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DEFINITION: v. To obsessively work on, shine and polish something which has no intrinsic value. n. A item which has lots of imagined shine in the eyes of the owner, but no real value for anyone else.
Verboticisms
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Bufflooniery
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: buff/luny/ary
Sentence: Sceptics called it bufflooniery but Sally was convinced that her collection of Canadian loonies would one day be the one true global currency and religiously buffed and polished them.
Etymology: buff + loonie + buffoonery
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COMMENTS:
Funny! (Poor Sally) - kateinkorea, 2009-03-10: 08:35:00
I really took a shine to this word! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-10: 12:21:00
Rich! luv it! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-10: 14:37:00
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Obessrance
Created by: caitmcnicholl
Pronunciation: Ob-ses-ranche
Sentence: Although Mr.Bohn's essay asignment was ungraded and unmandtory, carlie still worked 16 hours on it in hopes of overachiving but ended up just wasting away her weekemnd.
Etymology: Obbessed: overly focusing on an object,person,place,thing or aspect in life. Igorance: assumed information by a person who really knows nothing to little.
Quartshite
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: kwart shy t
Sentence: She spent cleaning and polishing the quartshite ring he gave her, not knowing it was as worthless and trashy as he
Etymology: quartzite, shite
Doitdad
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: doot dad
Sentence: Mom fiddled around with dad constantly. She especially loved his bald head. It was her favorite trifle. Every morning she would do it up right, and give it a real 'do'. Man, oh man! Could she really do it to it! She sprayed it with water, shampooed it, rinsed it, pumiced it, rinsed it, brushed it dry, waxed it spotless, then polished it to a bright snow white glaze, and topped it off with a kiss. It was mom's favorite doitdad!
Etymology: DO IT - as in "do it to it" ... DOODAD - a trifling!
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COMMENTS:
Pretty heady stuff! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-10: 01:11:00
!!!!!! - kateinkorea, 2009-03-10: 08:40:00
pumice? - ouch - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-10: 12:19:00
...So THATS why she was SKULLKING around. - metrohumanx, 2009-03-10: 12:24:00
Go to the HEAD of the class, metro...that's why dad is the Pate-r! - Nosila, 2009-03-10: 21:57:00
Yes, and it sounds like cajouling to dad to "do it"! (All the things many dads are made to do)! - splendiction, 2009-03-10: 22:31:00
Enjoyed all the comments :-) - silveryaspen, 2009-03-11: 01:10:00
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Preciouscosious
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: pre/shush/coe/shush
Sentence: Gollum would be considered preciouscosious in his obsession with the ring.
Etymology: precious + precosious
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COMMENTS:
Wow.Looks intimidating, but once you pronounce it, you can get into the hobbit of using it. - metrohumanx, 2009-03-10: 12:26:00
Great word! - Mustang, 2009-03-11: 00:00:00
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Drekenrich
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: drekenrich
Sentence: Marcie's friends wish she had never seen the TV show, Trash to Treasures where they show techniques for transforming refuse into decorative items. She will now drekenrich just about anything she finds. They are each the not-so-proud owners of some of her creations. John has a wreath constructed out of used twist ties and pull tabs from soda cans. Eunice has a broach made from an old belt buckle with shards of broken glass glued to it. But it is Betty who has the greatest "prize" of all, the sculpture of a duck (we think it's a duck) made of clumping cat litter. Every time the weather is humid it gets a little larger.
Etymology: drek (rubbish; trash) + enrich (improve or enhance the quality or value of)
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COMMENTS:
Always loved the word drek! - wayoffcenter, 2009-03-10: 06:03:00
Disturbingly beautiful sentence, and a top-notch word, too! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-10: 12:13:00
...Sounds like a little hamlet in Bavaria! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-10: 12:14:00
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Trivialapidotiose
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: trih-vee-uhl-LAP-ih-DOE-tee-OSE (trivialapidotiosis)
Sentence: Obsesssion is scary-just ask Cross-Eyed Mary...she burnished her doodads each night. By making them cleaner, they lost their patina- she polished them right out of sight................Mary was TRIVIALAPIDOTIOSE- She had an obsession with cleaning everything in her trinketarium, no matter how worthless they seemed to her boyfriend, Bob The Appraiser.
Etymology: TRIVIAl+LAPIdary+DOTe+otIOSE= TRIVIALAPIDOTIOSE.....TRIVIAL: commonplace, ordinary, of little worth or importance; Latin trivialis found everywhere, commonplace, from trivium crossroads, from tri- + via way 1589.....LAPIDARY: a cutter, polisher, or engraver of precious stones usually other than diamonds; 14th century.....DOTE: to exhibit mental decline like that of old age, to be lavish or excessive in one's attention, fondness, or affection; Middle English; akin to Middle Low German dotten to be foolish 13th century.....OTIOSE: producing no useful result, futile, lacking use or effect; Latin otiosus, from otium leisure 1794.
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COMMENTS:
Methinks my word is too long. - metrohumanx, 2009-03-10: 12:08:00
good one metro - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-10: 12:24:00
WOW that's a LONG word and GOOD too :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-25: 14:04:00
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Embullish
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: em buhl ish
Sentence: There was no getting away from it. although sasha had a glorious body, her resume, despite all the embullishment, was still bull.
Etymology: embellishment, bullsh*t
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COMMENTS:
Haha, nice. - RightOnTheWin, 2010-09-21: 09:20:00
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Nugatoil
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: NUG a TOIL
Sentence: "Are you going to nugatoil all evening?" he teased her. He knew that probably only about three people would show up to see her display in spite of her endless hours of fixing, changing, rewriting, redrawing and painting things that were fine the way they were six hours ago.
Etymology: NUGATORY: having no purpose or value; worthless TOIL: to work very hard and for a long time
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COMMENTS:
Love the word, kate...At first glance,I thought it was "oil derived from a nugget". - metrohumanx, 2009-03-10: 12:12:00
great combo - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-10: 12:21:00
fun to say, too - silveryaspen, 2009-03-10: 14:32:00
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Poindify
Created by: toy4769
Pronunciation: Poyn-dif-eye
Sentence: Larry's OCD neighbor, in his usual fashion, trimmed his hedges along the fenceline to nearly a stump to fill his need to poindify something he can control.
Etymology: Poindexter: a pocket-protector wearing over-analyizing nerd. + Modify: to change to suit one's taste.
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COMMENTS:
Creative way to combine words, great job. - RightOnTheWin, 2010-09-21: 12:48:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James