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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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Brainspill
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /'brAn-spil/
Sentence: It is sometimes difficult to tell the difference between actual, revealing brainspillage and simple linguistic tonguetrippage
Etymology: From brain + spill
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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Mouthfreudercize
Created by: pandafever
Pronunciation: mowth-froud-err-cize
Sentence:
Etymology:
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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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)
Outbust
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: owt busst
Sentence: george hoped his little outbust went unnoticed.
Etymology: outburst bust
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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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
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.
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