Verboticisms

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: DAD-line

Sentence: The Dadline had just passed and Kelly came to the realization that he was a mummyograph, rather than a patercopy.

Etymology: Dad + deadline

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COMMENTS:

I'm momligated to think that this may take some dadjustment on Kelly's part. - Clayton, 2007-07-02: 08:49:00

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: bee-got-it

Sentence: When I found myself beginning a sentence with the phrase "Ya know, when I was your age...", it was clearly evident that I had begotit.

Etymology: begot, "got it" (realization)

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Created by: rahullotli

Pronunciation: par-tyak-parte

Sentence: John be a god child and stop this partyakparte

Etymology: konkani

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: mee as maa

Sentence: a terrifying measma occurred when she heard her own recorded message and thought briefly that she had phoned her mother's number, which was unlikely since she hadn't spoken to her since the morning of her graduation three decades ago. It was apparent that she was becoming aparent

Etymology: me as ma, miasma as in terrible odour

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COMMENTS:

Gets it. - Clayton, 2007-07-02: 15:12:00

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Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: pare/ent/lell/ism

Sentence: There was a definite parentllelism the first time he did a comb over.

Etymology: parent + parallelism (similarity)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: morf an itee

Sentence: When that little devil, Lucifer Jones, starting acting up in school, his aunt realized that his morphanity was inevitable. Although she had raised him to be a good Christian boy, he was taking on more and more of his deceased parents' traits. There was hardly a day now that he had not broken a commandment or two, her nephew from Hell!

Etymology: morph (change into something else) & orphan (one without parents) & profanity (vulgar or irreverent speech or action) & vanity (feelings of excessive pride)

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Created by: annieb

Pronunciation: Pa-rent-i-ci-tis

Sentence: I've got a bad case of parenticitis - I'm turning into my mother!

Etymology: mixture of parent and -itis

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Created by: administraitor

Pronunciation: mis-e-gen-er-ay-shun

Sentence: As the "Big Four-Oh" approached, Harold began to notice the thinning hair, drooping jowels and vacant expression that in his mind characterized both his father and grandfather. "Maybe," he thought "I could stave off this miscegeneration if I were to leave home!"

Etymology: miscegenation + generation

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: patrimorpiphany /ˌpætɹəmɔɹˈpɪfəni/ matrimorpiphany /ˌmætɹəmɔɹˈpɪfəni/

Sentence: I sort of expected to turn into my parents eventually, but I'm quickly approaching 30 with no patrimorpiphany in sight.

Etymology: patri- (father) or matri- (mother) morph- (change) + epiphany

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COMMENTS:

I don't have nearly the work ethic of either of my parents, and that doesn't seem to be changing anytime soon. - ErWenn, 2007-07-02: 00:17:00

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Created by: blondibabi121692

Pronunciation: oh crap hood

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Etymology:

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