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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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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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Excremunicate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ex kree myoonee kayt
Sentence: Morty knew it was going to be one of those days, when Myra would excremunicate him for trying to clean her cat Mungo's litter box. Mungo went turdally mental and attacked Morty as he carried the pan full of ripe cat poopsadaisies and tripped over a stool on the way outside. Morty could not win for losing. Myra was more concerned for the crap strewn all over her dungalow than for the fact that Morty lay in a dung heap on the kitchen floor. How could he save feces over this debacle? He felt like he had just bought a bowel on the Schlemiel Of Misfortune game of life!
Etymology: Excrement (waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body) & Excommunicate (exclude from a community)
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COMMENTS:
LOL very punny - petaj, 2008-12-02: 04:21:00
(cl)assy - emdeejay, 2008-12-02: 04:28:00
Sounds pretty crappy to me. - Mustang, 2008-12-02: 07:34:00
Great sentence - even greater last two lines! I'll never see P Sajak or that tv show without the 'bowel on the Schlemiel Of Misfortune' - silveryaspen, 2008-12-02: 13:19:00
VERY economical construction, Nozee. - metrohumanx, 2008-12-04: 16:32:00
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Pubtrasump
Created by: ZenNobody
Pronunciation: /pəb'trasəmp/
Sentence: Verb (v.): Claus endured pubtrasumping for his neighbor because of the feeling of satisfaction he got for trying afterwards. Noun (n.): The man being a pubtrasump assisted his new friend by transporting a package for her, only to be stopped by the police for it halfway into his journey.
Etymology: The word "Pubtrasump" is derived from the Latin; pūblicus, meaning "public", tract, meaning "draw, pull", and sump, meaning "waste".
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
Packed with pungent piles of perfection! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-04: 01:33:00
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Scraplash
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈskɹæplæʃ/ /SKRAP-lash/
Sentence: Scraplash is generally caused by accident, but if you let those leftovers sit until they undergo fridgenesis, they may actually attack you in a fit of khaan.
Etymology: From scrap + (back)lash
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COMMENTS:
Something new! Building on past verbots to enhance the present verbot! I'm impressed that you found a way to tie them all together! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-07: 20:11:00
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Maiddle
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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Dupelomatic
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)
Sainttomarse
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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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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Pinchedhitter
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: pinched/hittur
Sentence: When I volunteered to help out a friend with her two year old twins I didn't realize I'd be the pinchedhitter.
Etymology: pinched + hit + pinch-hitter (substitute)
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. ;-)