Verboticism: Bufflooniery
DEFINITION: v. To obsessively work on, shine and polish something which has no intrinsic value. n. A item which has lots of imagined shine in the eyes of the owner, but no real value for anyone else.
Bufflooniery
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: buff/luny/ary
Sentence: Sceptics called it bufflooniery but Sally was convinced that her collection of Canadian loonies would one day be the one true global currency and religiously buffed and polished them.
Etymology: buff + loonie + buffoonery
Points: 869
Comments: Bufflooniery
kateinkorea - 2009-03-10: 08:35:00
Funny! (Poor Sally)
metrohumanx - 2009-03-10: 12:21:00
I really took a shine to this word!
silveryaspen - 2009-03-10: 14:37:00
Rich! luv it!