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: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: speak at 1

Sentence: Chaterine woke with words flowing out of her mouth. The rivers of words ran all day. Only the need for sleep, stemmed the flow to distant snores. Mummed by it all, hushband Rod Earick, descendant of the great House of the Hushered, suffered silently from the speakatone.

Etymology: Speak, with a play on "speak at once" by making it speak at one. Roderick was a character in the novel the House of Usher.

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COMMENTS:

One tongue to rule them all! - emdeejay, 2008-12-04: 04:59:00

House of Hushered...perfect! - Nosila, 2008-12-04: 21:16:00

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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: youmustvotenato

Pronunciation: pre-chase-shun-ship

Sentence: So, in the car my girlfriend won't stop talking. And whenever I try to say something, she cuts me off. I'm stuck in a preachationship.

Etymology: preach; relationship

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Created by: ianbkk

Pronunciation: NOD - dog - ing

Sentence: I've been noddogging solid for two weeks and she still won't let me past just holding hands.

Etymology: nod - a sign of assent/showing interest and 'to dog' 1. something that won't leave you alone 2. being on the outside looking in

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COMMENTS:

Very original! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-11: 18:32:00

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Created by: thegoatisbad

Pronunciation: WHY-NO-LOG

Sentence: Ever since Kimberly had decided to rebuke television, she spent vacant half-hour slots in front of a mirror, practicing what she wanted to tell co-workers the next day. As a result, the office became merely a backdrop for her crafted conversations- which were whinologues in reality.

Etymology: whine (complain) + monologue (indivdual uninterrupted speech)

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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: sjacksonnnn4

Pronunciation: An-Noy-If-Eye-Ing

Sentence: I was stuck in the worst annoyifying conversation today!

Etymology: (annoy- to annoy + ifying)

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Created by: EmmaHeras

Pronunciation: con-vur-leech

Sentence: Dorris had Mary in a converleech, She would carry on for hours about all of her problems, leeching brain cells from Mary, who could only try innocently to listen without shutting Dorris up with a brick.

Etymology: conver- from the english to converse, or conversation; to talk -leech, to subtract, take away, suck out, as in life or brain cells. Can also be used as a verb, "to converleech" or a noun for the person at the talking end of a converleech.

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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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