It’s been a while since we’ve Bunkumed around here. Here’s how it works:
- For the made-up word above yours in the comments, post a definition and/or use the word in a sentence.
- Then leave a made-up word for the next person. Come back to chime in as often as you’d like!
Ecela (noun):
One who accidentally trips over their own two feet, then tries to find what they tripped on.
Example: The ecela tripped yet again, much to the annoyance of her peers.
Vertapbro
By: Andrew Ronzino on August 13, 2008
at 7:18 am
vertabro- (noun)
A device that holds up man’s sags
Example:
Good lookin vertabro dude!!!
misdinko
By: Heidi on August 13, 2008
at 8:53 am
misdinko (adj)
to describe a word as being lost in translation.
fality
By: mandythompson on August 13, 2008
at 8:56 am
fality (n.): A close call with a kitchen utensil.
ex: Mary Jane breathed a sigh of relief after the fality of almost grating her knuckles when preparing mozzarella for the lasagna.
phrostling
By: @ngie on August 13, 2008
at 9:36 am
Phrostling (adverb)
the satifaction of licking a frosting spoon
I frostling over that spoon last night.
impny
By: Heidi on August 13, 2008
at 9:39 am
impny (n.): the state of having a numb appendage.
ex: The impny in the job applicants entire right leg caused by sitting so long in the front office resulted in an extremely unbalanced gait upon entry to the interview and made the hiring committee think he was drunk so they didn’t hire him.
scarfety
By: @ngie on August 13, 2008
at 10:50 am
[@Andrew... great starter. :-) Made me smile.]
By: @ngie on August 13, 2008
at 11:04 am
scarfety: to be covered in scarves.
unsotelia
By: mandythompson on August 13, 2008
at 11:10 am
unsotelia (n) : a bird that is only found in the southern regions of Antarctica best known for their head which resembles a telephone receiver
forthastinum
By: jon mark on August 13, 2008
at 11:15 am
forthastinum (n.): a rare flowering plant found in arid sandy regions whose medicinal properties include relief from foot-in-mouth syndrome.
prestidigitonium
By: @ngie on August 13, 2008
at 11:24 am
prestidigitonium (adj.): A wild running amuck of prestigious college professors in pursuit of ketchup.
ex. It was sheer prestidigitonium in the cafeteria this afternoon when all the profs realized they were 45 minutes late for lunch.
gunamum
By: Kelly on August 13, 2008
at 12:46 pm
gunamum (n.) special chewy substance found in the bush of Zambia. It is not consumable by humans, but does feed some small insects. When mixed with the spit of a mother can become suddenly explosive and has historically been used in tribal wars.
ex. The matriarch spit on the gunamum and started a domestic disturbance when she threw it at her husband and it exploded in his face.
miskontrival
By: Char on August 13, 2008
at 12:55 pm
miskontrival (n): a wildly colored drum from indonesia.
ex: alece played the miskontrival for Niel, while singing “somewhere over the rainbow”…
donusimus
By: mandythompson on August 13, 2008
at 1:00 pm
donusimus (verb) the manner in which the hair becomes disarrayed upon the putting on of clothing.
igporth
FYI - you have no idea how much my brain hurts right now! LOL
By: HisLifeformine on August 13, 2008
at 1:43 pm
[@Char - that was hilarious!]
[@Mandy - is there an inside joke somewhere in there? Somewhere over the rainbow???]
igporth (n.): the dental fitting designed for creating a lisp, especially used by actors.
gingishu
By: @ngie on August 13, 2008
at 1:53 pm
[nope! just went with the definition of a colorful drum]
gingishu: um… what?
gingishu
By: mandythompson on August 13, 2008
at 2:10 pm
what do you mean ‘what’? It’s a made up word that someone else will bestow with a meaning…
By: @ngie on August 13, 2008
at 2:25 pm
LOL!!!! & who’s that someone else!?
