Verboticisms

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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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: mi-nyu-she-o-pi-a

Sentence: Larry's lack of ability to see the small picture was due to his minutiopia. Mary took him to the opthamologist, but unfortunately, there was no script there to help his oversightedness.

Etymology: minutia: a small or trivial detail + opia: suffix that indicates a visual condition or defect(as in myopia - the inability to see distances or short sighted)

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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: galwaywegian

Pronunciation:

Sentence: John's stingleminded approach to the problem was rewarded with a posthumous award.

Etymology:

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COMMENTS:

good one galwaywegian! - wordmeister, 2007-01-26: 07:33:00

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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: adbern

Pronunciation: lo-ke-vit

Sentence: They all lokovit

Etymology: look over it

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Created by: kyotonils

Pronunciation: dee-ny-o'-pi-a

Sentence: Even after a panel of long-time experts advised him to pull out of Iraq, Bush's denyopia would not allow him to consider it.

Etymology: deny+opia (eye disorders such as myopia, near-sightedness, and presbyopia, inablilty to see presbyterians)

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COMMENTS:

Hey kyotonils, You should get a job as a speech writer at the white house! I'm sure the president would love to expand his vocabulary, and you could help him do it! - wordmeister, 2007-01-26: 07:14:00

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Created by: cryptc

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Dave never bothered with the little things, so his friends suspected he was afflicted by microblindness.

Etymology:

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: nit-ee-grit-im-pair-ment

Sentence: His nittygritimpairment had previously been misdiagnosed as wholistopia. Whatever the cause, he was excellent at keeping the overall objective uppermost in their minds.

Etymology: nitty gritty (details) + impairment (symptom of reduced quality)

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Created by: jonzerofourteen

Pronunciation: dee fid uhl lee fay zed ness

Sentence: Gary just could understand Karen’s panic. She seemed to be obsessing over the slightest detail. Karen obviously lacked Gary’s defiddlyfazedness when it came to wedding preparations.

Etymology: de (away from, off) + fiddly (requiring close attention to detail) + fazed (to cause to be disturbed or disconcerted) + ness (state of being)

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