Verboticism: Celebretard
DEFINITION: v., To be so obsessed with the lives of celebrities that you neglect your own personal affairs, responsibilities and hygiene. n., A person who is infatuated with celebrities.
Celebretard
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: sell-ebb-re-tard
Sentence: Realizing that her fish had all died and that she had not eaten properly in a week, Jackie realized that her obsession with following the details of Britney Spears' mental breakdown had caused her to celebretard her own life.
Etymology: celebrity - a celebrated person + retard -a holding back or slowing down.
Points: 698
Comments: Celebretard
silveryaspen - 2008-02-15: 10:04:00
Excellent etymology ... couldn't have chosen a better descryptive combo ... especially the retard! Great creation!
libertybelle - 2008-02-15: 10:35:00
i didn't want to offend anyone -so i made sure to put the definition as written in Webster's. Though i suppose people don't necessarily get up in arms when they read their kids pj's are flame retardant.
silveryaspen - 2008-02-15: 11:10:00
I never gave it a thought libertybelle ... good point. It is never my intention to offend, when words can be perceived in many ways. Yet ... I can't help thinking, if we shunned every word that might be mindtwisted so it can be construed offensive, we might have to become mutants!
DeltaRho2K - 2008-02-15: 13:41:00
Either that, or we'll have to create verbotocisms like "rockrock" or "boulderstone"
Tigger - 2008-02-15: 23:00:00
Great creation! It could also apply to the celebrities who do stupid things in public eye to inspire such fascination.