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DEFINITION: v. To see beauty in the midst of a complete disaster. n. The ability to see beauty in the rainbow hues of a toxic oil spill, or in the remnants of a poster torn down long ago, or in the subtle cracks in the plaster of a cheap, cold-water flat.
Verboticisms
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Blondeoptomism
Created by: gbegun
Pronunciation: blond-Op-toe-mism
Sentence: Stacy received a compound fracture when she fell from her Vespa but with her massive amounts of blondeoptomism, she only thought of the pretty white color of her protruding femur.
Etymology: blonde-dumb, stupid, gullible optimism- Hopefulness, confidence
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COMMENTS:
and yes i spelled OPTIMISM wrong - gbegun, 2013-09-06: 15:10:00
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Beautastrophous
Created by: logan260
Pronunciation: Byou-tas-truh-fuss
Sentence: Not only was Linda ambidextrious, but she was beautastrophous as well. As we stared at the morning dew steaming off the burnt stumps of the forest fire, she exclaimed, "It's so beautiful."....
Etymology: 1) "Beau"-from beauty 2) "tastrophous" from castasrophe 3) "ous" indicating the presence of an ability as it pertains to a person. pertaining to a person's ability.
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COMMENTS:
Beautastrophy would be the word for the ability in general, but my word is as it is connected to a person. - logan260, 2012-04-27: 11:07:00
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Pausepective
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: Poz pek tif
Sentence: Pandora viewed tragedies differently than others...she had a different pausepective when it came to bad things or events. Like when she saw the red blood ooze from the wounds her knife had inflicted upon her unfaithful boyfriend, she thought, "Cool, that's the exact same shade as my new nail polish!" Or when she spied the blue tinge to his lips which happened after she had administered the cyanide in his cocktail. It was the grey-blue of the clouds before a violent thunderstorm. She just had to stop listening to that tune from "Chicago"..."He had it coming...he had it coming...!"
Etymology: Pause (reflect, take a moment to consider or think about) & Pos ( abbreviation of positive;involving advantage or good) & Persepective (a way of regarding situations or topics etc; viewpoint; vantage point)
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COMMENTS:
Pandora seems to be quite the extolminatrix! - dochanne, 2009-05-12: 05:22:00
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Finiculy
Created by: Krixwell
Pronunciation: fi-NIC-u-ly
Sentence: As she was focusing on the beauty of the oil spill and not the reason and consequences, James admired Sally's finiculy.
Etymology: Contraction of "finem cuniculum", Latin for "(the) end of (the) tunnel", with an anglizised ending -y.
Fabsaster
Created by: meganhardy
Pronunciation: fab-sas-ter
Sentence: My day was fasaster because I was late to work but I still got a raise.
Etymology: fab- fabolous saster- disaster
Pollyanalyst
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: polly-an-al-ist
Sentence: Mary, a certified pollyanalyst, came close to losing her license after she tried to lead a chorus of "The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow" at Daddy Warbuck's wake.
Etymology: Pollyanna: a person regarded as blindly or foolishly optimistic -- named after the heroine of the novel "Pollyanna" by Eleanor Hodgman Porter and the movie starring Haley Mills about a dreadfully optimistic child very much like the equally dreadful child movie, "Little Orphan Annie." + analyst: one who is adept at examining a whole and breaking it down into it's parts for examination.
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COMMENTS:
:) - galwaywegian, 2009-05-12: 07:46:00
This is a fab verbotomy! - readerwriter, 2009-05-12: 11:19:00
terrific word!! - libertybelle, 2009-05-12: 12:13:00
love it! - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-13: 05:53:00
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Beautastrophe
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: byoot-as-tro-fee
Sentence: Despite the fact that the tornado tore down their house and killed their neighbors, Gavin let the beautastrophe shine through as he marveled at the way that the sun shined through the broken stained glass of the near-by church.
Etymology: beauty + catastrophe
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COMMENTS:
at first sight i thought this must have been an aussie verbotomist - but maybe that would have been spelt bewtastrophe. Love it - petaj, 2009-05-13: 05:33:00
nope - 100% Jersey girl! thanks ;) - libertybelle, 2009-05-13: 10:12:00
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Traumatopian
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: trou-muh-toh-pee-uhn
Sentence: Jane sees herself as a traumatopian, envisioning the best of any calamity. Some of her friends think she's on transcendental medication.
Etymology: trauma (a body wound or shock produced by sudden physical injury, as from violence or accident) + utopian (involving idealized perfection)
Beautisaster
Created by: vicminer
Pronunciation: beau-ti-saster
Sentence: The artist srtived to make a scultpure of a beautiful woman, but it turned out to be a beautaster.
Etymology: beaut-beautiful saster-star
Beaubacle
Created by: rfrey121
Pronunciation: beau-bac-le
Sentence: Amidst the tragedies, the passengers witnessed a beaubacle.
Etymology: beau- beautiful bacle- disaster
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx Thank you metrohumanx ~ James
abrakadeborah - 2009-05-14: 11:24:00
Metro, You're amazing! I really enjoy your definitions! I hope my word "Iridescentdisaster" does justice of your artistic visions. :) Great cartoon too "Verbotoartist"
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James