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DEFINITION: To put your foot in your mouth by saying what you're thinking, rather that thinking of what your saying.
Verboticisms
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Gaffiloquy
Created by: chofu67
Pronunciation: gaff ill o kwee
Sentence: With only a brief gaffiloquy, he managed to offend everyone in the room
Etymology: gaffe = iloquy (speech)
Brainspill
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /'brAn-spil/
Sentence: It is sometimes difficult to tell the difference between actual, revealing brainspillage and simple linguistic tonguetrippage
Etymology: From brain + spill
Miscogloquence
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: miss-COG-lo-kwens
Sentence: The consequence of Marty's miscogloquence was that he lost his job. He just couldn't get his mouth and brain into the right gear and he blurted out what he really thought of his boss to his face.
Etymology: mis (wrong) + cognition (thought) + eloquence (fluent speech)
Brainblurt
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: brain/blurt
Sentence: The most embarrassing moment came when he brainblurted the 'F' word in the crowded church.
Etymology: brain + blurt
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COMMENTS:
I think the alliteration clinches it. - Discoveria, 2007-02-05: 16:39:00
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Tongueshui
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: tung-shway
Sentence: When he tried to charm the beautiful girl at the bar, Jeremy's tongueshui was once again his downfall.
Etymology: tongue + feng shui
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COMMENTS:
tongueshui sounds like you would always say the appropriate thing but I love the way it sounds - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-05: 16:31:00
You can have bad feng shui, right? But yeah, I was a bit confused by today's definition, so I went for the aesthetics instead. (I've figured it out now) - sodium, 2007-02-06: 00:26:00
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Flaptongued
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: flap-tung'd
Sentence: Flaptongued people usually get put in their place pretty quickly, especially if their comment was towards an outgoing person.
Etymology: flapping tongue
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COMMENTS:
By the way, the "your" in the definition for this word should be "you're". - Javeson1, 2007-02-05: 13:30:00
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Discomboobulate
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: dis-com-boob-bule-late
Sentence: He discomboobulated with abandon whenever she was in the same room. This often had painful consequences.
Etymology: discombobulate + boob. Discombobulate: to confuse. Boob: need I define it? Also has the meaning of "idiot".
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COMMENTS:
I'm sure a similar verboticism has been given before. And there's already a phrase for this one - the 'Freudian slip'. - Discoveria, 2007-02-05: 04:11:00
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Inopiacognition
Created by: sirshade
Pronunciation: in/opee/a/cog/ni/shun
Sentence: jerry got slapped because of his habit of inopiacognition
Etymology: inopia=latin for "lack of" cognition=a fancy for "thinking"
Comments:
ErWenn - 2007-02-05: 02:06:00
Isn't that what a Freudian slip is?
Discoveria - 2007-02-05: 04:12:00
Yes, I think so too.
Bulletchewer - 2007-02-05: 07:10:00
No, it's not a Freudian slip, it's a Freudianblip mahahahaha...
ErWenn - 2007-02-05: 09:35:00
You know what _I_ think we need a word for? A word for a non-Freudian slip of the tongue. Granted, I don't think Freud thought that they existed, but enough people do that it'd be nice to have a word to differentiate the two situations.
Bulletchewer - 2007-02-05: 10:00:00
I like blaming Freud, the sex-obsessed legend deserves it! Plus, one word is enough, so, next verboticism please.
Hey ErWenn, Thanks for the suggestion! I will see if I can create a definition for that... ~ James