Verboticism: Bodyfy
DEFINITION: n. An ingrained habit which is so entrenched in individual's personality that they practically have an identity crisis if anyone tries to change it. v. To try to modify a person's instinctive behavior and/or unconscious habits.
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Intrinsick
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: in-trin-sick - I defy you to pronounce it any other way
Sentence: Gordon collapsed to the floor with a seizure every time his girlfriend tried to work on his intrinsicks. There was no way she would ever be able to get him to have a back, sac and crack wax.
Etymology: intrinsic (inherent, elemental, innate) + sick (unwell, suffering from a malaise)
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COMMENTS:
He's intrinsically no good! - daniellegeorge, 2008-05-21: 15:50:00
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Alternature
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ALL - tur - nay - chur
Sentence: Thoroughly fed up with Artemis' slovenly habits, Mirabel devised a complicated alternature scheme wherein she planned to create changes in his long standing habits if only little by little.
Etymology: Blend of alter, alternate, and nature
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COMMENTS:
Good word, Mustang...Mirabel would need to be a witch to really get a change in him... - Nosila, 2008-05-21: 21:31:00
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Idiction
Created by: melodydrama
Pronunciation: eye-dick-shun
Sentence: Time and time again she tried to break his idiction to singing, but he was so tone deaf it had become a part of his daily routine.
Etymology: identity+addiction
Reformatetion
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: re-for-mate-shon
Sentence: Kat determined at the altar that Martin needed altered so she began the reformatetion as soon as they left the church, despite his protestations and begging her indulgence.
Etymology: reform; to improve by alteration, correction of error or removal of defects; to cause a person to give up harmful or immoral practices + reformation: act of reforming or state of being reformed + mate: spouse
Impulsonality
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: Im pulse SON a li tee
Sentence: His impulsonality remained constant through his adulthood. At any social gathering he’d end up laughing hysterically, uncontrollably, at the funny mistakes of others. His laughing spasms were so unique and funny in themselves, friends and family would deliberately set them going by telling one of the well-known stories. Attempts to calm and quiet his raucous laughing fits were all unsuccessful as his laughs would turn into angry roars. His roars were as loud as his laughs, but frightening. It was best to keep him happy.
Etymology: From: IMPULSE and PERSONALITY.
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COMMENTS:
good word - Nosila, 2009-07-02: 02:43:00
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Fediosyncrasy
Created by: Christianack
Pronunciation: ef-ee-dee-oh-SIN-kra-see
Sentence: A new rumor spreading around the office- the boss has a fediosyncrasy of dressing up like Wonder Woman and roaming the streets of Los Angeles at dusk, twirling a pink-and-white baton.
Etymology: Fe (chemical symbol for Iron) + idiosyncrasy
Transfurants
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: trans fur antz
Sentence: No matter how often Sophie got after her unemployed boyfriend Sid to clean the house, he acted and looked like a three-toed sloth and actually made a worse mess. He slept 20 hours a day and despite her transfurants, he never got anything done. One day, she came home from work to find he was gone. When he returned 2 hours later, he had gone to see The Transfurmers at the cinema and still got no housework done. She was furious fur that and was later convicted of manslother.
Etymology: Transference ((psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst;the act of transfering something from one form to another) & Fur (dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals) & Rants ( a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion;pompous or pretentious talk or writing;talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner)
Habitugrate
Created by: daniellegeorge
Pronunciation: ha-bit-you-grate
Sentence: The severity of his habitugrate is to the point that the couch can't sleep without John sitting on it with a beer for at least 3 hours each night.
Etymology: Habit, and grate (like grating cheese). Like trying to file down a bad habit only to make it sore and red.
Convertid
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: con-vert-id
Sentence: Marlin resisted being convertid. To do housework was an affront to his manly identity and he was in crisis. Why can't he just go play some golf and let Jenna dust and everyone would be happy? Jenna thought this attitude was Neanderthal and swore that if she had a son he would be trained better.
Etymology: convert: to change something from one use to another; to cause someone to change opinion or belief + id: Freudian theory identifies ID as the division of the psyche that is responsible for unconsious instinctual impulses + ID: a form of identification that verifies status or maturity
Habitch
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: ha-bitch
Sentence: Tommy habitch of making ordinary words sound like swearing turds was very annoying, but he wouldn't give it up because it was fart of his freaking identity.
Etymology: habit + bitch
