Verboticisms

Created by: kimmy

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Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: Tranz-furr-vent

Sentence: I was pretty sure she was feeling transfervent when she replied my "hello" with "WHAT DO YOU MEAN, I PAID MY TAXES!"

Etymology: Transfer (to move from one thing to another) + fervent (having emotion or passion)

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: dum-pah-thee

Sentence: After her cat, Fidon't, rejected her plea for companionship, she went to work and immediately began to dumpathy on her boss, which ultimately landed her a nice, nonsocial position in the mail room.

Etymology: dump, empathy

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COMMENTS:

was that position in the paper recycling dump bin? - petaj, 2007-07-20: 05:16:00

Pity she didn't study harder. She could be a dumpatologist by now. - galwaywegian, 2007-07-20: 07:15:00

Either way, she'd be down in the dumps. - Kyoti, 2007-07-20: 10:43:00

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Created by: urbanwookie

Pronunciation: ree-sigh-kl

Sentence: Frank felt sure Jodie was repsychling her cat's negativity....

Etymology: recycle + psyche = repsychle

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Created by: scrawlspacer

Pronunciation: DEH fur kayt

Sentence: I really need to quit my job. My boss is so bitchy I wind up defercating on my boyfriend.* You have to watch out for the silent types. Sometimes they do nothing but defercate.* I wish I weren't the first person Mary sees every day when she comes in. Why can't she find someone else to listen to her defercate?

Etymology: defer + defecate (in the figurative sense, as in "to dump" (intr.) or "to dump something [on someone]" (tr.)

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Created by: irminem

Pronunciation: com-pa-tri-bute

Sentence: People who are not independent thinkers, always compatribute with thise they encounter on a daily basis.

Etymology: "comp" from "compile"; "pa" from "passion" and "tribute" from "distribute"

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Created by: ChristopherAndersen

Pronunciation: flitch

Sentence: Don't flitch your mom's hostility on me!

Etymology: from "flip" (or maybe "flick"?) and "bitch" (or maybe "pitch"?). Also can be used to describe the flicking, dismissive hand gesture made when trasferring negative energy to others.

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Created by: alphajuliet

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: trans/snub/stan/tia/shun

Sentence: What a weight off my shoulders to practice transnubstatiation on an ususpecting passerby after being snubbed by another.

Etymology: transubstantiation + snub

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COMMENTS:

I can't help thinking I need a token for the turnstile when I read that word. ;)) - Kyoti, 2007-07-20: 10:39:00

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Created by: dzhessi

Pronunciation: emPUGnayt

Sentence: Laura empugnates her friends after she goes to one of her special meetings.

Etymology: en (in) + pug (

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COMMENTS:

Cool - Nolina, 2007-07-22: 16:51:00

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