Verboticism: Uberwarden
DEFINITION: v. tr. To be so overly protective about a person or object, that you become completely possessed by the fear of what could go wrong. n. A person who is so worried about protecting something that they smother it with their own fears.
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Guantanamother
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: gwan tan am oth hur
Sentence: Her Guantanamother scared her girlfriends and terrified her boyfriends. she came downstairs on prom night to find her date hooded, naked, standing on a stool, while her mother made doberman noises.
Etymology: guantanamo, mother
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COMMENTS:
Thanks Galway - you exorcised Love Shakle but now I'm stuck with 'Guantanamera, guajira, Guantanamera' - sing it purple!! - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-22: 10:09:00
wantanamera, theres only wan tanamera - galwaywegian, 2008-02-22: 10:27:00
One ton o' mayo! Might heal ya, one ton o' mayo... - purpleartichokes, 2008-02-22: 10:48:00
You three guan and on ... singing your little hearts out! Guanatanamother is so farfetched it just hangs right out there, drawing us to it like a magnet! Fun one, galwayegian! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-22: 13:12:00
Loved it, galwaywegian, you GITMO better every day! - Nosila, 2008-02-23: 00:05:00
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Loveshackle
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: luv-shak-ull
Sentence: At first, Tracy thought Marvin was being a doting boyfriend, running all the errands and carrying even the lightest packages for her, but when she found him staring at her image on the computer and singing "You're My Obsession", she came to the realization that she was being loveshackled.
Etymology: love shack, shackle
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COMMENTS:
Hey Jabber - 2 songs for you today! - purpleartichokes, 2008-02-22: 06:58:00
Love the word purple so I'll put up with the song that's now stuck in my head for the entire weekend!! The Love Shackle is a little old thing that keeps us together Love Shackle baby, Love Shackle bay-bee. - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-22: 08:46:00
Is loveshackle a cousin to Sugar Shackled? Now, there's 3 songs! Great Creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-22: 12:57:00
"Tiiiiin roof... rusted!" Groovy word. - Tigger, 2008-02-22: 15:06:00
Excellent verboticism. Very descriptive and appropriate to the definition. - Mustang, 2008-02-22: 18:36:00
Great word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-25: 19:07:00
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Precicossety
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: preh/si/kossitee
Sentence: Gollum in the Lord of the Rings showed way too much precicossety. It drove me nuts when he kept saying 'my precious'.
Etymology: preciosity (affection) + cosset (pamper) + precious
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COMMENTS:
He was testing your precious mettle! Can't resist saying it's absolutely precious! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-22: 13:28:00
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Follycoddle
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: fol-ee-cod-ul
Sentence: my decision to lock my children in a room with only soothing music, educational literature and a macrobiotic diet to sustain them during their teen years may be misconstrued as follycoddling
Etymology: folly, mollycoddle
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COMMENTS:
nice! - galwaywegian, 2008-02-22: 09:36:00
I tried to think of a verbotomy that used mollycoddle - this is perfect - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-22: 10:22:00
Poor little follycoddled eggs! Well done! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-22: 13:36:00
Absolutely great word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-25: 19:06:00
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Beauphyxiate
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: bow/fik/see/ate
Sentence: Jenny's insecurities and need to totally control and dominate all aspects of his life causes her to beauphyxiate any relationship.
Etymology: beau + asphyxiate
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COMMENTS:
Is she the beaustrangler of Boston? Great ingenuity! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-22: 14:09:00
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Possibully
Created by: Aardvark
Pronunciation: Possi-BULL-ee
Sentence: "I don't know why my dad won't let me go. He's such a possibully!"
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Inventive! Great blending! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-24: 14:09:00
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Doomfeed
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: DOOM-feed
Sentence: For Bob the signs were all there: a harmaggedist who knew all the apocryptic signs. And, futhermore, his family were never free from his daily doses of doomfeed. But happily - perhaps, not in Bob's case - he found karma, no longer worrying about tomorrow - for he knew anyway everything would turn out wrong.
Etymology: DOOMFEED: doom: unpleasant or disastrous outcome; Feed: to satify, gratify or minister to, as in any sense, ego, desire, fear etc.
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COMMENTS:
Trapped in a doomfeedback loop! Very innovative! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-22: 14:32:00
you went right for the dark side on this one - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-22: 14:39:00
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Purdad
Created by: ekky99
Pronunciation: pur-dah-d
Sentence: The purdad hid his daughter from the gaze of the lecherous youths. Shut away in a curtained room, she paled into insignificance.
Etymology: purdah + dad
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COMMENTS:
Good sentence. Kudos for being able to come with two words and only change one letter to blend them! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-23: 16:33:00
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Chaperown
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /SHAP-ur-own/
Sentence: Charlotte had been constantly chaperowned; when she went to the mall on Saturdays, her father insisted on staying with her; when she wanted to go to a school dance, she had to bring her older brother as an escort; and her mother picked her up from school each day and take her straight home. It's no wonder that she snuck out one night, ran away and became a porn star.
Etymology: Chaperon (also chaperone) - someone whose purpose is to ensure propriety or restrict activity (Old French for "hood, head protector"; related to 'chapeau' "hat") + Own - [in the sense of] to have complete control over (Middle English, agan "to have")
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COMMENTS:
Good one, Tigger...is that different from chaperleasing or chaperrenting? - Nosila, 2008-02-22: 02:01:00
Ownerous parents! Brilliant! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-22: 13:08:00
"My mama told me, you better chaperown" — (Shop around; Smokey Robinson and The Miracles). Since Jabberwocky's singing again, there's music in the air... - Tigger, 2008-02-22: 15:22:00
And purpleartichokes and galwaywegian are singing too, I see. - Tigger, 2008-02-22: 15:41:00
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Rapunzeloaf
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ruh - punzl - oaf
Sentence: Morton is a boob who has become totally obsessed with the notion that Miriam has to be sequestered and under his constant scrutiny in order to protect her from the many dangers he imagines to be threatening her. He has become a totally unreasonable rapunzeloaf.
Etymology: blend of the fairytale Rapunzel and oaf
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COMMENTS:
He needs to let his hair hang down as much as she does! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-22: 13:05:00
Fantastic! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-22: 13:07:00
Any relation to 'Meatloaf'? - Tigger, 2008-02-22: 15:14:00
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