Verboticisms

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /&-'na-kr&-"ne-dit/

Sentence: Isaac Newton had trouble resisting the urge to anachronedit his publications on the calculus even though it might help him in his dispute with Leibnitz.

Etymology: From ana- + chrono- (as in "anachronism") + edit

| Comments and Points

Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: tem-pus-op-to-my

Sentence: After a week he had a tempusoptomy, and it was like that night one week earlier was entirely her fault.

Etymology: tempus -time + optometry - knowledge of the eye(vision)

| Comments and Points

Created by: Carljoyce

Pronunciation:

Sentence: After a whirlwind six months of backpacking through Europe, Quetin tarrantinized his journey to better understand how he changed.

Etymology:

----------------------------
COMMENTS:

Exactly, it's a movie.... I just can't figure out when it started. - wordmeister, 2007-01-31: 14:07:00

----------------------------

| Comments and Points

Created by: Guthlaf1

Pronunciation: ret-ROP-tom-IZM

Sentence: Dave's retroptimism was usually benign, but this time he had gone too far....

Etymology: From "retro" + "optimism"

| Comments and Points

Created by: gabngar

Pronunciation:

Sentence:

Etymology:

| Comments and Points

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: dimemwär

Sentence: Despite the fact that his dementia means he can\'t remember many of the events he was writing about the retired politician is busy crafting his dememoir. If history makes him look bad he merely changes the dates or sequence of events to put himself in a better light. If you were to add up his account of experience in various offices, he started his career in public service at the age of seven.

Etymology: dementia (a chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning) + memoir (a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources)

| Comments and Points

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: histərēvizhən

Sentence: Jack is a master of historevision. He changes date like most people change their socks. He has changed his wedding date and his children’s birthdays numerous times to help his tax return. If you believe all the changes, his son who is about leave home for college, is 8 years old.

Etymology: history (the study of past events, particularly in human affairs) + revision (the action of revising)

| Comments and Points

Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: lax ee daisy time

Sentence: Franks constant laxidaisytime antics left Freeda not knowing which decade she was in.

Etymology: from lackadaisic and time. Cos lackadaisical is being forgetful and not worrying about it.

| Comments and Points

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: dye/ar/twist

Sentence: Whenever it suited his purpose he rewrote the diary in the kitchen

Etymology: diarist + twist

----------------------------
COMMENTS:

great word! - Jabberwocky, 2007-01-31: 12:25:00

----------------------------

| Comments and Points

Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: Kron-ill-logic

Sentence: When Dave found tickets to the opera in Jill's purse, he quickly ran out and puchased cheap, nosebleed seat tickets, to a football game, telling Jill he had his tickets first. Dave got out of going to the opera due to the chronillogic order that the tickets were purchased.

Etymology: chronologic/illogic

----------------------------
COMMENTS:

good! - wordmeister, 2007-01-31: 09:49:00

----------------------------

| Comments and Points