Verboticisms

Created by: jrogan

Pronunciation: flaw-koh-pee

Sentence: He wondered if it was genetic or a learned flawkopy? Nevertheless Mr. Smithers could do nothing but complain about his son's constant nose picking.

Etymology: flaw + copy

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COMMENTS:

Good etymology. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-10: 05:37:00

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Created by: rebelvin

Pronunciation: FOIBLe+EMULATION

Sentence: He was blissfully unaware of the foiblemulation he created by criticizing his coworkers who he did not even suspect were actually only mimicking him.

Etymology: FOIBLe+EMULATION. foible: a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual. Emulate: imitate with effort to equal or surpass

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: veks-SIM-uh -lee

Sentence: "Either I put up with it or I bellyache. And I already know which I will do" She knew she should be more polite to her manager; yet something about his manner and strange choice of obscure words rubbed Roxie up the wrong way. They had been thrown together for one reason only: work, and she knew that they needed to overcome their differences in order to do that properly. So when he rumbled obscurities like, " You're cruppish, fratchy and rassert - do you understand?" "Yes...yes! I understand. And you're hespilled rattletrap is full of caperlash." Roxie would reply, though trembling in fear. It wasn't long before they began to understand one another better, and soon became absolute vexsimiles thereof. In addition, they found out that they had many things in common; including, to their surprize, that they were both Verbotomists!!!

Etymology: VEX: irritate, annoy, provoke & SIMILE (as in facsimile): an exact copy.

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COMMENTS:

vexellent word - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-09: 09:18:00

Like it - TJayzz, 2008-06-09: 18:27:00

Such vexpertise... - Nosila, 2008-06-09: 20:16:00

Vexceptionally done (I just couldn't resist using a 'vex-' word here either...) - Tigger, 2008-06-09: 22:25:00

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Created by: wordmeister

Pronunciation: noy-mee

Sentence: Every time one of her friends twirled their fingers in coyly their hair, Jenny’s fingers twitched twice as fast. That’s so noymee, she thought to herself. And before too long, she had tied her ponytail into a series of rather intricate knots that resembled a small set of fur covered hand-cuffs.

Etymology: annoy me

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COMMENTS:

Short but sweet. Jenny sure has the strangest OCD I've heard of yet! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-10: 05:37:00

Thanks Ozziebob! - wordmeister, 2008-06-10: 08:26:00

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Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: des/par/ott/o

Sentence: Desparrotoh occurs when you realize you've just gotten angry with someone who has cloned your bad habits.

Etymology: despair + parrot + desparado + oh

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COMMENTS:

Excellent blend. - Tigger, 2008-06-09: 22:19:00

Like the sound of it. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-10: 05:31:00

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Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /MIM-urk-ree/

Sentence: Cheryl would sometimes sing to herself when listening to her iPod — not loud enough to bother anyone (or so she thought). But when Yvonne, her roommate, would do the same thing but much louder, Cheryl was sure, and out-of-key, it was just so irritating. And since Yvonne and Cheryl liked almost all of the same songs, it was even worse, because it was just a tuneless mimirkry of the same songs Cheryl found herself singing along to.

Etymology: Mimicry - the act of mimicking; imitative behavior (from Greek, mimikos "of or pertaining to mimes") + Irk - to irritate, annoy, or exasperate (from Middle English, irken "to grow tired, tire")

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COMMENTS:

very nice - fits the definition vry well - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-09: 09:20:00

Mimarvellous word! - Nosila, 2008-06-09: 20:18:00

Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-10: 05:27:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: re - FLEKT - shun

Sentence: Seeing similarities to his own bad habits in the behavior of his friend Gaston, Schuster had a major case of self induced reflectshun, denying even to himself that he was that annoying to other folks.

Etymology: Blend of reflect and shun....play on reflection.

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COMMENTS:

Very good word! - TJayzz, 2008-06-09: 16:14:00

Clever. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-10: 05:29:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: ay pa bil it ee

Sentence: Aperil had an annoying apeability. Whomever she worked with, she could ape their bad habits within a very short time to the point where it annoyed the original offenders. This would explain why she had held 14 jobs in the past year and was working towards number 15. When first interviewed, she had the apeability of mirroring those traits in her prospective employers which made them think they were hiring in their own image. But after a very short while, those bad habits her employers hated in themselves would soon manifest themselves in Aperil. Like the fact she enjoyed aperitifs and apepetizers at 12:00 noon; she never apeologized when she made an error; the fact that she had a big apetite; she miswrote apepointments; her apepearance left a lot to be desired and she did not apepreciate her employers. Aperil worked as an Apeprentice Apepraisor with the Ape Apeprehension Apepeal Apepellate Apeperratus.

Etymology: ape (someone who copies the words or behavior of another or imitate uncritically and in every aspect) & ability (the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment) & capability (an aptitude that may be developed)

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COMMENTS:

How apepropraite... a very 'punny' story. - Tigger, 2008-06-09: 02:31:00

Sounds like Aperil just enjoyed monkeying around. Good one! - Mustang, 2008-06-09: 02:47:00

Seems like gorilla warfare to me. Nice word; clever sentence. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-10: 05:23:00

Thanks for gibbon me a compliment! - Nosila, 2008-06-10: 20:57:00

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Created by: Roger408

Pronunciation: auto - noy-ance

Sentence:

Etymology: Auto - as in self, self directed + annoyance

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COMMENTS:

Very thoughtfully constructed word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-10: 05:32:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: mir/i/tey/shun

Sentence: Mirritation occurs when you get angry at your kids for copying and doing something stupid that you just did.

Etymology: MIRRITATION - noun - from MIRROR + IRRITATION

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COMMENTS:

Good word. It could also be used to describe how you feel when you're having a 'bad hair day'. - Tigger, 2008-06-09: 02:36:00

Mirritation reflects poorly on ones character. - Mustang, 2008-06-09: 02:49:00

terrific - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-09: 09:20:00

And you have all those little mirror-images of yourself running around; great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-10: 05:26:00

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