Verboticisms

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: xirtam

Pronunciation: ə-pŏk'rə-fō'gəld

Sentence: John aporcyphogled the location where he slipped. He could have sworn he saw a banana peel through the corner of his eye as he was tumbling down the stairs.

Etymology: Apocryphal - Erroneous; fictitious. + ogled - To stare at.

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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: cduenas

Pronunciation: scape - ghost

Sentence:

Etymology: scapegoat, as in a diversion ghost, as in invisible or nonexixstant

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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: porsche

Pronunciation: trip/le/pree/veri/cay/shun

Sentence: After falling three times in a row, he had to do some serious tripliprevarication.

Etymology: trip + prevaricate + triplication

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: diss riss peck terr

Sentence: His disrespectre was directed at the invisible force that forced his open shoelace under his other foot while he was at the bar ordering his twelfth pint of guinness......probably a portergiest!

Etymology: disrespect, spectre.

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Created by: hendrixius

Pronunciation: /gawk-werd/

Sentence: Bobby cast an annoyed, gawkward glance towards the perfectly level sidewalk behind him as he stumbled away from the trapparition.

Etymology: "gawk" and "awkward"

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Created by: madara

Pronunciation: Tool-gal

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Created by: Ransom

Pronunciation: fan-TAZ-mah-gayz

Sentence: When arrogant Timothy tripped on his own shoelace, his phantasmagaze directed at the floor was priceless.

Etymology: phantasmagoria + gaze

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