Verboticism: Yackattack
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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Versadism
Created by: ngrzeda
Pronunciation: ver/sa/dism
Sentence: In between the doctor's incessant one-way conversation his smile could be seen all throughout Kyle's painful procedure; his versadism obvious to any onlooker.
Etymology: ver - verse sadism - delight in cruelty
Stumblemumble
Created by: sarabriggs
Pronunciation: stum-ble-mum-ble
Sentence: this situation couldn't be any worse because you have at least twenty fingers in your mouth, including grinding power tools that cant touch your toungue. so talking in the back of your throat is all that can really go on. maybe you should become a ventriliquist and learn how to speak correctly without moving your lips. stumble and mumble over all the words you can get out you ventriliquist you.
Etymology:
Spitchat
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: spit-chat
Sentence: Harold hated having to spitchat with the dentist when he had a mouth full of drool from novicaine and dental instruments jammed under his gums.
Etymology: wordplay on chitchat: an informal conversation
Ineptpesk
Created by: 526630
Pronunciation: in-ept-pesk
Sentence: The dentist is always such an ineptpesk, talking to me while cleaning my teeth when he know i cant talk.
Etymology: inept-awkward pesky-annoying
Obligastory
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: oh/blig/a/story
Sentence: Every six months I am muzzled and forced to listen to the dentist's obligastory about his three sons - almost as boring as his drill.
Etymology: obligatory + story
Dentachatter
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dentachatər
Sentence: To avoid the dentachatter Ron would sometimes pretend to doze off. Even when he flinched the dentist allowed him to continue the ruse.
Etymology: dental (of or relating to the teeth) + chatter (talk rapidly or incessantly about trivial matters)
Anestactic
Created by: simoneshin
Pronunciation: an-uhs-tak-tik
Sentence: boy, nurse hilda had some good anestactics while doctor bob gently severed my toe. she kept on talking about that blueberry-lime cheesecake...
Etymology: anesthesia + tactic
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COMMENTS:
good one. - mrskellyscl, 2010-02-11: 10:38:00
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Jabberflossy
Created by: wordslikevenom
Pronunciation: Jab-ber-floss-ee
Sentence: The dental nurse yanked the tape from the spool and pulling it taut, sliced down into Dick's incisors, grinning as she sawed to-and-fro. He could taste the blood from his gums running down into the back of his mouth. "One, two! One, two! And through and through the vorpal floss went snicker-snack! She left him dead, and with his head she went galumphing back". As the jabberflossy flowed so did the puddle beneath Dick's seat ...
Etymology: Jabber - To talk rapidly, unintelligibly, or idly. Floss - dental floss
Mandrivel
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: man/dri/vel
Sentence:
Etymology: mandible (jaw bone) + drivel