By: mandythompson on August 13, 2008
at 3:14 pm
gingishu: a green dye used in staining bamboo carpet.
maraway
By: abigailmstall on August 13, 2008
at 3:49 pm
maraway
(noun)
An African candy bar.
Give me that Maraway would ya sister!!!
kityneener
By: Heidi on August 13, 2008
at 3:52 pm
[thank you abigail! i knew SOMEBODY would know what that was!]
By: mandythompson on August 13, 2008
at 3:54 pm
Kityneener (noun)
One of those really, really old widows who owns like 20+ cats.
Example: I heard that Mrs. Freeman is a kityneener!
Hutoma
By: Andrew Ronzino on August 13, 2008
at 5:08 pm
Hutoma: Bruising caused by clicking elbows together….
Blagster
By: 1godsgal on August 13, 2008
at 5:23 pm
blagster
The correct term for cats sniffing each others butts.
“the cats greeted each other first by sniffing noeses then by blagstering.”
muffkin
By: faithstart on August 13, 2008
at 5:37 pm
muffkin (noun)
The rare occasion that your husband brings you breakfast in bed
ex: Oh Mufkin!!!
zlapper
By: Heidi on August 13, 2008
at 6:00 pm
zlapper
zippers on the legs of your pants, the thigh area “the lap”. (ok, bad definition)
gooblish
By: tam on August 13, 2008
at 7:17 pm
Zlapper - the piece of velcro attached to the sole of a slipper to keep them from falling off.
ex- “What the heck happened to the zlappers!” she cried, after tripping on her slippers and falling face down in her cats litter box.
museckling
By: edfromct on August 13, 2008
at 7:26 pm
So zlapper is a homograph!
That is a first (I think) here on Bunkum
Awesome!
By: @ngie on August 13, 2008
at 7:28 pm
I’ll take gooblish…
the yellowish green color of mucus
ex: the mother gagged as she cleaned up the unknown gooblish substance from the kitchen counter.
And Nors word:
museckling
By: @ngie on August 13, 2008
at 7:39 pm
oops - not Nor!!! golly gee am I embarrassed! It was EDs word. forgive me please… :-(
By: @ngie on August 13, 2008
at 7:49 pm
museckling
is when moose “make out”
shuppo
By: tam on August 13, 2008
at 9:21 pm
shuppo is the sound that the disk makes when you are playing air hockey.
barritole
By: @ngie on August 13, 2008
at 9:32 pm
(tam.. so museckling is huggaboochin in moose?)
Barritole- (noun)
A vitamin for an old bear!!
skeeterpansie
By: Heidi on August 13, 2008
at 9:47 pm
skeeterpansie (noun): A new breed of mosquito infected with AIDS II (which is the second strain of the AIDS virus. It’s strikes twice as hard and twice as fast).
Example: “I got attack by a skeeterpansie, and now I have AIDS II.
Verp
By: Andrew Ronzino on August 13, 2008
at 10:01 pm
Verp: An african pygmy who insists on leaving the toilet seat up.
Mellasquintence
By: 1godsgal on August 13, 2008
at 10:41 pm
Mellasquintence: to stare at someone with a laser beam of hatred.
The look she gave the man who overcharged her for her lemon puff was filled with mellasquintence.
By: whatireallywanttosayis on August 13, 2008
at 11:46 pm
Oooops. New word:
Farfullflunger
By: whatireallywanttosayis on August 13, 2008
at 11:47 pm
Farfullflunger (otomatopeia):
That sound someone makes when they first wake up and they realize that they have to go to the bathroom really, really badly.
Zentraboopumonghia
By: Andrew Ronzino on August 14, 2008
at 12:14 am
@ andrew
Great now i’m even more afraid of mosquito’s! Thanks a lot!
By: faithstart on August 14, 2008
at 1:19 am
zentraboopumonghia
when people go crazy about the turn of the century. Much like the y2k craziness only MUCH worse!
