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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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Mouthfreudercize
Created by: pandafever
Pronunciation: mowth-froud-err-cize
Sentence:
Etymology:
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)
Tongueshui
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: tung-shway
Sentence: When he tried to charm the beautiful girl at the bar, Jeremy's tongueshui was once again his downfall.
Etymology: tongue + feng shui
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COMMENTS:
tongueshui sounds like you would always say the appropriate thing but I love the way it sounds - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-05: 16:31:00
You can have bad feng shui, right? But yeah, I was a bit confused by today's definition, so I went for the aesthetics instead. (I've figured it out now) - sodium, 2007-02-06: 00:26:00
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Verbootin
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: verb/oot/in
Sentence: He was always guilty of verbootin - letting forbidden thoughts escape
Etymology: verboten- forbidden + boot + in
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COMMENTS:
Nice one! - BMott, 2007-02-06: 22:48:00
thanks BMott - porsche, 2007-02-07: 11:14:00
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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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Streamofwrongciousness
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: streem-ov-rong-shus-ness
Sentence: telling his boss that it looked like she'd put on quite a bit of weight over the holidays was another case of his streamofwrongciousness getting him into trouble
Etymology: stream of conciousness, wrong
Mindburp
Created by: chris
Pronunciation: mynd-berp
Sentence: Julian's propensity to mindburp had made him a regular at the A&E department
Etymology: A burp is something embarrassing (and often involuntary) that comes out of your mouth. A mindburp is the same - but is caused by the brain rather than by the body.
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COMMENTS:
I like that. It makes more sense than a "brainfart," which describes something that needs describing, but doesn't describe it very well. - ErWenn, 2007-02-06: 01:16:00
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Flawpaw
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: flaw/paw
Sentence: Every flawpaw knows when he can't yank his pied from the palate of a pixie, it's high time he hoof it out of town.
Etymology: flaw + paw
Pedoralisis
Created by: moltentim
Pronunciation: ped-oral-isis
Sentence: Jim was diagnosed with pedoralisis after he told the doctor, "anybody could do this."
Etymology: foot + mouth + dysfunction
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