Verboticisms

Created by: bzav1

Pronunciation: fall - I

Sentence: My psychotic episodes caused me to hold Lee Majors responsible for all my shortcomings. The threat of legal retribution forced me to refer to Lee as my Folleye.

Etymology: folly - a great useless structure, + eye - that object from which we see

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: ah-SAY-over-tin-cups

Sentence: It was a well-known fact that Tom was a clutz. He tried to hide the fact for a few months by performing a careful assayovertincups, but after stumbling over just about every crack between the tiles in the office floor, he gave up the blooperuse.

Etymology: ass-over-tin-cups, assay

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Created by: biffbig1

Pronunciation: get+up+it+ee

Sentence: His getupitee never got up and went so I tripped over him and it made me mad.

Etymology: giddyup + he

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Created by: MichaelCampbellUK

Pronunciation: grim-sti-gate

Sentence: George vigorously grimstigated the third glowerfolly of the day.

Etymology: Grimace + castigate.

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COMMENTS:

Fine word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-04: 16:19:00

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Created by: IllmaticKD

Pronunciation: Pro'ject'i'gaze

Sentence: Yesterday I completely fell over and rolled onto the street, to save face I immediately attempted a projectigaze.

Etymology: noun; Derived from two words. One being projection. The other being gaze.

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Created by: CrayonWarrior

Pronunciation: wee-thur-ump

Sentence: Whenever David tripped up he would witherump the ground, aiming to blame a non existant trip hazard

Etymology: Wither - to stare at with hate. Hump - small bump

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Created by: kabloozie

Pronunciation: OOP ser sats

Sentence: After tripping over his feet and causing his seventh turnover during the basketball tournament, Bob glared at the painted lines on the basketball court - another oopsersatz for him to blame his lousy ball handing on.

Etymology: oops + ersatz (phony or fake)

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Created by: Rabbit

Pronunciation: un-graceful-i-tis

Sentence: Though suffering from ungracefulitis, Alice still continues to go about daily errands denying her condition.

Etymology: ungraceful - clumsy + itis - inflamation of any part of the body consisting in the congestion of blood vessels.

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Created by: frankierio

Pronunciation: fig-ma-tyz

Sentence: Embarassed, and now looking up from the carpet,Maria figmatized the empty spot that did her in.

Etymology: A figment of your imagination that traumatizes oneself.

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COMMENTS:

Very good!! - Mustang, 2007-12-04: 05:32:00

I like it too! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-04: 16:19:00

Agreed, excellent -- sounds very natural. - Tigger, 2007-12-04: 18:34:00

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Created by: madara

Pronunciation: Tool-gal

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Etymology:

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