Verboticisms

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: trans/ME/tey/shun

Sentence: Like Joseph Stalin, Fred had to rewrite his history. So Fred went through a transmetation, eliminating from his life all the dates and events which he didn't like.

Etymology: transmutation + me

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Works for me! - wordmeister, 2007-01-31: 09:55:00

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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: 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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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)

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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)

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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: 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: rikboyee

Pronunciation: bill-and-ted-it

Sentence: in order to prosper on the dating scene she decided to billandtedit her two failed marriages out of her past

Etymology: edit, bill and ted

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COMMENTS:

Brilliant! - ErWenn, 2007-01-31: 01:37:00

Excellent, even! - ErWenn, 2007-01-31: 01:38:00

You'll win this one, easy! - allwise, 2007-01-31: 02:01:00

Dude! - cryptc, 2007-01-31: 02:01:00

I've never seen the movie. Here's the description: "Two seemingly dumb teens struggle to prepare a historical presentation with the help of a time machine." Verbawesome word, Rik! - purpleartichokes, 2007-01-31: 06:21:00

excellllllllent ! - toadstool57, 2007-01-31: 07:33:00

good !! - adbern, 2007-01-31: 14:19:00

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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: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: ree-vent-iz-im

Sentence: "Ugh, Doug is pulling his usual reventism. He now says he took the cat to the vet on Thursday, but the vet is closed on Thursdays"

Etymology: revise + event

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