By: faithstart on August 14, 2008
at 1:21 am
verspis
By: faithstart on August 14, 2008
at 1:22 am
verspis
an incurable std found only in ants.
liboney
By: tam on August 14, 2008
at 1:40 am
[what is this with insect diseases!?!? :-) ]
liboney (n.): a dish of minced lunch meat served on tiny pieces of bread commonly served at baby showers
brackarick
By: @ngie on August 14, 2008
at 8:34 am
Brackarick: A game of chase played by poor english peasant students, in which the youngest is given a brick and told to hit the others with it. This game produced strength and endurance among the peasant clan, enabling some of the young boys to be knighted.
doomangly
By: mandythompson on August 14, 2008
at 9:11 am
doomangly (noun)
A piece or strand of hair that the hairdresser missed
Hey clip the doomangly dude
moot
By: Heidi on August 14, 2008
at 9:32 am
moot: short for moo point.
Joey on FRIENDS enplanes what this is.
Its a cows opinion, it’s a moo point; it doesn’t count.
By: faithstart on August 14, 2008
at 9:43 am
caspis
By: faithstart on August 14, 2008
at 9:44 am
Caspis:
the noise that the soda makes when open it.
villenert
By: Heidi on August 14, 2008
at 9:55 am
villenert: the artistic sculpture made of mud, clay and unicorn poop that has since become a relic in most countries.
tonconiphobia
By: cathi stegall on August 14, 2008
at 10:07 am
Hi…I’m here via cindybeall.com.
Villenert: A village which seems to have been frozen in time, or rendered changeless by virtue of inertia
Tropsophylia
By: Tamara on August 14, 2008
at 10:09 am
@Mandy! - Great def. for Brackarick. Too funny!
@Tamara - Welcome to the game. :-) Your definition is perfect!
@Cathi - I would like to see one of those relics…
(Another homograph = villenert)
So here we go with Tropsophylia. (Even though this sound like another great insect disease I am going to resist the urge.) :-)
Tropsophylia (n.): a planet in the solar system Truglaphor located in Tratalie, the parallel dimension of the Milky Way galaxy.
Tonconiphobia (n.): a deadly fear of toys that roll such as matchbox cars and tonka trucks.
New word is:
Happilous
By: @ngie on August 14, 2008
at 11:33 am
happilous: to live happily ever after.
ex: they lived happilous. the end.
blixy
By: mandythompson on August 14, 2008
at 2:06 pm
blixy: a strange wordpress theme that allows viewers to peer into the soul of the blogger. the format is similar to the wired-in consciousness of the “matrix” movie series.
ex: using blixy, i will be able to blix alece while she’s having her tonsils removed.
ex: dude… i’m so tired. i got totally blixed last night.
FORTUNICATE
By: mandythompson on August 14, 2008
at 3:56 pm
[hahahahaha!!! sorry. i'm laughing at my own suggested word here. it's just so closely related to another word... dang. don't know where that came from!]
By: mandythompson on August 14, 2008
at 4:18 pm
on THAT note… let’s end this right here.
—–COMMENTS CLOSED—–
By: alece on August 14, 2008
at 4:20 pm
there were some awesome ones this round!
By: alece on August 14, 2008
at 4:25 pm
hehehehehe!!!!!!
so. i was just sitting here thinking: “dang. i can’t BELIEVE i actually met her!”
By: mandythompson on August 14, 2008
at 9:59 pm
I enjoyed reading through a few of these.
I know you won’t mind too much, ‘Lecey… I’m going to be lurking for a while. Mkay, back to hiding.
By: roo on August 14, 2008
at 11:39 pm
You’re lucky, Mandy, you MET her. I had to LIVE with her!
By: Andrew Ronzino on August 15, 2008
at 12:19 am
Just kidding!
Love you, Beece! See you in a few hours!!!!!
By: Andrew Ronzino on August 15, 2008
at 12:19 am
Andrew: HA! GREAT point. as we say in the south: bless your heart.
By: mandythompson on August 15, 2008
at 12:41 am
bless your mom’s heart.
By: alece on August 15, 2008
at 11:09 pm