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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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Iwanic
Created by: Fleury
Pronunciation: eye-WAH-nik
Sentence: It was pretty iwanic -- he did, after all, tell the blackjack dealer "hit me!"
Etymology: sloppy conflation of "ironic" and "I want it"
Wishcompoo
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: wish-com-poo
Sentence: Jonny's wishcompoo was a bit messy. He was playing his song on his guitar on the street corner, when he closed his eyes and wished he had a huge hit. The next thing he heard was a roar and screech, which he imagined as a crowd of fans. Unfortunately, it was a cement truck. And it didn't stop until it hit the wall behind him.
Etymology: wish come true + poo
Disrequest
Created by: Luke01
Pronunciation: Dis-re-kuest
Sentence: The man made a disrequest to...
Etymology: Dislike request
Miraclul
Created by: Elucard
Pronunciation: Meh-ra-ck-lul
Sentence: He has talked about this for so long, and when it finally happened it turned out to be a miraclul.
Etymology: First Part belongs to Miracle - as in when the wish or prayer is answered. Second Part belongs to lul(lulz) - a term used as a (Lame Uncomfortable Laugh) - like the chuckle in the image this guy would make in an uncomfortable situation. Uncomfortable Miracle -> Miraclul
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
Diswishillia
Created by: danboaz
Pronunciation: dis-wish-illia
Sentence: Carl was plagued with his curse of diswishillia, a disease you would not want to wish on your wordt enemy
Etymology: dis: away, wish + illia: disease
Comments:
Verbotomy - 2006-11-24: 10:21:00
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
Verbotomy - 2006-11-24: 13:49:00
Thanks!
deadpanwalking - 2006-12-05: 11:09:00
My vote's for Mother. Consistently clever. Having said that ... watch your back in round 2!