Verboticisms

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: slug-jest

Sentence: At first Nan quietly sluggested that Ron may want to get off the couch and help clean the apartment. When he didn't move, she threw him, his skateboard and his 6 pack out the door.

Etymology: suggest: to imply or offer for consideration + slug: a lazy, slothful person

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Created by: fourgirls

Pronunciation: sloth azee

Sentence: Craig has just been slothazy these last few times my computer needed fixing.

Etymology: sloth and lazy

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Created by: DrWebsterIII

Pronunciation: 'slak ee

Sentence: Rhonda sure knew how to pick 'em! Another boyfriend who was a useless slackey , who could barely lift a finger to helm himself, let alone Rhonda, with the exception a lifting a beer to his lips!

Etymology: slacker (shirker, loafer, lazybones, bum) + lackey (servant, footman, man/gal Friday)

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: pro/kras/tin/aid

Sentence: Jim was a procrastinaide, full of good intentions but unable to get anything done.

Etymology: procrastinate (dawdle, defer) + aide

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COMMENTS:

i love that word! - pungineer, 2007-10-19: 15:05:00

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: dis-a-lak-rite

Sentence: Despite Roxie's hinderantic tirades, Bob remained an uninhibited dysalacrite, and an alcomatose couchroach.

Etymology: Dysalacrity: antonym of alacrity: state of ready, willing and eager to act & -ite: one connected with. Verbal form: dysalacriate.

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COMMENTS:

nice one - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-05: 10:54:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: gōfərlōfər

Sentence: When Harry hired his nephew as an office assistant, he thought he would get some much-needed help. What he got was a goferloafer. Where Harry saw somebody to run errands, the nephew saw the insides of his eyelids.

Etymology: gofer (a person who runs errands) + loafer (a person who idles time away)

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ʌndɚˌmaɪmˈplɔɪ/ /under-mime-ploy/

Sentence: Sometimes you can undermimploy someone into giving enough of a crap to do a decent job, as drill sergeants everywhere will tell you, but most of the time it just makes people annoyed.

Etymology: From undermine + employ

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COMMENTS:

great words this week ErWenn!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-05: 10:52:00

Thanks. I feel like I'm on some sort of roll, though I wasn't too satisfied with what I came up with today. It looks like it should be pronounced under-mim-ploy. - ErWenn, 2007-10-05: 14:09:00

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Created by: karenanne

Pronunciation: lem un AYD

Sentence: The kindergarten teacher, Ms. Loving, was hoping that her new teacher assistant, Eve, would be as energetic as her previous one had been. Instead, Eve was lazy, had no initiative, and proved be more of a lemonaide. Ms. Loving took to calling her Eve Aide behind her back, because that's what Eve did every time there was a bulletin board to be made or shapes to be cut.

Etymology: lemon (something that is unreliable or doesn't work; a disappointment) + aide (helper)

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Created by: Inniscor

Pronunciation: slel-per

Sentence: "George, I asked you to give me a hand with this but you're just sitting there. You such a slelper!"

Etymology: sl(ack)+ (h)elper

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Created by: Batavier

Pronunciation: UN-HELP-UR

Sentence: Jack was still sitting behind his game console, playing games. His mother, who had asked him to do the dishes several times before, shouted at him: "Jack! You big unhelper! Get your behind in the kitchen. NOW!"

Etymology: Un (denial) + Helper

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COMMENTS:

Nice and simple. - ErWenn, 2007-10-05: 14:10:00

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