Verboticisms

Created by: texmom

Pronunciation: Hal lei lu yah ism

Sentence: Hallelujahism is not prevalent where pieced eyelids are concerned.

Etymology: Hallelujah - rejoice ism - makes is a noun

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: act/stat/ik

Sentence: With all the enthusiasm and peersure from his friends, he decided to be actstatic in the silly escapade.

Etymology: act + ecstatic

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Created by: thephil

Pronunciation: fr:etend

Sentence: Acctualy, I fretended, when I stated that I love my new job.

Etymology: Fake pRETEND

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Created by: BuenoCabra

Pronunciation: (FOH-moht, FOKS- )

Sentence: If you don't want to go to the Panic! At The Disco concert with everyone else, there's no reason to fauxmote.

Etymology: From the French "faux," meaning fake or artificial, and "emote," an Americanized verb form of "emotion."

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: pashun - akt

Sentence: Elvira was passionact about the Christmas grab bag this year. Everyone else thought she was really excited about it but, in truth, she was pretending to be excited because she thought that everyone else was.

Etymology: passion, act

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: hiss terry akt yun

Sentence: he frequently engaged in hysteriaction, especially when management were around.

Etymology: hysteria action

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: vim-BOO-zuhl

Sentence: "Yeah. It is a very big job, isn't it," Kenny said. "But we can do it, don't' anyone forget. We can do it if we just remember that we can't do it without one another's help." Bob nodded agreement, paused for a moment as if to ponder the truth in what Kenny had just said, and then spoke: "I have some ideas, Kenny," he said, enthusiastically taking a small notebook from his brief case. " I'd like to get your thoughts on them." Some of the things that Kenny and the others liked most about Bob was the way he listened to them; saw that they had the major role in decision making, and insisted they take all the credit for successful outcomes. Nevertheless, in time, it seemed strange, as Kenny thought more deeply about it, that Bob, despite all his enthusiastic utterances, never aspired, or sought to play any real role in the running of the Club. Already growing quickly in Kenny's mind was the picture of Bob as a pallid pretender, whose words were simply spoken to vimboozle them.

Etymology: VIM: lively or energetic spirit; enthusiasm; vitality & BOOZLE (of bamboozle):to deceive or get the better of (someone) by trickery, flattery, or the like; humbug; hoodwink, gyp.

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Created by: newworldview

Pronunciation: foe-thoo-zee-as-im

Sentence: He got so sucked into his fauxthusiasm, that he bought not one, but two oscillating couches.

Etymology: Faux (fake) + Enthusiasm

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: glee-fayk

Sentence: Troy gleefaked when Helen revealed her new tattoo at the office.

Etymology: glee (happy) + fake (lie)

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Created by: scaredboy617

Pronunciation: Garr-ih-bull

Sentence: Jim is very garrible.

Etymology: Garr - to chatter. Ible - Able to

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