Verboticism: Romchronicdum
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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Dallygabber
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: dal/ly/gab/ber
Sentence: It took Frank, a classic dallygabber, three minutes to say what most people could in thirty seconds. It became so frustrating that everyone was finishing his sentences for him.
Etymology: dally + gab + gabber
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COMMENTS:
Is the Dalai Lama a dallygabber? - porsche, 2007-03-02: 10:30:00
I suspect the Dalai Lama is a dilly dallying dallgabber. - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-02: 10:33:00
oops I meant a dilly dallying dallygabber - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-02: 10:34:00
A dillying dallygabber? I guess he would go on, and on, and on... Which might be good, unless it was all talk and no action. - wordmeister, 2007-03-02: 10:50:00
I think this has become a silly dilly dallying dallygabber discourse. - Stevenson0, 2007-03-02: 17:54:00
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Verbalaze
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: ver-bal-laze
Sentence: John is a notorious verbalazer. If he gets the chance to trap you into a conversation, you might as well abandon all hope of being on time for the rest of the day. You're trapped into hearing about his daughter's dance recital and his mother's gallstones whether you like it or not.
Etymology: Verbalize: verbose; express in words + laze: kill or waste time
Borator
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: bow ray tur
Sentence: She couldn't understand how such a borator had such a hot partner. Then she thought about it for a looooong time.
Etymology: bore orator
Monotorator
Created by: swallowedbyafish
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Unbeknownst to Billy-Bob, he was a notorious monotorator, which explained why everybody always seemed to space out when he spoke.
Etymology: monotonous/monotone + orator
Wordslogger
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈwɚdˌslɑɡɚ/
Sentence: The wordslogger's tenacity might have been inspiring if context hadn't made it abundantly clear what he was trying to say three sentences into his soliloquy.
Etymology: From word + slog + -er
Borator
Created by: iwasatripwire
Pronunciation: bore-ate-er
Sentence:
Etymology: bore+orator
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COMMENTS:
Good word!! - Stevenson0, 2007-03-02: 17:56:00
Yes, A boring speaker at a function for the make-glorious benefit of Kazakhstan! - petaj, 2007-03-02: 20:06:00
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Boratory
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bôrətôrē
Sentence: Whenever Jim has insomnia he knows just what to do. He goes into the guest room and turns on the TV to C-Span. The boratory is sure to put him right to sleep. He has to be careful to be lying down when he clicks to the channel so that he doesn*t fall and hit his head as it comes on.
Etymology: bore (make [someone] feel weary and uninterested by tedious talk or dullness) + oratory (the art or practice of formal speaking in public)
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COMMENTS:
heh! - galwaywegian, 2009-09-22: 10:21:00
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Aspergadrone
Created by: bettyann9
Pronunciation: Ass-per-ga-droan
Sentence: That aspergadrone over there just took 45 minutes to tell me he was going to be late tomorrow. How many ways can you say "My alarm clock broke"?
Etymology: Asperger's syndrome=an autism spectrum disorder in which the sufferer does not register social queues + drone=someone who goes on and on endlessly
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