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DEFINITION: n. A harmless untruth, intended to comfort simple souls. v. To use a little bit a fiction to smooth over the perplexities and complexities of life.
Verboticisms
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Cheerfullofit
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: chEEr-ful-of-it
Sentence: Jill is cheerfullofit, telling David that no one noticed him in the fancy restaurant, as he walked around with the store tags still hanging from his pants and shirt.
Etymology: cheerfulness, to comfort/full of it, slang for telling lies or full of sh**
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COMMENTS:
hahah reserve this for Bring it on 2... but clever i like it - ekath, 2007-04-16: 18:50:00
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Coddlie
Created by: WhiteRhino
Pronunciation: Cod-ell-eye
Sentence: She told a coddlie to keep him pacified.
Etymology: Coddle, lie
Flubbish
Created by: mac33
Pronunciation: flub-bish
Sentence: "Fluffy's in Cat Heaven now," she said to little Susie, feeling guilty for feeding her child such blatant flubbish.
Etymology: flub - an instance of botching or bungling; failure (here failure to tell the painful truth) rubbish - nonsense (UK)
Troose
Created by: reverb
Pronunciation: troos
Sentence: Some people thought CEO was stealing money from the shareholders, but troose was that he was just borrowing it.
Etymology: loose truth
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COMMENTS:
seems to fit - reverb, 2008-07-12: 15:40:00
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Reablurrance
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: re/a/blur/ance
Sentence: Her therapist knew she was too fragile for the truth on this night. It was obvious to him that her husband did not really have the ability to give himself a hickey near his belly button. Instead, he offered a little reablurrance hoping he could muster his best poker face.
Etymology: reassurance: the act of reassuring; restoring someone's confidence. blur: clouding, or fogging. reablurrance: the act of reassuring and blurring the facts a bit when the truth will hurt
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COMMENTS:
cute - Nosila, 2008-06-23: 22:01:00
Nice and comforting! - reverb, 2008-07-11: 12:28:00
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Foma
Created by: vonnegut
Pronunciation: fo-ma
Sentence: Nothing in this book is true. "Live by the foma* that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy." The Books of Bokonon. I: 5
Etymology: Created by Kurt Vonnegut for Cat's Cradle, published in 1963.
Tootroo
Created by: patb
Pronunciation: too-troo
Sentence: Tom used tootroo about the "non-infectious airborne contagions" to convince his girlfriend that it was okay to kiss, as long as he didn't breathe
Etymology: too true two
Santootheastorkfairbunnyism
Created by: Sharpedgeshurt
Pronunciation: San-tooth-eest-oark-fayr-buh-nee-izm
Sentence: "I don't care, I'm still not using sleeping pills." The insomniac argued when told by the receptionist that he wouldn't be able to get an appointment with the Sand Man because he was a santootheastorkfairbunnyism.
Etymology: irst used in mid 1980's during a drunken round of "Say-all-the-fictional-childhood-characters-that-visit-your-house, in-one-breath game." It has rarely been used since.
Pacifib
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: pass-i-fib
Sentence: Mommy quickly crafted a pacifib when Nora noticed that Goldie was not in her bowl one day after school. She put the little princess on her lap, gave her a hug, and told her a wonderful tale about how Goldie was invited to go with her fish friends to the Wild Water Kingdom instead of admitting that it went belly up and was flushed down the toilet. Nora, an especially precocious five year old wasn't buying it. She became inconsolable and made Mommy take her to the pet store immediately for a new fish.
Etymology: pacify: to calm, mollify or make peaceful + fib: insignificant or childish lie
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COMMENTS:
Cute word! - artr, 2009-11-02: 11:27:00
great word! - mweinmann, 2009-11-03: 07:51:00
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Comments:
ErWenn - 2007-04-16: 08:00:00
Best verbotoon ever. So it goes, buddy, so it goes.
ErWenn - 2007-04-16: 08:20:00
Just noticed what was written on the typewriter. Ha!
Today's definition was suggested by Kurt Vonnegut and first appeared in his novel Cat's Cradle.
Thank you Mr. Vonnegut! ~ James
RE: "Best Verbotoon Ever" Thanks ErWenn! However I must say it was all inspired by KV himself. So it goes... ~ James
See the top 4 words of the day at Yeah, I'm in heaven now ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Kurt Vonnegut and first appeared in his novel Cat's Cradle.
Thank you Mr. Vonnegut! ~ James
wurdless - 2008-07-12: 15:23:00
Vonnegut is cool!
reverb - 2008-07-12: 15:31:00
cat's cradle rocks
Today's definition was suggested by vonnegut. Thank you vonnegut. ~ James
Live it or live WITH it!