Verboticisms

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: hoh-kuhs-poh-shuhn

Sentence: Despite numerous clues to the contrary Emma fully believes in her favorite hocuspotion to maintain her youthful appearance.

Etymology: hocuspocus (sleight of hand) + potion (concoction prepared for mental or physical effect)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: yuth an eyze

Sentence: Marjorie tried every product on the market in an effort to youthanize the wrinkles on her face. She realized that middle age was really the fact that you were caught having to use Clearasil and Oil of Olay at the same time.

Etymology: Youth (young person) & Euthanize (the act of killing someone painlessly)

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: punked/duh/lee/on

Sentence: Sally should have been suspicious when the anti-aging cream came with its own mirror but the results were so staggering that she didn't mind being punkeddeleon.

Etymology: punked (tricked by means of a practical joke) + Ponce de Leon (explorer who searched for the fountain of youth)

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COMMENTS:

we need more of those magic mirrors! luv the modern twist to the man of yore! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-16: 10:36:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: byoo tee kreem

Sentence: Her byouthycream took years off her face. Now she just needed some new foundathin garments

Etymology: beauty cream, youth

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COMMENTS:

amazing blend - silveryaspen, 2009-02-16: 10:44:00

funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-16: 10:58:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: rijoōvəliksər

Sentence: Joan’s insomnia had effects that were unexpected. Watching TV late at night, she was susceptible to infomercials for every new revuvelixir. She liked to think they were doing something good but all they really did was rejuvannihilate her bank account.

Etymology: rejuvenate (make someone or something look or feel younger) + elixir (a preparation supposedly able to prolong life indefinitely)

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Created by: zrotv

Pronunciation: trŏsh

Sentence: She slathered it on with dreams of beauty. But nothing had changed when she dried it off. The vendor she'd met must've been wrought with cruelty! To sell the poor dame a bottle of Traush.

Etymology: Trash (a worthless object) + Wash (a cosmetic liquid)

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Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: re joo ven no shuns

Sentence: Despite, faithfully using the dreamcreams and miracalotions, after age sixty, seeing my aging face in a mirror, causes me to wrinkcoil away from the image. They do not work. But hope springs eternal, so we women never give up on our silly rejuvenotions!

Etymology: REJUVENATIONS by POTIONS and LOTIONS are unrealistic NOTIONS = REJUVENOTIONS. The last two syllables in the pronunciation could be part of the etymology as well ... for we do it in hopes of 'NO SHUNS'.

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COMMENTS:

Mirror, mirror on the wall .... lie to me! Please! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-16: 01:55:00

here, hear....hard to resist the promise!! - mweinmann, 2009-02-16: 08:00:00

hope they led to rejuvemotions! - galwaywegian, 2009-02-16: 09:44:00

clever blend - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-16: 10:57:00

Clever! I enjoyed your sentence with all its great verbot's! - splendiction, 2009-02-16: 18:01:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: rez-uhr-EX-shun

Sentence: Either in complete denial or actually failing to notice that the expensive and exclusive cosmetics she was using merely filled in the cracks and crevices Velma truly believed her efforts at resurrexion were thoroughly successful.

Etymology: Blend of 'resurrect' ( To bring back to life; raise from the dead) and 'complexion' (the natural color, texture, and appearance of the skin, esp. of the face)

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: ell im in ay jing

Sentence: Her eliminaging regimen was so effective but toxic she eliminated a regiment.

Etymology: eliminating aging

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: mithiliksər

Sentence: Mythty may be mythguided or mythtaken but she let mythgivings go and put her faith in the mythticism of the latest mythsteriouth mythelixir she saw on TV. Was she mythled? Perhaps, but it was produced in her home State of Mythithippi.

Etymology: myth (a traditional story, esp. one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events) + elixir (a magical or medicinal potion)

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COMMENTS:

My tongue hurts! - otherguy, 2009-02-16: 07:05:00

Unmythtakeably good word! - Nosila, 2009-02-16: 15:58:00

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