Verboticisms

Created by: doctathunder

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Created by: Scrumpy

Pronunciation: dohl-druhm-stik

Sentence: He was a doldrumsticker for months after his girlfriend left him.

Etymology: doldrum - (sad, listless) stick - (from drumstick as in chicken leg)

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I think I would opt for the ice cream versions of drumsticks - nice word - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-05: 12:26:00

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Created by: elcomputo

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Created by: Pseudonym

Pronunciation: kwiz-uck-or

Sentence: "Don't knock prawns and ice cream; you have your cuisuccor, and I have mine."

Etymology: cuisine + succor

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Great word but might be too cerebral for a lot of voters. - elron, 2007-09-05: 09:42:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: gloo/muhn/deez

Sentence: He was so upset that his girlfriend dumped him that he pulled out his favourite cereal, Cheerios (how ironic), and had a major gloomandize session eating the whole box non-stop.

Etymology: gloom + gormandize (to eat greedily or ravenously)

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You hit the nail on the head, StevO. A great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-05: 22:47:00

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Created by: earljw

Pronunciation: BINGE-e-mo

Sentence: 'Harry, when Colleen dumped you, did you bingemo again?'

Etymology: binge + emo

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Created by: torpid

Pronunciation: fôrk'-lôrn

Sentence: After Susie kicked him to the curb, eric, forklorn, ate three slices of macaroni and cheese pizza.

Etymology: fork + forlorn

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Created by: h4ste

Pronunciation: binge-it-tute

Sentence: She found her boyfriend cheating on her and she started bingituting. And now here i am finding nothing in the fridge.

Etymology: binge (as in binge eating) + substitute (as in food as a substitute) because in this case people eat to substitute food for "happy".

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Created by: cmcesq

Pronunciation: Wo-bee-gorj

Sentence: Ever since we broke-up, all I do is sit around in my pajamas and woebegorge.

Etymology: Woebegone + gorge

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: gloom-EST-ee-bul

Sentence: When tristorexic Roxie told Bob that she wanted a divorce, he became gloomestible and started eating like a sumo wrestler. His friends tried to help him so he wouldn't noshalone, but their time was taken up phoning for takeaway to grubslake this gobindreary melancolivore.

Etymology: Blending of Gloom, comestible (with the suffix meaning "given to"): "given to eating/eatibles while feeling sad & gloomly).

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