Verboticisms

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: wit les sisim

Sentence: When Leonard told his girlfriend Penny about his great empty virus folder joke, she neither understood nor appreciated his witlesscism. Her nerd alert button had gone off for the last time and so she walked out on him. He was so busy on his laptop that he did not notice for 3 or 4 hours. Then the Penny dropped...him.

Etymology: Witticism (a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter) & Witless ((of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgmentor humour)

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Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: coma/descend

Sentence: Everyone ducked when they saw Chris coming. He would always comedescend with his unfunny comedy on unsuspecting prey.

Etymology: comedy + condescend

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COMMENTS:

Clever blend - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-01: 22:18:00

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: fun - noy - ing

Sentence: Ralph's jokes were largely funnoying to most of his friends and colleages. As he laughed and laughed at his own jokes, others were most often annoyed at his hyena-like wailing and failed to see what was funny.

Etymology: Funny + Annoying

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: rhymes with stand up comic

Sentence: The standupbombic had no idea he was 'dying' on stage. His raucous laugh drowned out any feedback from the audience. But when the houselights came up he found the audience had all gone home.

Etymology: stand up comic (an enthusiastic performer of jokes) + bomb (slang for something that goes badly)

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COMMENTS:

good one petaj - we have a few of those in the office - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-01: 14:36:00

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Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /FAHRS-feed/

Sentence: As a travelling PC Technician, Dominic often had a captive audience when he worked on people's home computers. Few people would walk away when he was working on their PC's, either because they were trying to learn or because they were afraid he'd do something to mess it up. So, while he was working, he would farcefeed them jokes. They sometimes laughed too, although it was usually a nervous kind of laugh. A lot of people didn't get his jokes, but still, a laugh was a laugh. Dominic wanted to be a standup comedian one day.

Etymology: Blend of: Farce - A ludicrous comedy; a mockery (from Old French, farcir "to stuff" as in 'a short comic sketch in between the acts of a play') + Forcefeed - to physically compel one to take food (from Latin, fortis "strong" & Old English, foda "to tend")

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COMMENTS:

I've been farcefed a few times - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-01: 14:39:00

May the farce be with you, Tigger. - Nosila, 2008-04-01: 15:03:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: prank en styne

Sentence: When Leonard send outr his annual computer April Fool's joke, he kept redeeming his title of Prankenstein, even though none of his friends found his jokes funny.

Etymology: Prank (trick, joke,something done to fool someone) & Frankenstein (man-made monster)

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: sil-ee-ham-er

Sentence: Reggie doesn't just tell a joke. He hits you upside the head with it. He loves it when he has a captive audience and can sillyhammer them in a lame attempt to entertain. Few, if any, find this appropriate for a Funeral Director.

Etymology: silly (absurd; ridiculous; irrational) + hammer (a tool consisting of a solid head, usually of metal, set crosswise on a handle, used for beating metals, driving nails)

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: miss/tare/i/cal

Sentence: Ralph thought everything he said or did was hysterical but it was in fact missterical.

Etymology: miss + hysterical + mystery

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COMMENTS:

Interesting blend. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-01: 22:34:00

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Created by: stache

Pronunciation: ə-blĭv'ē-as'

Sentence: "HE SAYS HE THINKS HE KNOWS YA! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Glen shouted the punchline and roared with laughter, utterly convinced his joke had killed, as the silent group around him at the cocktail party began to dissipate. "He's such an obliviass," muttered Fran to Zoey as they made their way to the bar.

Etymology: 'obli,' var. of 'obla,' from Lennon and McCartney, normally associated with 'dee' or 'dah,' denoting a carefree attitute; 'via,' by way of; 'ass' (bef. 1000; ME asse, OE assa, prob. hypocoristic form based on OIr asan < L asinus; akin to Gk ónos ass), beast of burden.

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COMMENTS:

nice twist - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-01: 14:38:00

I heard that Glen is not as big a obliviass as he used to be - he's on a diet! Good word & great etymology. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-01: 22:34:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: wit/ti/sis/sis/tic

Sentence: John was a witticissistic who loved his own sense of humour and the jokes that he wrote and was constantly pushing them on his unlaughing friends.

Etymology: witticism + narcissistic

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COMMENTS:

excellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-01: 11:06:00

you da man. - stache, 2008-04-01: 18:41:00

Outstanding. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-01: 22:16:00

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