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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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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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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
A modern parable, indeed. - metrohumanx, 2008-12-03: 16:44:00
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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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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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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)
Goodpunish
Created by: Sibahi
Pronunciation: Good-punish
Sentence: "John was goodpunished, John is a goodpunish"
Etymology: "No good deed goes unpunished." - Clare Boothe Luce
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COMMENTS:
Nice wordplay and turn about in your sentence and verboticism! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-07: 08:44:00
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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
Packed with pungent piles of perfection! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-04: 01:33:00
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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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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)
Failicitate
Created by: Dougalistic
Pronunciation: Fayall-issy-tate
Sentence: Dave is useless in the kitchen! He doesn't facilitate at all, all he does is just failicitate! I mean, who put's pasta in a sauce pan without water, expecting it to just cook?? He nearly burned the house down! I hate husbands!!!!
Etymology: Facilitate - To make something easy or easier to do, to aid or make better of something. Fail - (intransitive verb) To be unsuccessful in trying to do something.
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COMMENTS:
Very clever blend! Help! Fire! Pass ta water! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-07: 08:41:00
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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. ;-)