Verboticism: Knowiamright

DEFINITION: n., The immense sense of self-satisfaction the one gets from winning a pointless argument. v., To be so addicted to proving yourself right that you argue compulsively, and endlessly, about anything and everything.
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Obsessattest
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ob-SESS-eh-test
Sentence: Whenever making any kind of point in an argument or discussion, Calvin would obsessattest at length until his audience would give in whether or not they agreed with him.
Etymology: Blend of 'obsess' (to preoccupy intensely or abnormally obsessed with success) and 'attest' (to bear witness to; certify; declare to be correct, true, or genuine; declare the truth of, in words or writing)
Mywifeinitis
Created by: day4ghee
Pronunciation: MY-WIF-IN-ITIS
Sentence: WHEN SALLY CUT ME WITHA RAMBO KNIFE JUST TO PROVE THAT SHE COULD SEW I REALIZED THAT SHE SUFFERED FROM MYWIFEINITIS LIKE MY WIFE WHO WON'T LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE.AHHHHHHHH!!!
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Bicktorious
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: bick-tor-i-ous
Sentence: Jim was a notorious fussbudget and had to be bicktorious in every little squabble, so it became hard to live with him. He bickered with his wife about peanut butter brands and with his friends about golf. He bickered with his daughter about the way she cut bread and the baby about the way he held his bottle. Once he tried to pick a fight with his dog over a pork chop (he won, but it was hard to eat it without lips).
Etymology: bicker: to engage in petty squbbles or arguments + victorious: winning a conflict or struggle
Sothereathon
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: soh-th air-uh-thon
Sentence: Craig is always right. It doesn't matter how trivial or meaningless the point is, he must convince everybody that he knows more than them. His friends, the few he has left, refer to his pointless rantings as sothereathons.
Etymology: so there (used for emphasis, or to show that something is being done in opposition to someone else's wishes)+ marathon (any contest, event, or the like, of great, or greater than normal, length or duration or requiring exceptional endurance)
Oddified
Created by: CHUKWUSOM
Pronunciation: Dead guy
Sentence: U are dead
Etymology: Ggtds
Argulete
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ärgyoōlēt
Sentence: Sydney has a family full of jocks. He*s not one of them. His forte is arguing. It doesn*t matter what the subject is, he can dredge up more meaningless trivia than anybody in the room. He is a real argulete. If he can*t win with logic, he will wear you down with blather.
Etymology: argue (exchange or express diverging or opposite views, typically in a heated or angry way) + athlete (a person who is proficient in sports and other forms of physical exercise)
Masdebation
Created by: milorush
Pronunciation: (n.) mass-dee-ba-shun (intr. v.) mass-dee-bate
Sentence: I've seldom seen such offensive and public displays of masdebation as witnessed in a classroom of freshmen boys. Some of them are so intent on proving their naive points that they won't give it up until they go blind.
Etymology: mas[tur]bation + deb[ate]
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COMMENTS:
Chuckling ... just the right tinge of risque as it rolls off the tongue! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-11: 14:36:00
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Pathofutiloser
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: paθəfyoōtloōzər
Sentence: Patrick is such a pathofutiloser that he would argue with the squirrels in the park just to feel that he had won something.
Etymology: pathological (compulsive; obsessive) + futile (pointless) + loser (a person who fails frequently)
Argurrhea
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: ahr-gyoo-REE-uh
Sentence: "There's no word in the English language to describe that bastard's bavardage. But a good start would be yakkety-hack, egorrhea, argurrhea...." yelled Roxie's father, an avid verbotomist, who could no longer tolerate Bob's bodacious and eristic ways.
Etymology: Blend of "ARGU" of argumentive & "RRHEA" of logorrhea, diarrhea. 2. Bastard - strictly "OZ" usage.
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COMMENTS:
very useful word - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-11: 10:37:00
Clever! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-11: 12:57:00
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Spattitude
Created by: rombus
Pronunciation: spat - te - toode
Sentence: What excitement swirled around Rhonda was multiplied by her extreme spattitude. She had a gift for creating arguments just to show that she knew more than everyone else. Even if she was wrong, she asserted herself with a forceful attitude of complete belief in her often incorrect "facts" and would go to any length to try to prove that she was right.
Etymology: Spat means to bicker, quarrel or fuss + attitude means state of mind; disposition or way of thinking or acting
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COMMENTS:
Spaticulous word! - Nosila, 2008-11-10: 15:30:00
Excellent - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-11: 03:48:00
nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-11: 08:02:00
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