Verboticisms

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Con-sen-trey-shun

Sentence: Martin has a unique power of concentraition wherein he is able to ignore any and all manner of chaos surrounding him and bear down on the even the smallest of details at hand.

Etymology: Blend of Concentrate (to bring or draw to a common center or point of union; converge; direct toward one point; focus) and Trait (a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature)

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: Em-Bee-Ay

Sentence: Oh great, another Pepperdine MBA full of stupid management concepts.

Etymology: It's not really a new word. Don't vote for it. I'm just amusing myself here, really.

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Created by: Javeson1

Pronunciation: gen-er-all-ahyz

Sentence: Men seem to be better at generaleyezing when it comes to messes, and women when it comes to working.

Etymology: generalize + eyes

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COMMENTS:

'Objection, your honour....' (!) - egonschiela, 2007-01-27: 15:43:00

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Created by: Ishepoh

Pronunciation: (foe-cull-i-zing)

Sentence: You need to be foculizing on the project that was given to you.

Etymology: From the word focus, the suffix -ize, and the suffix -ing.

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Created by: ohwtepph

Pronunciation: hi-per-OH-pie

Sentence: He hopped into bed to lay with his wife, turning a hyperopeye on the naked stranger already in bed with the woman.

Etymology: hyperopia [an abnormal condition of the eye in which vision is better for distant objects than for near objects] + eye; used as in "blind eye"

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: viz zhun err ee

Sentence: Vincent was a visionairy who worked in an apiary. No, he did not look after apes, he was a beekeeper, who was always abuzz with new ideas. He would drone on and on to his co-workers about his revolutionary ideas, like planting mini-video cams on the bees' backs to make cute movies for the Internet. He would wax poetic about spelling bees...bees who would spell out words. His friends thought he'd bee better off using a comb on his hair, playing his Queen cd's while actually becoming a worker and using some cream on those hives!

Etymology: Visionary (a person with unusual powers of foresight;a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible adjective:not practical or realizable; speculative) & Airy (not practical or realizable; speculative;characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air)

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Created by: Djmolls

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Created by: sodium

Pronunciation: for-est-sentz

Sentence: Polly's forestsense made her particularly qualified to be president of the optimists' club.

Etymology: From the phrase "can't see the forest for the trees"

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Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: hype er vat ick

Sentence: Donald was always away with the faeries in a hypervatic moment.

Etymology: From Vatic: a prophetic person, pertaining to, or characteristic of a prophet. Also from hyper to over do it a bit. Because I tend to think the bigger picture is usually a more prophetic answer.

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Created by: johnnyrockett

Pronunciation: Alp-ti-tude

Sentence: His alptitude allowed him to build the house without any plans. I hope it stands up!

Etymology: Alp - as in the mountain range, the Alps - High Mountains or a high up view - titude as in aptitude or ability.

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