Verboticisms

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: DOOM-Shark

Sentence: Feelbad world, along with a daily dose of dread and damnation, flowed frenetically across the airwaves every evening, delivered by a diamond-dripping doomshark preaching tarabolical times ahead for mankind. But for those faithful who fawnishly followed this foolmonger, and his fickle-feel philosophy, there was much more to fear from him here on terra firma, for financial fleecing was his forte.

Etymology: A conflation of "doom": death, ruin, sad or evil destiny & "shark", (slangish): confidence trickster, parasite, crooked business person (as in land shark, loan shark).

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COMMENTS:

A is for alliteration. ;) - Kyoti, 2007-08-10: 11:03:00

I hate it i just wanted to vote because i know you wont win - BellaRina, 2007-08-10: 11:39:00

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Created by: noztril

Pronunciation: G.O.P.

Sentence: the turrists will get cha iffin youse don't elect a Geeohpee

Etymology: grand old party

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Created by: Gionuzzo

Pronunciation: uh POK oh rich

Sentence: Hoboes with "the world will end!" signs do exactly the same thing as the apocorich company that made the Al Gore/Global warming movie, but the hobos don't make money!

Etymology: apocolypse + rich

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Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: GREEN-fleece

Sentence: Although Harriet had submitted her application 18 months ago, along with the $495 membership fee, she suddenly began to realize that she may not have been selected as an elite member of Greenfleece.

Etymology: Green (money) + Greenpeace + fleece (rip off)

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COMMENTS:

A growing trend. Great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-08-10: 21:54:00

I like it as a verb, too - xtine, 2007-08-13: 16:42:00

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Created by: KristinA

Pronunciation: tear-uh-muh-ged-un-ist

Sentence: We have stopped inviting Cathy to the beach with us. Her terramageddonist reminders of how the beach sand which sticks to our feet increases erosion and leads to the extinction of all sea turtles, is too much for us to bear.

Etymology: terra (Earth) + armegeddon (end of Earth) + ist (pertaining to a person/organization); also, the tie with "terror" and "terrorist"

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: ka-ching-dum-kum

Sentence: When pigs failed to fly on 7/7/07, Liz realized she had given her life savings to a kachingdomcome.

Etymology: ka-ching! (sound associated with cashing in), kingdom come

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Created by: Paradox

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Sentence: It has become clear that a lot of figures that demand attention for their religion or for the Earth are nothing more than preachleechers.

Etymology: Basically a combination of a preacher, someone who preaches, and a leecher, which seems pretty self-explanatory if you ask me.

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COMMENTS:

Beware: perfidious prunellas are proliferating! Great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-08-10: 22:00:00

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Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: uh-PAHK-eht-lihps

Sentence: Alex's girlfriend broke up with him only because he'd mailed off his last paycheque to ExxonIMeanGreenpeace Inc.--she reasoned that anyone who couldn't tell apocketlypse from apocalypse wasn't dateable.

Etymology: apocalypse + to pocket money

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COMMENTS:

Nice word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-08-10: 22:01:00

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Created by: applesnpairs

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Created by: Karuma

Pronunciation: ee-ko-grif-tur

Sentence: they all always play those stupid ecogrifter infomercials late at night. that guy is on the long ecogrift.

Etymology: eco=world, grift=a group of methods for obtaining money falsely through the use of swindles, frauds, dishonest gambling, etc.

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