Verboticisms

Created by: readerwriter

Pronunciation: foh-lihsh-nehs

Sentence: Fulvia's life was full of fauxlishness. Not only did she dye her roots before going to the hairdressers and blame the Care Bears for her immaculate house when the cleaning lady arrived, but she had two dentists and two spiritual confessors in two different cities.

Etymology: Using FAUX, meaning fake or artificial + a play on FOOLISHNESS, meaning a lack of good sense or judgement

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COMMENTS:

heheh - galwaywegian, 2009-03-26: 08:55:00

Funny! - kateinkorea, 2009-03-26: 09:21:00

Excellent word! - splendiction, 2009-03-26: 21:17:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: dess perr ab loo shun

Sentence: she was so tired from her desperablutions, she fell into a trancindental state during the interview and agreed to pay the cleaner more than she earned herself.

Etymology: desperation, ablutions

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: prēprōprep

Sentence: Mitch has a very busy life. That’s why he regularly calls on professionals to handle some of the tasks that others usually handle themselves. The only problem with that is that he doesn’t want to let anybody know how messy he is, so he will preproprep before going to a carwash, hair dresser, or have a cleaning service in.

Etymology: pre (before) + pro (professional) + prep (make ready)

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Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: kleen-fool-er-us

Sentence: Mrs. Prizzy Kanabee Ostentatious busily scrubbed and cleaned her already clean floors walls and silk designer wool carpets before the new servant arrived for an interview. Her husband Mr. Pennypincher Honeydo Ostentatious the III, would often get irritated at Prizzy's "cleanfoolerus" habits and would argue with Prizzy...that keeping up appearances for others was foolish since he was paying for exuberant services they really didn't need becasue that was what stay at home Prizzy did herself... (or so he thought) Mr. Pennypincher Honeydo Ostentatious the III was so angry of Prizzy's "Cleanfoolerusness" because he was missing playing golf with his buddies. Little did Mr. Pennypicher Honeydo Ostentatious the III know that Mrs. Prizzy Kanabee Ostentatious was secretly spending extra money for a cleaning service twice a week that she kept hidden from her husband. Prizzy really did need this new servant to maintain their home for Prizzy to be able to keep going for her afternoon teas at the Ladies Club and shopping sprees in Missisagua.Finally Prizzy wouldn't have to hide the fact she wasn't actually cleaning their house every week...

Etymology: Clean;To tidy up wash and shine,scrub. Fooler; To fool or be fake. Us;Two or more people. Cleanfoolerusness;The act of being Cleanfoolerus.

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Created by: splendiction

Pronunciation: bad just ments

Sentence: Slovenlee dipped into the washroom to primp up his eyebrows with a dab of brilcreme before entering the salon; his badjustments, however, didn’t fool any of the salonspatitians. That brow was out of control!

Etymology: From bad and adjustments: adjustments made to impress gone wrong.

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: re-MUDL

Sentence: As always, Darryl hated going to the barber since he knew he'd receive some good natured jibes about his thinning hair, so he once again set out to remuddle his hairdo in an effort to hide the balding areas.

Etymology: Based on 'muddle' (to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble) with prefix 're-' (to do again)...a play on the word 'remodel.

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: bed lam o flahj

Sentence: As the doorbell announcing the arrival of their new cleaning lady rang, they looked around. The bedlamouflage would work as long as she didn't touch the cupboard door, look in the guest bathroom and the sedatives they'd given the cat didn't wear off too soon.

Etymology: bedlam, camouflage

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COMMENTS:

:-) - silveryaspen, 2009-03-26: 10:02:00

Funny beddy bye-bye story! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-26: 10:15:00

excellent - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-26: 12:32:00

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: four-x-per-fix

Sentence: Trudie forexperfixed her house right before the cleaning lady came, and soon realized that after her cleaning lady finished, her house seemed dirtier than before.

Etymology: fore + expert + fix

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: mayd ser vis

Sentence: Jorge & Beth had their very own madeservice. The day that the home cleaners were due, they would scrub their house from top to bottom to show those strangers how clean they were...it was a redumbdant effort, which also cost them a fortune!

Etymology: Maid Service (home cleaning paid to others to do) & Made (to make oneself)

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: prod-eye-a-trist

Sentence: Conscious of her nobbly toes, Marla, poked and massaged her feet in hope that she could make them look more normal before her appointment with the foot specialist. However, it was useless prodiatrism.

Etymology: prod (poke, press) + podiatrist (foot specialist)

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