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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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Patroisnize
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: pa/traw/nize
Sentence: Please don't patroisnize me - I don't have my PHD in linguistics.
Etymology: patronize + patios
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COMMENTS:
Whew! Strong creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-06: 11:29:00
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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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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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Blowphisticrat
Created by: twocent
Pronunciation: blow-fist-e&-krat
Sentence: Whenever he spoke with authority he came across with all the polish of a D.M.V. blowphisticrat.
Etymology: n. Compound of sophisticated: overly complicated, blow-hard: braggart and bureaucrat: a rigid official lacking intelligent judgment v. blowphisticate
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COMMENTS:
Very nice - OZZIEBOB, 2009-01-01: 00:04:00
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Bossify
Created by: Eanrael
Pronunciation: Boss i fie
Sentence: HR knew that the new commission plan would cut the worker's income by at least 1/3 if not 1/2; they would have to *bossify* the presentation. Note: With the connotation that a "boss" would be happy with either result a) people ignore the plan because the wording is too complicated or b)they believe the plan to be benificial.
Etymology: Boss - n. - slang - Good, Excellent, Cool Boss - n. - a person who is in charge of an employee or organization — ORIGIN Dutch baas ‘master’.
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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Snobblahblahing
Created by: Aardvark
Pronunciation: Snaw BLAH BLAH ing
Sentence: Bill was always trying to impress the boss. In almost every meeting he was snobblahblahing his way through his presentation.
Etymology: Snob = believing oneself to be superior, Blah = useless talk (repeated).
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COMMENTS:
Nifty! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-06: 21:40:00
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Bigblurtzah
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: big - blurtz - ah
Sentence: Whether it be the professor, the politician, the military drill instructor, the businessman, or anyone, those who think they can confuse and impress with big words are just bigblurtzahs!
Etymology: Big: huge Blurtz: spewing big words without giving any thought to what is uttered. Zah: my own creation for a synonym for Ugh! A play on the expression Big Bertha!
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COMMENTS:
how true - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-06: 13:11:00
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Jabbertalky
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: jabərtôkē
Sentence: Lewis loved to talk with Carrol. She, for the most part, was unimpressed with his jabbertalky.
Etymology: jabber (talk rapidly and excitedly but with little sense) + talk (speak in order to give information or express ideas or feelings) play on jabberwocky from the title of a nonsense poem in Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass (1871)
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COMMENTS:
I LOVE JABBERWOKY! This is so funny, ARTR. - XMbIPb, 2010-05-17: 20:08:00
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!" - XMbIPb, 2010-05-17: 20:08:00
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Ostendictious
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: OS ten DIC shus
Sentence: I think my ostendictious co-worker has swallowed a dictionary and wants us all to know.
Etymology: ostentatious:expensive or noticeable in a way that is intended to impress people. and dictionary
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COMMENTS:
This is a clever combination of impressive overinflation....like it. - mweinmann, 2008-12-31: 09:10:00
Like it alot. - OZZIEBOB, 2009-01-01: 00:20:00
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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