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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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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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Poomerang

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: poōmərang

Sentence: Wendell loves to help others. The problem is that most of his efforts turn into poomerangs.

Etymology: poo (excrement) + boomerang (of a plan or action - return to the originator, often with negative consequences)

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COMMENTS:

pooriffic word - Nosila, 2010-04-27: 23:18:00

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Goodpunish

Sibahi

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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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)

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COMMENTS:

Might not be so bad, if she was the one who pinched you ... and where !!! (big silly grin) Fun and funny! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-07: 08:37:00

Chuckled over the 'sock it to her' comment today. Wish I'd thought of it to incorporate it into the sentence. Thanks Jabberwocky! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-07: 19:48:00

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Maltruist

Created by: Banky

Pronunciation: maowl-troo-ist

Sentence: Alan had never been all that interested in the news. He couldn't tell you what area of the country was buried under a blizzard, or who Larry Craig was. It was much more relaxing to listen to music or play Xbox when he got home from his 9 to 5, instead of having to read about the latest genocide. So when the hand ran along the underside of the stall separator at the rest area just before St. Louis on I-70, he reached for the extra roll to hand to the stranger in need. Accusations, handcuffs, and a court date later, Alan the maltruist would be forced to learn how men cruise for men in prison as well, when he helped that clumsy guy in the shower with the bar of soap he had dropped.

Etymology: mal - prefix meaning bad, altruist - someone devoted to the welfare of others

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COMMENTS:

Punningly, stunningly clever story. Excellent verboticism, too! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-07: 09:44:00

Fantastic word! I suspect that this + spillanthropist means nobody else is getting any votes today - ErWenn, 2008-02-07: 10:17:00

very dark humour - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-07: 13:11:00

Seems like he's 'cruising with his lights on' Luv the tale; good word, too! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-07: 18:07:00

picabomama My husband has almost done this very thing and I will introduce this word to remind to be vigilant. - picabomama, 2008-02-07: 18:17:00

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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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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:

petaj 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

metrohumanx VERY economical construction, Nozee. - metrohumanx, 2008-12-04: 16:32:00

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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";

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Samarislimed

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: sah-MAR-uh-slymd

Sentence: When Lindstrom jumped in to help clean up the mess left in Madge's apartment when her toilet clogged and overflowed he slipped and fell face first in the putrid mess and he realized he had once again been samarislimed while innocently trying to help someone.

Etymology: Blend of 'samaritan' (a person who is generous in helping those in distress) and 'slimed' (to smear or cover with slime)

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COMMENTS:

Good word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-03: 03:24:00

this is really good!! - mweinmann, 2008-12-03: 10:51:00

metrohumanx So much for do-it-yerself plumbing! - metrohumanx, 2008-12-03: 16:46:00

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Boomerangel

Created by: CanadianAndyCapp

Pronunciation: Boom-er-ane-jel or boom-er-ang-le

Sentence: Despite all his efforts, Jack's best friend /guardian angel, Alex, just couldn't stop him from getting into all kinds of trouble. Which inevitably rebounded back on the angel, getting him the nickname Boomerangel

Etymology: Boomerang - (Australian) An aerodynamic weapon with the property of eliptical flight. or to rebound upon. Angel - Helpmate, guardian

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COMMENTS:

very nice word - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-07: 15:57:00

Out of this world! Heavenly! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-07: 19:45:00

I was looking for a way to use 'boomerang' too, but I couldn't get it to work — you sure did! Excellent creation. - Tigger, 2008-02-11: 01:03:00

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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. ;-)