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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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Treasuristic
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: Tre-sure-ist-ic
Sentence: Just look a little bit closer and you will see the treasuristic value of this rock.
Etymology: From the word treasure, "valuable to some owners...a rare find" and added "istic"< put ist and ic together to show it is most valuable to that person in particular,even if nobody else sees it's value...the owner of that treasure sees it as worthy and very valuable to them no matter what it is seen to be by others.
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COMMENTS:
I love your use of the imperative. Even your name is clever! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-10: 12:19:00
perhaps this is a diamond in the rough! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-10: 14:46:00
Thank you very much! I found this site along time ago and had forgotten about it...I googled MYSELF, Oh YEAH and UP it came ~ I LOVE words! I have lots I've made up for people...This is fun! - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-11: 00:52:00
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Glitturd
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: glitɜrd
Sentence: Despite all the hype and awesome advertising campaign, Ralph discovered the "as seen on TV" product he had just spent far too much money on was, in fact, a glitturd.
Etymology: glitter (sparkle) + turd (excrement)
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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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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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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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)
Excremint
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ekskrəmint
Sentence: When Tom signed up to take something to the Antiques Roadshow he was convinced that he had one of those unique items that would cause a sensation. The only sensation he experienced was disappointment when the appraiser declared his prize to be in excermint condition. No instant retirement here!
Etymology: excrement (feces) + mint (an aromatic plant native to temperate regions of the Old World, several kinds of which are used as culinary herbs)
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COMMENTS:
Very interesting. I like your sentence, hah. - RightOnTheWin, 2010-09-21: 09:16:00
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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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Op
Created by: Udrihel
Pronunciation: Op
Sentence: Nakk' ngub Gurk op nah! = She is beautiful like her! Op = Means = Like[noun]
Etymology: op
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James