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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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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.
Laguage
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: layg - wij
Sentence: Tessa spoke her own laguage. By the time she finished a sentence, everyone knew what she was trying to say and had long since ceased to listen.
Etymology: lag, language
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COMMENTS:
Great word! - Nosila, 2009-09-22: 10:57:00
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Ploughmouth
Created by: deanmoses
Pronunciation: plow-mouth
Sentence: I kept trying to say "I got it" but that ploughmouth ploughed right over me.
Etymology:
Wordslogger
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈwɚdˌslɑɡɚ/
Sentence: The wordslogger's tenacity might have been inspiring if context hadn't made it abundantly clear what he was trying to say three sentences into his soliloquy.
Etymology: From word + slog + -er
Dialaudler
Created by: sonic101
Pronunciation: di-a-laud-ler
Sentence: Rebecca just goes on and on, always being a dialaudler
Etymology: dialog+daudle=dialaudler
Monotologue
Created by: kateh
Pronunciation: muh NOT uh log
Sentence: Once Peter starts on one of his monotologues, you had better be prepared with some strong coffee to keep yourself awake.
Etymology: monotony and monologue
Monolonguer
Created by: magenta
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He is a classic monolonguer, he just never stops going on and on...
Etymology: Monologue and long
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)
Longuist
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: lon gwist'
Sentence: My friend Daryl, a gifted longuist, knows how to leave a voice mail message that, while saying very little, is so drawn out it exceeds the voice mail time limit. Starting with a period of silence followed by "Uhhh... heyyy..." just adds to the effect.
Etymology: long + linguist
Blahguy
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation: Blah-guy
Sentence: That blahguy is so slow.
Etymology: blah+ guy
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