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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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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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Perfectioneering
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: per-fek-shun-EER-ing
Sentence: Something of a drama queen and one with a notable lack of self esteem, Brandy would work incessantly to improve any and all manner of things from her written essays to her doll collection to her flatware, believing that her perfectioneering would somehow transform mundane things into works of art.
Etymology: Blend of 'perfection' state of being perfect and 'engineering' (engineer - To plan, manage, and put through by skillful acts or contrivance; maneuver)
Rubburnish
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: RUB-urn-ish
Sentence: Not only was Accretia a terrible hoarder, she even employed a poor student to come in on the weekends to help rubburnish her collection of tinsel.
Etymology: rubbish (low value) + burnish (polish)
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COMMENTS:
A perfectly hilarious sentence. Accretia cracks me up! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-10: 12:22:00
super petaj - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-10: 12:22:00
rubs right into the definition, too! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-10: 14:44:00
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Nullevation
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: nuhl + eev + ashun
Sentence: Although Zachery polished his prized statue, retrieved from the fire in the local threatre, there was nullevation in the effect of its value.
Etymology: Null + Elevation = Null (In mathematics, the word null (from German null, which is from Latin nullus, both meaning "zero", or "none Elevation (the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something)
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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Finetoon
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: fyne toon
Sentence: No matter what Naomi did to her resume, it always looked like someone had had to finetoon it. How else would her work history look like such a piece of fiction?
Etymology: Fine-tune (polish and perfect) & Toon (cartoon;imaginery, humourous drawing;caricature)
Turdlewax
Created by: QuantumMechanic
Pronunciation: tur del wax
Sentence: He keeps turdlewaxing that revenue chart, but someone should tell him the product line has been discontinued.
Etymology: turd + turtle wax
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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Pentous
Created by: elenalombardi
Pronunciation: [pu-n-ch-us]
Sentence: I must make my paper pentous or I will get a low grade and my parents will not be happy about that.
Etymology: Pent- to fill/full
Blindstone
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: blynde stone
Sentence: Marilyn was engaged to Rocky. He was a handsome cad, only after her money but she was besotted by his charm. He gave her a shiny ring, which she thought was a large, diamond symbol of his love. Unfortunately it was actually a blindstone... for once he got his claws into her fortune, she never saw him again.
Etymology: Blind (cannot see;oblivious to something) & Rhinestone (pretend diamond,used in jewellery, shiny but of little comparative value)
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COMMENTS:
u spell weekemnd wrong - andrewmcshea, 2012-02-17: 15:18:00
whoops! so did i - andrewmcshea, 2012-02-17: 15:19:00
i did that on purpose - andrewmcshea, 2012-02-17: 15:19:00
tyrone jacksin would be proud yo - andrewmcshea, 2012-02-17: 15:19:00
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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