Verboticisms

Created by: milorush

Pronunciation: (n.)wim-path-ee; (adj.) wim-path-et-ik; (intr. v.) wim-path-ize

Sentence: Living the double curse of being a good listener possessed of a kind heart, Marie spends several hours a day whimpathizing with her coworkers; however, all she really wants to do is tell them to get a life!

Etymology: whimp[er] + [em]pathy

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COMMENTS:

should be a real word! - galwaywegian, 2008-02-11: 12:40:00

great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-11: 14:41:00

Excellent word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-11: 15:53:00

Three more cheers! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-11: 18:30:00

Another really versatile word! - Tigger, 2008-02-12: 01:07:00

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Created by: splendiction

Pronunciation: a lie ance

Sentence: Izzy's allieance with Ginger allowed her endless blathering about Gert's goings ons, Percy's petty problems and her own injustices. As long as Ginger got to lie around all day and eat his Whiskas, he was content. He'd even try to appear sympathetic over Izzy's gobbledygook!

Etymology: From: alliance or partnership + lie, to fib...and lay around.

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: krap pore

Sentence: Their crapport was all one way. she talked crap, and her buddy let it straight through one ear and out the other, while wondering what she was doing there again.

Etymology: rapport, crap

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COMMENTS:

Interesting blend! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-11: 15:59:00

Does she need to give her buddy ear plugs? (wink/grin) - silveryaspen, 2008-02-11: 18:26:00

I like that this is a very versatile word. - Tigger, 2008-02-12: 01:04:00

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Created by: Sibahi

Pronunciation: Dia-mono-logue

Sentence: John's colleague visited him so they can have a rational dialogue. But all there was is a long diamonologue on her side, complaining about hey boyfriend.

Etymology: A mix between a monologue and a dialogue.

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COMMENTS:

Very original choice of words to blend! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-11: 10:09:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: so/lil/o/kweery

Sentence: Sue so was prone to soliloquery that, even when her best friend was absent she constantly wore a headset with a playback feature so she wouldn't miss a single word.

Etymology: soliloquy + query

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COMMENTS:

Interesting! You sentence is a great observation on how prevalent not being able to enjoy the sound of silence has become! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-11: 08:59:00

Great word and enjoyable sentence! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-11: 15:54:00

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Created by: ttime77

Pronunciation: ig-noor-if-eyed

Sentence: Maddy's cat seemed to be very ignorified when she tried to vent to him.

Etymology: ignor-to exclude or blow off someone or something around you; + -ified-used as a verb.

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Created by: XMbIPb

Pronunciation: /lo-go-pho-no-nulli-fi-cation/

Sentence: Despite of clear and compelling evidence by Chris Darden and Marcia Clark, the jury completely logophononullified everything presented to them and pronounced a guilty man "innocent."

Etymology: Logos (grk.) - word; Phone (grk.) - sound; Null (lat.) - zero/void; The word literally means to void/ignore ("nullify") every word ("logos") sounded ("phonated") in your direction.

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: bab bel on

Sentence: Poor Marmalade, the orange cat. His owner Frieda would gab nonsense at him all day and he could not avoid it, unless he fell asleep. He spent most of his days escaping babbelon.

Etymology: Babble on (talk and talk, foolishly) & Babel (a confusion of voices and other sounds(Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another)& Babylon (capital city of the ancient Mesopotamian kingsom of Babylonia)

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Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: tok/see/mia

Sentence: Dave had an acute case of talkseemea. He carried on a conversation with 4 different commuters on his way home.

Etymology: talk + see me + toxemia

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COMMENTS:

Tootsie rolls to you for this very clever tongue-roller! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-11: 10:00:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: si/li/ance

Sentence: Fred was quite happy with his siliance with Betty. He loved being with her and she did all the speaking for both of them all the time they were together.

Etymology: silent + alliance

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COMMENTS:

nice blend - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-11: 14:52:00

Softly done ... both the sentnece and word. Fits the definition well. Kudos! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-11: 18:20:00

Clever blend - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-11: 18:30:00

very nice very nice!!!!!!!!!?!!!!?!!!?! - purpleman, 2008-02-11: 19:33:00

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