Verboticisms

Created by: Bulletchewer

Pronunciation: hayull-fayull

Sentence: Her dramatic hailfail caused her so much embarrassment, she spent the next ten minutes apologizing and trying to explain away the crippling shame.

Etymology: From "hail" meaning to greet and "fail".

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COMMENTS:

Works well as both noun and verb, and rolls off the tongue. Kudos. - mplsbohemian, 2007-03-14: 23:42:00

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: random act of blindness

Sentence: Just as well Shelly had a superiority complex, as her randomactsofblindness meant that a lot of strangers thought she was totally nuts.

Etymology: random act of kindness (this could conceivable involve loud friendly greetings to randomly met strangers) + blind (not being able to see who you are really talking to)

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Created by: chatty

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: not-you-tay-shuns

Sentence: ever since she lost her glasses she was the queen of greetings and notyoutations

Etymology: not you, salutations

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COMMENTS:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!! - Sed8ed, 2007-03-14: 04:55:00

If you wrote about these in a diary would they be annotyoutations - petaj, 2007-03-15: 06:54:00

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Created by: Sed8ed

Pronunciation: mis-i-dent-e-highs

Sentence: It's always embarassing when you loudly misidentihigh a complete stranger.

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Created by: DavidLMyers

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COMMENTS:

The combination of being flustered and feeling frustrated. - DavidLMyers, 2007-03-14: 15:39:00

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Created by: chercherlalun

Pronunciation: dop pel hi

Sentence: I thought I was going up to Bobby to give him a hug, only to find myself giving a doppelhi to a sweaty guy.

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Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: D'oh!-shal-lyse

Sentence: It was a long day for Michelle when she forgot to put her contact lenses in - she dohcialised half of the people in the street, and kept seeing her friends' faces in the crowds.

Etymology: D'OH! (Homer Simpson) + socialise

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COMMENTS:

excellent! - galwaywegian, 2007-03-14: 06:15:00

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Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: greet-slip

Sentence: Joana had a greetslip as she asked Fred up for tea; but now they are living together, so it all sorted itself out nicely.

Etymology: greeting - to welcome. + slipup - accident

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COMMENTS:

I like it! - jedijawa, 2007-03-15: 06:50:00

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Created by: deannewby

Pronunciation: Hello-Oh-No

Sentence: I did a classic helloono yesterday, I was walking down the road and I saw Fred, shouted hello, and realised that it wasn't him - the man looked at me and crossed over to the other side of the road.

Etymology: Hello, for the greeting. O, for the realisation. No, for the embarrassment.

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