Verboticisms

Created by: egonschiela

Pronunciation: an-droy-t

Sentence: He'll work through those figures without any problems; he's a complete androit ...

Etymology: adroit (accomplish with ability) + android (robot)

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Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: nay/slay/ing

Sentence: As a result of his nayslaying abilities, George figured the world would be a better place ...but what he hadn't counted on was the lack of sustained applause from the peanut gallery.

Etymology: nay + slaying

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: ex - am - or - am - ik

Sentence: Justine has started to take the examoramic view of things recently. She glosses over all details; seeing only the forest and missing all the trees in it.

Etymology: examine, panoramic

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Created by: josje

Pronunciation: pimpy face

Sentence: no, these are my own, i have a pimpyface day-.

Etymology: pimples and face

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Created by: protothor

Pronunciation: In-kog-nor-ans

Sentence: Through sheer incongnorance, Mike was able to ignore the throbbing of this severed foot as he placed first in the special olympics.

Etymology: Incongruous;out of place; inappropriate; unbecoming. Ignorance; to be ignorant; The condition of being unaware, or uninformed.

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Created by: wordmeister

Pronunciation: buzz-big-le

Sentence: He buzzbiggled his way into the honey pot, but was sad to discover it wasn't as sweet as he thought it would bee.

Etymology: buzz+big

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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: playdohheart

Pronunciation: riv-ar-eni-gipt

Sentence: In a total state of rivarenigipt, she decided to post words on Verbotomy instead of working on her thesis.

Etymology: Not just a river in Egypt... denial: the real opiate of the masses.

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Created by: ArsMajika

Pronunciation: PAN-or-AM-OH-sis

Sentence: Tod has wicked panoramosis... keeps him on track, but he often misses out on the little things in life.

Etymology: pan- + Gk (h)órāma - all seeing; Gk ōsmos, thrust, push.

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Created by: Djmolls

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