Verboticism: Beatihoridberg
DEFINITION: v. To see beauty in the midst of a complete disaster. n. The ability to see beauty in the rainbow hues of a toxic oil spill, or in the remnants of a poster torn down long ago, or in the subtle cracks in the plaster of a cheap, cold-water flat.
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Pollyanalyst
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: polly-an-al-ist
Sentence: Mary, a certified pollyanalyst, came close to losing her license after she tried to lead a chorus of "The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow" at Daddy Warbuck's wake.
Etymology: Pollyanna: a person regarded as blindly or foolishly optimistic -- named after the heroine of the novel "Pollyanna" by Eleanor Hodgman Porter and the movie starring Haley Mills about a dreadfully optimistic child very much like the equally dreadful child movie, "Little Orphan Annie." + analyst: one who is adept at examining a whole and breaking it down into it's parts for examination.
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COMMENTS:
:) - galwaywegian, 2009-05-12: 07:46:00
This is a fab verbotomy! - readerwriter, 2009-05-12: 11:19:00
terrific word!! - libertybelle, 2009-05-12: 12:13:00
love it! - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-13: 05:53:00
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Finiculy
Created by: Krixwell
Pronunciation: fi-NIC-u-ly
Sentence: As she was focusing on the beauty of the oil spill and not the reason and consequences, James admired Sally's finiculy.
Etymology: Contraction of "finem cuniculum", Latin for "(the) end of (the) tunnel", with an anglizised ending -y.
Blondeoptomism
Created by: gbegun
Pronunciation: blond-Op-toe-mism
Sentence: Stacy received a compound fracture when she fell from her Vespa but with her massive amounts of blondeoptomism, she only thought of the pretty white color of her protruding femur.
Etymology: blonde-dumb, stupid, gullible optimism- Hopefulness, confidence
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COMMENTS:
and yes i spelled OPTIMISM wrong - gbegun, 2013-09-06: 15:10:00
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Beautastrophe
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: byoot-as-tro-fee
Sentence: Despite the fact that the tornado tore down their house and killed their neighbors, Gavin let the beautastrophe shine through as he marveled at the way that the sun shined through the broken stained glass of the near-by church.
Etymology: beauty + catastrophe
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COMMENTS:
at first sight i thought this must have been an aussie verbotomist - but maybe that would have been spelt bewtastrophe. Love it - petaj, 2009-05-13: 05:33:00
nope - 100% Jersey girl! thanks ;) - libertybelle, 2009-05-13: 10:12:00
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Upbeaten
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: əpbētn
Sentence: No matter what slaps him upside the head, Tim is always upbeaten. When tragedy gives him a beatdown he always comes up smiling. Some think he is very brave and optimistic. Others think he is a complete simpleton.
Etymology: upbeat (cheerful; optimistic) + beaten (exhausted and dejected)
Splendorinthegas
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: splendərinðəgas
Sentence: After accidentally backing the family car into the pool, Julie’s parents and siblings were worried about how they were going to get the car out. Not Julie. As the rising sun glinted on the water, she was only struck by the splendorinthegas.
Etymology: A play on Splendor in the Grass, (an American movie from 1961, tells a story of sexual repression, love, heartbreak and manic-depression)
Optimissed
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: OPT-eh-mist
Sentence: Lori has always been an optimissed, having such a rosy outlook and a true believer in serendipity she rarely ever saw the down side of bad situations but would instead see something to be gained even from tragedy.
Etymology: Play on the word optimist, prefix opti- and 'missed'.
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COMMENTS:
Great minds think alike...I almost used that word! Cheers. - Nosila, 2009-05-12: 18:16:00
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Aestheticlysm
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: es-thet-i-cliz-m
Sentence: Georgina walked through the door with her hair bedraggled and clothes dripping. It was a relief to escape the torrential downpour, but her spirits were escalated by the joyous greeting from her boyfriend. He rhapsodised over the colour of her hair spangled with glittery droplets and the way her curvy outline was emphasised by the wet clothing. His aestheticlysm blinded him to the mascara dripping down her cheeks and the mud splattered over her shoes and ankles.
Etymology: aesthetic (beauty) + cataclysm (catastrophe)
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COMMENTS:
Welcome back, Petaj! - Nosila, 2010-11-23: 07:30:00
Thank you Nosila. Thought I'd drop in. - petaj, 2010-11-24: 07:03:00
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Beautisasterfy
Created by: FeelTheMcGrath
Pronunciation: Bee-you-teh-sas-tur-fy
Sentence: Earlier this evening I glanced upon a hedgehog tackle another hedgehog down a steep cliff, and the two of them died. Luckily, I Beautisasterfyed the situation by noticing how gorgeous the sunset was.
Etymology: Beaut- The beauty of the situation. isaster- The disaster of the situation. fy- To change the depressing mood into that of a beautiful one.
Disaesthete
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: diz ay steet
Sentence: "Wow how many people get to see an iceberg this close up while on a cruise?"
Etymology: disaster aesthete