Verboticisms

Created by: PythianHabenero

Pronunciation: re-ca-push-yu-late

Sentence: Notwithstanding the fact that Jack had just pushed the button, Jill had to recapushulate it anyways.

Etymology: recapitulate, push

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Created by: Tanik

Pronunciation: im-paa-shunt-eyetis

Sentence: Tony's impatientitis made it impossible for him to just wait. He had to push the button over and over.

Etymology: impatien (can't wait) and itis (disease)

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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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Created by: Crabtime

Pronunciation:

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

Etymology:

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: rep lid idge iff eye

Sentence: seamus alway replifidigified, to be sure to be sure.

Etymology: replicate, digit

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: press-cah-layt

Sentence: he arrived at the traffic lights and couldn't help but prescalate... the other gentleman responded with his own prescalation...the situation then prescalated to such a point that neither of them were prepared to leave the button even when the lights changed...

Etymology: press, escalate

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: rep-i-diji-tish-uhs

Sentence: Six people got on the elevator all going to the same floor. They all felt the need to push the button. It was so repedigititious.

Etymology: repetitious (recurrent) digit (finger)

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: push + sess + ive

Sentence: That guy came up and hit the elevator call button right after I did, even though he SAW me do it! Did he think I didn't do it *right*?

Etymology: push + posessive (or obsessive, if you prefer)

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Created by: nickolucas

Pronunciation: in-do-action-ary

Sentence: HEs such an indoactioanry that he has to push ever one of his buttons.

Etymology:

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Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: push-wackd

Sentence: Although it was already pressed, Jill pushwhacked the buton continuously until the elevator arrived.

Etymology: push, bushwhack

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COMMENTS:

Jill was a pushover. - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-10: 09:21:00

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