Verboticisms

Created by: warmfuzzykitten

Pronunciation: yor-fall-ter

Sentence: In a five-minute discussion of global warming, the yourfaulter blamed China, farting cows, heavy breathers, George Soros, the Illuminati, aliens, his parents, and that yappy dog down the street.

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Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: A-tak-tir-ade

Sentence: Brenda was quick to attacktirade every little problem she could imagine was happening in order to insult everyone she came in contact with. She was so consumed with being perfectly right...even when she was wrong.

Etymology: Attack-assault. Tirade-abuse, outburst.

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Created by: stache

Pronunciation: āt'rə-bŭt'

Sentence: "You're such an attributt," Georg whined. Inga had just finished explaining why he was responsible for the rainstorm that soaked them as they dashed from their car to the bistro, and for the lack of nearby parking spots.

Etymology: 'attri,' var. of Atra, trade name for late 20th century shaving device; 'butt,' any of several flatfishes, esp. the halibut; literally, 'attributt' is 'to shave one's halibut.'

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COMMENTS:

worth a vote for the etymology alone!! - galwaywegian, 2008-04-24: 07:20:00

What can I say? lol Good word. - Mustang, 2008-04-24: 22:13:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: kəlpəboŏlē

Sentence: Joyce is a culpabully, blaming everybody else for everything that happens to her or anyone else. Just this morning her dog Patsy took a lambasting for causing Joyce to drop her breakfast even though he was sleeping in his crate at the time.

Etymology: culpability (deserving blame) + bully (a person who uses strength or power to harm or intimidate those who are weaker)

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: bluhn-der-buhs

Sentence: Jill never feels that she is to blame for anything. Should one of her friends suggest that she has made a mistake, she is perfectly willing to throw them under the blunderbus. She will then take over for the driver and do doughnuts just to drive her point home.

Etymology: blunder (mistake) + blunderbuss (an obsolete short musket with large bore and flared muzzle, used to scatter shot at short range )

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: kri/ti/size

Sentence: Sally was convinced that the world was doomed by thoughtless people and would often let her opinions out in carefully aimed citisighs. "odor" "mold" "dust" "waste of space"

Etymology: criticize + sighs

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COMMENTS:

funny word! - wordmeister, 2008-04-24: 10:09:00

Nice word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-26: 19:10:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: fall tee pow urs

Sentence: Basil Fawlty is a faultypowers. He faultypowers his hotel guests for expecting too much from him, like sunny weather and decent food. He faultypowers his wife Sybil, his little nest of vipers, for his cynical world view, due to his prison camp of a marriage (she being the warden, of course and he the lifer). And mainly he faultypowers Manuel, his dogsbody, on everything and anything else that clouds his day, just because Manuel is from Barcelona and can never understand enough English to know he is to blame. In his own mind, nothing is ever Basil's fault. Luckily he has Sybil to constantly remind him that he is wrong about that, too!

Etymology: faulty (describes a situation where things are wrongly done; being responsible for errors or defects;gives reason to complain) & powers (in fluential persons; ability to act or make changes; superhuman skills) & for rhyming and reference, Fawlty Towers (popular British sitcom)

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I love Faulty Towers! - pieceof314, 2008-04-24: 11:30:00

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Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: en/vyro/mental/pest

Sentence: An environmentalpest is worse than global warming.

Etymology: environmentalist + mental + pest

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: KUHL-po-hol-ik

Sentence: Bob was culpoholic who would smile when things went wrong because he had already thought of someone he could blame it on.

Etymology: CULPOHOLIC: One who ascribes blame to others excessively & habitually. From Lt, "CULP" " fault, blame, crime & "OHOLIC" : A pseudo suffix: for one who does something to excess & habitually.

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COMMENTS:

great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-24: 11:45:00

excellent - stache, 2008-04-24: 14:07:00

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈbɔɪˌʍɪp/

Sentence: The boywhipper would blame his coworkers, his family, his friends, random passers-by, modern technology, politics, climate change, UFOs, supernatural beings, Murphy, and even himself on occasion but NEVER would he even dream of blaming his cat.

Etymology: To boywhip is to whip a whipping boy. A boywhipper is one who does so.

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methinks you have a very cool cat ErWenn - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-24: 13:19:00

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