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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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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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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)

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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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Spexcressist

Created by: novaspectyr

Pronunciation: spex/cruh/sist

Sentence: Always willing to help, John spexcressisted his friend Jane with her cat's messy litter box. His reputation as a catsanova ruined and his clothing stained, he was forced to move out in order to escape the resulting feline persecution.

Etymology: speckle + excrement + assist

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COMMENTS:

Good tongue twister! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-07: 11:05:00

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Chivalricochet

Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /shi-val-RIK-uh-shey/

Sentence: Richard thought he was being helpful when he offered to carry the old lady's shopping bags from the department store to her car, but his good deed chivalricocheted when the store security guard grabbed his arm and claimed he was shoplifting. Glancing around the parking lot, the old woman was nowhere to be found.

Etymology: chivalric - pertaining to a gallant deed; with good intention (from Old French, chevalier "knight") + ricochet - [informal] having an unintended consequence; to backfire (from Old French, give-and-take)

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COMMENTS:

Knightly done! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-07: 11:06:00

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Counselquence

Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Cown-sel-quen-se

Sentence: When Nicola heard the knock on her door late one night she knew it would be her best friend Dana with news of the latest tragic event in her life. This time she found her in floods of tears, when she asked her what was wrong she told her that she had been seeing a married man and didn't know what to do. Being a good friend Nicola sat and listened to her for the next five hours, eventually she advised her to give the man an ultimatum, the wife or her. Dana thanked her and left. What she hadn't realised however was that the man in question was her own husband, but she soon found out when the counselquence ended in him packing his bags and moving in with Dana a week later.

Etymology: Counsel(give advice to someone to help resolve a personal problem) + Consequence(result or effect)

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COMMENTS:

I think those are my neighbors - Mustang, 2008-12-02: 07:33:00

excellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-02: 12:29:00

Great story, TJayzz...the basis of all Country & Western songs! - Nosila, 2008-12-02: 22:18:00

metrohumanx A modern parable, indeed. - metrohumanx, 2008-12-03: 16:44:00

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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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Maiddle

picabomama

Created by: picabomama

Pronunciation: mād - dl

Sentence: For Valentine's Day my husband decided to do me a favor and organize my messy closet. This "gift" was really a manifestation of his OCD and I asked him not to do it. Of course, he ignored me and I came home one afternoon to find him unconscious on the bedroom floor, under an avalanch of apparel debris. When he came to, he promised never to MAIDDLE in my affairs again.

Etymology: maid- someone who performs the service of cleaning other people's home meddle- to butt in, to interfere

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COMMENTS:

So cleverly crafted in your sentence ... great verboticism! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-07: 19:42:00

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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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Philanthroplode

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: fi/lan/thruh/plode

Sentence: John philanthroplodes a few times a week. He constantly jumps into squabbles and situations looking out for and defending his friends, only to become the target of his friend's aggressor.

Etymology: philanthropist + explode

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COMMENTS:

Nice one! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-07: 19:38:00

Had I three votes, this would get one. - ErWenn, 2008-02-07: 20:01:00

very nice stevenson - purpleman, 2008-02-08: 08:00:00

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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. ;-)