Verboticism: Bossify
DEFINITION: v. To demonstrate your superior knowledge and intellect by using complex, confusing and mind-numbingly stupid jargon. n. A person who uses big words to inflate their unusually small ideas.
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Gabyrinth
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: GAB-uh-rinth
Sentence: Bob thought that his gabyrinth, a form of English, but with a strange admixture of words gleaned from Old English and Yiddish, made him sound super intelligence.
Etymology: Blend of GAB: loquaciousness, prattle, chatter & LABYRINTH: Any confusing, bewildering, complex state of affairs
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COMMENTS:
love it - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-06: 10:33:00
Outstanding! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-06: 11:12:00
I like it too - bookowl, 2008-03-06: 13:08:00
Very creative. I never would have thought to go down the labyrinth path - I would'a got lost. - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-06: 21:19:00
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Inflatulate
Created by: Jamagra
Pronunciation: in/flach/u/late
Sentence: Joe dithered outside the bathroom door. The access instructions distributed at the 3 hour "securitized lavatory entrance system" meeting had seemed very clear at the time: choose #1 or choose #2. But, Joe now wondered, what about an employee requiring #1 AND #2? Had there been a third option? Why, oh why, had he not paid more attention to the inflatulated memo??? Joe shuffled off to find an HR rep who could help him with this rather pressing problem.
Etymology: inflate + flatulate
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COMMENTS:
spot on, Jam. - stache, 2008-03-06: 08:53:00
Nice blend. Could be used to describe what's done in the bathroom too! - Tigger, 2008-03-06: 10:11:00
Certainly has a special fl-air !!! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-06: 11:06:00
Great word! Makes lots of 'scents'. - Mustang, 2008-03-06: 17:35:00
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Jargamorphosis
Created by: diyan627
Pronunciation: jar-gu-morf-u-sis
Sentence: There goes Tammy with her jargamorphosis again. She thinks the perplexed way I'm looking at her is fascination with her brilliance.
Etymology: jargon (Speech or writing having unusual or pretentious vocabulary, convoluted phrasing) + metamorphosis (A transformation, as by magic or sorcery. A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or *function*.) def from answers dot com
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COMMENTS:
Simply brilliant and Kafka-ish! - kashman, 2008-03-09: 00:43:00
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Bossify
Created by: Eanrael
Pronunciation: Boss i fie
Sentence: HR knew that the new commission plan would cut the worker's income by at least 1/3 if not 1/2; they would have to *bossify* the presentation. Note: With the connotation that a "boss" would be happy with either result a) people ignore the plan because the wording is too complicated or b)they believe the plan to be benificial.
Etymology: Boss - n. - slang - Good, Excellent, Cool Boss - n. - a person who is in charge of an employee or organization — ORIGIN Dutch baas ‘master’.
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Normcrosbeing
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: norm croz bee ing
Sentence: Norma Crosby was the quintessential Normcrosbeing in our office. She thought by using big words (that she had seen in print, but apparently failed to check the definitions of), people would think she was far more educated than the Grade 10 level she had actually achieved, barely. When she had transferred into our HR Office, she felt it obliged her to speak far above the intellect of our internal clients, even if it meant inventing her own words. The clients were often left shaken and confused when she spoke in large words that had nothing to do with the topic at hand. As a result, people avoided her like the plague and chose not to believe any facts that she presented. Her personal crusade was that unless words were at least eight or ten letters long, why bother to use them?? It would be redumbdant and wasterly and youtilize no hexpediant deliverables.
Etymology: Norm Crosby - (Comedian, considered the Master of the Malaprop, who uses the wrong words, usually big ones to make confusing, funny comments.(i.e he speaks from his diagram and drinks decapitated coffee) & Being (a creature, a living person)
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COMMENTS:
I swear we must have worked in the same place in a prior lifetime. - metrohumanx, 2008-12-31: 00:55:00
You are probably right...in "The Office"! And now you know why it is a hit! - Nosila, 2008-12-31: 23:11:00
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Bush
Created by: starwarsgeek8
Pronunciation:
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Etymology: you know, W.(hat the hell did you do to my country)
Blowphisticrat
Created by: twocent
Pronunciation: blow-fist-e&-krat
Sentence: Whenever he spoke with authority he came across with all the polish of a D.M.V. blowphisticrat.
Etymology: n. Compound of sophisticated: overly complicated, blow-hard: braggart and bureaucrat: a rigid official lacking intelligent judgment v. blowphisticate
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COMMENTS:
Very nice - OZZIEBOB, 2009-01-01: 00:04:00
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Baloony
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: baloōnē
Sentence: The missives that descended from the corporate office were so much balloony that it was a wonder they didn't just float away.
Etymology: Balloon (a large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air) + Loony (a crazy or silly person) Also Baloney (foolish or deceptive talk)
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COMMENTS:
I wonder if ya could make a baloony sammich out of that stuff? - Mustang, 2008-12-31: 23:53:00
Great combination. - OZZIEBOB, 2009-01-01: 00:00:00
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Vocabfuscate
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /vəˈkæbfəˌskeit/
Sentence: I'm dreading reading all the sentences on Verbotomy today because I know they will all be vocabfuscated beyond belief.
Etymology: from vocab(ulary) + (ob)fuscate
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COMMENTS:
Naughty sentence! Even if it is true! (wink) (big grin) Vocabfuscate sounds like something you catch and want to cure! Your sentence implies it is contagious! Really fun sentence and an exceptional word! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-06: 11:17:00
Great word - describes the definition nicely. - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-06: 18:28:00
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Overmcthinker
Created by: mzzmee265
Pronunciation: over-mc-thinker
Sentence: She is an overmcthinker, she just has to sound smart by using big words without big thoughts
Etymology: over-beyond, to much; mcthinker-to try to think something that one cannot think really;