Verboticisms

Created by: kyotonils

Pronunciation: wee'•zel•wohr'•ping

Sentence: Don't bother telling the judge you never got the ticket in the mail. Weaselwarping never works.

Etymology: Weasel (sneaky, devious, as in "weasel words") + warp (time)

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Created by: chris

Pronunciation: tem-poh-vair-ee

Sentence: Nigel's amazing ability to tempovary without so much as a trace of guilt enabled him to keep his conscience clear even when his hands were dirty

Etymology: tempo (time) + vary + link with temporary

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Created by: urbanwookie

Pronunciation: deja-skew

Sentence: John realised the best chance of landing an interview would be to dejaskew some of the less glorious facets of his remume...

Etymology: dejavu -> skew

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Created by: jonzerofourteen

Pronunciation: fakt en hanse

Sentence: Jim considered himself a top gun real estate agent. Still, he’d need to factenhance like he’d never factenhanced before if he was going to offload this piece of garbage.

Etymology: fact (reality truth) + enhance (to intensify or increase in value or quality)

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Created by: sodium

Pronunciation: ret-row-skedj-yool

Sentence: To bypass all that red tape, Homer simply retroscheduled his date of birth.

Etymology: retro = past + schedule

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Created by: BMott

Pronunciation: Ro-zy Time

Sentence: He indulged in a bit of rosytime when filling out his resume, indicating that he was employed steadily.

Etymology: rosy - looking through rose colored glasses to see only the good. time - well, that one is obvious.

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: cal-en-der-oh-gay-shun

Sentence: A deft bit of calendarrogation allowed me to have a great party and still be 60 days sober.

Etymology: calendar + arrogation

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Created by: w5lf9s

Pronunciation: cal-o-warp

Sentence: She has been reprimanded several times for callowarping

Etymology: from calender + warp

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: ex-ped-ates

Sentence: Expedating was a strategy she used to explain why her tasks had not been completed on time.

Etymology: expedite (to accomplish promptly) + dates (days of the month)

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Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: Kro-norr-well

Sentence: How could Peter explain missing his essay deadline? He didn't have to - he simply chronorwelled, and no-one guessed the truth.

Etymology: Chronos+Orwell+well. Chronos - Greek for "time". Orwell - the author of '1984' in which the IngSoc party employs people to rewrite history for the Party's benefit.

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