Verboticisms

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: nätmē

Sentence: Despite what the doctor told him Jason returned with a diagnosis of allswell. He had already self-prescribed a generous dose of notme.

Etymology: not (used to express the negative of other words) + me (pronoun, first person singular)

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Created by: scarletzinc

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: deny/ailment

Sentence: Even though his eyelids were stuck together when he woke up and his eyes were red and full of pus, he refused to consider that he might have pink eye and insisted he just had morning allergies.

Etymology: denial + ailment

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COMMENTS:

Good word containing both denail & illness(ailment). - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-09: 20:48:00

Best of the day. Good one! - Mustang, 2008-04-10: 03:35:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: dy - ag - no - suhr - ee

Sentence: Delbert refused to accept any sort of determination of an existing ailment, choosing instead to be a diagnosiree, thereby avoiding having to deal with any sort of therapy.

Etymology: blend of diagnosis and the slang, 'nosiree'.

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COMMENTS:

funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-09: 16:03:00

Yep, very creative! - purpleartichokes, 2008-04-09: 16:19:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: de nye ag nose

Sentence: As Willy's toe-lio worsened, he refused to believe his doctor could denyagnose his condition correctly. His wifde was appalled but not surprised as this condition made Willy a real fungi!

Etymology: Deny (to contradict;deny untrue) & Diagnose (to determine an illness or condition or cause of it)

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Created by: SethelMerman

Pronunciation: Dee-ni-zi-shun

Sentence: Flo urged him to go see a doctor, but there was no use arguing with a denysician.

Etymology: deny (to declare untrue or to disclaim a connection to) + physician (a doctor of medicine.)

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Created by: ordep

Pronunciation: medi si nay yal

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Etymology: medical + denial

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: spurn-jun

Sentence: Despite having an appendix the size of a cantaloupe, Jen remained a spurngeon, claiming it was just a case of bad gas.

Etymology: spurn, surgeon

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Like a spurngeon, denying for the very first time.... - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-09: 16:17:00

(like a spuuuuuruuuuruuurrrgeon, when your 'script' ain't, what I had in mind...) Oh well, better than having the theme from Grease stuck in my head (which reminds me about the whole cholesterol issue). - purpleartichokes, 2008-04-09: 19:26:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: paaaee shunt

Sentence: the payshunt continued to suffer on shunnint treatment as he didn't want to pay the doctor

Etymology: patient, shun , pay

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: malədēnīəl

Sentence: Despite a cough that rattles windows and a diagnosis of pneumonia by his doctor, Rudy insists he only has a minor cold. His maladenial could be profitable if there was a market for the lung pearls he is producing.

Etymology: malady (a disease or ailment) + denial (the action of declaring something to be untrue)

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