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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.
Verboticisms
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Intendshunspanner
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: in tend shun span ner
Sentence: Jane found out the hard way that the road to Hell is indeed paved with good intendshunspanners. Jack's kitty poo removal efforts were litterally thrown back in his fece.
Etymology: intend (purpose)& shun (avoid) & spanner(wrench)
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COMMENTS:
Liked the sentence and etymology ... very creative! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-07: 20:14:00
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Litterpoopdedoer
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: lit-her-poop-dee-do-er
Sentence: Larry Linderdidit was such a litterpoopdedoer for his friend Jeaneretta. He was in deep with her...
Etymology: Litter; Poop; Play on the word "doer";
Gallantrashed
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: gal-uhn-trasht
Sentence: Maybe it's karma, maybe just bad luck but whenever Ben tries to make amends for someone else's mess he gets gallantrashed.
Etymology: gallanrtry (dashing courage; heroic bravery; noble-minded behavior) + trashed (to destroy, damage, or vandalize)
Oblitterate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ob lit ter rayt
Sentence: When Chuck offered to clean up Ginger Tom's box, he was attacked by the cat. In his haste to dump the deposits, he instead did oblitterate it all over the kitchen floor. Heidi suggested that next time he wait until the cat was not in the box before he cleaned it out...
Etymology: Obliterate (reduced to nothingness;do away with completely, without leaving a trace) & Litter (make a place messy by strewing garbage around;material used to provide a bed/bathroom for animals;strew)
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
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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Pigstymied
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: pig/sty/meed
Sentence: Why is it that every time I try to help I end up pigstymied
Etymology: pigsty + stymied
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COMMENTS:
And hogtied? Where's the Tide? Oh what a funny and fun creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-07: 11:02:00
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Assistrophy
Created by: ElCappa
Pronunciation: Assist + trophy
Sentence: "If you keep trying to reconstruct your neighbour's ceiling, you're going too assistrophy!"
Etymology: Assist + Catastrophy/Atrophy
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COMMENTS:
Probably should be a noun though - ElCappa, 2013-02-06: 11:37:00
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Dipsheet
Created by: logarithm
Pronunciation: deep-shit
Sentence: David got himself into his friend's dipsheet while trying to help him out from that dipsheet.
Etymology: From 'deepshit'. 1) Deep - trouble 2) Shit - (vulgar) fecal matter; excrement. 3) Dip - to immerse partially or temporarily in or as if in a liquid; dunk; to get involved. 4) Sheet - to cover with a sheet.
Litterati
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: lit ter a tee
Sentence: After Joe had finished reading "Cat on the Hot Tin Roof", he had to go clean out Tiger's stinkbox. After tripping over his pet and showering himself with its debris, Joe became a true litterati.
Etymology: Litter (trash;material used for animal indoor toilets) & Literati (the literary intelligentsia;people who write, are well written or who publish or critique books)
Succorsucker
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: suk er suk er
Sentence: "The holly arrives Friday. Will you help make holly wreaths Friday night? the president of the Optimist club said. "We start selling them this Saturday. They have to be ready." Handy Andy suckcomed (succombed) with a reluctant "Okay". He was very busy during the holly days. Friday night, only Handy Andy and the president of the Optimist club showed up. He was stuck making holly wreaths all night, right up to Saturday morning, when people began arriving to buy them. Looking around for help from the president, he soon discovered the president had snuck out on him, leaving him to stay all day, selling them, alone. His mind kept silently repeating "succorsucker!"
Etymology: Succor - to give aid and assistance. Sucker - as a noun: pushover, fall guy, dupe - also as a verb: conned, tricked, duped.
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COMMENTS:
Been there...done that. ;-) - Mustang, 2008-12-02: 07:35:00
nice and you reminded me that I have to pick up some fresh holly for the holidays - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-02: 12:33:00
Suckcomed succorsucker? You got my vote! :-D - logarithm, 2008-12-02: 17:30:00
Great blend - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-03: 03:24:00
HandyAndy got succubusted! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-03: 16:48:00
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Comments:
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!)
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!
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. ;-)