Verboticism: Jockanderthalese
DEFINITION: v., To speak in an inspirational but perhaps incomprehensible manner by stringing together a series of grunts and clichés. n., An inarticulate TV or radio, post-game interview, typically given by a panting, toothless, sweating, verbally-challenged, and hugely overpaid, athletic superstar.
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Cornballdygook
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈkɔɹnbəldiˌgʊk/
Sentence: If you can speak intelligently to pushy, obnoxious journalists after working yourself to a near collapse without spewing cornballdygook, then I'll be very impressed.
Etymology: 2008, from cornball + (gobble)dygook
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COMMENTS:
bit of a mouthful this one, but I like it ;o) - HerOralHighness, 2008-02-04: 17:19:00
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Skiterbole
Created by: emdeejay
Pronunciation: sky ter bowl ee
Sentence: Wayne treated the fans to a gasping, vacuous paragraph of skiterbole. Fortunately, their short attention spans allowed his undeservedly high reputation to stay intact.
Etymology: From Skite and Hyperbole
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COMMENTS:
Was Wayne a skiterboy? sk8ter boy. - petaj, 2008-11-28: 04:05:00
nice word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-29: 14:45:00
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Earnacular
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: urn ak yool ar
Sentence: After the Stanley Cup final which saw his team lose by 25 to 0 to the Toronto Maple Leafs, the team captain was interviewed on national television. Big Bobby NoFrontTeeth, who's annual salary was 18 million dollars, was analytical about his team's loss to the only team who had not won since 1967. Speaking with sweaty hair, toothless grin, and a vocabulary in monosyllabic syntax, he was philosophical. In his earnacular, he figured their loss was due to the fact that the other team got more goals.
Etymology: Earn (acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions;earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages) & Vernacular (the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language);a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
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COMMENTS:
This is a great word; can be used in other situatuions such as some overpaid superstars/personalities who gained fame for no good reason. - splendiction, 2010-04-22: 21:27:00
Cheers, splendiction. - Nosila, 2010-04-23: 01:06:00
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Animarillson
Created by: sean30
Pronunciation: Ani-mar-ill-son
Sentence: i suffer with Animarillson, but im famous and rich and super and great. What where we talking about again?
Etymology: Animarillson; to remain ignorant and stupid, and to remain so after by luck a person succeeds in sport...(word created from all other sports commenters names; Hill/Motson/Kamare etc)
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COMMENTS:
I like the way you constructed your word - bookowl, 2008-02-04: 15:58:00
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Trightning
Created by: Banky
Pronunciation: tryt-ning
Sentence: John Edwards' speeches are sheer trightning. He tries to convince poor people he's one of them with rapid-fire down-home folksiness and then disappears, like a fart in the wind, off to another rally in his private jet.
Etymology: trite + lightning
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COMMENTS:
very nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-04: 13:40:00
I like it! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-04: 15:09:00
i like it but its hard to pronounce - purpleman, 2008-02-04: 15:38:00
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Schwarzenabble
Created by: logarithm
Pronunciation: ˈʃvaɐt-sən-ae-bEl
Sentence: I haven't a single idea what the public announcement at the mall is schwarzenabbling about. For god's sake, the management should replace the bad speakers!
Etymology: 1) Schwarzenegger: refers to the way Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks. 2) Gabble: rapid and indistinct speech.
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COMMENTS:
Super Duper! - silveryaspen, 2008-11-27: 01:24:00
Thanx Silveryaspen. It's time to cast my vote for today! - logarithm, 2008-11-27: 10:59:00
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Athletesfootinmouth
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Ath-leets-foot-in-mou-th
Sentence: After a vigorous game of football, David Wreckham was so exhausted he could hardly string two words together. In fact he claimed he was suffering from the classic athletesfootinmouth when he said in his post match interview that he had really enjoyed the hockey game and couldn't wait to get back in the pool.
Etymology: Athlete(a person who is good at sports, someone who competes in track and field events) + Foot in mouth(To say something stupid, not making sense)
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COMMENTS:
Hahaha... this on is very funny! But I've just used up my votes for today! :-( - logarithm, 2008-11-27: 11:11:00
great sentence - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-27: 13:14:00
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Jockanderthalese
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: JOK-an-der-THAWL-eez
Sentence: Spurred on by the victory and adulation of the fans, the pigskinese of the full-back, during the after-match interview, went from golemic gridiotic to jockanderthalese.
Etymology: JOCKADERTHALESE: blend of JOCK: (short for jockstrap) slang term for an athlete; ANDERTHAL: as in neanderthal - uncouth in manners or appearance. Syn: boorish, clownish, loutish, oafish. & ESE: suffix denoting a language, dialect or parlance. PIGSKIN: Slang term for a football; pig and its grunting & ESE: as in languages as computerese. Golemic: Blend of goal & golem +ic (yiddish) for graceless, tactless, foolish, robotic - altho, not necessarry intentionally.
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COMMENTS:
quite a tongue twister - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-27: 13:17:00
Gotta love an athletic supporter! - Nosila, 2008-11-27: 20:07:00
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Platichatter
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: platichatər
Sentence: After an embarrassing comment or two, the coach decided to give players a few talking points to consider. Now the post-game interviews have become so much platichatter.
Etymology: platitude (a remark or statement, esp. one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful) + chatter (talk rapidly or incessantly about trivial matters)
Inchamprehensible
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: in-champ-pri-hen-suh-buhl
Sentence: All too often at televised sporting events the winner is interviewed the moment the victory is won. The resulting blather is usually inchamprehensible.
Etymology: champ (a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions) + incomprehensible (impossible to understand or comprehend)
