Verboticism: Toolfoolery
DEFINITION: n., A "talent" for which an individual takes a great deal of personal pride, even though it is just a common, mundane skill that almost everyone can do. v., To take pride in a special talent which in fact is not special at all.
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Tittot
Created by: logarithm
Pronunciation: tit-tot
Sentence: The judges had a good laugh at Willy's tittot attempt to impersonate Ricky Martin.
Etymology: tit - a foolish or ineffectual person. tot - a toddler - the pride of every parents no matter what.
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COMMENTS:
That was an inspired word. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-19: 20:23:00
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Chompitence
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: chomp/i/tense
Sentence: Chris' chompitence was to chew food in perfect time to the music being played in the restaurant.
Etymology: chomp + competence
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COMMENTS:
Excellent - TJayzz, 2008-11-18: 07:49:00
Very good - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-19: 16:44:00
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Normceptional
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: norm/cep/tion/al
Sentence: He is normceptional at walking and talking at the same time.
Etymology: normal + exceptional
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COMMENTS:
ha ha great word think u sould be ahead off everyone - purpleman, 2008-02-01: 15:24:00
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Craptitude
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Cr-ap-tee-tude
Sentence: Billy's parents actively encouraged him to eat enormous amounts as they thouht he had a natural craptitude for eating. The proud look on their faces said it all when Billy started to tuck into his fourth family sized bag of crisps.
Etymology: Crap(nonsense, rubbish) + Aptitude(an ability,inclination or skill)
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COMMENTS:
that definitely would produce a load of craptitude - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-18: 10:55:00
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Insignifinesse
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /in-sig-ni'-fi-ness/
Sentence: Shouts of "Watch this, Mom! Watch what I can do!" could be heard repeated for hours on end at the community swimming pool, as little Jerome practiced swimming underwater, although all he was really doing was putting his head under the water for a few seconds and wiggling convulsively. His mother, of course, saw this insignifinesse as the makings of a future Olypian.
Etymology: insignificance - lacking importance or consequence (from Latin, in- "non" significāre "signal") + finesse - skill in handling a difficult task; an artful maneuver (from Old French, fin "subtle, delicate")
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COMMENTS:
Great word! - Mustang, 2008-01-25: 16:58:00
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Triviart
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: trivvy-art
Sentence: Morty's innocuous persona could not even be jazzed up by developing a triviart. He had not even one skill that was marginallly better than the next man's that could be talked up.
Etymology: trivial + art
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COMMENTS:
Inspirational word. - metrohumanx, 2008-11-19: 20:16:00
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Hypernormalize
Created by: Penelopeme
Pronunciation: hy per normal ize
Sentence: Eating became the hypernormalized habit, to which, no one but Johnny, appreciated.
Etymology:
Perfiction
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: per fik shun
Sentence: Persimmon tartly touted her computer skills even though she couldn't tell you the difference between an icon and an image, or hardware from software. Quite often, her coworkers burst into smogrins (smiles smothering grins and chuckles) over her computer perfictions!
Etymology: An interplay to combine perfection with fiction! What one does when they try to pretend to perfection, but do not succeed in such fiction.
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COMMENTS:
Great word - TJayzz, 2008-11-19: 07:49:00
Perfiction IS perfection! - metrohumanx, 2008-11-19: 20:24:00
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Produhgee
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: proh duh jeee
Sentence: Wayne was a child produhgee, a real artist, if regurgitation can be considered an art form.
Etymology: prodigy, duh gee
