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: Marharyta

Pronunciation: The stress is on the first syllable. The last one is not accentuated, but, ob the contrary, is rather blured, for this word is mostly used by extremely busy people of the so-called A personality type (like myself).

Sentence: - What was the last consultation like& - OK. I could semiphel the usual seasonal depression. Of course, I did give him the necessary support through the secind part of the call, but it was more of the same, really. - I wish you did bot rely on your usual semiphels too much, but were attentive during the whole conversation. Perhaps there were unnoticed suicidal tendencies! - Oh no, he told me he was used to phone consultations during what he named ' his autumn spleens'...

Etymology: The first part of the word is a usual and obvious sem-- meaning half in many other words. As for the second part of the word, it combines tele- and -phone. This combination is used for the sake of brevity, but was developed quite naturally by people who, when in a hurry, would come up with 'word versions' like pheletone. The Freudian interpretation is being examined...

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COMMENTS:

I wonder if the conversation can be counted as a sebtence. But I wanted to exemplify both meanings of the word. - Marharyta, 2009-08-22: 06:08:00

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Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: pre-joo-kloo-sjin

Sentence: Doug went off on some prejuclusion because he didn't have the facts.

Etymology: portmanteau of "prejudice" and "conclusion"

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: bīəläg

Sentence: Drawing conclusions from a bialog of an overheard phone call can be as difficult as doing a dot-to-dot puzzle using only the even numbers.

Etymology: Bisect (divide in two [half]) + dialog (conversation between two or more people)

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: miss-call-cue-lay-shun

Sentence: he burst out of the bedroom wearing nothing but a christmas hat only to find her whole family in the room sipping warm cocoa....obviously he'd made a massive miscallculation

Etymology: call, miscalculation

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COMMENTS:

This part is just perfect for Hugh Grant ... lovely! - egonschiela, 2007-01-18: 10:36:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: tel haf fone heer

Sentence: Sid usually got the gists of telephone conversations he heard wrong. He would tellhalfonehear one thing when the opposite was actually what was said.

Etymology: Telephone (transmitting speech at a distance) & Teel (say) & Half (partially) & Hear (listen/pay attention)

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Created by: MrBlack

Pronunciation: Tel-e-vok-si-play-shun

Sentence: We cater to most of the casual spy arts here; windowatching, earwalling, and televoxiplation

Etymology:

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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: hamburgerman

Pronunciation: par - tump - shin

Sentence: the man created a partumption based on half of his mothers phone conversation.

Etymology: part + assumption = partumption

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COMMENTS:

no comment - hamburgerman, 2009-08-21: 07:39:00

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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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COMMENTS:

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

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