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DEFINITION: v. To see beauty in the midst of a complete disaster. n. The ability to see beauty in the rainbow hues of a toxic oil spill, or in the remnants of a poster torn down long ago, or in the subtle cracks in the plaster of a cheap, cold-water flat.
Verboticisms
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Spintrificate
Created by: RachelRocks
Pronunciation: (Spin-trif-i-cate)
Sentence: She spintrificated the hurricane's eye to see the bright sky beyond it.
Etymology: Spin: turn around Trif: adapt I: I cate: Choice
Blissted
Created by: hyperborean
Pronunciation: blihss-tehd
Sentence: Louisse was happy she was so enlightened that she could enjoy all the sensory experiences of the car crash. Luckily, Bob knew just how blissted she always was, and pulled her out just before the explosion.
Etymology: bliss (extreme happiness, ecstacy) + twisted (distorted)
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COMMENTS:
I like your sentences! - readerwriter, 2009-05-12: 15:30:00
you hit it out of the park, great word, amazingly funny sentence - DrWebster111, 2009-05-12: 21:38:00
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Traumatopian
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: trou-muh-toh-pee-uhn
Sentence: Jane sees herself as a traumatopian, envisioning the best of any calamity. Some of her friends think she's on transcendental medication.
Etymology: trauma (a body wound or shock produced by sudden physical injury, as from violence or accident) + utopian (involving idealized perfection)
Aesthetslick
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: ess-thet-slick
Sentence: While the workers toiled cleaning up the oil covered beach, several aesthetslicks tried to stop them from clearing the shiny, rainbow-hued slicks that washed up with the surf.
Etymology: aesthetic (pertaining to beauty) + slick (as in oil)
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-13: 05:56:00
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Mischarmery
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: miss-charm-er-ree
Sentence: As she began to lose consciousness she noticed the mischarmery of her own blood spatter while it dripped down the wall. With each blow it looked more and more like a painting she did when she was young during her "Jackson Pollock" phase.
Etymology: misery (wretchedness of condition or circumstances) + charm (attractiveness)
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COMMENTS:
gruesome imagery - petaj, 2010-11-24: 07:05:00
been watching The Walking Dead lately... - remistram, 2010-11-24: 08:55:00
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Pausepective
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: Poz pek tif
Sentence: Pandora viewed tragedies differently than others...she had a different pausepective when it came to bad things or events. Like when she saw the red blood ooze from the wounds her knife had inflicted upon her unfaithful boyfriend, she thought, "Cool, that's the exact same shade as my new nail polish!" Or when she spied the blue tinge to his lips which happened after she had administered the cyanide in his cocktail. It was the grey-blue of the clouds before a violent thunderstorm. She just had to stop listening to that tune from "Chicago"..."He had it coming...he had it coming...!"
Etymology: Pause (reflect, take a moment to consider or think about) & Pos ( abbreviation of positive;involving advantage or good) & Persepective (a way of regarding situations or topics etc; viewpoint; vantage point)
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COMMENTS:
Pandora seems to be quite the extolminatrix! - dochanne, 2009-05-12: 05:22:00
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Beautastrophe
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: byoot-as-tro-fee
Sentence: Despite the fact that the tornado tore down their house and killed their neighbors, Gavin let the beautastrophe shine through as he marveled at the way that the sun shined through the broken stained glass of the near-by church.
Etymology: beauty + catastrophe
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COMMENTS:
at first sight i thought this must have been an aussie verbotomist - but maybe that would have been spelt bewtastrophe. Love it - petaj, 2009-05-13: 05:33:00
nope - 100% Jersey girl! thanks ;) - libertybelle, 2009-05-13: 10:12:00
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Charmageddon
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: charm-ah-ged-on
Sentence:
Etymology: charm, armageddon
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COMMENTS:
Great word....come up with a sentence or two! - readerwriter, 2009-05-12: 02:55:00
love it - galwaywegian, 2009-05-12: 03:53:00
Ayemageddon charmed :P - dochanne, 2009-05-12: 05:13:00
Charmed us! - Nosila, 2009-05-12: 18:14:00
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Beaubacle
Created by: rfrey121
Pronunciation: beau-bac-le
Sentence: Amidst the tragedies, the passengers witnessed a beaubacle.
Etymology: beau- beautiful bacle- disaster
Finiculy
Created by: Krixwell
Pronunciation: fi-NIC-u-ly
Sentence: As she was focusing on the beauty of the oil spill and not the reason and consequences, James admired Sally's finiculy.
Etymology: Contraction of "finem cuniculum", Latin for "(the) end of (the) tunnel", with an anglizised ending -y.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx Thank you metrohumanx ~ James
abrakadeborah - 2009-05-14: 11:24:00
Metro, You're amazing! I really enjoy your definitions! I hope my word "Iridescentdisaster" does justice of your artistic visions. :) Great cartoon too "Verbotoartist"
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James