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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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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)

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Poopsaway

Created by: mwgloe21

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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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Sainttomarse

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: snt-toe-MARSS

Sentence: Benedict was a true sainttomarse. Every time he volunteered to help a friend move house he ended up with all the sh*t jobs.

Etymology: saint (one with good intentions) + Saint Thomas + arse (from whence the doo doo)

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COMMENTS:

ROFL - emdeejay, 2008-12-03: 04:59:00

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Poomerang

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: poōmərang

Sentence: Whenever Charlie tries to help his friends get out of a mess, his efforts turn into a poomerang. It’s like an excremental tar baby.

Etymology: poo (excrement) + boomerang (return to the originator, often with negative consequences)

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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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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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Goooodsamaritan

Created by: rombus

Pronunciation: gooood - sam - air - itan

Sentence: Justin really felt like a goooodsamaritan. Every time he helped Katy, he got stuck in a mire of poop, doo or goo. When he walked her dog Rufus, he got knocked face forward into a pile of poop. When he trimmed her trees, the birds christened him with doo. Finally, there was all the goo inside her refrigerator that found its way to his hands and hair when he helped her clean it out.

Etymology: Goo + Good + Samaritan

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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.

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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. ;-)