Verboticism: Hocusfocus

'Some weirdo keeps taking pictures on my ear!'

DEFINITION: v. To secretly take a photo of someone with your cellphone. n. A cellphone photo, especially if it was taken surreptitiously.

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Hocusfocus

Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: ho cuss foh cuss

Sentence: Len's covert cell phone hocusfocus makes him a real shudderbug.

Etymology: Hocus Pocus, Focus. Hocus Pocus - a trickery. Focus - 1. Camera adjustment to obtain a sharper, clearer photo.

Points: 1172

Comments: Hocusfocus

silveryaspen - 2009-02-06: 00:37:00
Was difficult to chose between these two verbotomies.

Mustang - 2009-02-06: 07:18:00
Very clever...two for the price of one!

mweinmann - 2009-02-06: 08:14:00
Wonderful play on words....hocusfocus or focuspocus....both say it all...

Jabberwocky - 2009-02-06: 11:56:00
very nice

Nosila - 2009-02-06: 22:27:00
Good word...lens itself to many ideas. He may end up being framed if he has any more exposure!