Verboticisms

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: CharlieB

Pronunciation: kron-ol-i-fi

Sentence: Gillian saw absolutely no harm in subjecting the date of birth on her CV to a quick bit of chronolification.

Etymology: chronology (order of time) + modify (to alter slightly)

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: man-ip-yu-spayce

Sentence: Millicent manipuspaced every story to the point where the group were left scratching their heads in complete disarray.

Etymology: manipulate + space (as in time)

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: dayt/trip/er

Sentence: He was a datetripper - Sunday driver yeah - it took me so long to find out -his chronology was the only one that mattered and that made him sing

Etymology: daytripper + date

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Created by: santasassassin

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: TIMEtable

Sentence: When profusely apologizing for being late didn't cut it, Bob tried to timetabull the client into thinking that it was she who was actually early, as their company had switched over to New Guinea Standard Time.

Etymology: timetable, bullsh*t

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Created by: mickey666

Pronunciation: spin - kron - eyes

Sentence: Tont Blair's capacity to spinchronise was demonstrated as he took the credit for a successful outcome to the First World war

Etymology: spin - to manipulate information for personal gain and chronise from the greek for time

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Created by: gabngar

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: re cal end riff ick ay shun

Sentence: Peter hoped his quick recalendrification would work just long enough for him to step out of range of the ceremonial sword they had bought on their prerecalendrificated honeymoon.

Etymology: recalibrate+Calendar

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: al tar ree er ayshun

Sentence: When Benny married Bertha, he made a slight altarerioration to their marriage date. They had been married overseas, without family present. Instead of November, he recorded it as April. This was just to make sure that their baby, Swen, looked like he was planned. The truth was that Benny had forgotten to go to the drugstore...

Etymology: Altar (a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made;where vows are exchanged in the church at a wedding) & Alteration (the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification) & Ulterior (lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)

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