Vote for the best verboticism.
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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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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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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Outbust
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: owt busst
Sentence: george hoped his little outbust went unnoticed.
Etymology: outburst bust
Boohps
Created by: w5lf9s
Pronunciation: boo.ps
Sentence: "That was a rather typical instance of boohps back there. You might at least have complimented her on her shoes first"
Etymology: "to boob" to commit a faux-pas or blunder and "oohps"
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COMMENTS:
good - wordmeister, 2007-02-09: 23:50:00
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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
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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Freudfootenmouth
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation: freud-foot-in-mouth
Sentence: I just freudfootenmouth-ed by telling her that she had nice boobs instead of boots.
Etymology: freud: as in "freudian slip", footen mouth: as in foot in mouth.
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"
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