Verboticisms

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: CEE1ESS

Pronunciation: skorn-ific-ashun

Sentence: Tripping over an unseen rock, she gave it a glance of scornification, as if to blame her clumsiness on the bedrock beneath her feet.

Etymology: from the word scorn

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: TUHM-brij

Sentence: At first glance, her friends thought that Roxie's roll was 'slapstick in stilettos'; however, they soon learned of her true feelings and her tarmacadam tumbrage.

Etymology: Tumbrage: blend of tumble and umbrage:a feeling of anger caused by being offended; suspicion that someone has been slighted.

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COMMENTS:

like it! - galwaywegian, 2007-12-04: 07:58:00

good one - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-04: 12:13:00

Ah, very nice. - Tigger, 2007-12-04: 18:27:00

fine wordsmithery - c1mcgraw, 2007-12-05: 20:18:00

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Created by: Korinne

Pronunciation: Soo-doe-blam-eh-gazer

Sentence: I sit and people watch from the mall food court everyday. On average, I see one pseudoblamigazer per week! They think no one sees they've tripped over virtually nothing, thin air, but I did...

Etymology: Pseudo + Blame + Gazer

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Scaip + grop + ing

Sentence: Needing to produce a reasonable explanation for his ineptitude and mindless bumbling, Arnold once again resorted to scapegroping.

Etymology: Scapegoat + groping

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation:

Sentence: With accusing eyes, he fixed a scrapegoat at the offending floor tile.

Etymology:

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COMMENTS:

excellent! - galwaywegian, 2007-12-04: 07:57:00

nice one... - hendrixius, 2007-12-04: 15:11:00

Excellent! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-04: 16:19:00

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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: libertybelle

Pronunciation: trihp-know-sis

Sentence: After stumbling in front of her date, Janet entered a state of tripnosis, feverishly looking for the non-existent bump that caused the stumble.

Etymology: trip + hypnosis

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COMMENTS:

I like how your word implies that Janet must be 'trippin' if she thinks anyone buys her act. - Tigger, 2007-12-04: 18:30:00

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Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /fan-tim'-pli-kayt/

Sentence: After doing a superb impression of Marcel Marceau, tripping over nothing whatsoever, Josh felt compelled to phantimplicate an invisible hump in the floor, and a possible gravitational fluctuation, as the cause of his klutziness.

Etymology: phantom - creation of the imagination, (Latin phantasma) + implicate - to incriminate; to involve in an accusation (Latin, implicāre)

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COMMENTS:

Nice blend! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-04: 16:20:00

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: tuhm-buhl-geyz

Sentence: She was in the middle of an intense tumblegaze at the small patch of mud that caused her to end up on her backside, when a bus sped by splashing her with a curbside puddle.

Etymology: tumble (to fall) + gaze

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