Verboticisms

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: wun way heet

Sentence: Kermit had just turned his love vehicle down the OnewayHeat. Juanita was not about to yield to him nor fuel his passionate performance. Yup, he was roadkill on the road to true love!

Etymology: OneWay Street (A rroad that only goes one way, not in both directions) & Heat (Intense passion, romance;arouse or incite feelings of passion or emotion)

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COMMENTS:

Super verbotomy - silveryaspen, 2009-02-11: 02:34:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: un ree kwyt ab bil

Sentence: Trying to gently turn him down, Maria told Kermit that there was a language barrier between them. Kermit cared not at all. She told him that she did not know if she was ready for tadpoles. Again he gazed at her with bulging eyes. Finally, she told him bluntly that his ardor for her was unrequiteable. He looked despondent and afraid that he might go off and croak, she watched him hop up to a pretty girl on the road. The pretty girl bent down and kissed Kermit and poof! didn't he turn into a tall handsome Prince? He turned to Maria and said, "When I said "ribbit" it does not mean "I love you"...it means "Kiss me and become my Princess!" Maria toadally got it wrong!

Etymology: Unrequited (not returned in kind, not mutual) & Able (having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity to do something)

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Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: ri-bi-ter-rate

Sentence: Kramitt Rah-ba-ba-bah had to ribbitterate several times to try and get his love across to Bushwa.

Etymology: Ribbit and Reiterate combined - To say something again or a number or times, typically for emphasis or clarity.

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Created by: readerwriter

Pronunciation: sha-grinche

Sentence: Colin, the office manager, was such a chagrinch at the after hours Valentine's Day office party. It was customary for everyone to exchange silly cards and I love you's. Everyone knew it didn't mean a thing. But, Colin would have special liver-shaped hard candies made with phrases like " Time=$," "UR M-S 2 Clean," "Lites Off B4 leaving," "BB is watching," and "EvalU8 Off N."

Etymology: From CHAGRIN, strong feelings of annoyance + GRINCH, Dr. Seuss's miserly Scrooge

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COMMENTS:

One might chacringe from a chagrinch - silveryaspen, 2009-02-10: 17:39:00

Love it....especially since we have a guy at work with the same name who would do that!! Eerie that there are 2 of them! - Nosila, 2009-02-20: 01:49:00

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: luv - not

Sentence: Jeremy felt the loveknot starting again as Maria approached him. Every morning she would bring him his coffee at work, and perch on his desk to talk. Lately, she had started to tousle his hair and occasionally whisper the big "L" word. They had been friends for a couple of years and he was not quite sure that he felt anything more. Now, things were becoming decidely uncomfortable for Jeremy.

Etymology: Love + not + knot >>>>Love(a strong positive emotion of regard and affection) Not (negation of a word or group of words) Knot (something twisted and tight i.e. "his stomach was in knots)

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COMMENTS:

a little twisted but terrific - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-10: 10:25:00

packs emotional punch apt to the definition. Powerful word. - silveryaspen, 2009-02-10: 17:51:00

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Created by: GlobalGallery

Pronunciation: four-tee-luv

Sentence: It was fortilove at first sight. Maria was feeling uneasy after Carlos spent so much money on her. The dinner, the flowers, the limo. What was next, a ring? He made such an effort to score points and win her affections but she felt it was inappropriate. Anything more would be too much and it would be game over.

Etymology: A play on the tennis score '40-luv' where the game is over if the server scores the next point.

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COMMENTS:

Good one! - TJayzz, 2009-02-10: 14:53:00

Super clever. Great create. - silveryaspen, 2009-02-10: 17:47:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: j ill t g ill t

Sentence: she felt some jiltguilt, but remained strong in her conviction that the best he was going to be was a frog

Etymology: jilt guilt

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: Kew-Pee-Doom

Sentence: With Bob's words "I hope we remain lifetime friends", an erostaut Teresa instantly understood the shattering signifance between being in 'cupid-dom' and facing the reality of 'cupidoom'.

Etymology: Cupid: the roman god of passinate love & doom - ruin, destruction; and Cupid and dom: the realm of Cupid. Erostaut: Eros: physical love, sexual love & taut: expierencing stress or anxiety.

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: āmôrôrles

Sentence: She loved him more and more. He loved her amororless. Her love was passionate, his approximate.

Etymology: amore (love in Italian) + more or less (indifference)

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COMMENTS:

wonderful - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-10: 10:23:00

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Created by: splendiction

Pronunciation: don wan na hold yr hand

Sentence: In moments they’d be on stage! Peggy, Cindy , Joyce, Mary and Raymond, yes, Raymond, managed to secure a choice spot close to the barracade. Oh why did Raymond have to come, thought Cindy. He stood next to her, tentatively brushing the back of his hand against hers, and she felt donwannaholdhrnanded because she’d soon be screaming, “I love you John!” to her favourite Beatle. Poor Raymond, he’d be so disappointed.

Etymology: donwannaholdyrhand n or v. From the word "don't" and the famous Beatles song, "I Wanna Hold Your Hand."

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COMMENTS:

good sentence - silveryaspen, 2009-02-10: 17:46:00

Sounds like no one is going to sing "She loves you" to Raymond! - Nosila, 2009-02-11: 02:05:00

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