Verboticism: Aventcoordinate
DEFINITION: v. To take the frustration and anger you receive from one person and redirect it towards another person, usually of lower status. n. An act of aggression directed towards an individual or object that was not the source of provocation.
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Dissociattack
Created by: decaydancer
Pronunciation: dis-so-see-attack
Sentence: Jane would often dissociattack her husband after a grueling day at work.
Etymology: Dissociate + attack
Proxiscerate
Created by: Blegvadd
Pronunciation: prox-ISS-ehr-ate (verb); prox-ISS-ehr-it (noun)
Sentence: The phone conversation with her mother so infuriated Melissa that she immediately looked for someone to proxiscerate in her stead.
Etymology: Literally, to disembowel (eviscerate) by proxy.
Subfursive
Created by: melodydrama
Pronunciation: sub-fur-siv
Sentence: Judging by the manic gleam in her eye, Bob could tell his grandmother was in a subfursive mood.
Etymology: Sub- below, lesser fury- anger ive-having a tendency to Having a tendency to express anger to someone lesser
Taggression
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: tag/gre/shun
Sentence: Taggression is a game best played with masochists.
Etymology: tag (you're it) + aggression
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COMMENTS:
like it! - galwaywegian, 2008-05-23: 13:22:00
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Frustanger
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: frust anger
Sentence: Dont mess with my frustanger
Etymology: frustration and anger
Transfergravation
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: tranz - fer - gruh - VAY - shun
Sentence: Through transfergravation, Felicity would assert herself with ferocity on unsuspecting innocent friends, thus avoiding confrontation with those she feared who had actually caused her the stress and annoyances she dreaded.
Etymology: Blend of transfer and aggravation
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COMMENTS:
Great word! - TJayzz, 2008-05-23: 12:09:00
great - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-23: 09:05:00
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Approxyberate
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: a/prox/ee/bee/rate
Sentence: When Jim returned from the Director's annual budget meeting he chose the newest member of staff to appoxyberate.
Etymology: a + proxy (substitute) + berate + approximate (close to)
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COMMENTS:
Nice word - I toyed with proxiberate for a while. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-25: 19:33:00
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Bleedership
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: blee dur sh ipp
Sentence: Patsy shifted nervously in her seat. While waiting for her quarterly review from Ms. Badger, she had heard her superior being telephonetically eviscerated by the new VP. She waited as her superior flicked through her file with shaking hands. Suddenly, the pain left Ms. Badger's face as she smoothed out one of the pages in the file. The bleedership was about to begin.
Etymology: leadership, bleed
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COMMENTS:
fantastic sentence - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-23: 09:07:00
I love your definition. "What do you mean bleedership is bad management! It's what our company excels at!" - skeeterzirra, 2008-05-23: 20:01:00
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Psychoport
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: sahy/koh/port
Sentence: Joe was acutely aware not to confront Jenny for at least twenty-four hours after she had a long, involved and confrontational conversation with her mother. Joe knew that Jenny would psychoport all the negative energy from her mother to him.
Etymology: PSYCHOPORT - VERB - from PSYCHO (a neurotic person, or person afflicted with psychosis) + TRANSPORT (to carry, move, or convey from one place to another, or from PSYCHOLOGICAL + TRANSPORT.
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COMMENTS:
LOL - well done - splendiction, 2009-07-04: 00:12:00
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Transfuryence
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: trans fur ee ENCE
Sentence: She knew better than to answer that phone call from mum before dinner! Mum called again to remind them of the upcoming sale at the grocery store! All the calm in the room after she put the phone down couldn’t quiet her anger, which she immediately transfuryenced onto her unfortunate husband, “Not now! I can’t believe she thinks we need help doing everything! And don’t tell me how to shop for clothes!”
Etymology: From: TRANSFERENCE and FURY - to transfer your fury toward one person to another person.
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COMMENTS:
Absolutely Furabulous - Nosila, 2009-07-04: 01:14:00
Absolutely Furabulous - Nosila, 2009-07-04: 01:14:00
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