Verboticisms

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: kabloozie

Pronunciation: die-a-re-tor-ick

Sentence: Since her divorce, I've been avoiding her - I'm so sick of her diarrhetoric.

Etymology: diarrhea + rhetoric

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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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COMMENTS:

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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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: 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: kellii3

Pronunciation: en-em-sh

Sentence: my friend had just had an arugement so when i went to talk to her all of the enemsh was transfered to me.

Etymology: en-(energy) em-(emotion) sh-(share)

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COMMENTS:

woooooo go enemsh - kellii3, 2007-07-24: 14:42:00

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Created by: mestresuzuka

Pronunciation:

Sentence:

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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!!

Etymology:

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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: 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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