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DEFINITION: To be so afraid of failure that you become paralyzed -- unable to move, respond or even say a word.
Verboticisms
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Failock
Created by: chofu67
Pronunciation: fail lock
Sentence: We might have expected stammering or nervous gestures, but we were not prepared for his total failock in the face of a challenge from the floor.
Etymology: fail + lock as in vapor lock or lock up
Errimmobilis
Created by: cryptc
Pronunciation:
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Etymology: Error, and Immobilis from latin.
Terralysis
Created by: Guthlaf1
Pronunciation: TERR-a-LI-sis
Sentence: He was halfway to the group when the terralysis hit, and he was stuck there, thinking "Oh no - how are you supposed to break into conversation again?".
Etymology: 'terra' - from 'terror' '-lysis' - from 'paralysis'
Starelized
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: stair-uh-lyzd
Sentence: Jimmy was certainly not sterile, but with the way he starelized every time an attractive woman was around, he might as well have been.
Etymology: (stare + paralyzed) = a homophone to sterilized
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COMMENTS:
I think this is very funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-08: 14:21:00
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Flatatonic
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: flat a ton ik
Sentence: When Star Trek geek Jaune Yellowhead pushed his other Star Trek geek friend, Ginger Carrotop, to ask the new girl out, Ginger went into a flatatonic state. The new girl with the magenta hair, Pinky Purple, was so cute that Ginger was speechless. Apparently love is colorblind and the phasers were on stunned that day.
Etymology: Flat (having lost effervescence;completely or partially deflated) & Catatonic (a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods
Goofcoma
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: goof-co-ma
Sentence: Brad went into a goofcoma whenever he saw Brandy enter the room.
Etymology: goof + coma
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COMMENTS:
funny! - wordmeister, 2007-02-27: 10:00:00
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Emotocomitosis
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation: eemoto-comit-osis
Sentence: Wracked with emotocomitosis, he pushed out his arms to shake hands before instantly drawing it back
Etymology: emoto - connected to matters emotional; comitosis - in a frozen, lifeless state
Performortis
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: per + for + mort + iss
Sentence: Chuck's performotris was a particular liability in the bedroom.
Etymology: Perform + rigormortis
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COMMENTS:
Hehe! Good one! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-08: 12:32:00
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Incompetrify
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: In-com-pet-triff-fy
Sentence: Bob, a soft-spoken geologist, always became incompetrified whenever he had to give a speech in public.
Etymology: Incompetent+petrify. Incompetent: unable to do something well. Petrify: to turn to stone.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by mana1066. If you have an idea that you'd like verbotomized, send it to us! Go to: http://www.verbotomy.com/verbinition.php.
Thanks! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by mana1066. If you have an idea that you'd like verbotomized, send it to us! Go to: http://www.verbotomy.com/verbinition.php.
Thanks! ~ James
wordmeister - 2007-02-08: 14:08:00
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