Verboticisms

Created by: w5lf9s

Pronunciation: demee.diuce

Sentence: "You heard what she said and you know who she was talking to - surely you can demiduce the rest!"

Etymology: from "demi" - half and "deduce" - derive logically

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COMMENTS:

this is good! - wordmeister, 2007-02-09: 09:50:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: dy al log

Sentence: Eddie knew by the diallog that his wife Pat was having on the phone that they had already been selected for a free Bahamas cruise. Okay, all they had to do was pay for their airfare and expenses to fly from home to Miami and they would be liable for their hotel room and all other costs, but they had won a free trip!! I mean, how often could that happen???

Etymology: Dial (what used to be on telephones) & log (a record of messages sent or received), Wordplay on Dialogue (a conversation between two persons)

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Created by: whimsy

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Grievesdropping on his girlfriend's conversation only made him more paranoid than he already was.

Etymology: grieve + eavesdrop

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: bee - willd - hurd

Sentence: Jeremy was bewilheard after he listened in on Josiah's phone conversation. Because he only heard half of the dialog, he came to some strange conclusions.

Etymology: bewildered, heard

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COMMENTS:

Bewilderado... - Nosila, 2009-08-21: 12:38:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: hem-eh-sneer

Sentence: Willard would often listen to his wife Wanda as she would chat with her pals on the phone and more often than not he would hemisneer at what he perceived the gist of the conversation to be.

Etymology: Blend of prefix 'hemi' (half) and 'sneer' ( smile or speak in a contemptuous or mocking manner)

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Created by: ubgrud

Pronunciation: ov-er-less-on

Sentence: "It's just so matted," she said, stroking the carpet with her foot. "She hates my hair," I overlessoned.

Etymology: overlisten, lesson

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: heer hur say

Sentence: Phonecia talked to her friends and relations constantly on the phone. George, who had neither friends nor relations, could not do the same. Therefore he tended to listen in on those half conversations and got his exercise jumping to conclusions. He always incorrectly assumed they were discussing him. He was half right. Especially the night he overheard Phonecia talking to her cousin, Vinny, who was an exterminator. Although it was hearhersay, George was pretty sure the pest control solution was meant for him. And he was right...RAID!

Etymology: Hearsay (heard through another rather than directly;gossip;assumption) & Hear Her Say (Hear a woman say, as opposed to hear what she hears).

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Created by: mdschermer

Pronunciation: fohn-JEK-cher

Sentence: After eavesdropping on the conversations his roommate had on his cell, he phonejectured that the guy and his friends were planning to blow up faculty, while they were actually planning a surprise party.

Etymology: "phone" from telephone + "conjecture", inference or judgment based on inconclusive or incomplete evidence.

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COMMENTS:

Good! - wordmeister, 2007-01-18: 07:49:00

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Created by: kyotonils

Pronunciation:

Sentence: He caveclutched that I was talking to Jen about our relationship when I was actually updating her about my sick hamster.

Etymology: Reaching haphazardly for understanding in a poorly-lit cave.

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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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