Verboticism: Farticulate

'What's that stupid sound?'

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.

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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

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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?