Verboticisms

Created by: Sketchy

Pronunciation: walk-a-wave

Sentence: I walkawaved very quickly when I realized that was NOT Chris I was screaming at to come across the street.

Etymology: Walk, Away, Wave... "Just Walkawave"

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Created by: ShaggE

Pronunciation:

Sentence: "I thought I saw Frank, but it was just a doppelstranger."

Etymology: Doppelganger+ Stranger.

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Created by: paintergrl1313

Pronunciation: rec-on-bare-ess-ed

Sentence: I'm so reconbaresed, I thought you were someone else.

Etymology: recognized+ embaressed

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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: 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: Alchemist

Pronunciation: o-no-hell-o-PEE-uh

Sentence: I swear Jeremy has a double at this party! That's the second onohellopoeia I've had with that guy tonight, and I'm not even half drunk...

Etymology: O no! (mistaken) Hello (greeting) poeia (a derivative of Gr. "poiein", to make)

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COMMENTS:

Inspired by onomatopoeia, by any chance? - Discoveria, 2007-03-14: 04:55:00

woof! - Alchemist, 2007-03-14: 05:01:00

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Created by: bettyann9

Pronunciation: doo-fuss-trayht

Sentence: I'm such a spaz! I totally thought that dude was Jim and I dufustrated him!

Etymology: dufus-an inept or stupid person

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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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Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: how-dee-DOHNT

Sentence: Heavily jetlagged, I howdydonted half the airport before I finally found my pen pal.

Etymology: From "howdy-do", reconstruing "do" as "don't"

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Created by: PythianHabenero

Pronunciation: miss-sal-you-ate

Sentence: Alexander had a tendency to missaluate, but didn't realize how strange it was until he himself was hailed and embraced by someone he'd never seen before in his life.

Etymology: mis- + "salve", the Latin greeting + verb ending -ate

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