Verboticism: Flumoon
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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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,
Epidemicorb
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: epee-dem-i-korb
Sentence: Pandora was doubled over with epidemicorb syndrome. She had totally freaked out because the Earth was infested by a population bent on self-destruction
Etymology: epidemic (widespread sickness) + dem (from greek for population demos) + orb (sphere, planet shaped)
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COMMENTS:
Pandora...she always did think outside the box! - Nosila, 2009-04-22: 22:32:00
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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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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)
Gaiaaargh
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: guy aargh
Sentence: the planet went from gaia to gaiaaargh in about two decades.
Etymology: Gaia, aaargh
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)
Morbitorbit
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: mor bit or bit
Sentence: When Glak and Fribor entered Earth's atmosphere, they knew they were going into a morbitorbit. They had been to this planet, third from the Sun, before, but eons ago. When they saw it again, it was like viewing the rusted and decaying snagrom of a kleronbeen. A yellowy haze (not yet identified on their gastronomogeiger)hung over the sphere. Then they started giggling to themselves. "Jokes on you, Earthlings! You feel guilty, but really there is a sign near the Milky Way, pointing to Earth as a sanitary refuse and toxic dump for the Universe. All us aliens picked your planet because we could hide our trash in plain sight here! Your are not alone and the trash is out there!"
Etymology: Morbid (caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology;suggesting the horror of death and decay; suggesting an unhealthy state) & Orbit (the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another)
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COMMENTS:
Glak and Fribor saw the snagrom- hope they don't induce a pogrom! - metrohumanx, 2009-04-22: 01:20:00
Never thought about earth as being part of Universe-alley. Your sentence truly makes us realate to the definition in a Bigger Way! All parts of your verbotomy are so great, they are Out Of This World! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-22: 01:56:00
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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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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)
