Verboticism: Jockscrap
DEFINITION: v., To speak in an inspirational but perhaps incomprehensible manner by stringing together a series of grunts and clichés. n., An inarticulate TV or radio, post-game interview, typically given by a panting, toothless, sweating, verbally-challenged, and hugely overpaid, athletic superstar.
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Donkingcoherence
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: don king co HEER ens
Sentence: The coach's donKingcoherence was legendary. Some of the things he said were so incomprehensible that they were quoted on "humorous sayings" websites. For example, "If we're gonna win, we gotta get more points, 'cause usually, when the other team wins, it's 'cause they got more points, and usually there is only one winner, so next time, we definitely gotta prob'ly try to get more points."
Etymology: Don King (flamboyant boxing promoter and motivational speaker, often noted for his unintentionally funny sayings) + incoherence
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COMMENTS:
Ha ha! Good word! - splendiction, 2010-04-22: 21:30:00
excellent word...and that hair! - Nosila, 2010-04-23: 01:06:00
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Sportscat
Created by: rombus
Pronunciation: sports - skat
Sentence: Bob led his team to a brilliantly executed final touchdown so, now for the sportscat.... "So, Bob, tell me how you executed that brilliant play leading up to your team's final touchdown." "Well, Bart, I sckibby deed da down on my right foot and started to do the scatty walk and bada run and getting ready to dibble de throw da ball. It was dooble da received and scatty touch da down."
Etymology: Sports (Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively) + Scat (Jazz singing in which improvised, meaningless syllables are sung to a melody,vocal improvisation with random vocables and syllables or without words at all.)
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COMMENTS:
terrific word - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-27: 13:19:00
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Animarillson
Created by: sean30
Pronunciation: Ani-mar-ill-son
Sentence: i suffer with Animarillson, but im famous and rich and super and great. What where we talking about again?
Etymology: Animarillson; to remain ignorant and stupid, and to remain so after by luck a person succeeds in sport...(word created from all other sports commenters names; Hill/Motson/Kamare etc)
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COMMENTS:
I like the way you constructed your word - bookowl, 2008-02-04: 15:58:00
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Gatorant
Created by: goldenferret
Pronunciation: gay-tore-ant
Sentence: "Yeah... we really did our... huh... best out there today... Everybody gave 110%... huh..." the athlete gatoranted.
Etymology: Gatorade + rant
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COMMENTS:
excellent! - galwaywegian, 2008-02-05: 07:19:00
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Lipoosuction
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: lip/ooo/suk/shun
Sentence: The hockey superstar was trying so hard to suck up to the interviewer and not offend any of his team that his interview was merely lipoosuction.
Etymology: lip(as in lip service) + ooh(didn't put the 'h' in the word because it turned it into pooh)+ suck (as in suck up) + liposuction
Superfludundant
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: soo-per-flue-DUN-dant
Sentence: Giving his usual superfludundant gobbledygook responses to the rapid fire questions about the game following his teams' victory, Garrison felt was making a good impression on the tv audience while in fact few people actually understood a word of his gibberish.
Etymology: Blend of 'superfluous' and 'redundant'....a word that is doubly redundant/superfluous itself.
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COMMENTS:
just trying to say the word gets your point across - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-27: 13:21:00
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Beefcant
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: beef/cant
Sentence: Once all the sports writers were present, the football hero rolled into his beefcant of all the wonderful things his team did on the field today.
Etymology: BEEFCANT - noun - from BEEFCAKE (men with muscular physiques) + CANT (to speak in a jargon, or secret language; to use phraseology particular to a group)
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COMMENTS:
or can't as in can't speak - great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-27: 09:15:00
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Schwarzenabble
Created by: logarithm
Pronunciation: ˈʃvaɐt-sən-ae-bEl
Sentence: I haven't a single idea what the public announcement at the mall is schwarzenabbling about. For god's sake, the management should replace the bad speakers!
Etymology: 1) Schwarzenegger: refers to the way Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks. 2) Gabble: rapid and indistinct speech.
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COMMENTS:
Super Duper! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-27: 01:24:00
Thanx Silveryaspen. It's time to cast my vote for today! - logarithm, 2008-11-27: 10:59:00
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Platidude
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: platiˌdoōd
Sentence: They won the big game so the reporters immediately descended on the team platidude. He was a sure-fire source for over-the-top ready-made, who's-your-daddy, can't-be-beat, who-wants-pie, in-your-face one-liners.
Etymology: platitude (a remark or statement, esp. one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful) + dude (a man; a guy)
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COMMENTS:
Always admire and appreciate those 1 letter changes to a word that mades it a blend of two words then have it fit the definition to a T. - silveryaspen, 2008-11-27: 12:46:00
so subtle I didn't notice it until I read the etymology - what a difference a letter makes - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-27: 13:18:00
Hey, Dude, love your word! - Nosila, 2008-11-27: 20:08:00
Good one - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-29: 14:45:00
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