Verboticism: Readceptor
DEFINITION: v. To identify so strongly with character from a book, show, or urban legend, that you become convinced that the story is actually about you. n., A person who believes they are a fictional character in wonderfully tragic and heroic story.
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Spydentifies
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: spy dent if fyez
Sentence: Under the clever disguise of a humble sales associate at Home Depot, Sean Moore spydentifies better with his hero, James Bond. Ever vigilant, his imagination in overdrive, he sees KGB agents lurking in Paints...why do they really need fourteen gallons of red paint? Personally Sean prefers his paint shaken, not stirred. That shifty foreign character over in Electrical, is he really buying a new doorbell or parts to build a dirty bomb? And that glamorous femme fatale in Tools...she probably has gotten her marksman accreditation with nail guns and power tools. Sean would like to nail her. And when he goes into the Outdoors Dept., he likes to practise his fencing moves. Touche! Sean stays in top form until the day he will get the call to serve his country and save the world...in the meantime, someone needs mousetraps in aisle 3!
Etymology: Spy (a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors;a secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people;secretly collect sensitive or classified information; engage in espionage) & Identifies ( recognizes as being; establishes the identity of someone or something;considers (oneself) as similar to somebody else)
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COMMENTS:
Some idiot always needs mousetraps. Cute word. - artr, 2010-04-14: 12:17:00
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Pretcreatuselfing
Created by: wackyscience
Pronunciation: Pret-creetu-sell-fing
Sentence: My best friend Aaron started jumping about like a kangaroo today. He never stopped. It's probably because of that show on Australia we watched yesterday. He never seems to be able to stop himself from Pretcreatuselfing. You never know when he might pretcreatuself himself as Steve Jobs, and start spewing Apples from his mouth.
Etymology: Pret(Pretend; fantasy or a myth) + Creatu(Creature; character) + Self(Assuming one's own self).
Chaucerfy
Created by: Dougalistic
Pronunciation: Chorse-er-thigh
Sentence: Im reading this book called "The Lost Life of a mis-understood husband" and im convinced it's all about me.' Mate, seriously get out more, you don't need to chaucerfy yourself over it. It's probably your mind!
Etymology: Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – October 25, 1400) was an English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat nicknamed the father of english literature. fy - as in 'mystify' or words with fy at the end.
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COMMENTS:
maybe chaucerfry would work too - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-24: 13:04:00
Yes, he does need to get out more: otherwise he might turn a "whiter shade of pale!" - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-24: 15:50:00
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Mockymouse
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: Maw key m ow s
Sentence: He rushed to the rescue of everyone in the office like the hero of movies, cartoons, and tv shows. He was a regular dynamo always trying to save the day. He was a real MockyMouse!
Etymology: Play on the word mock (to imitate disparagingly) and the cartoon hero Mighty Mouse
Morphigment
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: MOR-fig-ment
Sentence: Sally is a daydreamer and when reading or viewing works of fiction will often morphigment, will experience realistic hallucinations wherein she becomes one of the characters in the story
Etymology: Blend of 'morph' (to change the form or character of - transform) and 'figment' (a mere product of mental invention; a fantastic notion)
Carreycature
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: karry/ka/chur
Sentence: He had become such a carreycature that you could never be sure if you would encounter the Cable Guy, Bruce Almighty or Ace Ventura.
Etymology: caricature + carrey (as in Jim Carrey)
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COMMENTS:
Like the way your creation incorporates what a cartoon of a charcter such people do become! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-24: 09:30:00
thanks silvery - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-24: 12:04:00
Very clever! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-24: 16:23:00
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Iamesbond
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: I ams Bond
Sentence: It was only after he had screeched off in his astin martin that the guests realised that he was an IamesBond. Then all the strange martini demands, leering looks at female guests and the fact he was wearing a tuxedo to a bbq fell into place.
Etymology: James Bond (fictional character) + I + am + bond (to connect with)
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COMMENTS:
i thought the word was Lamesbond for a moment... which works too :) - libertybelle, 2008-11-17: 09:28:00
Very clever - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-18: 03:12:00
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Plotjack
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈplɒt.dʒæk/ /plot-jack/
Sentence: My ex plotjacked my favorite song, and now I can't hear it without imagining that it's about her.
Etymology: plot + hijack (as in "skyjack" or "carjack")