Vote for the best verboticism.
DEFINITION: n., A person who exudes confidence and a strong offensive odor. v., To be blithely yet resolutely unaware of one's own odors.
Verboticisms
Click on each verboticism to read the sentences created by the Verbotomy writers, and to see your voting options...
You have two votes. Click on the words to read the details, then vote your favorite.
Malodoroblivious
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: mal - OH - dor - oh - BLIV - yis
Sentence: Though Hector thought of himself as an irresistible Adonis he was in fact a malodoroblivious troll and the only heads he turned were those who were attempting to escape the offensive emanations that always accompanied him.
Etymology: Blend of 'malodorous' (having an unpleasant or offensive odor; smelling bad) and 'oblivious' (unmindful; unconscious; unaware)
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Succint and sarcastic- nice combo! - metrohumanx, 2008-09-02: 12:19:00
----------------------------
Rotshot
Created by: sunliya
Pronunciation: \'rät-shät\
Sentence: Jeff thinks he's hot stuff when he comes back to the office, glistening after a lunch break spent at the gym, but he's a total rotshot! He reeks! Emily might be the best in yoga class, but she shouldn't have given up deodorant -- she's rotshotting up the joint.
Etymology: Rot: To putrify, often producing a foul smell. Hotshot: One who flaunts his skills.
Confiscents
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kon fa sens
Sentence: Adam Reek was no ordinary salesman. Every lunch he went for a run and came back to stink up the whole office. He was so delusional he thought that the ladies in the office were envious of his confiscents and mistook their attention for attraction. The receptionist, Rose Aroma, particularly objected to his stench, as it permeated the entire office and she was afraid people might think it emanated from her. She complained, but the boss reminded her that Adam somehow sold more than anyone else in the office (obviously by phone and Internet)and was a valued employee of distinktion. Yes, thought Rose, rank has it's privileges.
Etymology: Confidence (freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities) & Scents (smell, stench, aroma,odor,olfactory senses)
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
"Rank" has its privileges! Ha! - karenanne, 2010-02-02: 17:20:00
----------------------------
Boreponger
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: bore-pong-er
Sentence: In her daily visits to the gym, Feclicia found nothing harder than to be polite in the presence of a boreponger. These ones, so dull in their enthusiasm for themselves and all they were doing to improve their lives...these ones who left such a foul stench in the midst of their comings and goings, left her no recourse, but to turn up the treadmill and walk faster. On the upside, she was reaching her weight loss goals ahead of time.
Etymology: from bore, an uninspiring person + pong, a stench Rhymes with "whoremonger" so it has that tone of low-life, twisted values, etc
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Scathingly realistic. - metrohumanx, 2008-09-03: 09:05:00
----------------------------
Odorblivident
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: oh-der-bliv-id-ent
Sentence:
Etymology: odor + oblivious + confident
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
odorable word... - Nosila, 2010-02-01: 18:03:00
----------------------------
Upfunky
Created by: tizher
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Because Roger was always upfunky in the afternoon his colleagues used the stairs.
Etymology: "Up" from close up and from (on a)high "funky" - not smelling quite right.
Philistink
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈfɪləˌstɪŋk/
Sentence: The culture in the U.S. is such that we've become quite sensitive to body odors, so it takes a true philistink to blissfully remain odorous in the face of wrinkled noses, backpedaling, and flat-out insults.
Etymology: From philistine (a person who is lacking in or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement, etc.) + stink (a strong, offensive smell)
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
I'm not actually sure how many people are familiar with the word "philistine," and it's just not as funny if you have to look up the definition. - ErWenn, 2007-10-02: 01:40:00
I got it straight off. Good one. - petaj, 2007-10-02: 08:29:00
great word ErWenn - it conveys the appropriate attitude as well - gets my vote - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-02: 12:48:00
There's a strong sense about it. Sentence so true. Excellent - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-02: 18:45:00
----------------------------
Confistench
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: CON-fi-stench
Sentence: Co-workers' eyes watered. Dogs ran away. Nothing seemed to deter Wesley from one-man effort to show the world that people don't need to shower more than once a week. His confistench was overwelming. Even though he claimed that he was being "green", Wesley's friends were finding him less than eco-friendly.
Etymology: confidence: the state of feeling certain about the truth of something + Stench: a strong and very unpleasant smell
Airogant
Created by: ajnemajrje
Pronunciation: Pronounced exactly as you woudl arrogant but with the a hand gesture of waving a smell away
Sentence: That John sure is airogant
Etymology: replace the arr in the word arrogant with AIR
Yopoda
Created by: lalaland
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology:
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
hey this is the creater. sorry i did not put the other stuff needed. ill give it to you here. Pronunciation: Yo-po-duh Sentence: He was very yopoded. Etymology: The word is from spain. It started off meaning to smell unruling. In 1944 the meaning was altered and changed to be unaware of one's odors. - lalaland, 2010-02-01: 16:26:00
----------------------------
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by IneffableDawn. Thank you IneffableDawn! ~ James
lumina - 2008-09-04: 00:51:00
Oooooo...I get so excited when I win! I'd like to thank...of course Jesus...my parents...for without them I wouldn't be here...the academy of course...my agent...oh wait, I don't have one...(music starts to play me out)OH! There's that music!!! Um...and...Well, I guess this means...You LIKE me...You really, really LIKE me!
lumina - 2008-09-04: 07:27:00
Hey...hours ago it said "I" won. ? Oops...never mind... *blush*
Today's definition was suggested by OZZIEBOB. Thank you OZZIEBOB. ~ James