Verboticisms

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: jok-kwah

Sentence: After reading The Water Cure, Milton evolved into a jockqua, toting his trusty water bottle everywhere, believing it would some day cure him of his innate nerdiness and male pattern baldness.

Etymology: jockey, aqua

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COMMENTS:

I hope he didn't carry it around in his jockqua strap - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-21: 09:38:00

Oh you really jocked it to me! Sentence + verbot = uproarious laughter! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-21: 13:15:00

This word is a whole lot of fun to say! I want to go to a city park with lots of joggers and go 'jockqua' spotting. Really fun word, purpleartichokes! - Tigger, 2008-02-21: 23:08:00

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Created by: hanumanu

Pronunciation: suck-AH-kyu-buss-izz-um

Sentence: Your incessant succaqubusism is waering me out; weren't you ever weaned?

Etymology: A pastiche portmanteau of latin words aqua and succubus.

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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.

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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: 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: craigfu

Pronunciation: hahy-dro-kon-dree-ak

Sentence: We kept having to stop during our road trip, because Kristen was such a hydrochondriac.

Etymology: hydro- [Origin: < Gk, comb. form of hýdōr water] + hypochondriac [a person who worries or talks excessively about his or her health]

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Created by: leegro

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COMMENTS:

Wish you had finished and given us a sentence and etymology. Your verboticism is good, but it would be better if you polished it off with the rest! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-21: 21:04:00

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: aych-too-oh-ver-dohss

Sentence: my friends ended up having to hold an intervention to stop me from H2Overdosing

Etymology: H2O, overdose

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COMMENTS:

OK! P+! (bad pun on pee plus)! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-21: 13:10:00

I'm glas you finally dried out - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-21: 13:35:00

oops that should be glad - I guess I was thinking of glass - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-21: 13:36:00

I try your approach, but found it difficult. Best I could come up with was., "H2osis" - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-22: 00:16:00

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Created by: Banky

Pronunciation: oz-mohr-on

Sentence: "She looks so shriveled and mummified," Paul said, taking another osmoronic pull from the Nalgene bottle. "I can't believe she drowned." He fumbled to recap the jug as he stared at the husk of a woman before him. Kathleen sighed and left him alone by the casket as he noisily unscrewed the cap again for another swig.

Etymology: Osmosis - The involuntary passing of liquid across a membrane, moron - an insipid twit

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COMMENTS:

Chillingly good! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-21: 13:17:00

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Created by: swallowedbyafish

Pronunciation: dam-PY-er

Sentence: "I vant to suck your Aquafina," drooled the dampire.

Etymology: damp + vampire

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COMMENTS:

Another roaringly funny creation! Terrifyingly Inegenious! Extraordinarily Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-21: 02:10:00

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

very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-21: 13:30:00

Hysterical word! - Tigger, 2008-02-21: 22:44:00

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Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: Baht-tul -sap

Sentence: Don't you feel sorry for the water bottle bearers and their constant need to be suckers? Poor bottlesaps!

Etymology: Play on bottle caps. Bottle: container for water. Sap: slang term for a sucker. Zap: hit by a need. (In the book of bent grammar, could sap be the past tense of sip?)

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COMMENTS:

I believe some people have collections of bottlesaps - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-21: 13:31:00

I like the comment about 'sap' being the past tense of 'sip' (like sit and sat)... I know, I'm such a dictionerd. - Tigger, 2008-02-21: 23:15:00

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