Verboticisms

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: pan-oh-rah-moor-eh

Sentence: he continued to focus on coming up with a clever word for the new definition, even while the children ran riot around him....he couldn't help but see what was really important for he was blessed with panoramore

Etymology: panorama, amore[love]

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Funny sentence!!! Toss the kids a box of Cheerios and turn on Sponge Bob. - purpleartichokes, 2007-01-26: 06:13:00

Hey rikboyee! How did you know what was happening at my house this morning? - wordmeister, 2007-01-26: 07:05:00

- rikboyee, 2007-01-27: 18:41:00

we are all similarly afflicted... its hard work being defined by your definitions - rikboyee, 2007-01-27: 18:43:00

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Created by: BMott

Pronunciation: Ma-kro-sen-trik

Sentence: The professor is so macrocentric he didn't notice the roach crawling up his leg, he was near to a breakthrough on his project!

Etymology: Macro meaning big and centric meaning of or relating to.

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Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: ill-de-loo-shun-al

Sentence: Bill was illdelusional in his goals and often missed the details that were his undoing.

Etymology: illusion + delusional

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: ob livi pro wess

Sentence: Buzz had a need for mead. And he could not make mead without honey. Thankfully his obliviprowess helped him ignore the hundreds of bee stings he got while harvesting the honey. He would have his mead, comb what may...

Etymology: Oblivious (Lacking all memory; forgetful;Lacking conscious awareness; unmindful) & Prowess ( a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation)

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Created by: mickey666

Pronunciation: dim-inoot-ay

Sentence: "What trees?", he asked. "All I can see is the wood", he added, with diminutae

Etymology: dim = to darken minutae = excessive detail

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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: 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: allwise

Pronunciation: Ma-kro-vi-sjon

Sentence: Forbes macrovision hindered his ability to look at the more mundane day-to-day issues, like eating. Which in turn hindered his ability to exist.

Etymology: macro(big) + vision(to see)

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COMMENTS:

This word popped into my head, though I decided in favour of a different one. I've voted for it though. - Discoveria, 2007-01-26: 06:22:00

Well it's already the name of a company, but it could not entomb the definition better =) - allwise, 2007-01-29: 09:41:00

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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: 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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