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DEFINITION: n. The stars, lights and birds that circle your head when you hit it REALLY hard. v. To watch the stars that circle your head after impact.
Verboticisms
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Stardazing
Created by: feltcap
Pronunciation: stär'gāz'
Sentence: As he clambered to his feet after taking the blow he wondered briefly it she was worth it, a dizzy feeling overtaking him from head to toe as he began stardazing, his vision blurring and limbs going numb.
Etymology: stargazing- observation of the stars, daze - to stun, as with a heavy blow or shock
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COMMENTS:
Welcome. Puntastic creation! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-20: 00:46:00
CLEVER! Promise him anything, but give him a CLOUT! - metrohumanx, 2009-02-23: 00:43:00
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Concustellation
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: con/cus/tell/ay/shun
Sentence: Sally was a huge astrology buff and was disappointed to realize that the advent of tiny new planets in her peripheral vison was really just a concustellation, an unfortunate result of running into a tree head first.
Etymology: concussion + constellation
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COMMENTS:
heh! - galwaywegian, 2009-02-19: 05:47:00
the 2nd syllable (cuss) is what might happen after a concustellation! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-19: 12:28:00
very clever.. - mweinmann, 2009-02-20: 08:02:00
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Parcarking
Created by: rogueybear
Pronunciation: Par - kah - king
Sentence: "Hey dude, I'm really parcarking over here, I think I like it"
Etymology: From the common spoonerism of 'car park', especially the confusion that one feels after saying it.
Howstongami
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: haʊ:strɒŋ:am:eeee
Sentence: After 10 years in grad school and countless blows to the head, Gerard finally got his degree in HowstrongamI from the Dept of "High to Middling Energy Howstro-Physics". Now all he needed was a bang on the ear and some beans to count.
Etymology: Pun on Astronomy : The "science" of how the sky was cooked up - a highly technical form of bean counting and stamp collecting.
Bonkmos
Created by: yellowbird
Pronunciation: bawnk-mose
Sentence: Just as Newton was inspired to study gravity by being bombarded with apples, and Einstein encouraged to investigate the relativity of time by being forced to fill out dreary piles of paperwork in an office, so too was the the young Carl Sagan influenced by an outside event. After banging his head on a low shelf, he saw a personal 'bonkmos' of amazing brightness and detail, which led him to a career in science and experimentation with certain herbal supplements, all in an effort to recreate the 'little twittery cosmos' he saw on that long ago day.
Etymology: bonk + cosmos
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COMMENTS:
Brilliant and lyrical! - metrohumanx, 2009-02-23: 00:37:00
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Orbitahit
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: or-bit-a-hit
Sentence: When things got slow and boring at 'Smart Aide', Mr. Teetotaller Trippy and Miss Bingbang Buffy enjoyed the orbitahit to their noggins, because it reminded them of their younger days at the clubs with all the lights spinning around and stars flashing.
Etymology: Orbit- The path of a celestial body or an artificial satellite as it revolves around another body. A Hit- To come into contact with forcefully; strike.
Lumenflummoxed
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: loo-muhn-fluhm-muhcs-t
Sentence: The moon was full when Brianne, President of the local Scooby Doo Fan Club, and Connie, the VP, parked their car at the bottom of the darkened hillside. The moon was full and, after a few tokes, they determined this was the night they would make it up the creepy drive to view the old Greymoor Mansion, rumoured to be haunted. It was a hike, but, just as they rounded the bend and caught sight of the enormous stone ediface, a cloud moved across the sky blocking the moon. They screamed and jumped, turning at the same time, intending to run full speed down the hill. Instead, their heads collided. Sitting on the ground, they stared, lumenflummoxed, at the stars circling their heads. "Out of sight," they in unison. The cloud moved on and the gods laughed.
Etymology: From LUMEN, for light +FLUMMOX, confused
Concusstellation
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kon kus stel lay shun
Sentence: When the craniologists were experimentinmg with head blows, they were surrounded by a concusstellation.
Etymology: Concussion (an injury to the brain caused by a blow) & Constellation (a configuration of stars)
Stardazing
Created by: Negatrev
Pronunciation: Star-Daze-ing
Sentence: After running head first into the low beam, Albert was left Stardazing.
Etymology: From Stargazing, to watch stars, altered with the state to be dazed.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
I must have been in a sort of time-warp chronoanomaly when this one came down the pike, because i missed it completely. Very rich trove of Verbotomisms, though! Carry on!
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
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