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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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Lethargument
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)
Blungle
Created by: JoePeacock
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The lazy oaf blungled on about how it had become increasingly difficult to catch sheep for his supper.
Etymology:
Treaclespeaker
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: Tree-cull-spee-curr
Sentence: The lecturer's voice was like honey: smooth, sweet, and thick. By the end of the hour the treaclespeaker had lulled half the class to sleep.
Etymology: Treacle + speak. Treacle is sort of a sugary substance that doesn't flow very well (viscous).
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COMMENTS:
I'm going to use this word - very clever Discoveria - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-02: 10:31:00
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Lowgear
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: lowgear
Sentence: Just let him talk, he is talking in lowgear
Etymology: low and gear as in gearbox
Molasster
Created by: Shellbow
Pronunciation: mo-LASS-tur
Sentence: He was such an extreme molasster it took him five minutes to ask for the ketchup.
Etymology: Molass- from molasses, a notoriously slow-pouring substance, especially when cold.
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COMMENTS:
I know it sounds dangerously close to molester, but so be it. - Shellbow, 2013-11-01: 23:26:00
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Borator
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: bow ray tur
Sentence: She couldn't understand how such a borator had such a hot partner. Then she thought about it for a looooong time.
Etymology: bore orator
Onandonmoron
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: on-and-ON-mor-on
Sentence: Phil's friends considered him to be a chronic onandonmoron and had begun to avoid being around him because of his incessant droning on so many incredibly mundane topics
Etymology: Blend of the words 'on', 'and', and 'moron'.
Cumbercone
Created by: w5lf9s
Pronunciation: cum.ber.cone
Sentence: Hubert is such a flucking cumbercone! By the time he has told everyone at the office about ... about ... about ... his weekend it's Monday night.
Etymology: cumbersome + cone (as in the shape of a loudspeaker or other orifices put to a similar use)
Slothmouth
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: slôθmouθ
Sentence: Whenever Tim has trouble sleeping, he goes to his TV and turns on the local government access channel. He has his own name for the reporter who covers the city council. He calls him Yawn Sleeperson. Five minutes with this slothmouth is sure to bring on slumber. If he is lucky he can stumble to bed just before he nods off, otherwise it’s another morning waking up in rumpled clothing with a kink in his neck.
Etymology: sloth (a slow-moving tropical American mammal that hangs upside down from the branches of trees using its long limbs and hooked claws) + mouth (the opening in the lower part of the human face, surrounded by the lips, through which food is taken in and from which speech and other sounds are emitted)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Stevenson0.
Thank you Stevenson0! ~ James
BMott - 2007-03-09: 00:10:00
Loved this one!
Today's definition was suggested by Stevenson0. Thank you Stevenson0. ~ James
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