Verboticism: Celebaddiction
DEFINITION: v., To be so obsessed with the lives of celebrities that you neglect your own personal affairs, responsibilities and hygiene. n., A person who is infatuated with celebrities.
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Dumstardiver
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: dum-star-die-vher
Sentence: Greg Legregarious was sunk in the depths of infanity. He was so starstruck he spent his time idylly diving into their lives. He was nothing but a dumstardiver!
Etymology: Dumbstruck by stars, diving into their lives = a dumstardiver. A play on dumpster diver!
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COMMENTS:
It really is garbage they're diving into - so sad - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-15: 11:09:00
nice word! and i agree with jabberwocky, it so sad - 8Revolution8, 2008-02-15: 14:25:00
That is brilliant. - Maxine, 2008-02-15: 19:28:00
trashy ho's fo sho - nice one - swallowedbyafish, 2008-02-16: 13:34:00
Yeh, trashy. Probably find Beavis & Butthead in there! Great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-17: 16:44:00
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Cherlatan
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: share/la/tan
Sentence: The concert hall was full of cherlatans and most of them were men.
Etymology: cher + charlatan
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COMMENTS:
Good pun! Fun creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 20:52:00
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Slebsess
Created by: Wattywords
Pronunciation: slɛb'sɛs
Sentence: Looking up from his keyboard, James McCowan observed the woman as she entered the office. Glancing around, she scanned the walls quickly, as if seeking approbation from the brightly coloured posters supporting local events and charities. Though dingily dressed in worn jeans and a ketchup-stained t-shirt, she paused, shoulders back and with one foot advanced, shook her lank blonde hair and confronted the man with her yellowing beam for just a few seconds too long. Her large handbag, stuffed with magazines, dwarfed her tiny frame. The Councillor's heart sank. Another fan, here to petition him to approve Milly Cyrus' application for a music license for her country pile. Why the wretched woman had bought a manor house in Warwickshire to throw exclusive parties was beyond him, but the slebsession of the local women had tuned the issue into a lightening rod of political pain. This was decidedly not what James had entered public service to deal with.
Etymology: Celebrity. Obsession.
Astralobsession
Created by: XMbIPb
Pronunciation: /as-tral-ob-se-shen/
Sentence: “Just like after the car crash that killed Princess Di, Jenny’s astralobsession almost drove her to suicide after Michael Jackson O.D.’d on propofol.”
Etymology: “astrum” n., – (Lat.), star “obsession” n., - compulsive preoccupation with a fixed idea or emotion often accompanied by symptoms of anxiety
Dysfantional
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dis fan shun al
Sentence: Mommy's day was always hectic, between trying to think of baby names for TomKat,Brangelina,NicKeith,ToriDean,GwenGav and JLoMarc and planning Fergie/Josh's wedding and deciding what designer Eva,Teri,Nicolette,Charlize,Cameron,Lindsay,Zac,Halle and Queen Latifah would wear on the Oscar Red Carpet. People thought her dysfantional, but honestly, her kids,Paris,Britney,Elvis,Rihanna,Drew and the Olsen Twins were perfectly capable of nuking their own tv dinners!
Etymology: dysfunctional (impaired in function) & fan (as in fanatic - obsessive, irrational enthusiasm)
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COMMENTS:
good but very scary! - galwaywegian, 2008-02-15: 05:30:00
I'm almost dysfantional about your name-dropper sentence! Great creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:01:00
Who let the dysfantionals on this site?!? Nice verbotocism! - DeltaRho2K, 2008-02-15: 13:32:00
Wow, you know a lot of celeb nicknames! Do you a little bit of dysfantion yourself? ;) Very funny. - Tigger, 2008-02-15: 22:46:00
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Celebretard
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: sell-ebb-re-tard
Sentence: Realizing that her fish had all died and that she had not eaten properly in a week, Jackie realized that her obsession with following the details of Britney Spears' mental breakdown had caused her to celebretard her own life.
Etymology: celebrity - a celebrated person + retard -a holding back or slowing down.
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COMMENTS:
Excellent etymology ... couldn't have chosen a better descryptive combo ... especially the retard! Great creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:04:00
i didn't want to offend anyone -so i made sure to put the definition as written in Webster's. Though i suppose people don't necessarily get up in arms when they read their kids pj's are flame retardant. - libertybelle, 2008-02-15: 10:35:00
I never gave it a thought libertybelle ... good point. It is never my intention to offend, when words can be perceived in many ways. Yet ... I can't help thinking, if we shunned every word that might be mindtwisted so it can be construed offensive, we might have to become mutants! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 11:10:00
Either that, or we'll have to create verbotocisms like "rockrock" or "boulderstone" - DeltaRho2K, 2008-02-15: 13:41:00
Great creation! It could also apply to the celebrities who do stupid things in public eye to inspire such fascination. - Tigger, 2008-02-15: 23:00:00
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Becksotted
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: b ek sodd id
Sentence: She was so Becksotted she would have eaten his toenail clippings in her meusli, stirred his hair into her frappacappa, wrapped herself in his sweaty kimono(it would have looked better on her anyway). she stared at his poster and sighed as she plucked the eyes from her Posh doll.
Etymology: besotted, Becks
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COMMENTS:
It's a good thing she's not poshsessed or she might have gone after Beckham's balls (soccer ones of course) - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-15: 09:31:00
Bent over Beckwords! I salute your humor! Laughing loudly! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:10:00
very funny - bookowl, 2008-02-15: 10:51:00
Your sentence was so smooth and made me laugh so hard, I forgot what the actual verbotocism was... - DeltaRho2K, 2008-02-15: 13:30:00
You scored a goal with this one. Great word and sentence! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-17: 16:22:00
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Starlazer
Created by: loxhobabl
Pronunciation: star-lay-zur
Sentence: Kids nowadays are such starlazers because they emulate lives of celebs when they should set their own paths.
Etymology: star: a celebrity or famous person lazy: shiftless; low ambition in life
Fameished
Created by: kimmarie
Pronunciation: fame-ish-d
Sentence: No sooner had she read this weeks tabloid, she was positively fameished and went online in the hunt for more celebrity gossip.
Etymology: fame - any and all things having to do with being famous and -ished from the word famished. Never satisfied, always hungry for more.
Starstuck
Created by: swallowedbyafish
Pronunciation: starstuck (duh)
Sentence: She called it a hobby, but the quilt made out of old tabloid pages on her bed attested to the obvious fact that she was starstuck.
Etymology: starstruck + stuck
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COMMENTS:
Simple, but right to the point. I like it. - ErWenn, 2008-02-15: 09:38:00
Stellar creation! Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:12:00
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