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DEFINITION: To put your foot in your mouth by saying what you're thinking, rather that thinking of what your saying.
Verboticisms
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Oraloops
Created by: BMott
Pronunciation: or - ul -oops
Sentence: Justin stuttered as he tried to recover from his oraloops when "boobs" slipped out instead of "boots while he was trying to charm Amber.
Etymology: Oral - Latin or-, os mouth; Oops - surprise, or dismay
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COMMENTS:
good word in the "oral tradition" - wordmeister, 2007-02-05: 19:52:00
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Mouthfreudercize
Created by: pandafever
Pronunciation: mowth-froud-err-cize
Sentence:
Etymology:
Heelatosis
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: heel-a-toe-sis
Sentence: Sue realized she had heelatosis immediately after she asked the blind client if it was bright enough in the room for him.
Etymology: heel- a cad, or a part of the foot, halitosis (bad breath, likely from sticking your foot in your mouth)
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COMMENTS:
Love it! - toadstool57, 2007-02-05: 07:46:00
Bad words equal bad breath? Yes! Good one! - wordmeister, 2007-02-05: 19:53:00
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Mingleupping
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: mingle upping
Sentence: I´m just loking at you and my mind and mouth are mingleupping
Etymology: i dont know
Inopiacognition
Created by: sirshade
Pronunciation: in/opee/a/cog/ni/shun
Sentence: jerry got slapped because of his habit of inopiacognition
Etymology: inopia=latin for "lack of" cognition=a fancy for "thinking"
Boobabble
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: boo baa bull
Sentence: Frank just boobabled at her and managed to cause great offense.
Etymology: to make a boob of yourself or to stare at her boobs, and babble.
Hoofinmouth
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: Hoof-in-mouth
Sentence: Dave seemed to mess up again and again as he blurted out the first thing on his mind. The doctors told him he had a case of hoofinmouth disease.
Etymology: hoof, as in foot/ mouth
Podios
Created by: mja188
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Jim didn't realize until it was too late, that he podiosed.
Etymology: "pod" from latin foot , "in os" is latin for in the mouth. possible alternate is podinos however podios sounds better.
Discomboobulate
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: dis-com-boob-bule-late
Sentence: He discomboobulated with abandon whenever she was in the same room. This often had painful consequences.
Etymology: discombobulate + boob. Discombobulate: to confuse. Boob: need I define it? Also has the meaning of "idiot".
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COMMENTS:
I'm sure a similar verboticism has been given before. And there's already a phrase for this one - the 'Freudian slip'. - Discoveria, 2007-02-05: 04:11:00
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Miscogloquence
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: miss-COG-lo-kwens
Sentence: The consequence of Marty's miscogloquence was that he lost his job. He just couldn't get his mouth and brain into the right gear and he blurted out what he really thought of his boss to his face.
Etymology: mis (wrong) + cognition (thought) + eloquence (fluent speech)
Comments:
ErWenn - 2007-02-05: 02:06:00
Isn't that what a Freudian slip is?
Discoveria - 2007-02-05: 04:12:00
Yes, I think so too.
Bulletchewer - 2007-02-05: 07:10:00
No, it's not a Freudian slip, it's a Freudianblip mahahahaha...
ErWenn - 2007-02-05: 09:35:00
You know what _I_ think we need a word for? A word for a non-Freudian slip of the tongue. Granted, I don't think Freud thought that they existed, but enough people do that it'd be nice to have a word to differentiate the two situations.
Bulletchewer - 2007-02-05: 10:00:00
I like blaming Freud, the sex-obsessed legend deserves it! Plus, one word is enough, so, next verboticism please.
Hey ErWenn, Thanks for the suggestion! I will see if I can create a definition for that... ~ James