Verboticisms

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: funk-uh-FOE-be-ah

Sentence: Bobby's piercing body odor caused him acute funkaphobia whenever he went to the beach.

Etymology: funk, phobia

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Created by: suzanne

Pronunciation: ray-r- ayr- scayr

Sentence: Realising suddenly that he wasn't alone in the dorm rareairscared Tom was shoved his boots back.

Etymology: rare air- as in the air was rare. scared- to show fear.

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Created by: karenanne

Pronunciation: smelf KON shus nes

Sentence: Kara's extreme smelfconsciousness kept her from enjoying herself while dancing. She refused invitations to dance, which led men to think she was aloof and self-centered, but her friends knew she was just self-SCENTered.

Etymology: smell + self-consciousness

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COMMENTS:

perfect word for the definition! - splendiction, 2009-11-12: 21:27:00

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Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: FETT-id-RED

Sentence: Like aroma from cheese it’ll rise in your head- The terror of reeking called FETIDREAD!

Etymology: FETID+DREAD= FETIDREAD.....FETID: having a heavy offensive smell; Middle English, from Latin foetidus, from foetēre to stink.....DREAD: extreme uneasiness in the face of a disagreeable prospect, causing fear or awe, great fear especially in the face of impending evil or embarrasment; Middle English dreden from Old English drǣdan (“‘to fear, caution against’”), aphetic form of ādrǣdan, ondrǣdan (“‘to advise or counsel against’”) from and- "against" + rǣdan "to counsel, advise". Akin to Old High German intrātan "to fear".

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http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/36787804.html - metrohumanx, 2009-11-12: 06:28:00

November 17: The Leonids Typically the Leonid shower is a weak display, with fewer than a dozen meteors per hour radiating from Leo’s Sickle. But the parent comet, 55P/Tempel-Tuttle, tends to create narrow concentrated streams that can produce brief but prodigious displays. That was the case during the late 1990s, and we might be in for a reprise this year. A predicted pulse of activity on November 17th — with hundreds of meteors per hour — will involve contributions from the comet's spewings in 1102, 1466, and 1533. - metrohumanx, 2009-11-12: 06:31:00

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Created by: playdohheart

Pronunciation: no-dee-o-door-o-sis

Sentence: A person suffering from neudeodorosis may frequently begin to raise an arm (to hail a cab or wave hello to a friend) but halt midway, put down their arm, and look around the room self consciously.

Etymology: neurosis + no deodorant

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Created by: AnnieChandon

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Created by: Mrgoodtimes

Pronunciation: wif-i-duhnt

Sentence: The leather jacket plus the jog to work, due to the flat tire, left Juan a little whiffident and so he kept it on all day.

Etymology: Whiff - Diffident

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Created by: wordmeister

Pronunciation: smel-an-col-lee-a

Sentence: Michael suffered from severe smelancholia. And in an effort to mask his real or imagined malodours, he would always wear long sleeve shirts, two or three sweaters, and rubbers boots. While this did relieve the psychological symptoms, it had a rather unfortunate physical manifestation.

Etymology: smell + melancholia

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Created by: heb319

Pronunciation: my oda fobic

Sentence: Henry was too myodaphobic to remove his shoes in front of his new girlfriend.

Etymology: my oda-odor phobic

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Created by: ekath

Pronunciation: fer-et-ful-ness

Sentence: Until the inverntion of deoderant, athletes and pubescents alike carried with them (literally) a looming pheretfulness that also inspired the development of ugg boots.

Etymology: from pheromones and fretfulness

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