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DEFINITION: v. To get what you wished for, but not exactly what you wanted. n. A wish come true that's a total let down.
Verboticisms
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Erislapped
Created by: elstiko
Pronunciation: Air-Iss-L-appe-d
Sentence: After praying for relief form the drought, Mark was erislapped by torrential rains which destroyed his entire village.
Etymology: Slapped by Eris
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COMMENTS:
baloney! - elstiko, 2006-12-13: 23:12:00
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Suckseed
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: suk seeeeeed
Sentence: Finally he suckseeded in getting her attention. Unfortunately, he also got the attention of her rottweiler
Etymology: succeed, suck
Wishwarranty
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: wish/war/an/tee
Sentence: Regretfully, his "wishwarranty" did not cover this unexpected exigency.
Etymology: It's a pity that a "wish", like unrequited love, does not come with a no questions asked money-back guarantee.
Foolfilment
Created by: sisternyx
Pronunciation: fool-fil-ment
Sentence: Jim wished for a vacation but his foolfillment was that he was fired Friday.
Etymology: fully fooled
Obliteraled
Created by: jboehnker
Pronunciation: uh blit' er eld
Sentence: Bob's hopes were obliteraled the moment he saw the twelve-inch pianist appear; the genie had obviously misheard his wish.
Etymology: obliterated + literal
Desirefluous
Created by: thedreness
Pronunciation: Dee-zigh-err-flu-us
Sentence: To gaze into her yearning eyes longingly was sufficient. To have her boyfriend come from their table to mine to ask me if I had a problem was desirefluous...
Etymology: Desire + Superfluous
Comments:
ATTENTION ALL PLAYERS: Round One is ending today and we will be declaring the first official Verbotomy winner!
We will start Round Two on Monday with fresh scores -- i.e. everyone starts with zero!
So please cast your final votes for this round's verboticisms today. Good luck!
wordmeister - 2006-11-24: 11:16:00
Good word chris. I have been giftmiffed a few times. Hey, does anyone know what the official title will be for the game winner? They should be able to come up with a good title. How about adding "VbD" to the playername since the winner should be awarded a "Doctorate in Verbotomy".
- 2006-11-24: 11:40:00
The winner (mother?) will be drunk with the power, so how about "Verbloto"?
- 2006-11-24: 11:48:00
Mother drunk?? Never!!! (heavy sarcasm)
- 2006-11-24: 11:50:00
the two styles of drawings seem blended now - very cool
Thanks!
deadpanwalking - 2006-12-05: 11:09:00
My vote's for Mother. Consistently clever. Having said that ... watch your back in round 2!