Verboticism: Droneprone

'Why...  do...  you...?'

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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Hourator

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: ow ray tor

Sentence: Father Murphy's houratory style had a very wholesome effect on anyone thinking sinful thoughts. After one of his sermons no one could remember what sins they were thinking of committing, not even the ones who remained awake

Etymology: orator, hour

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COMMENTS:

Houray for you! - Nosila, 2009-09-22: 10:57:00

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Jabbler

Created by: toralora

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Paul is a typical jabbler. He told a short and unimportant story in 2 hours.

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Slowlanespeaker

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: slow-lane-speak-er

Sentence: John is a slowlanespeaker who just putters along talking at his own pace no matter how fast the world around him is zipping by.

Etymology: slowlane (i.e. traffic lane) + speaker

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Monotonacity

Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: mon-O-tone-as-city

Sentence: Jill spoke to David with monotonacity, determined to make her point, droning on and on till David finally fell asleep.

Etymology: monotone/tenacity,persistant determination

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COMMENTS:

This is the defining characteristic of Ben Stein's character in Ferris Beuller's Day Off. - ErWenn, 2007-03-03: 08:25:00

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Forestgumpitis

Created by: subakamoo

Pronunciation: for-est-gump-itis

Sentence: Man, he's talking so slow, seems like he has FORESTGUMPITIS.

Etymology: The movie Forest Gump, coming from the way Forest talks.

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Lowgear

Created by: josje

Pronunciation: lowgear

Sentence: Just let him talk, he is talking in lowgear

Etymology: low and gear as in gearbox

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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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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'.

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Snailocution

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: snay lo kew shun

Sentence: Sheldon Sluggdon spoke very slowly, in fact his snailocution was famous. As a result, people avoided him, because it took him so long to talk about anything. People were astounded when he got his job as a lecturer at the college. If you were unlucky enough to end up in his class, your education would take much longer, but you would be able to catch up on your sleep!

Etymology: Snail (very slow-moving gastropod) & Elocution (a manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture)

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COMMENTS:

up to your usual standard :) - galwaywegian, 2009-09-22: 10:22:00

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Monotorator

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Created by: swallowedbyafish

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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

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