Vote for the best verboticism.
DEFINITION: n. An unintended consequence of medical or psychological therapy, especially if the therapy is supposed to make you feel "young again". v. To feel young and stupid again.
Verboticisms
Click on each verboticism to read the sentences created by the Verbotomy writers, and to see your voting options...
You have two votes. Click on the words to read the details, then vote your favorite.
Therapeeeek
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: ther + up + eek!
Sentence: Oh gosh, Grandpa's doing one-armed Marine pushups in the garden again - I wish he'd never gotten that therapeeeek.
Etymology: therapy + eek
Ponce
Created by: rephil
Pronunciation: pawnse
Sentence: Dr. A: "How did the procedure work out for Mrs. Hyde?" Nurse B: "The face lift turned out great -- got her a new boy toy. But he left over the stretch marks from the lipo -- so that was a bit of a ponce.
Etymology: Colloquial -- after Juan Ponce De Leon, first Spanish governor of Puerto Rico and legendary seeker of the Fountain of Youth.
Spryproduct
Created by: serendipity9000
Pronunciation: spry-pra-duct
Sentence: The therapy had the weirdest spryproduct - he started doing cartwheels after every session!
Etymology: spry (lively or active) + product; pun on byproduct (side effect)
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Wonderful! - ErWenn, 2007-06-18: 12:22:00
Though I think your pronunciation has one too many syllables. - ErWenn, 2007-06-18: 12:23:00
I fixed the pronunciation guide - thanks! - serendipity9000, 2007-06-18: 12:30:00
----------------------------
Testosterampage
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: tess-TOST-ehr-ram-paij
Sentence: Harleigh was a very sedate and well behaved senior citizen until he began taking some 'new age' suppliments he got thru a TV offer and after a few days on the therapy he went on a testosterage, not only frightening his wife, Heloise, but wearing her to a frazzle as well.
Etymology: Blend of 'testosterone' (n. the sex hormone, C 19 H 28 O 2 , secreted by the testes, that stimulates the development of male sex organs, secondary sexual traits, and sperm) and 'rampage' (n. violent or excited behavior that is reckless, uncontrolled, or destructive)
Teenmentia
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: teen-men-chah
Sentence: After a trip to the stud farmacologist and eating two boxes of Wild Oats 'n' Bran, Bob got a wicked case of Teenmentia. His neighbors watched in horror as he chased his poor old wife Alice around the yard while simulataneously crooning the Barry White tune "Let's Get It On."
Etymology: teen, dementia
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Got my vote! - remistram, 2007-06-18: 14:38:00
----------------------------
Viaggravate
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: vi-ag-gra-vate
Sentence: Herb was feeling like a young buck again; however, Martha was becoming viaggravated because he kept following her around the house, making lewd comments and showing off what was left of his scrawny body. Exasperated, she dumped his prescription down the garbage disposal, tossed ice water in his lap and left to play bingo.
Etymology: viagra: prescription for a certain male dysfunctional condition + aggravate: to rouse to exasperation; annoy
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
viagreat word! - Nosila, 2010-01-12: 07:08:00
----------------------------
Geripediomophism
Created by: marinus
Pronunciation: geri-pee-di-o-morph-ism
Sentence: Grandpa said the pills made him feel twenty years younger, but after he broke his hip mountain biking we began to suspect that it was that geripediomophism the new commercials warned about.
Etymology: geriatric (old). pediatric (young). ideo- greek prefix "image" morph- form
Therapeuttics
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: ther-a-pew-tix
Sentence: Jim felt young again after he started taking the pills. He had endless energy and couldn't sit still. Unfortunately, the side effect was an uncurable nervous tic, where his head twitched manically all day and night. His wife left him and everyone pointed and laughed at him in the streets. But to him the therapeuttics were worth it. They'd all be dead and he'd be living it up in Ibiza.
Etymology: therapeutic (helpful healing) + tic (persistent muscular contraction)
Youthanasia
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: yoo/thuh/ney/zee/ast
Sentence: Viagra and some other new miracle drugs are a form of youthanasia. With these drugs, young ideas, images and urgings are brought about in an old, incapable body.
Etymology: youth + euthanasia
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
I always thought Youth In Asia was an evangelical missionary program... - rephil, 2007-06-18: 10:14:00
I thought Yoot in Asia was a documentary about Seaman creator Yoot Saito. - jadenguy, 2007-06-18: 11:45:00
----------------------------
Cocoonsequence
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: cah-coon-see-kwens
Sentence: sure, i had extra vitality, but the appearance of 15 superfluous nipples was an upsetting cocoonsequence
Etymology: consequence, cocoon[the movie...with steve guttenberg]
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
too much catnip pill error, i'd say - galwaywegian, 2007-06-18: 06:18:00
Sheesh, that's some breast unhancement! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-18: 09:38:00
She must have misread the part where it said it would improve her mammary. unrelate: Everybody knows Wilford Brimley was the star of Cocoon! - jadenguy, 2007-06-18: 11:51:00
----------------------------
Comments:
Today's definition was inspired by Rob Sawyer's newest novel, Rollback. It is a story about a happily married (60 years!) couple who get "Rollbacks" -- medical procedures which are supposed to turn their 80-year old bodies into 25-year ones. It works for the husband, but unfortunately not for the wife -- which puts a bit a test on their marriage when they start to develop different levels of "need". ~ James
Purpleartichokes Wins GUST! Read all about it in Verbotoweek: purpleartichokes - The Office Politician.
jadenguy - 2007-06-18: 11:28:00
that was also an episode of the twilight zone. that show was amazing because it was both awesome and taught values!
jermainechambers44 - 2010-01-12: 18:04:00
Tigerwoodical