Verboticism: Farticulate
DEFINITION: v. To talk to yourself in a high-pitched, squeaky voice while performing complex mental gymnastics.n. The sounds a person makes when they are trying to think.
Farticulate
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: far-TIC-u-late
Sentence: Bob's farticulating every time he worked on a project that required a little thought was only made more annoying by the wild hand gestures that accompanied it.
Etymology: fart - an adverse sound best made out of earshot of others. articulate - to speak
Points: 425
Comments: Farticulate
wordmeister - 2007-01-24: 10:03:00
Sounds like Bob was blowing a lot of hot air...
purpleartichokes - 2007-01-24: 13:36:00
Most definitely! I actually work next to this guy - flailing hand gestures and all. Quite annoying!
wordmeister - 2007-01-24: 14:55:00
Are you flailing to clear the air? Or is he flailing to punctuate the point?