V. [adverb]
Pronunciation Vee.
Meaning Very.
Usage "This sentence is setting a v. bad example."
Origin Zed, early 1999, although I picked up the habit from Letty Chubb (from "I Was A Teenage Worrier" etck ['etck' being another of her words]).

VILEJOURNAL [noun]
Pronunciation Vile Jur Nul.
Meaning Livejournal, when it is misbehaving. So, Livejournal, then. A synonym is Eviljournal.
Usage Keeping a journal and reading other people's, on the rare occasion when it works.
Origin Zed, 20 December 2001, after going online with the sole purpose of checking Livejournal and it not working, for no evident reason.

VERBAL VOODOO [noun]
Pronunciation Vur Bull Voo Doo.
Meaning The act of writing a story that comes true. The name of a series of stories by me.
Usage I reasoned it was the only Zobo Creat anyone would be able to understand / spell just by hearing it, so it makes a pretty good domain name.
Origin Zed, July 1998. The concept has been used many of times before, though.