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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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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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
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.
Brainfart
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: BRANE-fart
Sentence: "Hey Meg, great ass..sesment back there in the meeting" One thing you could say about Bobby, he could cover a brainfart better than a can of lysol.
Etymology: umm, we used to use this alot back in highschool, college...I is surprised no one else put it up yet...brain+fart
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COMMENTS:
HA! Very funny sentence!!! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-05: 11:19:00
Yeah, funny! - wordmeister, 2007-02-05: 19:56:00
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Brainblurt
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: brain/blurt
Sentence: The most embarrassing moment came when he brainblurted the 'F' word in the crowded church.
Etymology: brain + blurt
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COMMENTS:
I think the alliteration clinches it. - Discoveria, 2007-02-05: 16:39:00
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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
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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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.
Gaffiloquy
Created by: chofu67
Pronunciation: gaff ill o kwee
Sentence: With only a brief gaffiloquy, he managed to offend everyone in the room
Etymology: gaffe = iloquy (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