Verboticism: Sweetjib
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.
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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
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Sedababble
Created by: tdhall56
Pronunciation: SED a bab bul
Sentence: Dr. House failed the class "Sedababble 101" in med school.
Etymology: sed(ative) babble
Proprattlaction
Created by: jmckays
Pronunciation: pro-prattl-aktion
Sentence: The doctor's proprattlaction proved ineffective as the scope slid into an intimate location no one but myself and my closest lovers had gone before...
Etymology: professional; prattle; distraction
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)
Drivelish
Created by: Boomertoo
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The dental staff's drivelish did not distract him from anxiously awaiting the procedure.
Etymology:
Afflictscussion
Created by: amandaprater
Pronunciation: uh-flixs-cuss-shun
Sentence: As the dentist poked around in the patients mouth, he asked the patient about his family. The afflictscussion was obvious as he tried to answer.
Etymology:
Anestactic
Created by: simoneshin
Pronunciation: an-uhs-tak-tik
Sentence: boy, nurse hilda had some good anestactics while doctor bob gently severed my toe. she kept on talking about that blueberry-lime cheesecake...
Etymology: anesthesia + tactic
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COMMENTS:
good one. - mrskellyscl, 2010-02-11: 10:38:00
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Eyedoangiveashitchat
Created by: Lolagrrl
Pronunciation: Eye-doan-give-ay-shit-chat
Sentence: The two convention-goers made eyedoangiveashitchat while waiting for the elevator to take them to Karaoke night at the hotel's fireside lounge. Neither were enriched by the experience
Etymology: The name says it all... ;-)
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COMMENTS:
Btw: I consider singing Karaoke at a Hotel lounge to be an intimate, awkward AND painful procedure. ;D - Lolagrrl, 2007-10-18: 15:31:00
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Obligastory
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: oh/blig/a/story
Sentence: Every six months I am muzzled and forced to listen to the dentist's obligastory about his three sons - almost as boring as his drill.
Etymology: obligatory + story