Verboticisms

Created by: lindseyhamrick

Pronunciation: Why-na-lo-ne

Sentence: Anne was very upset so she decided to whinealone to her best friend Anna, whom she thought was listening, but was really day dreaming about something else.

Etymology: Whine- to complain or cry. Alone- to be seperated or apart.

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Created by: DaddyNewt

Pronunciation: ri/TAWR/i/fluks

Sentence: Any relationship will suffer from rhetoriflux.

Etymology: rhetoric + flux

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I love the word "flux". - metrohumanx, 2008-12-04: 16:24:00

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Created by: drizzydrake

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Created by: CanadianAndyCapp

Pronunciation: Mono-sillee-blarr-blarr-blarr-tik

Sentence: In Jane Austin's Pride and Predjudice, the relationship between Mr. and Mrs. Collins could best be described as Monosillyblahblahblahtic.

Etymology: Mono - Singular. / Silly - nonsensical. / Blahblahblah - Boring or monotonous speech (Commonly associated with beaurocratic or political rhetoric).

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COMMENTS:

You have taken the blahs to new heights! Good one! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-11: 09:13:00

Or should I say you took the blahs to new lows! (lol) - silveryaspen, 2008-02-11: 09:14:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: bhathr - in - fect - shun

Sentence: From the way Regina would prattle on incessantly about any and everything her friends and family feared she had an untreatable blatherinfection.

Etymology: combination of blather and a medical condition.

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Funny! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-11: 08:46:00

I think gargling with cranberry juice and talking at the same time is supposed to help - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-11: 14:36:00

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Created by: Babbalabba

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Created by: mzzmee265

Pronunciation: one-talk-er

Sentence: Its very obvious to spot a onetalker, it only takes them to make a conversation.

Etymology: one-only one, less than two but more than zero ; talker-to talk, who talks

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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: Nosila

Pronunciation: why n sy ded

Sentence: Every day Jill told her troubles to her cat, Sigmeownd Freud. She talked and moaned and complained and he just listened. It was apparent to anyone else that it was a whinesided relationship. Luckily she was unaware of her cat's deafness, otherwise he would have become cat-atonic listening to her.

Etymology: Whine (moan, complain) & One-sided (where only one person does the talking and the other the listening)

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Created by: hyperborean

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Sentence: After eight years of listening to Jonathan, Dennis wondered if monologamy was really for him.

Etymology: Hybrid of monogamy and monologue.

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