Verboticisms

Created by: Mrgoodtimes

Pronunciation: kuhm - push - iv

Sentence: "Hmmm" he thought, "what does that light really mean? I think I better push it again, yeah just to be sure, why not right, sure....buy my underwear at KMart...". Bob couldn't help but yield to his compushive nature once again.

Etymology: Compulsive - Push

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Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: mun kiss em

Sentence: monkism overtook Ray in the lift like a rage, he couldn't let anyone else press all the buttons.

Etymology: have you ever seen monk? he needs to touch EVERYTHING but stay clean.

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Created by: nuemj88

Pronunciation: plar-jit-ik

Sentence: That is MY plargitic button.

Etymology: Plarg - taken from plagiarize. Because you copy them when you push the button.

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Created by: LonePaladin

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Sentence: As soon as he entered the elevator, he felt compelled to remash the button for his floor, even though it was already lit.

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Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: push/kin/i/tis

Sentence: The group originally met to read Pushkin poetry but soon pushkinitis ensued and the confused members began pushing around their families (kin)

Etymology: pushkin ( Russian poet) + itis

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COMMENTS:

I hate it at poetry readings when pushy people show up. - Stevenson0, 2007-04-10: 09:38:00

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Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: mon-ob-main-ee-ah

Sentence: Jeff was so self absorbed he just didn't notice the three other people standing at the pedestrian crossing. This refusal to snap out of his tunnel vision and engage with the city in which he lived meant he was a total monobmaniac: see a knob and press it. His brother, on the other hand, suffered from compullsion - he couldn't stop himself opening doors for people.

Etymology: monomania (an obsessive interest in a single thing) + maniac (an overly enthusiastic person) + knob (a round projection on a surface & offensive slang term for an idiot)

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Created by: zrotv

Pronunciation: ē-gŏp'rĕs

Sentence: It was clear that I'd hit the 'up button' for the elevator as it was indicated by the light. But when the man in the suit approached he gave it a firm egopress and shot me a knowing and condescending smile insinuating that it wouldn't have worked if he hadn't come and saved me from my un-elevated limbo.

Etymology: ego + press

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Created by: baicec

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Created by: Crabtime

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Sentence: Staring obsessively at the nuclear control panel, she couldn't help but compresilicate every last button that her instructor showed her.

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Created by: pinwheel

Pronunciation: re/dun/dant

Sentence: I know it was redonedant to press the button again but you never know, perhaps he didn't press it hard enough!

Etymology: redundant + done

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