Verboticisms

Created by: Jamagra

Pronunciation: rem'/e/ree

Sentence: Quentin emerged from his REMerie with a crick in his neck and keyboard indentations on his forehead. He hoped these would both disappear before his 1:00 meeting with Les, otherwise he would have to bear another round of "QWERTY Quentin" jokes.

Etymology: REM - (rapid eye movement during sleep) + reverie (a state of abstracted musing)

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COMMENTS:

Unique etymology and word! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-12: 09:55:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: drouzē

Sentence: Spring forward is certainly not how Cindy feels every year when daylight-saving time is implemented. One hour shouldn’t mean that much but don’t tell Cindy that. She isn’t listening. If she is awake at all the best response you can expect is a yawn.

Etymology: drowsy (sleepy and lethargic; half asleep) + zzzzz (sleeping)

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: zees/zher

Sentence: Every March when daylight savings time takes away an hour of sleep, Colleen's body goes into a zzzszure for about a week until she adjusts to the new time zone.

Etymology: zzzs - sleep; seizure - breakdown, deprivation

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COMMENTS:

very clever - petaj, 2008-03-12: 04:40:00

Great Pun! Great Word! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-12: 10:10:00

Zizzonked! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-12: 16:41:00

I snorted at this word! - arrrteest, 2008-03-12: 20:43:00

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Created by: arrrteest

Pronunciation: sohm-nam-bih-toess-iss

Sentence: Edward was blind and deaf to the snickers as he walked past the bevy of cubicles on the way to the coffee machine. "Watch out, don't get in his way," a co-worker warned a newbie who was about to fix Ed's collar. "He's suffering from somnambitosis." It was then everyone looked up at the office clock that had not yet been set one hour ahead.

Etymology: somnamb, sleepwalk + it +osis, state of a medical condition

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COMMENTS:

Great Originality! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-12: 10:04:00

I wondered what the collective term for "cubicle" was. Thanks! - stache, 2008-03-12: 21:22:00

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Created by: Biscotti

Pronunciation: ow-er-glas-sin-drome

Sentence: Vicki had horrible hourglassyndrome after using that extra hour to party instead of sleep. Too bad it was spring and she actually lost an hour; needless to say she was several hours late to work the next day.

Etymology: hourglass + syndrome (illness)

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COMMENTS:

Great Etymology! Nice figuring! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-13: 00:07:00

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Created by: stache

Pronunciation: när'kə-lāp'sē

Sentence: Gertrude blearily stumbled toward the coffee bar. She needed a "Big-Gulp-"sized shot of expresso to assuage her narcolapsy.

Etymology: narcolepsy + lapse

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great word Stache - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-12: 15:58:00

Thanks! We yanks have to really strain; the Europeans get to cherry-pick while we slumber. - stache, 2008-03-12: 21:14:00

Great choice of words ... Witty ... Wonderful verboticism! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-13: 00:09:00

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Created by: picabomama

Pronunciation: spring/for/lorn

Sentence: For days, Kelly was unable to get herself out of bed. The laundry piled up and her toddler began bouncing off the walls at all hours. Even without an early morning destination, they had become springforlorn and struggled to adjust to daylight savings time.

Etymology: a play on "Spring Forward", + forlorn - meaning miserable

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COMMENTS:

Different angle! Unique word play! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-12: 12:01:00

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: sixty-min-you-tinny

Sentence: When the ticking clock at the end of the program started up, Glenda realised that her sixtyminutony had saved her from listening to Steve Kroft (Richard Carlton for Australian players) droning on. She wiped the drool from her chin and counted her blessings for missing an hour's sleep the night before. No offense to Steve Kroft, never even heard of him before, but thought I'd better find a 60 Minutes reporter that most verbotomists would be familiar with.

Etymology: sixty minutes + catatonia

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COMMENTS:

Your etymology fooled me! Thought the second word was going to be mutiny ... a rebellion against DST. Great idea and etymology! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-12: 10:00:00

Richard's zeditorials were often legendary. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-12: 16:38:00

Mutiny would have been great - but I'm a DST supporter - wish we had it in Queensland. I should have got monotony in there too. - petaj, 2008-03-13: 03:37:00

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Created by: youmustvotenato

Pronunciation: snooze-i-side

Sentence: Daylight savings time--spent the day snoozicided.

Etymology: snooze; suicide

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Created by: FreakyDeak

Pronunciation: Sir-Ca-tass-troe-fee

Sentence:

Etymology: Circadian Rhythm + Catastrophe

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