Verboticisms

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: vibe-russ

Sentence: it started with Allan, who gave it to sue. She passed it on to Derek, who, in turn, gave it to the other Derek. Yep...there was a pretty sour Viberus spreading through the office today.

Etymology: vibe, virus

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Caustic vibrosis? - petaj, 2007-07-20: 05:18:00

Wow - a double-derek office. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-20: 09:01:00

One of the Dereks needs a nickname, like "Trey". - Kyoti, 2007-07-20: 10:45:00

he already has one...he's 'the other Derek' - rikboyee, 2007-07-20: 19:05:00

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Created by: alphajuliet

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Created by: ZZ123

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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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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: remistram

Pronunciation: dump-chump

Sentence: As soon as he heard that her dog mauled her big toe, he ran for the hills knowing full well he'd be dumpchumped.

Etymology: dump (to dispose of something) + chump (sucker, sitting duck)

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: trans fur ang ssst

Sentence: She blamed all the transferrangst on the neverbemanager at moonbucks who always served her her coffee with a face like a bulldogs arse. No amount of sugar could sweeten that experience, she would explain to the second person she met at the office every morning.

Etymology: transferrence angst

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why do they look so unhappy? too much caffeine? - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-20: 16:25:00

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Created by: Nolina

Pronunciation: Anybody-Read-Karakther-Arkaoma-open-to-tell-hao-nice-you-are

Sentence: Arkaoma is a word than tell you ho nica you are. Eks. - Your Arkaoma is 100% - Wow... Yor Arkaoma is like!!

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Created by: loofarama

Pronunciation: re-gurge-im-it-ay-shun

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Etymology: regurgitation + imitation

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Created by: KristinA

Pronunciation: funk-dump

Sentence: He dismissed his wife's unrelenting sarcasm and judgemental comments as just a funkdump. Afterall, they had just come from his mother's house.

Etymology: "funk" as in the emotional baggage and "dump" as to unload it onto someone else (also derived from personal mom-in-law experience)

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COMMENTS:

Nice word! At first glance I thought it was fuppeduck. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-20: 09:14:00

A clever buffalo wing place might get some mileage out of a spicy serving of fuppeduck. - Kyoti, 2007-07-20: 10:42:00

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Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: Kahr-may-dee-ate

Sentence: Billy knocked on the door, and when Jennifer opened it, she looked right at him and said, "I suppose you think this fixes everything!", then ran off and locked herself into the bathroom for an hour. While he waited impatiently on the couch, her Saint Bernard, "Mr. Tidwell", began to take a more than friendly interest in nuzzling Billy's sensitive areas. Before he caught himself, Billy glanced at Mr. Tidwell and karmadiated involuntarily, "I suppose you think this fixes everything".

Etymology: Karma + radiate

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Hey Kyoti - keep going with your story - it's good but you still haven't used your word in a sentence - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-20: 11:09:00

I always forget that part. I'm too busy ducking from my boxlexia. This place is full of trap doors, you know? - Kyoti, 2007-07-20: 11:14:00

much better - funny story - maybe you should have named the dog Monica - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-20: 11:20:00

Mr. Tidwell did my verbotomy - snuffleupaguest. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-20: 13:27:00

Well, see... Tidwell is a verbotomy too. Sobbbbb.... - Kyoti, 2007-07-20: 14:56:00

Or was that an anagram? Hmmm.... - Kyoti, 2007-07-20: 14:57:00

A subliminal mnemonic device? I dunno. - Kyoti, 2007-07-20: 14:58:00

And LOL @ snuffleupaguest. :)) - Kyoti, 2007-07-20: 14:58:00

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