Verboticism: Homocreatoxic
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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Universillness
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: yoōnəvərsilnis
Sentence: The citizens of Mars have voted to study the science of moving their planet to another solar system to get away from the universillness called Earth.
Etymology: universe/universal (all existing matter and space considered as a whole; the cosmos) + illness (a disease or period of sickness affecting the body or mind)
Enferterra
Created by: sclarr14
Pronunciation: En-Fer-Ter-Ra
Sentence: *In an airplane* Hey! Look out the window! I can see the entire enferterra from up here!
Etymology: From the spanish root words enferma (sick) ans terra (planet)
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"
Gaiaaargh
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: guy aargh
Sentence: the planet went from gaia to gaiaaargh in about two decades.
Etymology: Gaia, aaargh
Terrainfirma
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ter-uh-in-furma
Sentence: Harry hates that the planet is in such dire straits but there aren't any real options but to continue to live on terrainfirma.
Etymology: terra firma (firm ground/earth) infirm (sick/weak)
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)
Terrabulavatory
Created by: fabdiva
Pronunciation: tair-rah-bulla-vat-ory
Sentence: As the last gasp of air was inhaled, it finally dawned on a selfish population that terrabulavatory was a fait accompli.
Etymology: terra - earth. terrible - extremely bad. lavatory - toilet.
Tubearthculosis
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: toob erth kul os is
Sentence: The aliens avoided our planet once they determined it had developed tubearthculosis. It was the only explanation for the poor air quality and inability of most Earthlings to breathe properly.
Etymology: Tuberculosis (infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages) and makes breathing very difficult) & Earth (our Planet)
Envirusment
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: en-VYE-rus-mehnt
Sentence: What had once been a pristine world, devoid of any kind of pollution or environmental upheavals has suddenly developed a severe envirusment, a world where every corner was feeling the effects of enviro sickness.
Etymology: Blend of 'environment' (The circumstances or conditions that surround one; surroundings) and 'virus' ( the causative agent of an infectious disease)
Envirusment
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: en-VYE-rus-mehnt
Sentence: What had once been a pristine world, devoid of any kind of pollution or environmental upheavals has suddenly developed a severe envirusment, a world where every corner was feeling the effects of enviro sickness.
Etymology: Blend of environment and virus.
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COMMENTS:
good one Mustang - galwaywegian, 2009-04-22: 09:10:00
Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-22: 11:15:00
Envirusment and embarrassment! Good one, mustang. - Nosila, 2009-04-22: 22:35:00
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