Verboticisms

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: trun-kay-shun

Sentence: Although Marvin had a huge proboscis, he often experienced trunkations.

Etymology: truncate (shorten by cutting a part off) + trunk (informal for nose)

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Created by: LonePaladin

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Sentence: The victim of an antichoo is often caught by surprise when the sneeze finally lets loose.

Etymology: If a completed sneeze is an 'achoo', then an aborted sneeze is an 'antichoo'.

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COMMENTS:

if you choose to choo, is it a pikachu? - Alchemist, 2007-04-12: 01:08:00

what about uncle choo? - galwaywegian, 2007-04-12: 04:47:00

He went into the shoe business with his nephew Jimmy. - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-12: 04:57:00

Good Word!! Also one who swallows their food whole. - Stevenson0, 2007-04-12: 12:40:00

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Created by: AnnieChandon

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Created by: lauramy

Pronunciation: ah-dyoo

Sentence: Lavender's blue, but it makes me ahdieu.

Etymology: Ahchoo + Adieu When your sneeze bids you farewell.

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Created by: josje

Pronunciation: snutter nose

Sentence: i can´t sneeze, i am having a snutternose

Etymology: sutter as in suttering and nose as in nose.

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: snee-zee-cum-snee-zee-go

Sentence: she waited and waited. she stared at a light bulb and she waited some more... but it was simply a case of sneezycomesneezygo

Etymology: sneeze, easy come easy go

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COMMENTS:

Perfectly describes the condition without a definition. I like it! - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-12: 18:54:00

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Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: sneez/teez

Sentence: A sneezetease is the greatest anticlimax

Etymology: sneeze + tease

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Created by: nickolucas

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: s/niece

Sentence: Just as she was about to sneeze, she encountered a snease, that sharp nasel pain of an unfullfiled sneeze. With a snease all the symptoms of a sneeze are there, but the satisfying achoo.

Etymology: sneeze + cease

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COMMENTS:

pronounced "s/niece" - Stevenson0, 2007-04-12: 07:50:00

Niece? What about tease? I voted for it because I though it was a combo of sneeze and tease. That would perfectly capture the meaning. - lauramy, 2007-04-12: 15:18:00

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Created by: willster

Pronunciation: sn-eat

Sentence: She let out a small sneat before speaking.

Etymology: the incompleteness of

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