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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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Inflatulate
Created by: Jamagra
Pronunciation: in/flach/u/late
Sentence: Joe dithered outside the bathroom door. The access instructions distributed at the 3 hour "securitized lavatory entrance system" meeting had seemed very clear at the time: choose #1 or choose #2. But, Joe now wondered, what about an employee requiring #1 AND #2? Had there been a third option? Why, oh why, had he not paid more attention to the inflatulated memo??? Joe shuffled off to find an HR rep who could help him with this rather pressing problem.
Etymology: inflate + flatulate
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COMMENTS:
spot on, Jam. - stache, 2008-03-06: 08:53:00
Nice blend. Could be used to describe what's done in the bathroom too! - Tigger, 2008-03-06: 10:11:00
Certainly has a special fl-air !!! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-06: 11:06:00
Great word! Makes lots of 'scents'. - Mustang, 2008-03-06: 17:35:00
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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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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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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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Floccinaucinihilipilificationism
Created by: CanadianAndyCapp
Pronunciation: Flok-in-oak-in-i-pil-i-fi-kay-shun-izm
Sentence: I'm cheating! floccinaucinihilipilification is a real word. Howzat for fitting the definition. But I did add the ism.
Etymology: Look it up
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COMMENTS:
lol - stache, 2008-03-06: 08:51:00
It wasn't in the Encarta on-line dictionary ... closest I could find was floccillation ... meaning aimless plucking of bedclothes as a sign of impending death! Don't have time to look farther right now. Wondering how many on-line dictionaries I'll have to check. What the heck! You get the prize for stumping me (perhaps others). Overwhelmingly good! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-06: 11:36:00
Found the word on dictionary.com. I think I'll try to master the pronunciation to impress the floccin' office dictionary. - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-06: 17:57:00
Thanks purpleartichokes for saving me a search thru several sites! Thank you stache for adding a big long word to my vocabulary! Probably as valuable to me as the definition! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-06: 19:35:00
back in the early 80s this word was v. popular with students at the university of queensland. it seemed to be scrawled on blackboards and walls all over campus. - petaj, 2008-03-07: 05:41:00
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Lexiconflated
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: lex - e - con - flated
Sentence: If Myron lexiconflated his phraseology when he attended board meetings by projecting the intersection of gross margin conceptions with total net calculated sales, his wordabsurd permutations of numbers often left those in attendance scratching their heads but unable to comment for fear of appearing unable to comprehend simple concepts.
Etymology: Lexicon (vocabulary: a language user's knowledge of words) + inflated (enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness)
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)
Pompalicious
Created by: kashman
Pronunciation: pomp-a-lishius
Sentence: Listening to the office manager's pompalicious description of simple office tasks depicts how much time she had on her hands.
Etymology: Pompous (excessive display of self-importance) + (a)licious [from lacere meaning deceive or lure; used in words like delicious (de =away) and bootylicious ;)].
Idiochat
Created by: hiladizzle
Pronunciation: id-ee-uh-chat
Sentence: She likes to make herself sound smart by using idiochat.
Etymology: Idiot (an utterly foolish or senseless person) + Chat (to talk or converse)
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