Verboticisms

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /tri-'byük/

Sentence: Words may never hurt him, but with all his tribuking, words couldn't really help him either.

Etymology: From tribute + rebuke

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COMMENTS:

nice! - wordmeister, 2007-01-19: 10:57:00

Thanks. - ErWenn, 2007-01-21: 00:34:00

Oh, I like that one! Very catchy, rolls off the tongue JUST right.:) - PolishedAmethyst, 2007-01-21: 03:19:00

Thanks to you too, PA. - ErWenn, 2007-01-21: 10:56:00

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Created by: SydneyNFox

Pronunciation: SWER-V-U-LEH-J-IZE

Sentence: When i was elected prom Queen, I found it difficult to swerveulogize peoples comments.

Etymology: Swerve: Old english swerorfan- to turn away eulogize: Greek eulogia- praise; good or fine language

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Created by: meganhardy

Pronunciation: mal-zee-dah

Sentence: Bob tried to give Megan a compliment but she malzedad it because he was a big creep.

Etymology: Mal- bad Zeda- zeda

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COMMENTS:

LOOOOOOOOOVE it - meganhardy, 2013-09-30: 14:59:00

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Created by: DrDurrer

Pronunciation: med-e-con-she-us

Sentence: she was medoconcious of her looks and therefore never dressed to impress.

Etymology: medi- average concious- how one feels about themselves

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Created by: danboaz

Pronunciation: com-pli-men-tal

Sentence: any time Sunsan recieved the slightest bit of praise she went completely complimental

Etymology: compliment + mental

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COMMENTS:

Hey Dan, Excellent! Oops... Hope you don't go complimental. - wordmeister, 2007-01-19: 09:57:00

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Created by: Psychicsi

Pronunciation: nok-bak-off

Sentence: Mandy had to knockbackoff another of her party guests. Yes she was pretty, but she didnt want to come accross as easy.

Etymology: From knock-back (to reject something) and back-off

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Created by: DeanHildner

Pronunciation: Ser-kum-tot-uh-praise

Sentence: Donna circumtotapraised the compliment Brian gave her.

Etymology: Circum- around tot- all; whole praise- praise

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Created by: maxxy

Pronunciation: PRAYZ-blok

Sentence: Jim tried to tell his wife how much he admired her skill at parenting. But Sue, suspecting an ulterior motive, praiseblocked him.

Etymology: praise + block

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Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: dis-d-mis

Sentence: She thought he must be being sarcastic about her new hairstyle. In that, she was a classic dissedmiss.

Etymology: diss + miss (failure to hit the mark)

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COMMENTS:

:) - galwaywegian, 2011-01-11: 15:11:00

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Created by: PolishedAmethyst

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Brent paid Angie a compliment, but as usual, she igmired him, wanting to hear more about how beautiful she is.

Etymology: Ignore, admire

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COMMENTS:

Thanks to all who voted for any words I submitted (yeah, I'm a noob). If only they could issue more points for me to vote with...there are so many great entries. It's hard to vote knowing that you only have two to work with. Something that may give some of you a kick: I went to work with a few words you have entered and we are using them in regular conversation - how funny! And yes, of course I gave you credit. ;) - PolishedAmethyst, 2007-01-21: 03:14:00

Yeah, sometimes I feel it'd be nice if we could rank them instead of voting, but there are often too many. At least we get to vote for two. - ErWenn, 2007-01-21: 10:55:00

I'm curious, which ones have you managed to slip into conversation, and how much did you have to explain yourself? - ErWenn, 2007-01-21: 10:55:00

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