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DEFINITION: v. To demonstrate your superior knowledge and intellect by using complex, confusing and mind-numbingly stupid jargon. n. A person who uses big words to inflate their unusually small ideas.
Verboticisms
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Overmcthinker
Created by: mzzmee265
Pronunciation: over-mc-thinker
Sentence: She is an overmcthinker, she just has to sound smart by using big words without big thoughts
Etymology: over-beyond, to much; mcthinker-to try to think something that one cannot think really;
Totalitoiletry
Created by: CannonFire
Pronunciation: toe - tahl - it - toy - let - tree
Sentence: The new boss is out of control! This totalitoiletry MUST stop!
Etymology:
Supercalifragilinguist
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: soo-pur-kal-ah-fraj-ah-ling-wist
Sentence: Being a supercalifragilinguist, Mary felt compelled to use blinguage. When her boss asked her if she was willing to relocate, she was unable to simply answer "no" and soon found herself in Uzbekistan.
Etymology: the word from Mary Poppins, linguist
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COMMENTS:
LOVE them both, especially blinguage. - stache, 2008-03-06: 08:48:00
Chim Chim Cher-ee! Good one. - Tigger, 2008-03-06: 10:04:00
Expialidocious! Very precocious! Great fun word! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-06: 11:04:00
great - now this has become the song of the day - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-06: 13:12:00
I think I will actually use this one. Great. - Aardvark, 2008-03-06: 14:02:00
Sorry 'bout that Jabber, but know you're not suffering alone. - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-06: 14:15:00
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Jargamorphosis
Created by: diyan627
Pronunciation: jar-gu-morf-u-sis
Sentence: There goes Tammy with her jargamorphosis again. She thinks the perplexed way I'm looking at her is fascination with her brilliance.
Etymology: jargon (Speech or writing having unusual or pretentious vocabulary, convoluted phrasing) + metamorphosis (A transformation, as by magic or sorcery. A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or *function*.) def from answers dot com
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COMMENTS:
Simply brilliant and Kafka-ish! - kashman, 2008-03-09: 00:43:00
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Masterverbate
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: mas-ter-ver-beyt
Sentence: After Jim finished his daily masterverbating on everyone, going on and on about proper code of conduct they all felt icky and wanted to take a shower.
Etymology: masturbate + verb (as in verbal gratification through self-stimulation)
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COMMENTS:
Love it! "Master", as in I am so much better than you, should be in the etymology as well! - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-06: 18:08:00
Laughed long and hard! Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-06: 21:32:00
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Verbotocrat
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: ver-BOT-o-CRAT
Sentence: Partners of confirmed verbotomy addicts are often known to be bamboozled by the long words the verbotocracy use in everyday speech.
Etymology: verbotomy - (a game in which players attempt to dazzle each other with their remarkable vocabularies, wit and puns) + crat (1. a human gene, it is spuriously claimed to be responsible for genious, 2. suffix used to denote membership of a group eg. aristocrat)
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COMMENTS:
This is really a turn of phrase on us...love it!! - mweinmann, 2008-12-31: 09:06:00
Much food for thought. - OZZIEBOB, 2009-01-01: 00:23:00
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Blahsay
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: bla-zay
Sentence: Jill's constant yakking in her hypnotic, dull voice is so blahsay she put the entire office to sleep at the meeting.
Etymology: blase'/say
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COMMENTS:
Different angle! Your verbote is a clever homonym! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-06: 11:09:00
Excellent - Mustang, 2008-03-06: 17:34:00
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Bigganerdy
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: big ah nerd ee
Sentence: Mr. Weisenhammer hit people over the head with big words. He greeted everyone with "Salutations" instead of 'Hello'. He would ask "What, is the current status of your overall, and general, phsysical and mental conditions"? rather than a simple 'How are you'? His largesse with words was really a largemess. It made you want to break his biggy-bank of big words. He thought they made him a big wig. Everyone else thought they made him a bigganerdy.
Etymology: BIGGER, NERD. Bigger - larger, more of, greater. Nerd - one who is excessively interested in using bigger technical, scientific words.
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-31: 09:40:00
Sounds great. - OZZIEBOB, 2009-01-01: 00:02:00
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Vocabularry
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: voh-kab-yuh-ler-ee
Sentence: When Mary saw the note on the snack machine she was confused. It read: This incremental pecuniary aggrandizement is repugnant to the proletariat. She asked Jane what it meant. "It just means that VocabuLarry; I'm sorry VocabuLawrence, our resident sesquipedalian, is pissed that they jacked up the price on the Cheese Doodles."
Etymology: vocabulary (the stock of words used by or known to a particular people or group of persons) + Larry (a nickname for Lawrence)
Bush
Created by: starwarsgeek8
Pronunciation:
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Etymology: you know, W.(hat the hell did you do to my country)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James
purpleartichokes - 2008-03-06: 21:11:00
Love the 'toon today James. I think my boss is considering installing one on our bathroom doors, complete with an age-appropriate timer, which leaves me wondering when I'm gonna get a chance to pluck my eyebrows.
Thanks Purple, Is there a personal purpose code for plucking your eyebrows? ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James