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DEFINITION: n. A chronic slow talker, who plods relentlessly, even when everyone else has figured out what they are trying to say. v. To talk in a painfully slow manner.

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Borator

Created by: iwasatripwire

Pronunciation: bore-ate-er

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Etymology: bore+orator

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COMMENTS:

Good word!! - Stevenson0, 2007-03-02: 17:56:00

petaj Yes, A boring speaker at a function for the make-glorious benefit of Kazakhstan! - petaj, 2007-03-02: 20:06:00

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Droneprone

Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: drone/prone

Sentence: Pierre Pantperhog was known among family, friends, and foes alike as a dithering "droneprone" dude.

Etymology: drone + prone

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Talkumentary

Created by: aj3131

Pronunciation: Talk-u-mentary

Sentence: Everybody want the dude to stop giving us a talkumentary about how he scraped the pimples off his back.

Etymology: talk + (doc)umentary

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COMMENTS:

i really like it but it seems to be more the things the person is saying instead of the actual person...? its good otherwise - ekath, 2007-03-06: 22:16:00

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Lethargument

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: leth-ahr-gyuh-muhnt

Sentence: Don't ever get into a lethargument with Neil. It could last for days.

Etymology: lethargic (the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity) + argument (an oral disagreement)

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Enuncilater

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: ee/nun/see/lay/tur

Sentence: Dave spent so much time worrying about pronunciation while conversing that he became know as an enuncilater.

Etymology: enunciator + later

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Molassalogue

Created by: lauramy

Pronunciation: mull-ass-uh-log

Sentence: I'd rather be eaten alive by a wild hog than listen to another Molassalogue.

Etymology: molasses + monologue

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COMMENTS:

petaj Does a molassalogue have a sweet tooth? And always tell a sugar-coated verson? - petaj, 2007-03-02: 20:02:00

Can my 'treaclespeaker' deliver a molassalogue? Nice word! - Discoveria, 2007-03-02: 21:32:00

would you listen in a fog? would you listen with a hog? - Alchemist, 2007-03-03: 07:46:00

Great one! - BMott, 2007-03-09: 00:11:00

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Putterpatterer

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: puuuuuuuh-tur-paaaaaaaaa-tur

Sentence: The patient had the misfortune to get an EMT who was a putterpatterer; by the time his rescuer could utter the phrase "Are you choking?", he had already passed out.

Etymology: putter, patter

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Boreatone

Created by: eddie

Pronunciation: bor/a/toan

Sentence: Steve "The Slug" Jones speaks in such a boreatone manner that he has been known to talk people to sleep.

Etymology: boredom + monotone

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Forestgumpitis

Created by: subakamoo

Pronunciation: for-est-gump-itis

Sentence: Man, he's talking so slow, seems like he has FORESTGUMPITIS.

Etymology: The movie Forest Gump, coming from the way Forest talks.

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Verbalaze

mrskellyscl

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: ver-bal-laze

Sentence: John is a notorious verbalazer. If he gets the chance to trap you into a conversation, you might as well abandon all hope of being on time for the rest of the day. You're trapped into hearing about his daughter's dance recital and his mother's gallstones whether you like it or not.

Etymology: Verbalize: verbose; express in words + laze: kill or waste time

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-03-02: 00:00:01
Today's definition was suggested by Stevenson0.
Thank you Stevenson0! ~ James

BMott - 2007-03-09: 00:10:00
Loved this one!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-09-22: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by Stevenson0. Thank you Stevenson0. ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-09-22: 07:12:00
Hey Verbotomists, Jasper Fforde is sending us signed copy of The Eyre Affair for the top writer this week. I guess Fforde did not want to see his heroine, Thursday Next, trapped in verbalaze of boratoric snailocution. ~ James