Verboticisms

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: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: ho-kuss-FO-kuss

Sentence: Bob was able to tune out the annoying fire alarms and dense smoke because at that particular moment, he was hocusfocusing on world peace.

Etymology: hocus pocus, focus

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COMMENTS:

Hey purpleairtichokes, That's a magical word! If only I could hocusfocus on my work, then I might get something done... - wordmeister, 2007-01-26: 07:08:00

I hear ya! Verbotomy.com is a constant source of internetference with my work. - purpleartichokes, 2007-01-26: 07:59:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: yoōtōpətən

Sentence: John*s boss is a Utopitan. He has never been introduced to a practical detail that he can*t ignore, much to the pain of his employees. Where others can*t see the forest for the trees, he can*t see the trees for the forest. This is especially bad for someone who owns a tree trimming service.

Etymology: Utopian (modeled on or aiming for a state in which everything is perfect; idealistic) + pita (pain in the ass)

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: zen/rr/ah/si/ty

Sentence: His uncanny zenerosity enabled him to have an instant appreciation of the essential picture which he was always happy to pass on to others

Etymology: zen (a specific type of meditation) + generosity (being able to give)

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COMMENTS:

I think Buddha is sitting on a bumble bee. - wordmeister, 2007-01-26: 16:31:00

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Created by: timmy

Pronunciation: Cool wow

Sentence: Thats cool wow.

Etymology: For something that's awesome.

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- timmy, 2007-01-28: 12:59:00

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Created by: schizboot

Pronunciation: yü-pan-i-m&-'nü-sh(E-)&

Sentence: I have the gift of eupaniminutiae; I don't get bogged down in the everyday details of life.

Etymology: Eu(true/good)+pan(all)+im(un)+minutiae; as in, I took a crash course in Latin prefixes a few years ago.

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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: 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: Buzzardbilly

Pronunciation: hə-ˈrī-zən-rīzd

Sentence: v. He was so horizonized that he could never focus on how to pay attention to the little details of how to reach a big goal. Instead, he stumbled through life unable to see the potholes because he couldn't stop focusing on the horizon. n. His horizonization was the worst. The man walked around with bees on his face, his fly unzipped, and some part of breakfast dangling from a lip corner, yet he was completely oblivious to it all because he was a slave to the big picture but a zombie on the day-to-day.

Etymology: Horizon - the boundary one sees in the furthest distance where sky meets earth as far as they eye believes. Also from Greek present participle of horizein meaning "to bound, define" and Mesmerize - Which is the eponymous word for what F.A. Mesmer did, which was to hypnotize.

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COMMENTS:

Slave and zombie all at once -- great image - jrogan, 2009-08-28: 23:01:00

Great word...horizontal thinking at it's best! - Nosila, 2009-08-28: 23:41:00

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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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