Verboticisms

Created by: XMbIPb

Pronunciation: /as-tral-ob-se-shen/

Sentence: “Just like after the car crash that killed Princess Di, Jenny’s astralobsession almost drove her to suicide after Michael Jackson O.D.’d on propofol.”

Etymology: “astrum” n., – (Lat.), star “obsession” n., - compulsive preoccupation with a fixed idea or emotion often accompanied by symptoms of anxiety

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Created by: CanadianAndyCapp

Pronunciation: Hi-per-glit-ter-are-tee-main-ee-ah

Sentence: The world has always looked for celebrities to give their lives a standard for wishful fantasy. However, in today's multimedia environment, this has become elevated to a state of Hyperglitteratimania!

Etymology: Hyper- To be elevated beyond reality. / Glitterati- Coloquial form of popular celebrity. / Mania- All-consuming obsession

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COMMENTS:

I like the epidemic proportions of your sentence and Hyperglitteratimania! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:52:00

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Created by: dalmero8

Pronunciation: ce/leb/se/ssion

Sentence: Her celebsession with celebreties in rehab is annoying and sometimes creepy!!!

Etymology: celebrity (or celebrated person) + obsession

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COMMENTS:

Glad I read your comment to Tigger before commenting. GMTA ... great minds think alike! So when two of you independently came up with the same verboticism ... it must be doubly good! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 20:57:00

That happens frequently around here, dalmero8. Don't sweat it... Say, wouldn't it be simple to just keep track of the celebrities that aren't in rehab? - Tigger, 2008-02-15: 21:57:00

I like it!! Sounds a lot like my own obsessceleb. - Mustang, 2008-02-15: 22:53:00

Good word! - Stevenson0, 2008-02-16: 15:01:00

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: foo-LUH-jahyz

Sentence: They were a motley bunch of dysaficionados, waiting for days to catch a fleeting glimpse of their favorite silebrities. And in snow, sleet and rain celuvoids hugging fandamentalists foologized about fanalties, whilst their own lives stalled on empty.

Etymology: FOOLOGIZE: fool -a silly or empty headed person: log|os|: speech & ize: verbal suffix. CELUVOID: empty "head" about films & screen stars. FANDUMENTALIST: one who believes every word written in "celebazines". FANALTIES: fan's banalities.

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COMMENTS:

Sounds like she might even be a Tomfoolerist! All tomfoolery aside, the fool in foologize makes it a great creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:16:00

Sounds like she might even be a Tomfoolerist! All tomfoolery aside, the fool in foologize makes it a great creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:16:00

Sorry it posted twice ... had a freeze-up on the computer ... only put it once ... but evidently it took before and after the sticky-up! Dang it! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:56:00

what a tongue twister - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-15: 11:10:00

great word u came up with there! i like saying out loud! sounds so wierd... - 8Revolution8, 2008-02-15: 14:27:00

Maybe it's the oooh ...oooh ... in the foooh loooh gize that makes this such a fun word to say! Your verbot has oooh-ooohing in more ways than one! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 20:38:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: in-mat-oo-eyt-ed

Sentence: Matt Damon, Matt Damon, Matt Damon... That's all Cynthia ever thinks about. She knows EVERYTHING about him, what he likes, what he doesn't like, what he eats, who he's been with, even what toothpaste he uses. She has seen all his films at least a dozen times each. The printing on her "Borne" CDs has worn off from constant handling. She is so inmattuated that she regularly writes to correct his publicist.

Etymology: infatuated (possessed by a foolish or extravagant passion, esp for another person)+ Matt Damon (Matt Damon)

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Created by: Maxine

Pronunciation: si leh bree ayt

Sentence: Celine, ever celebriated, lives in the two-dimensional world of popular magazines and gossip websites, neglecting to raise her head regardless of whether her phone rings, whether her dinner burns, or whether her frail father falls harshly down the stairs.

Etymology: celebrity, inebriate

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COMMENTS:

Indulgently good creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:47:00

I like your description of celebriation as a "two-dimensional world." Very insightful. - Tigger, 2008-02-15: 22:07:00

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /laɪmˌlaɪt.lɪŋ/

Sentence: He considered retiring from the public eye as the near-constant pestering by limelightlings was getting on his nerves. The two or three e-mails per week were just too much for one man to handle and stay sane. Somebody even recognized him at the store last month!

Etymology: From limelight + -ling, reminiscent of lighning

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COMMENTS:

Limelightling bug! Ingenious! You have my adoration for your creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-15: 10:20:00

Nice word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-17: 16:50:00

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Created by: Biscotti

Pronunciation: sel-eb-ra-sized

Sentence: She was so celebrecized with the Britney Spears drama, she didn't sleep until Britney got the kids back from K-Fed.

Etymology: I don't know, this one just sort of came to me without thought...

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Created by: arkon1

Pronunciation: posh-izm

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Created by: loxhobabl

Pronunciation: star-lay-zur

Sentence: Kids nowadays are such starlazers because they emulate lives of celebs when they should set their own paths.

Etymology: star: a celebrity or famous person lazy: shiftless; low ambition in life

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