Verboticisms

Created by: Carria

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Sentence: My boner was replaced with a phoner

Etymology: Phone + Boner

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: auto ree ply

Sentence: No matter what (or who) he was doing that ringtone just triggered his oughtoreply button every time

Etymology: ought to reply, autoreply.

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COMMENTS:

I'm walking out the door with a smile on my face after this one - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-18: 07:15:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: kawl day ting

Sentence: George hated the fact that Lulu had that new feature on her phone, calldating. It meant that every time they had relations, she would answer every call. This was annoying, especially since their trysts only lasted an hour, until she had to handle her next client...

Etymology: Wordplay on Call-Waiting...Dating (having a steady, intimate relationship)

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: cell-us-inter-rupt-us

Sentence: My cellphone rings and it's cellusinterruptus again. "Let's just ignore it," he whispers; but it's too late. "What if it's the babysitter?" "What if there's a problem or the baby's sick?" "What if Susan's had a car accident?" "What if Timmy's fallen down a well?" "What if I just give up and watch TV?" he says, and storms out of the room.

Etymology: cell: cell phone + interrupt: prevent or disturb + us -- wordplay on coitus interruptus: self-withdrawal during lovemaking

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Created by: zacharyalanstewart

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: sex-em-ess

Sentence: Sam was overwrought when he realised that Anna had been sexemessing despite his ardour and best efforts.

Etymology: SMS - short message service + sex (a compromising position) + sexy mess (can be the result of answering your phone at an inappropriate time)

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COMMENTS:

I sexemess too - kensiesfate, 2007-05-19: 00:07:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: sell/borg

Sentence: We are a society of cellborgs, rudely leaving a live face to face conversation to answer on the cue of a fashionable ringtone our cyber aquaintances.

Etymology: cell - (cell phone) + cyborg  (a person whose physiological functioning is aided by, or dependent upon a mechanical, or electronic device)

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COMMENTS:

Good word. I too have joined the collective... - whipspeak, 2009-12-03: 18:46:00

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Created by: lwoodsky

Pronunciation: pik-uh-PUL-shun

Sentence: The stark echo confirms that Jane's pickupulsion extended even to the loo.

Etymology: archaic 20th cent Eng. v. to answer a ringing phone; to lift or pick up the receiver in order to respond to a phone call; + [comp]ulsion: loss of choice or control in a personal decision, usually as a result of obsession

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: kop - u - mobe - ill - aet

Sentence: Jessica was often known to "kill two birds with one stone". She did not have time for Jerry and she needed to take phone calls from her law practice. Her solution was to copumobilate; that is talk on the phone while being intimate with Jerry.

Etymology: copulate, mobile

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Created by: heartnsoul

Pronunciation: PAV-luv-er

Sentence: Making love to a person for the first time is an exploration of the boundaries and fuels of passion, unless you try to "connect" with a Pavlover who is turned on by a cellphone's ring, or a Stimlover who is turned on by their own fleeting thoughts.

Etymology: "Pavlov" (Ivan Petrovich Pavlov - known for his discovery of an involuntary salivation response in dogs) + "Lover" (known for much better involuntary and voluntary responses than answering phones)

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