Verboticism: Nostrilla
DEFINITION: n., A compulsive need to sniff everything and anything you pick up, even things that typically do not have distinctive odors. v., To habitually sniff everything within your grasp -- just to make sure it's fresh.
Nostrilla
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: nästrilə
Sentence: Nostrilla was attacking Tokyo again. Unlike his cousin Godzilla who could exhale atomic breath and use his laser vision. Nostrilla did damage by inhaling. When he stopped to smell the roses, he also smelled cars, office buildings and the inhabitants therein. It was never clear if he meant to do harm or just had a bad case of the sniffles.
Etymology: nostril: either of two external openings of the nasal cavity in vertebrates that admit air to the lungs and smells to the olfactory nerves. + Godzilla: name of a huge prehistoric monster featured in a series of Japanese films from 1955
Points: 779
Comments: Nostrilla
metrohumanx - 2008-10-28: 02:13:00
Love those giant rubber monsters! Gammera. Rodan.Mozilla.
metrohumanx - 2008-10-28: 02:21:00
http://www.wsu.edu/~delahoyd/godzilla.html