Verboticism: Contagearthed
DEFINITION: n. A sick planet which has a cold, a fever, and some kind of weird infection. v. To be worried sick about the health of the planet, because you know the problem is really the people.
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Gaialing
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: gaya ling
Sentence: The approaching aliens took one look at the smog, lack of ozone layer and drying polar caps and oceans and decided planet Earth was gaialing. They decided to abort their landing procedures and flee home.
Etymology: Gaia: (Greek Goddess of the Earth; also the hypothesis that the living and nonliving components of earth function as a single system in such a way that the living component regulates and maintains conditions (as the temperature of the ocean or composition of the atmosphere) so as to be suitable for life; also: this system regarded as a single organism) & Ailing (Ill,prone to sickness)
Terrorfirma
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: tair-ah-fir-mah
Sentence: it was clear that this planet was in an advanced state of terrorfirma
Etymology: terror, terra firma
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COMMENTS:
Welcome Back! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-23: 01:38:00
nice to be back! - rikboyee, 2009-04-23: 18:30:00
Great word! - Nosila, 2009-04-25: 10:01:00
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Urachoonus
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: U R ACHEW NUS
Sentence: It looks like a nice place to visit, but the Urachoonus is getting to the breaking point down there.
Etymology: Uranus + A Sneeze
Planetosis
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Wow, look at all the flotsam in the oceans. I think earth is suffering from some pretty bad planetosis.
Etymology: Combines the words "planet" with the last two syllables of "halitosis"
Astrohnomist
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: asss trooooh noooooh missst
Sentence: She followed the screams through the physics department till she came to the door with the plaque which read "Prof. C. Licken, astrohnomist"
Etymology: astronomist, oh no,
Algoritis
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: ahl gow rye tiss
Sentence: the only know cure for Algoritis is a globotomy
Etymology: Al Gore itis
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COMMENTS:
For overpopulation about going natural and using the Al Gore Rhythm Method? - readerwriter, 2009-04-22: 08:31:00
Both verbotomies are so timely and very witty! :-) - silveryaspen, 2009-04-22: 11:12:00
Owl Gore is a real hoot. Good word. - Mustang, 2009-04-22: 22:55:00
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Panorbozoovex
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: pan-ORB-oh-ZOO-vecks
Sentence: A plague of greed’s upon Our Sphere- It can be seen; it smells like fear. Plunder, harvest, strip her bare- Hurry now don’t miss your share! A malady some thought inspired… The Struggle now must NOT grow tired. No catalogue or even index- Defines the word..... PANORBOZOOVEX !!!
Etymology: PAN+ORB+(bozo)+ZOO+VEX= PANORBOZOOVEX.....PAN: (prefix)comes from Greek and means "all." It is similar to the prefix omni- only omni- comes from Latin.....ORB: a spherical body, especially Earth, a spherical celestial object; Middle English, from Middle French orbe, from Latin orbis circle, disk, orb.....BOZO: a foolish or incompetent person, a famous 20th century clown; origin unknown [ 1916 ].....ZOO: a place, situation, or group marked by crowding, confusion, or unrestrained behavior, a collection of living animals usually for public display; short for zoological garden [1847].....VEX: to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to; Middle English, from Anglo-French vexer, from Latin vexare to agitate, harry; probably akin to Latin vehere to convey [15th century]
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COMMENTS:
To the planetary barricades! Decentralize solar power! Revolution is NOT a dirty word!
Ars Longa Vita Brevis! - metrohumanx, 2009-04-22: 01:30:00
The worsening world ... in versening unfurled ... and yet your last line and verbotomix ... evoke a smile ... for your fourplex! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-22: 11:31:00
You make it go from bad to verse, metro...like turning lemons into limoncello! - Nosila, 2009-04-22: 22:36:00
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Homocreatoxic
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: ho-mo-crea-toxic
Sentence: The guide pointed out the window and announced to the group of tourists, "This is an example of a homocreatoxic planet." Sadly, it is systematically being destroyed by the dominant species who either does not recognize or isn't concerned by the signs of impending demise. This is the only planet we've seen thus far that has come to this particular form of extinction. Anthropologists say that it once was like a garden with fields, mountains, oceans and millions of diverse creatures. This is as close as we can get to the planet without risking contagion. Now, let's move on to Saturn's exquisite rings..."
Etymology: Homo: (Latin) man/mankind + Creation: (creationism)the world as it was created by a creator + Toxic: poisonous, often by chemical means
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COMMENTS:
Triple word play, very apt to the definition ... Great Create! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-22: 11:24:00
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Flumoon
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: flu + moon
Sentence: Man has walked on the moon but he has walked on the earth for more years and has taken many more steps there. If we were to inhabit the moon, our blue moon, our paper moon, our man in the moon, our moonglow, our new moon would all become just a flumoon....we would probably manage to infect it with the same maladies with which we have infected the planet we inhabit....
Etymology: flu (short for influenza;Influenza, commonly known as the flu, is an infectious disease) and moon (one of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night sky—the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
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COMMENTS:
Flu...ooo...moon, I saw you standing alone...without a dream in your heart...without a love of your own." Song of the Day, dedicated to Silveryaspen! - readerwriter, 2009-04-22: 10:47:00
Enjoyed your sentence, mweinmann - well crafted. - silveryaspen, 2009-04-22: 11:18:00
Silvery Moon is more fitting as a song for me, readerwriter. 'Sail along silvery moon, sail along lovers' lane, sail along silvery moon, to my love again!" There's another old verse about the moon I like "Oh, the moon shines east and the moon shines west, but I like the moonshine they make next door best!" - silveryaspen, 2009-04-22: 11:22:00
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Galaxative
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: gal ax a tiv
Sentence: Old Mother Earth had been long been in a constipative state when it came to ridding her heavenly body of toxins. Some Earthlings feared that it was getting too late to give her a galaxative to rid herself of the cosmic damage inflicted by her inhabitants.
Etymology: Galaxy ((astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust) & Laxative (a mild cathartic;stimulating evacuation)
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COMMENTS:
stellar! - galwaywegian, 2010-11-04: 04:29:00
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