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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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Pedanthick
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: ped ann thik
Sentence: Solly was getting bored with Pamela's incessent pedanthick regurgitation of the latest buzzwords. She did however, have a wonderful ass.
Etymology: pedantic, thick
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COMMENTS:
He's a pedantfile, maybe? - Nosila, 2010-05-17: 09:48:00
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Blusterblather
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bləstərbleðər
Sentence: After years as a spokesperson for the utility company, Jill is so versed in blusterblather that she has trouble understanding her own twaddle.
Etymology: bluster (talk in a loud, aggressive, or indignant way with little effect) + blather (talk long-windedly without making very much sense)
Argotrate
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: (är'gĭ-trāt')
Sentence: "It's a clear case of res ipsa loquiter," Perry argotrated to the stunned group of assembled clients. "Ipso facto, we'll cut them off at their prima facie case."
Etymology: argot, A specialized vocabulary or set of idioms used by a particular group (from Fr. argot, "the jargon of Paris rogues and thieves," earlier "the company of beggars," from M.Fr., "group of beggars," , + -ate, used in english as a verb suffix.
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COMMENTS:
Your sentence and etymology shows you are great at argotrate! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-06: 11:07:00
sounds lilke a real word - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-06: 13:15:00
if only I could spell like - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-06: 13:16:00
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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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Patteronise
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: pat err owe n aye z
Sentence: She constantly patteronised Patty, despite doubts being brought forward about the verissimilitude of her verbosity.
Etymology: patronise, patter.
Rhetchtoric
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: retch/tor/ik
Sentence: The grad student was so full of rhechtoric that my gag reflex kicked in every time I saw him.
Etymology: rhetoric + retch
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COMMENTS:
Happy New Year, JW...May the farce be always with you! - Nosila, 2009-01-01: 02:45:00
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Normcrosbeing
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: norm croz bee ing
Sentence: Norma Crosby was the quintessential Normcrosbeing in our office. She thought by using big words (that she had seen in print, but apparently failed to check the definitions of), people would think she was far more educated than the Grade 10 level she had actually achieved, barely. When she had transferred into our HR Office, she felt it obliged her to speak far above the intellect of our internal clients, even if it meant inventing her own words. The clients were often left shaken and confused when she spoke in large words that had nothing to do with the topic at hand. As a result, people avoided her like the plague and chose not to believe any facts that she presented. Her personal crusade was that unless words were at least eight or ten letters long, why bother to use them?? It would be redumbdant and wasterly and youtilize no hexpediant deliverables.
Etymology: Norm Crosby - (Comedian, considered the Master of the Malaprop, who uses the wrong words, usually big ones to make confusing, funny comments.(i.e he speaks from his diagram and drinks decapitated coffee) & Being (a creature, a living person)
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COMMENTS:
I swear we must have worked in the same place in a prior lifetime. - metrohumanx, 2008-12-31: 00:55:00
You are probably right...in "The Office"! And now you know why it is a hit! - Nosila, 2008-12-31: 23:11:00
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Gabyrinth
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: GAB-uh-rinth
Sentence: Bob thought that his gabyrinth, a form of English, but with a strange admixture of words gleaned from Old English and Yiddish, made him sound super intelligence. Happy New Year to all.
Etymology: Blend of GAB: loquaciousness, prattle, chatter & LABYRINTH: Any confusing, bewildering, complex state of affairs
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COMMENTS:
A-maze-ing. Excellent verbotimism... - Mustang, 2008-12-31: 07:00:00
clever and funny. - mweinmann, 2008-12-31: 09:02:00
Oy Vey! Who Knew? What light through yonder window breaks??? - Nosila, 2008-12-31: 23:13:00
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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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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