Verboticism: Snoozeloquate
DEFINITION: n., Forced small talk used by professional caregivers to put patients at ease. (Not usually effective.) v., To ask insipid questions while subjecting a person to an intimate, awkward or painful procedure.
Voted For: Snoozeloquate
Successfully added your vote For "Snoozeloquate".
You still have one vote left...
Jabjabber
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: jab-jab-bur
Sentence: The only thing worse than the jabjabber that commences when a doctor pokes, prods, or jabs you with an instrument, is the ensuing phybberish you're expected to respond to.
Etymology: jab, jabber
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
I was expecting some jabbertalky when I saw the definition but I thought the jab would come from Rikbadboyee - good word purple - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-16: 06:00:00
Ha! Jabbertalky was my first word, but I figured I'd leave it to someone else to make that jab first. - purpleartichokes, 2007-10-16: 09:33:00
----------------------------
Chatstract
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈtʃætˌstɹækt/
Sentence: At first, I thought she was flirting with me, but it turns out that the proctologist was just chatstracting.
Etymology: from chat + distract
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
funny! - remistram, 2007-10-16: 10:05:00
ha ha - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-16: 12:27:00
----------------------------
Nitrousyakside
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: nye-truhs-YAK-syed
Sentence: Little did the dentist know that Alex could counter her nitrousyakside by talking even longer and more boringly than she.
Etymology: nitrous oxide (administered at the beginning of dental work to ease pain) + yak + bedside manner
Talktomedochomy
Created by: svnfsvn
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Talktomedochomy and novacaine were needed to complete procedure.
Etymology:
Ompafone
Created by: BigKP
Pronunciation: Ew-mp-a-fone
Sentence: The doctor continued to make ompafone with me during the procedure.
Etymology: Ompa- funny little people fone- projection
Vexferous
Created by: alyssatassi
Pronunciation: vex/fer /us
Sentence: He was the most Vexfurus dentist as he shoved the drill in my mouth
Etymology: vex comes from the word vexatatious which means troubling the nerves or peace of mins ferus comes from vociferous which means loud and insistent.
Chatation
Created by: Juny1
Pronunciation: chat-eh-tion
Sentence: The doctor enjoyed the chatation, being done to the paitent
Etymology:
Faqsdicine
Created by: vmalcolm
Pronunciation: /fæksdsin/
Sentence: While she was attending him, she engaged in a little faqsdicine to relax him a bit.
Etymology: FAQSDICINE. From FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) + Medicine (the science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease)
