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DEFINITION: n. A chronic slow talker, who plods relentlessly, even when everyone else has figured out what they are trying to say. v. To talk in a painfully slow manner.
Enuncilater
Top verboticism of the day created by Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ee-nun-see-lay-tur
Sentence: Dave spent so much time worrying about pronunciation while conversing that he became know as an enuncilater.
Etymology: enunciator + later
Created by: Jabberwocky.
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Debilerate: /de-bill-er-ate/ Doug suffered from debilitating deliberation. He was dibilerate. Etymology: debilitating deliberation Created by: Koekbroer.
Splodder: /Sp-laud-er/ If Tom kept splodding along, I would never make the 6:30 reservation. Etymology: Speak [to utter words] + Plod [the act of moving or walking heavily and slowly] Created by: EonaFrae.
Crawldrawl: /Crall-drall/ Once he starts with his crawldrawl the wide awake sleep and the comatose die. Etymology: Crawl(to move slowly) + Drawl(lengthened syllables) Created by: FreakyDeak.
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Comments:
Verbotomy - 2007-03-02: 00:00:01
Today's definition was suggested by Stevenson0.
Thank you Stevenson0! ~ James
BMott - 2007-03-09: 00:10:00
Loved this one!
Verbotomy - 2009-09-22: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by Stevenson0. Thank you Stevenson0. ~ James
Verbotomy - 2009-09-22: 07:12:00
Hey Verbotomists, Jasper Fforde is sending us signed copy of The Eyre Affair for the top writer this week. I guess Fforde did not want to see his heroine, Thursday Next, trapped in verbalaze of boratoric snailocution. ~ James