Verboticisms

Created by: tubeyes

Pronunciation: mer-dah-kit-ee

Sentence: Sean was quite happy when his televised rantings produced a state of general mourdochity over the TV watching public.

Etymology: Morbidity and Murdoch [of the Rubert persuasion]

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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: BellaRina

Pronunciation: F-L-A-B-ER-Boo-Sh-Boom

Sentence: please help donate 4$ bfore we haver a FlabberBoshBomb

Etymology: Flabber (FEar) Bosh(OF) Bomb(BOMb)

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Created by: GreenTara

Pronunciation: Terror-Corp

Sentence: All the terrorcorps competed with one another to scare the public the most - for the most profit.

Etymology: terror-fear, corp-corporation

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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: Metalflower

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Sentence: When bird flu hit the world, Ecounlogists made millions of dollars by selling face masks, which didn't help at all.

Etymology: Ecologist, unlogic

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Created by: applesnpairs

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Created by: marnee4nothin

Pronunciation: prau-fet-ears

Sentence: Cal hoped that his 'Save the Cumquat' campaign would establish his career among his fellow propheteers.

Etymology: prophet + profiteers

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COMMENTS:

Propheteers: they've been around since cocky was an egg. Now we have a great word for them. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-08-10: 21:57:00

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Created by: Rossco

Pronunciation: Doo-mon-gur

Sentence: This year's enviro-expo was full of doomongers.

Etymology: global destruction/damnation = doom + (blank)monger (purveyor of whatever)

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: men-iss-mong-ger

Sentence: If only they'd menacemnonger the industries that pollute and destroy the environment.

Etymology: menace + monger

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