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DEFINITION: n. A person who gets completely disoriented whenever they try to do more that one thing at a time. v. To make a big mess because you are trying to do too many things at once.
Verboticisms
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Distasker
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: dihs-tahs-ker
Sentence: Whether it was calculated or not, every time Rip Van Winkle tried to do anything other than sleep, he showed his nagging wife he was a real distasker.
Etymology: Playing on DISASTER, using DIS/not + TASK/ a piece of work, usually assigned
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COMMENTS:
really like this word! - splendiction, 2009-05-13: 22:46:00
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Sloperative
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: slohpp ur aht iv
Sentence: George Jnr was a natural born sloperative, just like his dad. The only family in thos parts that were allergic to Wrigleys
Etymology: operative, slop
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COMMENTS:
terrific - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-14: 14:47:00
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Pigstybunkist
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: Pig-sty-bunk-ist
Sentence: Sallynag Sunkist knew all too quickly when she married Alberto, he was a pigstybunkist. No matter how many times she nagged...she couldn't change the fact Alberto was so slack. Try as she might to be his Mother he would ignore her. He said "listen here my dear Sallynag, if you don't like the way I am...then pack your bags and leave my pigpen...I've already have a Mother and I do not need another!"
Etymology: Pigsty:(Slang) A dirty,very untidy place,very messy! Bunk: (slang) meaning absurd,ridiculous,something totally stupid. Bunkist: A person that is absurd and ridiculous. Pigstybunkist: A person that is sloppy and untidy and a ridiculous slob.
Conflusterrent
Created by: dochanne
Pronunciation: Con-flust-err-ent
Sentence: Texting on his phone while walking led Daniel to first add "tree" to the message unintentionally, then walk into it. When trying to gather his papers and talk to the woman who came to his help he found himself confabulating out of befuddlement, messhandling everything until he became quite conflusterrent and babbled senselessly. He found this whole muddletasking thing quite multying.
Etymology: Concurrent - at the same time; Confluence - coming together or occuring together; Fluster - confused and addled by too many things to do!; Err - error or mistake.
Multitaxing
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: muhl-tee-tak-sing
Sentence: Nobody wants to admit how slow-witted Jeremy is, afterall, he is the boss. Doing more than one thing at a time is multitaxing for him. He often has to hold his breath to form a thought.
Etymology: multitasking (the carrying out of two or more tasks at the same time by one person) + taxing (to make heavy demands on; strain)
Multitaxed
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: mul-ti-tasked
Sentence: Richard was so inept at multitasking that he was obviously multitaxed.
Etymology: multitask: the ability do several things at once -- the word is derived from a computer term that means the concurrent operation by one central processing unit of two or more processes. + taxed: to use to the limit; to strain or extend
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COMMENTS:
No doubt a new government scheme. - Mustang, 2009-05-13: 07:59:00
nice one - galwaywegian, 2009-05-13: 08:52:00
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Juggleputz
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: jug-ul-putz
Sentence: Juggleputz wasn't a clever word but it did seem to sum things up and i was trying to make dinner and look after the kids while verbotomizing, so if i spent too long trying to think of a cleverer word i was bound to make a complete juggleputz of myself.
Etymology: juggle, putz
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COMMENTS:
how truly funny and realistic, plus nice to see a sentence from you, backing up your great word(s) - DrWebster111, 2009-05-13: 19:52:00
Good Job! Keep up the sentences :) It's 11 points to complete all areas! You got my vote! - abrakadeborah, 2009-05-14: 11:14:00
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Multifail
Created by: wizzbritt
Pronunciation: Mul-tee-fay-ul
Sentence: I tried to brush my teeth while feeding the baby and jogging on the treadmill but ended up multi failing.
Etymology: Multi: more than one Fail: be unsucessful
Unilimited
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: u - nee - lim - it - ted
Sentence: When it came to everyday life, Maurice was unilimited. If he was driving, having a conversation might mean that he would run someone over who was crossing the street. As they say, he couldn't "walk and chew gum" at the same time....
Etymology: uni (prefix meaning one), limited (circumscribed: subject to limits or subjected to limits) putting the uni in unlimited completely changes its meaning!
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COMMENTS:
Like it - Nosila, 2009-05-13: 19:19:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by mweinmann Thank you mweinmann ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by mweinmann. Thank you mweinmann. ~ James