Verboticisms

Created by: WhiteRhino

Pronunciation: Fall-sneeze-er

Sentence: Oh, excuse me...I was caught up in a falsneezer.

Etymology: False, sneeze

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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: karenanne

Pronunciation: snee

Sentence: The bridesmaid didn't want to sneeze just as the bride and groom were taking their vows, so she pressed her finger sideways under her nose and it became a tiny snee instead.

Etymology: Start with "sneeze" but remove the end part that makes it meaningful.

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Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: s nee

Sentence: as Carol snee'd for the 7th time that day due to hay fever the irritation became too much and she poked herself in the eye to force a full sneeze out.

Etymology: snee, half a sneeze.

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COMMENTS:

snee hee! - galwaywegian, 2007-04-12: 04:48:00

Brilliant! - pinwheel, 2007-04-12: 04:54:00

Very creative! I can use this type of verbotomy to describe all kinds of projs started around the house. - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-12: 06:47:00

Cute! - mplsbohemian, 2007-04-12: 07:29:00

I am ashamed by how good this word is. - ErWenn, 2007-04-13: 00:02:00

Cute word. Vicious remedy. Nice work! - wordmeister, 2007-04-13: 02:51:00

thanks all! I like half words. - erasmus, 2007-04-13: 05:40:00

Love it! - Rochelle, 2007-04-13: 12:57:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: na-choo

Sentence: Julie felt hollow and unfulfilled when her building sneeze turned into a nahchoo.

Etymology: nah (no) + achoo (onamonapia for a sneeze)

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Snush

Sentence: Mary Jane was once again frustrated by a snush, a silent sneeze that had a big and promising build up and then just fizzled.

Etymology: Blend of the words 'sneeze' and 'hush'..to be quiet.

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Created by: meatloafster

Pronunciation: snee sa point ment

Sentence: Man... I had a sneesapointment earlier today. It was a bummer, I almost had it.

Etymology: sneeze + dissapointment

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Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: gah-zunt-halt

Sentence: In 18th century Europe, regular intake of snuff was a common remedy to gesundhalt.

Etymology: gesundheit, only halted

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COMMENTS:

Nice! - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-12: 04:41:00

I approve wholeheartedly of this construction. - PythianHabenero, 2007-04-12: 09:24:00

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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: Ellemorpheus

Pronunciation: Guff

Sentence: She guffed and paused, eyes teary and unsatisfied.

Etymology: Onomatopoeia

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