Verboticisms

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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Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /SHAP-ur-own/

Sentence: Charlotte had been constantly chaperowned; when she went to the mall on Saturdays, her father insisted on staying with her; when she wanted to go to a school dance, she had to bring her older brother as an escort; and her mother picked her up from school each day and take her straight home. It's no wonder that she snuck out one night, ran away and became a porn star.

Etymology: Chaperon (also chaperone) - someone whose purpose is to ensure propriety or restrict activity (Old French for "hood, head protector"; related to 'chapeau' "hat") + Own - [in the sense of] to have complete control over (Middle English, agan "to have")

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COMMENTS:

Good one, Tigger...is that different from chaperleasing or chaperrenting? - Nosila, 2008-02-22: 02:01:00

Ownerous parents! Brilliant! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-22: 13:08:00

"My mama told me, you better chaperown" — (Shop around; Smokey Robinson and The Miracles). Since Jabberwocky's singing again, there's music in the air... - Tigger, 2008-02-22: 15:22:00

And purpleartichokes and galwaywegian are singing too, I see. - Tigger, 2008-02-22: 15:41:00

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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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Created by: Sibahi

Pronunciation: Protect-o-mania

Sentence: Julie, a 29-year-old, is regularly locked in her room in Friday nights by her protectomaniac father.

Etymology: Protect-o-mania: "mad about protection."

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COMMENTS:

Was his favorite song "Crazy Over You?" Good one! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-22: 14:38:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: ruh - punzl - oaf

Sentence: Morton is a boob who has become totally obsessed with the notion that Miriam has to be sequestered and under his constant scrutiny in order to protect her from the many dangers he imagines to be threatening her. He has become a totally unreasonable rapunzeloaf.

Etymology: blend of the fairytale Rapunzel and oaf

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COMMENTS:

He needs to let his hair hang down as much as she does! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-22: 13:05:00

Fantastic! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-22: 13:07:00

Any relation to 'Meatloaf'? - Tigger, 2008-02-22: 15:14:00

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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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Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: par-a-noid

Sentence: The coddling and paranoid actions of Jill's father to try to watch her every move and protect her from the harsh cruel world outside, just made Jill more parannoyed.

Etymology: paranoid/annoyed

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COMMENTS:

Is her father related to the computer annoybot? (an Internet computer program having the sole function of sending annoying or unwanted messages)! Very inventive! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-22: 13:48:00

Good one! - Tigger, 2008-02-22: 15:03:00

Very good verboticism. - Mustang, 2008-02-22: 18:37:00

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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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Created by: Biscotti

Pronunciation: ob-teck-tive

Sentence: Joe was obtective with his family, they never saw the light of day while he was gone.

Etymology: Obsessive + Protective

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COMMENTS:

Scary! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-23: 16:28:00

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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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