Verboticisms

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: wənvərsāshən

Sentence: According to the oneversation Jill was either planning a surprise party for her friend Nicky or the covert overthrow of Nicaragua though the latter would seem less complicated.

Etymology: one (the lowest cardinal number; half of two) + conversation (the informal exchange of ideas by spoken words)

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Created by: Kirubeza

Pronunciation: kohn-ver-ee-akt

Sentence: Having secretly eavesdropped on Melissa's side of her chat with her best friend Jane (about her recently deceased hamster, Toby), Martin completely converreacted and wholeheartedly believed that he was being rejected...

Etymology: Conversation and Overreact mashed together :)

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Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: cell-a-fOn-e

Sentence: Jill hides, listening to a cellaphoney conversation. Thinking her friends refering to her, she storms in, yelling and making a fool of herself.

Etymology: cell phone/ phoney

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Created by: Filthy

Pronunciation: i-ˈma-jən-fərn(t)s

Sentence: Quite the confabulation artist, Shirley made the imaginference that coffee had caused her daughter's allergy to rats after she overheard snippets of doctors' telephone conversations.

Etymology: imagined [ to form a mental image of (something not present) OR to form a notion of without sufficient basis] + inference [the act of passing from one proposition, statement, or judgment considered as true to another whose truth is believed to follow from that of the former].

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Created by: galwaywegian

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Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: miss con str eeves drop

Sentence: Danny always had one ear on someone else's conversation to the point that he was known as the office misconstreevesdropper.

Etymology: from misconstrue and eavesdropping

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Created by: maxxy

Pronunciation: sem-eye-cript-AHL-oh-gee

Sentence: Jim looked up as his wife hung up the phone. "What time," he sighed semicryptologically, "is your mother coming for dinner?"

Etymology: semi + cryptology

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Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: SEH-mee-fone

Sentence: Janis, an expert at semiphonics, made most of her investment decisions based upon her boss's phone conversations. Today she was in for a surprise...

Etymology: semi (half) + phone also *semaphore)

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- Alchemist, 2007-01-18: 00:34:00

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Created by: Carla

Pronunciation: wun-duh-ring

Sentence: Whenever she rang her ex, Paul would hover behind her, obsessively onedering what they were talking about.

Etymology: one + wonder + ring (to call)

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Created by: sodium

Pronunciation: ass-may-kur

Sentence: Wendy, overhearing her mother on the phone, arrived at quite a gory assmaker.

Etymology: from "assume = make an ASS out of U and ME"

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