Verboticisms

Created by: tripnfallpivot

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Sentence: I just hate People commiting Photosecrosy!

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Created by: neljifer

Pronunciation: Just like the words sneak and shot.

Sentence: I was mortified when I caught my younger brother taking a sneakshot of me playing air guitar in my bedroom.

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Created by: chaiandallthatjazz

Pronunciation: sel-vert

Sentence: Jake was on a cellvert mission and took this photo while the sidewalk cafe customers glanced over towards 5th avenue where a crash was heard. Now he can admire Jenna from his room every night AND follow her around the city during the day. Ugh. Creep!

Etymology: cell phone + covert + divert + pervert

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: kon sel ling

Sentence: Jane became concerned that she was being cyberstalked and that the stalker was concelling her all the time. The fact that her hunter only took pictures of her ear should have been her first clue that she had accidently hit a button and was stalking herself.

Etymology: Concealing (hiding;doing something coverly or secretly) & Celling (using a cell app)

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: self/imaj

Sentence: A new kind of paparozzo has emerged with self centered narcissists being able to check their makeup etc on the subway by means of cellphimage photos taken with their cellphones.

Etymology: cell phone + image

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COMMENTS:

I'm always looking forward to what you will think up next. Never thought of this aspect. Fun and Unique! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-06: 11:00:00

Another clever word! - TJayzz, 2009-02-06: 14:17:00

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Created by: wilburoinks

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Created by: scrabbelicious

Pronunciation: smɑːtːʃɒt

Sentence: Buster became very swift with the old 1:2, or was it 4:3? It didn't matter, the smartshot was another knockout.

Etymology: Smart : Clever like a phone, ring like a good verbotomy word. Shot : Photograph, perhaps cheap. Also to strike a blow, esp. in boxing.

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: foe-toe-SIN-this-is

Sentence: Knowing she was once again committing an act of photosinthisis by sneaking a picture of Clayton while he showered, Lewellen nevertheless went ahead with the deed.

Etymology: Blend of PHOTO + SIN + THIS + IS Word play on the word photosynthesis. Dunno why, it just had a cool sound.

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: sello foto

Sentence: Now everyone who owns a cell phone has become a paparazzo. When they see a famous person, they quick use their cell phone camera to get a candid shot, which in turn they try to market to the newspapers and magazines. It is a cellophoto moment, where a picture of a cellebrity is something you can sellaphoto to the media.

Etymology: Cell (cellular telephone;a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections (cells), each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver) & Telephoto (a photograph made with a telephoto lens)

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Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: ho cuss foh cuss

Sentence: Len's covert cell phone hocusfocus makes him a real shudderbug.

Etymology: Hocus Pocus, Focus. Hocus Pocus - a trickery. Focus - 1. Camera adjustment to obtain a sharper, clearer photo.

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COMMENTS:

Was difficult to chose between these two verbotomies. - silveryaspen, 2009-02-06: 00:37:00

Very clever...two for the price of one! - Mustang, 2009-02-06: 07:18:00

Wonderful play on words....hocusfocus or focuspocus....both say it all... - mweinmann, 2009-02-06: 08:14:00

very nice - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-06: 11:56:00

Good word...lens itself to many ideas. He may end up being framed if he has any more exposure! - Nosila, 2009-02-06: 22:27:00

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