Verboticism: Htwat
DEFINITION: v. tr. To obsessively carry a water bottle always by one's side, regardless of how inconvenient, unnecessary, or impolite it may be. n. A person who constantly sips, sucks and gulps at a water bottle, fearing death by dehydration.
Htwat
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: haitch too at
Sentence: Ian was total htwat. You could hear him jogging about two minutes before he came into view. He even brought water to the pub, so he could keep hydrated while waiting to be served. He jiggled his eyeballs about every five minutes to make sure they could still move. his behaviour was so strange that his workmates in glasgow used to call him "a quare Ian"
Etymology: H2O, twat
Points: 896
Comments: Htwat
silveryaspen - 2008-02-21: 13:08:00
Wonderful pun ending!
Jabberwocky - 2008-02-21: 13:32:00
love the sentence
Maxine - 2008-02-21: 19:55:00
A beautiful pun. I'm surprised more people haven't voted here, but with the downfall of civilization and all, I suppose it's possible.
silveryaspen - 2008-02-21: 21:00:00
You're so right Maxine! Until I thought about it half the day ... I missed the 'ought' in twat ... even though I read the pronounciation several times! Great blending and pun on H2ought, galwegian ... not only your sentence, but your verbot had a great ending and devserved more of a vote! Brilliant!
silveryaspen - 2008-02-21: 21:13:00
Perhaps if the etymology had read haitch too ought ... More of us would have caught on ... or caught on sooner!