Verboticisms

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: sub-ter-RAIN-ing-on

Sentence: By trying to harvest ice from the arctic and antarctic ice caps to sell as crushed ice to bars around the world, the ice magnates created massive melting resulting in globaldownpours of biblical proportions, with subterraningon, the gradual submergence of nations around the globe, being the result.

Etymology: blend of prefix 'sub' (under), 'terrain' (land expanse) 'rain' and 'on'. Play on the word subterranean....'below the surface of the earth'.

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COMMENTS:

-funny! - splendiction, 2009-03-16: 20:14:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: pole ar thaw gra fee

Sentence: When Jill entered university to study polarthawgraphy, she was confused. She first thought polar ice caps were drinks. She thought placing freezers over the poles would ensure they did not melt away, as she was afraid Santa would drown at the North Pole...

Etymology: Polar (ice caps) & Thaw (melt) & Graphy (suffix indicating an art or descriptive science)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: eys berg wet us

Sentence: The rise in oceans due to polar meltdown was setting off bergler alarms in the world. Edna D. World, was so panicked that she told her friends she was suffering from a bad case of icebergwetus. She was in bad need of some glaciation therapy.

Etymology: Iceberg (a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier) Wet Us (get us soaked) and play on iceberg lettuce (lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head)

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: tīpanik

Sentence: Every report of global warming sends Gloria into a tizzy. She feels like a passenger on the Tipanic except that there may not be an iceberg to run into.

Etymology: Titanic (a British passenger liner, the largest ship in the world when it was built and supposedly unsinkable, that struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage in April 1912 and sank with the loss of 1,490 lives) + panic (sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety)

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Created by: splendiction

Pronunciation: glow ball warn ing

Sentence: Globalwarning of rapid carbon release from the earth should encourage measures such as a return to using renewable energy sources such as water power, wind power, even solar power. Certain industries and populations must reduce their carbon emissions, or we will continue to see ocean water levels rise, bizarre weather; and ultimately experience continued loss of animal and human life...leading to extinction.

Etymology: From the words "globalwarming" and "warning". A term that warns that our problem of globalwarming needs immediate attention and change over to using "green", earth-friendly energies. This is our globalwarning!

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COMMENTS:

Really good word. - kateinkorea, 2009-03-17: 19:37:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: aych too o no

Sentence: When the polar icxe caps started melting, everyone, including hydromatists ran around yelling, "htooeauno!

Etymology: H2O - symbol for water & Eau (French for water) & Oh No! (exclamation of disbelief)

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: aaaaa ma ged on

Sentence:

Etymology:

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: seep + rising

Sentence: The effects of global warming have had seaprising consequences as coastal areas start to become much soggier. Water is seeping into places it was not meant to be and the water table is definitely rising.

Etymology: Sea, seep, Surprising, rising

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COMMENTS:

Super sentence, etymology and word! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-16: 17:30:00

Really good word. - kateinkorea, 2009-03-17: 19:58:00

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Created by: Annette

Pronunciation:

Sentence: The capqua flow is even larger than anticipated.

Etymology:

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COMMENTS:

Good start...I like the word. - kateinkorea, 2009-03-17: 19:30:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: sub-ter-RAIN-ing-on

Sentence: By trying to harvest ice from the arctic and antarctic ice caps to sell as crushed ice to bars around the world, the ice magnates created massive melting resulting in global downpours of biblical proportions, with subterraningon, the gradual submergence of nations around the globe, being the result.

Etymology: blend of prefix 'sub' (under), 'terrain' (land expanse) 'rain' and 'on'. Play on the word subterranean....'below the surface of the ear

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