Verboticisms

Created by: pseudoking

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Created by: smokey

Pronunciation: kro-nip-you-la-shun

Sentence: I'm sure Tom is lying when he says he passed the bar exam before starting to practice law - he is very chronipulative.

Etymology: Chronology + manipulate

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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: 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: 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: 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

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COMMENTS:

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

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Created by: josje

Pronunciation: time swapping

Sentence: i´m not lying, i´m only timeswapping

Etymology: time and swapping as in changing

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COMMENTS:

Hey Josje, This word is terrific - wordmeister, 2007-02-09: 09:49:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: ak kom no dayt

Sentence: Samuel Adams was such a cad. He would accomnodate many events in his history to escape blame, especially when it fitted his extra-marital activities. If he had his way, his children would be mins 8 and minus 12!

Etymology: Accomodate (make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose) & No date (eliminated time or day)

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COMMENTS:

Even if you're good (and you aren't that good) nobody is so good they get the most votes every time. You are obviously gaming the system. Why?! - Koekbroer, 2012-06-07: 11:13:00

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Created by: Auxilizz

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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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