Verboticism: Bencompovery
DEFINITION: v. To suddenly discover that your most troublesome personality defect, for which you have been taking medication and/or therapy, is actually your greatest asset. n. A perceived weakness which is actually a strength.
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Rednose
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛdˌnoʊz/
Sentence: Sadly, while the fact that his face and voice were incapable of expressing emotion was an impressive rednose during the poker tournament, he still couldn't get a date.
Etymology: As in Rudolph the reindeer's shiny red nose
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Luckjaw
Created by: jadenguy
Pronunciation: luk jaa
Sentence: His inability to talk made him a great grief counciler. His success rate was nearly 87%, with comment cards lauding his ability to listen.
Etymology: lockjaw + luck
Traumaze
Created by: kirkaw
Pronunciation: traw-maze
Sentence: When Michael's obnoxious outburst at the Marsha resulted in her quiting the next day, to the delighted of the rest of the office staff, he was simply traumazed at himself.
Etymology: trauma - amazed
Epiphaclick
Created by: bubbos
Pronunciation: e-pi-fa-click
Sentence: Tom acknowledges that Sally's stubbornness as an epifaclick for her career.
Etymology: epiphany + click, for it all to click in
Emfoible
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: em-foy-bull
Sentence: "Eureklutz!" Ted exclaimed, as he landed that nifty job as a baggage handler. He had become emfoible.
Etymology: employable, foible
Dumbskill
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: dum-skil
Sentence: In person, everyone thought Annie was a complete numskull. She was always chattering about whatever was on her mind, which was not too much. (She had the attention span of a gnat, and an addiction to celebrity gossip.) It was a dumbskill that she made the most of on twitter, where she had 1000 followers.
Etymology: dumbskull + skill
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COMMENTS:
They say, in order to 'keep ahead of the game' and 'to remain relevent in the workplace' workers should dumbskill every 5 years. - scrabbelicious, 2009-07-31: 11:41:00
The dumber the better... - jrogan, 2009-07-31: 12:35:00
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Defasset
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: deh-fah-set
Sentence: I never knew she was up for the job until I realized that she had a defasset.
Etymology: defect + asset + deficit
Faultility
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: fawl-TIL-i-tee
Sentence: Madeline's faultility was her incessant nose-blowing. Her husband thought of divorcing her, but she was such an amazing duck call.
Etymology: fault + utility
Achilleshail
Created by: SethelMerman
Pronunciation: uh-Kill-ease-Hayl
Sentence: Who knew that the fluctuting voice would be just what they were looking for in casting the commercial. Thank God for my Achilleshail.
Etymology: Achilles Heel-a (fatal) weakness in spite of overall strength + Hail-to acclaim
Foibility
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: foy-bil-la-tee
Sentence: Danny's big nose and squeaky voice was his greatest foibility in his career as a television clown. When he was little, all the kids teased him, but when he became a famous Bozo, all the kids loved him.
Etymology: foible: minor weakness or failing of character; an idiocyncracy + ability: a natural or acquired talent
