Verboticisms

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: madara

Pronunciation: Tool-gal

Sentence:

Etymology:

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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: cduenas

Pronunciation: scape - ghost

Sentence:

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

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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: 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: 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: 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: ynneg

Pronunciation: dang-ha-gerz

Sentence: He danghagerz the stone that brought him so much embarrassment to his friends.

Etymology: from a bisaya word "danghag" that means you were not careful..

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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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