Verboticism: Izeartless
DEFINITION: n., Forced small talk used by professional caregivers to put patients at ease. (Not usually effective.) v., To ask insipid questions while subjecting a person to an intimate, awkward or painful procedure.
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Healspiel
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: Heel-speel
Sentence: Until he met Dr Fang, Bob thought that Dr Payne's leechspeak was doctrivial. But after a few minutes with Fang, Bob soon realized that, despite all the healspiel, it hurts just as much to have a tooth extracted as it does to have one pulled.
Etymology: heal: to make better,well & spiel: plausible, glib talk; patter, line of gab. Doctrivial: blend of doctor, doctrine and trivial.
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COMMENTS:
Showoff, great job. - fourgirls, 2007-10-16: 09:59:00
how true - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-16: 12:27:00
nice blending - scrabbelicious, 2007-10-18: 07:44:00
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Yogurtshove
Created by: greenplaideyes
Pronunciation:
Sentence: My crazy dentist never quits her yogurtshoving when she wants to distract me from her horrid adventures about my cavernous mouth.
Etymology: yogurt-oozy shove-it's being forced upon you
Denalangage
Created by: kimbo123
Pronunciation: denal-langage
Sentence: With her mouth open wide, she tried to learn the denalangage.
Etymology:
Ciadle
Created by: kenzieg
Pronunciation: see-addle
Sentence: Stop trying to ciadle with me.
Etymology: none
Anesthymology
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Uh-nes-thym-ology
Sentence: The dentist absentmindedly practiced anesthymology when he attempted to distract his patients while he worked.
Etymology: Anesthesia- ology
Hospitalitalk
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: hos.pit.al.lee.torque
Sentence:
Etymology: hospital, talk
