Verboticisms

Created by: green

Pronunciation: U fo ism

Sentence: This is just proof of your stupid ufauxism.

Etymology: You faux ism

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COMMENTS:

Very good word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-26: 19:12:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: laim-blaim

Sentence: Gertrude came up with so many ridiculous reasons for her own failures that her friends began to label her tactics as lameblame, phony excuses that they knew even SHE couldn't believe.

Etymology: Blend of 'lame' (weak; inadequate; unsatisfactory; clumsy: a lame excuse) and 'blame' (to hold responsible; find fault with; censure)

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Created by: leedit

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Beliebelaming behavior can be symptomatic of poor self esteem and diminished synaptic activity.

Etymology: Original form, "belible", was more common in the first half of the 20th century; additional syllable is a more recent etymological development.

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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: Tigger

Pronunciation: /RAP-shun-uh-liyz/

Sentence: Nothing was ever Doug's fault, and he would be the first one to admit that. He would raptionalize away any hint of blame for anything that went wrong, and he never hesitated to name a scapegoat for any conceivable problem. Doug made an art out of 'passing the buck'. Even when he was caught taking office supplies from the office, he blamed his parents for not spending enough time with him as a child, because, he explained, they were both workaholics.

Etymology: Rap - blame or punishment, especially for a crime (from Swedish, rapp "light blow" as in a rebuke) + Rationalize - to ascribe problems to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid, but are actually unrelated (from Latin, ratiōnālis "reason")

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: folt-you-n

Sentence: Kate was shunned by her neighbours because they were tired of her faultuning them. They had tried to be friendly, but what could they do with someone who castigated them for the sun coming up later as Winter came on.

Etymology: fault + fortune (destiny, fate) + tune (she's not singing that same old song again?)

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Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: blame/bee/dex/trose

Sentence: A blamebedextrous person can shift blame with double the speed.

Etymology: blame + be + ambidextrous

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COMMENTS:

clver! - mweinmann, 2009-06-18: 08:52:00

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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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COMMENTS:

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

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: fawlt/foist

Sentence: Jenny faultfoists all her marriage problems on her mother.

Etymology: fault (flaw; failing) + foist (to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably)

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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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