Verboticisms

Created by: Scrumpy

Pronunciation: mem-uh-ree-leyn

Sentence: Ken caught the memorylame bug. He was feeling insecure and imagined all of the people from his past were more succesful than him. He soon found that he was doing being better than most, being retired at forty.

Etymology: memory lane + lame

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COMMENTS:

Excellent! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-01: 18:24:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: lak kwayn tans

Sentence: When Cyndi went to her high school reunion, she still dressed in her best 80's attire. Of course everyone else had dressed in modern day fashions, including the guy she always had a crush on...Seymour Modes. Seymour was now a Magazine Editor and tres moderne! As she later told her geeky friends who were too scared to go to the reunion, she and Seymour had a relationship whereby they were each's lackquaintance. As the night and free booze wore on, they found a cozy corner to re-lackquaint themselves. Luckily it worked out for them. They are now an item and she writes a great retro column for his magazine and he dresses more and more with an eighties influence. Their acquaintenceship no longer lacks anything!

Etymology: Lack ( the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; be without) & Acquaintance (a relationship less intimate than friendship;personal knowledge or information about someone or something)

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COMMENTS:

heh - galwaywegian, 2010-01-29: 08:08:00

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Created by: readerwriter

Pronunciation: flay-gruh-mee-guize, verb; flay-gruh-mee-goe, noun

Sentence: "What a flagramigo," Tiffany thought, "Wasn't he always that way?" Brent had just dissed her royally as he worked his way around the old high school gym. But, she had been prepared for him earlier, when she saw him flagramigizing almost every chick in the room.At least his abuse of her had only been verbal. All night long she had seen him "accidently" bumping into and spilling drinks on those he was attracted to. She was so thankful for the book called "The Beauty of Boundaries" she had just read.

Etymology: As a verb: from flagrant, meaning consipicuously offensive + amigo, Spanish for friend; noun: flagramigo, meaning a person who is a conspicuously offensive "friend."

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COMMENTS:

What an unusual combination. Hilarious sentence, RW! :) - metrohumanx, 2008-09-03: 09:02:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: re fren emee

Sentence: When Janet met Brad again at the reunion, she realized he had become a refrenemy. He not only hated her hair and her dress style, (She was sure the invitations stated retro 80's look, so as people could recognize each other) but he also was still an older but more judgmental geek. It was when she caught him making out with Sue (she of the Just Sue Me! fame) that she realized he was just "Desparately Seeking Susan" and not really into the fact that she was Madonna's personal assistant! Loser!

Etymology: Re-friend (a person with whom you are re-acquainted) & Enemy (a hostile individual, not in your support group)

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Created by: LoftyDreamer

Pronunciation: What else do you do when you want to find out the arrest records, embarrassing moments, and dismal failings of people you vaguely remember?

Sentence:

Etymology:

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COMMENTS:

Texas Dep't of Corrections used to have a website called "Date an inmate". Ugh! - metrohumanx, 2008-09-03: 08:58:00

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Created by: DrWebsterIII

Pronunciation: ˈrü 'ˈfās ˈbu̇k

Sentence: Bobby had also ruefacebooked before the reunion, which bolstered his archetypal disdain for some of his former classmates

Etymology: RUE (regret) + Facebook (a social tool to for connection or to reconnect or spy)! Maybe you've heard of it

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Snob-ree-late-ing

Sentence: She knew she had risen above them but couldnt help indulging in a bit of snobrelating with the riffraff

Etymology: Snob - relate

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: has/been/stock

Sentence: Jack just couldn't live in the present and became a hasbeenstalk(er). His mother accused him of living in a fairy tale but he assured her that one day he would live happily ever after.

Etymology: has been (behind the times) + stalk (hunt or pursue) + Jack and the Beanstalk

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Created by: jimtastic

Pronunciation: on-LINE-en-stalken

Sentence: While onleinenstalken in his underpants on a Saturday night from the computer in his bedroom in his mom’s basement, Jeremy finally found the girl that left the company four years ago on MySpace and sent her a creepy “I miss you” message.

Etymology: A Finnish phrase - now popular in many internet cafes located just below the arctic circle - derived from the English phrase "Online Stalker".

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Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: re/found

Sentence: Having just been dumped by Tony, Jenna searched high and low for her yearbook! "Who was that guy," she thought, "The one who would drool as I sat in front of him in homeroom?" She frantically flipped pages, cell phone in one hand, google page up and ready. This was nothing new as she was known to start most of her relationships while on the refound.

Etymology: word play with rebound...but of course... :)

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COMMENTS:

Simple yet elegant, Lumina. :) - metrohumanx, 2008-09-02: 12:28:00

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