Vote for the best verboticism.
DEFINITION: n. A self-image disorder characterized by an inability look at, share, or even recognize pictures of yourself, unless they have been photoshopped to perfection. v. To fall in love with a photoshopped image yourself.
Verboticisms
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Slimmaging
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: slim-ma-ging
Sentence: Slimmaging lets everyone see the real me -- a svelte rock and roll diva who can still tear it up in a black leather jumpsuit. Pay no attention to the grandmother baking cookies in the kitchen singing nursery rhymes to a two year old, that's just some woman who lives in my house.
Etymology: slimming: to become or make slim; slender + imaging: the mind's eye; the ability to perform mental images
Fabsnapic
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: Fab-snap-ik
Sentence: As Roxie's descended further and further into a fabsnapic starry-eyedess, her personal photo-album began resembling a who's who of supermodels.
Etymology: Blend of FABULOUS(fab:informal): Beyond belief; exceedingly great; exceptionally good; extremely pleasing; almost impossible to believe; incredible ; SNAP .n a photo; vb. to take a photo; emotionally meltdown; PIC, a picture, a photo & -IC: state or condition.
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COMMENTS:
FABSNAPPIC came in late on my 486- mabye it went into da buffer. But I love it. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-01: 06:30:00
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Cosmoshopism
Created by: livejuicy
Pronunciation: koz-moh-shop-izm
Sentence: Cosmo readers are those most common to suffer from cosmoshopism.
Etymology: cosmopolitan + photoshop + ism
Iconceit
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ikon seet
Sentence: Patricia's iconceit allowed her only to see herself as a perfect woman, with all her perceived flaws airbrushed away. Her own Mother failed to recognize the fauxpat.
Etymology: Icon (image;identifiable idol; a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface) & Conceit (the trait of being vain and conceited)
Dysaformperfectum
Created by: texmom
Pronunciation: dis a form per fect uum
Sentence: Airbrushing out her acne showed a mild form of dysaformperfectum.
Etymology: dys - problematic form - physical perfect - without flaw
Digimutia nervosa
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˌdɪdʒəˈmjuʃə ˌnɝˈvoʊsə/
Sentence: Shortly after completing his roles as Gollum in the _Lord of the Rings_ trilogy and as the title character in _King Kong_, actor Andy Serkis suffered a temporary but severe case of digimutia nervosa, refusing to be filmed without motion-capture gear and heavy post-production special effects.
Etymology: digi- (as in "digital") + muta- (from Latin "mutandis," meaning change, as in "mutate") + nervosa (indicating a mental disorder, as in "anorexia nervosa")
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COMMENTS:
Speaking of good sentences! Although Serkis was also Lumpy, the cook. - Clayton, 2007-06-05: 04:42:00
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Retouchiness
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: ree-TUHCH-ee-nis
Sentence: Constance's retouchiness was out of control. She got busted for using the smudge tool on her passport photo.
Etymology: retouch + touchiness
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COMMENTS:
Great sentence. - ErWenn, 2007-06-05: 02:56:00
could you imagine being held outside the country for not enough sexiness? that's why i always travel extra sexy. seriously, have you ever seen somebody extra sexy get stuck in a line anywhere? except the dmv, because no matter how many people there are waiting in line at the dmv, nobody can look sexy after 5 hours of hot breath and regrets. also, i like to imagine that there is a super sexy dmv where super sexy get their pictures taken and the pictures look good. also the workers are sexy. and the lines are shorter. - jadenguy, 2007-06-05: 10:08:00
Sexy DMV workers... riiiiight. - Clayton, 2007-06-05: 17:56:00
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Opticaldelusion
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: op/tic/al/dell/oo/shun
Sentence: Dorie Gray had an opticaldelusion disorder which was very confusing when applying her makeup - she often sported two sets of eyebrowse
Etymology: delusion + optical illusion
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COMMENTS:
That's a Wilde sentence! - petaj, 2007-06-05: 08:25:00
"A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction" - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-05: 09:15:00
so so excellent! dorien grey most definately is the most accurate mythological figure to use for this disease, only backwards. - jadenguy, 2007-06-05: 10:20:00
also your word rocks. - jadenguy, 2007-06-05: 10:21:00
Basil Hallward would be proud. - Clayton, 2007-06-05: 18:01:00
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Selflawphobia
Created by: weareallbeautiful
Pronunciation: s-eh-l-f-l-aw-f-o-bee-uh
Sentence: Alex screamed and curled up into a ball as he was unable to even look at the mirror due to his selflawphobia
Etymology: self+flaw+phobia
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Lucyof2009. Thank you Lucyof2009! ~ James
ErWenn - 2007-06-05: 02:55:00
Excellent definition. I think that the one-word restriction should be eliminated in special cases, such as when the definition is for a medical disorder.
That might work well for special theme weeks. Disease Week is an ideal candidate. Maybe there could be special challenges some times too, like having to write a limerick instead of just a sentence, or haiku.
Hey ErWenn and Petaj, Thanks for the creative ideas! And yes, I think it would be fun to change-up the rules. ErWenn, if you want to change your word into two-word verboticism, you can. Go to the edit/comment page for your word. You will see a link, in small gray type at the bottom of the page, which says "Oops, I want to change the spelling..." Click on this link, and then change your one-word answer into two words and submit. You will get a javascript alert, but the word will be saved. (This works in firefox...)
Hey Petaj, We are doing a theme-week on "office politics" next week! Can you think of any special challenges? ~ James
Well, how about using the word in a sentence from the minutes of a meeting, or in the style of a policy or procedure document.
jadenguy - 2007-06-05: 12:25:00
Or make everybody put a cover letter on their TPS reports before submitting them.
purpleartichokes - 2007-06-05: 14:30:00
Make everyone sit through a performance review of their word.
Stevenson0 - 2007-06-05: 21:34:00
How about filing long range plans, having the boss to dinner(you're invited Mr. Verbotomy next weekend)and paying into the coffee and gift fund?!?!?
Today's definition was suggested by Lucyof2009. Thank you Lucyof2009. ~ James