Verboticisms

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: sip-BOT-l

Sentence: There they were: a motley mob of drinkwaters, sipsops, aquaholics, potable-notables, hydroeclectics and sipbottles with their prete-a-pote designer bottiglia. I said to Bluey. "Crikey, what's this country coming to when a bloke can't get a beer". Blue nodded, "Dunno, but I got more respect for a koala than this lot. But ya know, Bobbie boy, what "Evian" spells backwards, don't ya? Naive!"

Etymology: SIPBOTTLE:Sip & bottle. PRETE-A-POTE:ready to drink, based on prete-a-porte. KOALA: marsupial whose name means in native languages: one who doesn't drink water. EVIAN: the most popular brand of bottled water in Australia, probably sold worldwide.

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COMMENTS:

I really like hydroeclectics - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-21: 13:38:00

My favorite was potable-notables. Bountiful verbots! Bountiful humor! Nice twists! Great sentence! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-21: 13:49:00

How about 'sipsops'? So many to choose from, Bob. Interesting bit about the word 'Koala' too! - Tigger, 2008-02-21: 23:34:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: prune/den/shul

Sentence: Jack Raisin's job as a plum/ber made him very grapeful that he was a prunedential man and knew the hazards of water loss.

Etymology: prune + prudential

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COMMENTS:

Great fruit puns! Funny 'end'ing! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-21: 13:06:00

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪdɹəˈfɪliæk/

Sentence: Severe hydrophiliacs run a risk of hyponatremia or at least of peeing their pants. As the saying goes, "Drink like a fish; piss like a horse."

Etymology: from hydro- + philiac

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COMMENTS:

Too easy, I know. - ErWenn, 2008-02-21: 00:08:00

Maybe it was easy for you, but I'd have never thought of it! When I read it I erupted in loud laughter! You have taken gross humor to new heights ... or should I say watery depths! Kudos for your extraordinary sentence and an ingenious verbot! Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-21: 02:17:00

how much water would it take to hydro fill a yak? very nice! - galwaywegian, 2008-02-21: 06:22:00

Splendiferous verboticism!! - Mustang, 2008-02-21: 07:20:00

The "too easy" was referring to the word. I've always been a bit of a liquiphiliac (though my drink of choice used to be soda, before my dentist showed me what I was doing to my walle-I mean teeth), so I've had years to refine that fish/horse joke; if it's not funny, I need a new hobby. - ErWenn, 2008-02-21: 21:25:00

Excellent. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-22: 00:11:00

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Created by: rebelvin

Pronunciation: Hii-droo-raa-mis

Sentence: Leave your own water bottles behind, we are not hiking, so don't be a hydroramis.

Etymology: hydro + ignoramus

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Created by: CanadianAndyCapp

Pronunciation: Ak-wa-holl-ik

Sentence: After refusing to leave his bottle of water behind during the tour of the food factory, John's companions labeled him an aquaholic

Etymology: Aqua - Water / Holic - Addict

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COMMENTS:

Imagined ditch water (whiskey using water mixer) and all kinds of interesting libations in his bottle! Great creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-21: 13:26:00

oooo! great word! - purpleartichokes, 2008-02-21: 18:15:00

Good one, Andy...where's the next Aquaholic Anonymous Meeting? At the pool...? - Nosila, 2008-02-23: 00:07:00

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Created by: idavecook

Pronunciation: Suh-kit-down-sin-d-rome

Sentence: All day yesterday my suckitdownsyndrome got the best of me. Thankfully it did, but strangely I woke up with a kitten, a hockey stick, and a stuffed gizmo that was all wet.

Etymology: Come on now, read it!

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COMMENTS:

Great pun fun! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-21: 13:12:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: e/vap/o/foh/bee/uh

Sentence: Donnie was left locked in his car seat in 100 degree weather on numerous occasions by his parents when he was a toddler. As a result, he has a severe innate case of evapophobia and cannot be in any closed space without a water bottle, a sweat band and an ax.

Etymology: evaporation + phobia

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COMMENTS:

Clever! - ErWenn, 2008-02-21: 08:55:00

Meaning is eva-clear (ever clear)! Oops! That's a totally different libation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-21: 13:44:00

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Created by: pipitblog

Pronunciation: /sa-kee/

Sentence: The dead victim had been sucking a water bottle when the investigators arrived on the scene. They also couldn't quite miss the numerous water bottles on the kitchen sink and the boxes of mineral water stacked on one side of the kitchen wall. They believe the man was a suckee. However, two sets of fingerprints were lifted off from the bottles. One belonged to the victim and the other to an unknown person.

Etymology:

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COMMENTS:

He definitely looks like a suckee - bookowl, 2008-02-21: 11:00:00

Stirs the imagination! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-21: 13:22:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: haitch too at

Sentence: Ian was total htwat. You could hear him jogging about two minutes before he came into view. He even brought water to the pub, so he could keep hydrated while waiting to be served. He jiggled his eyeballs about every five minutes to make sure they could still move. his behaviour was so strange that his workmates in glasgow used to call him "a quare Ian"

Etymology: H2O, twat

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COMMENTS:

Wonderful pun ending! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-21: 13:08:00

love the sentence - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-21: 13:32:00

A beautiful pun. I'm surprised more people haven't voted here, but with the downfall of civilization and all, I suppose it's possible. - Maxine, 2008-02-21: 19:55:00

You're so right Maxine! Until I thought about it half the day ... I missed the 'ought' in twat ... even though I read the pronounciation several times! Great blending and pun on H2ought, galwegian ... not only your sentence, but your verbot had a great ending and devserved more of a vote! Brilliant! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-21: 21:00:00

Perhaps if the etymology had read haitch too ought ... More of us would have caught on ... or caught on sooner! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-21: 21:13:00

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Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: bottle/u/lism

Sentence: Harry was ever fearful of the dreaded bottleulism outbreak of '99 and therefore kept his bottled water handy at all times.

Etymology: bottle + botulism

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COMMENTS:

Wish I'd thought of it. Great word!! - Mustang, 2008-02-21: 08:02:00

That is so clever!! - libertybelle, 2008-02-21: 09:12:00

Outstanding! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-21: 13:19:00

Very clever! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-22: 00:20:00

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