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DEFINITION: v. tr. To be so overly protective about a person or object, that you become completely possessed by the fear of what could go wrong. n. A person who is so worried about protecting something that they smother it with their own fears.
Verboticisms
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Abominablesnowrabbit
Created by: davem
Pronunciation:
Sentence: If you abominablesnowrabbit that child, he will have a bad first day of school.
Etymology: Eponymous to the character in a 1961 Warner Brothers Cartoon in which Daffy Duck and Buggs Bunny take a wrong turn on vacation and find themselves in the Himalayas as candidates to be the new pet of the Abominable Snow Rabbit, a giant yeti who "will love
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COMMENTS:
Novel concept: children as pets! Superb etymology. Fantastic eponomy! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-23: 16:49:00
Your ephonymous verboticisms have inspired other verbotimists to create some great eponymous verboticisms. - silveryaspen, 2008-02-23: 16:57:00
Mistakenly, I thought an epononym was any word that contained part of a name; a name with a syllable or prefix added to 'wordify' it as more than a name. But I was wrong!!! It is a name, and only the name, no additions, that is a true epononym. While I think you have inspired name-based creations, which are not true eponyms, it seems that (at least for the short time I've been playing) that you are the only one who has created a truly eponymous verboticism, in the strictest sense of the definition. Wow! Thank you for piquing my curiosity enough to researth this out. Any one else curious about the strict meaning of eponym might find this link helpful http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/eponyms/index.html - silveryaspen, 2008-02-24: 14:18:00
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Parencious
Created by: princesscharli
Pronunciation: Parr-en-shus
Sentence: He wouldn't let his daughter out, he's such a bad parent, no he's just parencious.
Etymology: a parent who's causious
Follycoddle
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: fol-ee-cod-ul
Sentence: my decision to lock my children in a room with only soothing music, educational literature and a macrobiotic diet to sustain them during their teen years may be misconstrued as follycoddling
Etymology: folly, mollycoddle
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COMMENTS:
nice! - galwaywegian, 2008-02-22: 09:36:00
I tried to think of a verbotomy that used mollycoddle - this is perfect - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-22: 10:22:00
Poor little follycoddled eggs! Well done! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-22: 13:36:00
Absolutely great word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-25: 19:06:00
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Possibully
Created by: Aardvark
Pronunciation: Possi-BULL-ee
Sentence: "I don't know why my dad won't let me go. He's such a possibully!"
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Inventive! Great blending! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-24: 14:09:00
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Precicossety
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: preh/si/kossitee
Sentence: Gollum in the Lord of the Rings showed way too much precicossety. It drove me nuts when he kept saying 'my precious'.
Etymology: preciosity (affection) + cosset (pamper) + precious
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COMMENTS:
He was testing your precious mettle! Can't resist saying it's absolutely precious! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-22: 13:28:00
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Pythonize
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: pii-thon-iiz
Sentence: So sad, she had a father that pythonized her all the time.
Etymology: python+ize
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COMMENTS:
Wow! Emotionally powerful! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-23: 16:42:00
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Patrylacticate
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: PAT-ruh-LAC-ti-cate
Sentence: Marvin would patrylacticate Brittany each time he neurotically attempted to protect her from the real and imagined evils of the world. By the time she turned twenty-nine, Marvin had reached the stage of clinical patrylacticosis.
Etymology: Patri-, "father," + prophylactic, "protective measure." Noun form: patrylactication
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COMMENTS:
Great etymology. Prophylactic was a stroke of .... genius! Great shielding! I'm having too much fun with this one! Way to go stache! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-22: 13:16:00
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Doomfeed
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: DOOM-feed
Sentence: For Bob the signs were all there: a harmaggedist who knew all the apocryptic signs. And, futhermore, his family were never free from his daily doses of doomfeed. But happily - perhaps, not in Bob's case - he found karma, no longer worrying about tomorrow - for he knew anyway everything would turn out wrong.
Etymology: DOOMFEED: doom: unpleasant or disastrous outcome; Feed: to satify, gratify or minister to, as in any sense, ego, desire, fear etc.
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COMMENTS:
Trapped in a doomfeedback loop! Very innovative! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-22: 14:32:00
you went right for the dark side on this one - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-22: 14:39:00
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Whatifamania
Created by: CanadianAndyCapp
Pronunciation: Watt-iff-a-main-ee-a
Sentence: After three generations of "Politically Correct" parenting, it is little wonder that most of the current generation of young adults have absolutely no parenting skills and have reverted to a state of Whatifamania when it comes to their children.
Etymology: Whatif- derived from the perpetual question of the incompetent. / Mania- excessive emotional state.
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COMMENTS:
Great perspective. Very perceptive! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-23: 16:36:00
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Guantanamother
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: gwan tan am oth hur
Sentence: Her Guantanamother scared her girlfriends and terrified her boyfriends. she came downstairs on prom night to find her date hooded, naked, standing on a stool, while her mother made doberman noises.
Etymology: guantanamo, mother
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COMMENTS:
Thanks Galway - you exorcised Love Shakle but now I'm stuck with 'Guantanamera, guajira, Guantanamera' - sing it purple!! - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-22: 10:09:00
wantanamera, theres only wan tanamera - galwaywegian, 2008-02-22: 10:27:00
One ton o' mayo! Might heal ya, one ton o' mayo... - purpleartichokes, 2008-02-22: 10:48:00
You three guan and on ... singing your little hearts out! Guanatanamother is so farfetched it just hangs right out there, drawing us to it like a magnet! Fun one, galwayegian! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-22: 13:12:00
Loved it, galwaywegian, you GITMO better every day! - Nosila, 2008-02-23: 00:05:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Biscotti. Thank you Biscotti. ~ James