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DEFINITION: n. A chronic slow talker, who plods relentlessly, even when everyone else has figured out what they are trying to say. v. To talk in a painfully slow manner.
Verboticisms
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Dronestoppable
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: drone + stop + uh + bull
Sentence: Oh man, don't get Al Gore going on global warming - he's dronestoppable.
Etymology: Drone + unstoppable. (This isn't really one of my best.)
Nadayadayada
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: nah-da-yah-da-yah-da
Sentence: we all wanted him to summarise the story but he was a well known nadayadadyada so we had to hear the whole damn thing
Etymology: nada [none], yada yada [used to summarise stories]
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COMMENTS:
a bit long - but he idea is brilliant and the sound of the word is nice. here's my vote. - w5lf9s, 2007-03-02: 11:43:00
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Likeahdrone
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: lyk/ah/droe/n
Sentence: A likeahdrone is an individual who intersperses like ah between every word
Etymology: like ah + drone (to go on and on and on)
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COMMENTS:
I've like ah come like ah across some of like those - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-02: 10:35:00
You must be Canadian like ah, EH? - Stevenson0, 2007-03-02: 17:57:00
Although we are aussies are guilty of putting ays on the end of sentences, the kiwis do this something chronic. Would that be the antipodean version of ah? - petaj, 2007-03-02: 19:59:00
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Molassalogue
Created by: lauramy
Pronunciation: mull-ass-uh-log
Sentence: I'd rather be eaten alive by a wild hog than listen to another Molassalogue.
Etymology: molasses + monologue
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COMMENTS:
Does a molassalogue have a sweet tooth? And always tell a sugar-coated verson? - petaj, 2007-03-02: 20:02:00
Can my 'treaclespeaker' deliver a molassalogue? Nice word! - Discoveria, 2007-03-02: 21:32:00
would you listen in a fog? would you listen with a hog? - Alchemist, 2007-03-03: 07:46:00
Great one! - BMott, 2007-03-09: 00:11:00
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Draggingdrawl
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: Drag-ing-drawl
Sentence: Southern Slowpoke Sam was such a draggingdrawl speaker...you would want to pull his words out with your hands!
Etymology: Dragging; failure to act with the necessary promptness or vigor. Drawl; to utter in a slow lengthened tone.
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COMMENTS:
Love it, but had already spent my votes! Cheers. - Nosila, 2009-09-25: 00:35:00
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Jabbler
Created by: toralora
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Paul is a typical jabbler. He told a short and unimportant story in 2 hours.
Etymology:
Droneprone
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: drone/prone
Sentence: Pierre Pantperhog was known among family, friends, and foes alike as a dithering "droneprone" dude.
Etymology: drone + prone
Verbalaze
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: ver-bal-laze
Sentence: John is a notorious verbalazer. If he gets the chance to trap you into a conversation, you might as well abandon all hope of being on time for the rest of the day. You're trapped into hearing about his daughter's dance recital and his mother's gallstones whether you like it or not.
Etymology: Verbalize: verbose; express in words + laze: kill or waste time
Verbasnail
Created by: BMott
Pronunciation: verb-uh-snail
Sentence: She itched trying to resist helping the verbasnail seated across from her finish his sentence.
Etymology: Verba: of or pertaining to language. -- Snail: critter known for being incredibly slow.
Boreatone
Created by: eddie
Pronunciation: bor/a/toan
Sentence: Steve "The Slug" Jones speaks in such a boreatone manner that he has been known to talk people to sleep.
Etymology: boredom + monotone
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Stevenson0.
Thank you Stevenson0! ~ James
BMott - 2007-03-09: 00:10:00
Loved this one!
Today's definition was suggested by Stevenson0. Thank you Stevenson0. ~ James
Hey Verbotomists, Jasper Fforde is sending us signed copy of The Eyre Affair for the top writer this week. I guess Fforde did not want to see his heroine, Thursday Next, trapped in verbalaze of boratoric snailocution. ~ James