new language! Are going to name it verbotomy ... in honor of this website? Amazing sentence! - silveryaspen, 2008-12-02: 13:02:00

You should name it Verbobomy! - Nosila, 2008-12-02: 22:16:00

metrohumanx Packed with pungent piles of perfection! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-04: 01:33:00

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Jackassist

Created by: Magnetic

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Trying to meddle in coworkers' problems ended up getting Bob fired -- that'll teach him to be such a jackassist.

Etymology: jackass + assist

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COMMENTS:

Roaring with laughter! Good one! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-07: 20:01:00

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Helperskelper

Created by: scrabbelicious

Pronunciation: Hell-pers-Kell-per

Sentence: HelperSkellper, and we all fall down!

Etymology: Botch job of 1. Helper 2. Skupper and generally inspired by Helter Skelter...which is a catchy combination in a pop song a bit like..la la la

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COMMENTS:

cute - Nosila, 2010-04-27: 11:01:00

Wow this sounds familiar to me! - splendiction, 2010-04-27: 19:54:00

Know why it sounds familiar: check out the fifth word I made (helperskelpering)! - splendiction, 2010-04-27: 19:59:00

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Spillanthropist

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: sp ill an th ropp isst

Sentence: His time as a spillanthropist showed him that the milk of human kindness ended up sticking to the shit that happens more often than not. There were time when he was sorry he ever joined the pees corps

Etymology: philanthropist, spill

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COMMENTS:

Damned messiprocity. - purpleartichokes, 2008-02-07: 04:54:00

you're still alive! hurrah! - galwaywegian, 2008-02-07: 05:54:00

Hey purpleartichokes -welcome back, we've really missed you - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-07: 06:04:00

sorry galway - didn't mean to leave you out - another excellent word - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-07: 06:05:00

Clever sentence! Graphic puns! Nifty verboticism! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-07: 08:53:00

Wonderful word and sentence. I suspect you and Banky (Maltruist) will be taking it away today. - ErWenn, 2008-02-07: 10:18:00

I guess the "milk of human kindness" has turned sour! Perhaps, also, the 'milk and honey route' is closed for repair! Top sentence and word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-07: 18:13:00

nice, me jumped when I saw word - purpleman, 2008-02-07: 20:41:00

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Disgustedoody

Created by: drizzydrake

Pronunciation: dis cust ted dude e

Sentence: i tried helping but i got bad luck and got disgustedooodied on.

Etymology: dis (bad) gusted (luck) doody(poopfall)

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-02-07: 03:15:00
Today's definition was suggested by purpleman. Thank you purpleman. ~ James

silveryaspen - 2008-02-07: 21:21:00
Had fun with your definition today, purpleman! A rose for your good cartoon, James! (an aside for pupleman and Stevenson about a past verbot: You both noted that beefcant got votes but no comments. It was because most of the compliments I thought turned my face red! If you care to go back and take a look, I'm tickled pink to tell you I finally came up with one I could post!)

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-02-08: 04:17:00
Smells like a rose or maybe a strawberry. Thanks Silveryaspen! ~ James

silveryaspen - 2008-12-02: 13:05:00
Great word. Great etymology.

silveryaspen - 2008-12-02: 13:08:00
in the wrong box again! I'm flummboxed!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-04-27: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by purpleman. Thank you purpleman. ~ James

scrabbelicious - 2010-05-01: 13:17:00
What can I say, fools seldom differ. ;-)