Verboticism: Govinvain
DEFINITION: n. Something, or someone, that/who always seems to break or fall apart, just when you need it/them the most. v. To fall apart just when you need to get it together.
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Vodkatage
Created by: hyperborean
Pronunciation: vod-kah-tahj
Sentence: I thought a little liquid courage would smooth out my nerves, but when she asked me why I wanted to work for her company I cursed her out. I vodkataged another big interview.
Etymology: vodka (booze) + tage from sabotage (treacherous action to hinder an endeavor)
Focusbrokeus
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: fo-kus-bro-kus
Sentence: Even though he was a prolific writer, Bob was unbelieveably ADHD to the point where he couldn't keep a relationship because his mind and his boot heels would go wanderin' all the time. Alice would try to talk to him, but he would get a faraway look in his eye and she knew he was off in some mental magic swiriling ship and not really with her. The day he forgot that he was supposed to be going to see her and instead spent the entire day dancing with a corner street musician she had enough and sent him packing. When asked about the sad ending of their relationship she would quietly explain, "Focusbrokeus."
Etymology: focus: attention to a particular point or detail, have a direction in life + broke: broken + us
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COMMENTS:
excellent - galwaywegian, 2009-05-07: 08:43:00
magic, even :-) - emdeejay, 2009-05-07: 19:51:00
Love it... - Nosila, 2009-05-07: 21:43:00
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Fragmentia
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: fragmənshə
Sentence: Alan has an unusual approach to stress. First he will fall apart, go into a tizzy, disintegrate. Then he will conveniently forget that it ever happened. His friends call it fragmentia. They aren't sure which is worse, the cyclone of chaos that occurs first or being ignored afterward.
Etymology: fragment (break or cause to break into fragments) + dementia (a chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning)
Reliefragile
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: really fragile
Sentence: Sandra spent most of her time on tenterhooks as steward of the women’s shelter relief kitchen. Lately, she had become reliefragile in her personal affairs as well. It was a relief for her to lean on the pillars around her for support.
Etymology: From the words relief and fragile.
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COMMENTS:
Slendid!!!! Splediction :) - abrakadeborah, 2009-05-08: 05:25:00
Ooops SPLENDID*....dang where's the spell check LOL! It's way to late and I'm way too tired....after 5 am here...(I'm a night owl) - abrakadeborah, 2009-05-08: 05:27:00
Thanks abrakadeborah! - splendiction, 2009-05-08: 18:25:00
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Voilater
Created by: ankur
Pronunciation: voi-later
Sentence: he again proved to be a voilater by not turning up to take his friend for his(friend's) appointment with the dentist. my cellphone is doing a "voilater" again, i have to make a call and i cant find it...
Etymology: voila = word used by magicians when they make something disappear.. so... voilater = who / which disappears..
Quitessential
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kwit-uh-sen-shuhl
Sentence: Marsha assumed that the owner's manual had a typo when it described her new computer as quitessential. Not so. All too often, when she was at a crucial juncture in a tabulation, it would just quit. She wouldn't even get the dreaded blue screen, just a few Chinese-looking Kanji characters and a shutdown. When she had the characters translated, they said "I have a headache, goodnight". So much for buying a cheap PC from the back of a van.
Etymology: quit (of the pure and essential essence of something) + essential (absolutely necessary; indispensable)
Phondrome
Created by: Krixwell
Pronunciation: fon-drowm
Sentence: He would be there for her at all times, except when she really needed him to. He kept phondroming her. He was a real phondromist.
Etymology: Phone (telephone) + syndrome (disease), shortened from idea "broken phone syndrome".
Reliabull
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: ree-lie-ah-bull
Sentence: "Sure, I'll be there for you whenever you need me, anytime, anyplace I promise." At that, she stealthily slipped out the door. He knew at this moment he was being fed a hefty dose of reliabull.
Etymology: reliable (trustworthy, dependable) + bull (as in bullcrap, lies, nonsense)
Jerkalist
Created by: jasjamson
Pronunciation: jurk ul ist
Sentence: The jerkalist never returned my call.
Etymology: The act of being a jerk. Even if it means making yourself look good!
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COMMENTS:
Being the jeralist effects everyone to the degree that if you're not careful you'll end up doing the same to others - jasjamson, 2009-05-07: 03:41:00
I think I know that guy - mrskellyscl, 2009-05-07: 06:07:00
Everyone is bound to run into a jerkalist at some point in our lives. Thanks for the comment mrskellyscl! - jasjamson, 2009-05-08: 07:39:00
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