Verboticism: Boreatone
DEFINITION: n. A chronic slow talker, who plods relentlessly, even when everyone else has figured out what they are trying to say. v. To talk in a painfully slow manner.
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Drawlful
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: draul ful
Sentence: W h e n F r e d t o l d a j o k e i t w a s s l o w a n d d r a w l f u l .
Etymology: Drawl (a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels; lengthen and slow down or draw out) & Awful (not nice)
Insomniyack
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: in/som/ni/yak
Sentence: Chris was a motivational speaker at sleep deprivation conferences - his sessions always sold out first
Etymology: insomnia + yack
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COMMENTS:
I likes this one. - erasmus, 2007-03-02: 10:39:00
thanks erasmus - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-02: 10:46:00
when i need to sleep its hard to decide between an imsomniyak and a saidative - rikboyee, 2007-03-02: 17:06:00
I've found tranquspielizers quite effective. - petaj, 2007-03-02: 20:19:00
Narcotalks work too! - Discoveria, 2007-03-02: 21:35:00
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Likeahdrone
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: lyk/ah/droe/n
Sentence: A likeahdrone is an individual who intersperses like ah between every word
Etymology: like ah + drone (to go on and on and on)
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COMMENTS:
I've like ah come like ah across some of like those - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-02: 10:35:00
You must be Canadian like ah, EH? - Stevenson0, 2007-03-02: 17:57:00
Although we are aussies are guilty of putting ays on the end of sentences, the kiwis do this something chronic. Would that be the antipodean version of ah? - petaj, 2007-03-02: 19:59:00
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Syllabroadening
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: sill a brawd enn ing
Sentence: his syllabroadining was so pronounced, it took him two minutes to say"two minutes"
Etymology: syllable, broaden
Molasster
Created by: Shellbow
Pronunciation: mo-LASS-tur
Sentence: He was such an extreme molasster it took him five minutes to ask for the ketchup.
Etymology: Molass- from molasses, a notoriously slow-pouring substance, especially when cold.
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COMMENTS:
I know it sounds dangerously close to molester, but so be it. - Shellbow, 2013-11-01: 23:26:00
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Turtletongue
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: TER-tel-tung
Sentence: Criminey! Joe is a turtletongue! It took him 15 minutes to order breakfast! How long does it take to say "coffee and a bagel"?
Etymology: turtle + tongue
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COMMENTS:
Too bad if he was also a cloth-ears, a favourite term of my Dad's - petaj, 2007-03-02: 04:18:00
What happened to slothmouth? My comment seems inappropriate now! - petaj, 2007-03-02: 20:07:00
I had a change of heart~ don't worry, your comment still applies... - Alchemist, 2007-03-02: 21:51:00
Simple and good. - ErWenn, 2007-03-03: 08:25:00
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Talkumentary
Created by: aj3131
Pronunciation: Talk-u-mentary
Sentence: Everybody want the dude to stop giving us a talkumentary about how he scraped the pimples off his back.
Etymology: talk + (doc)umentary
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COMMENTS:
i really like it but it seems to be more the things the person is saying instead of the actual person...? its good otherwise - ekath, 2007-03-06: 22:16:00
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Debilerate
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: de-bill-er-ate
Sentence: Doug suffered from debilitating deliberation. He was dibilerate.
Etymology: debilitating deliberation
Onandonmoron
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: on-and-ON-mor-on
Sentence: Phil's friends considered him to be a chronic onandonmoron and had begun to avoid being around him because of his incessant droning on so many incredibly mundane topics
Etymology: Blend of the words 'on', 'and', and 'moron'.