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: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: spring-ah-hag-gurd

Sentence: Daylight Savings Time always left Alice springahaggard. This year, she poured her coffee directly into the sugar bowl, washed her hair with shaving cream, and ate a tasty bowl of Kibbles 'N' Bits for breakfast.

Etymology: spring ahead, haggard

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COMMENTS:

Poor Alice! You sure took her out of Wonderland into Springahaggard Land! Kudos to your mind for dreaming up that sentence! Great Word! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-12: 09:53:00

funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-12: 15:55:00

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Created by: libertybelle

Pronunciation: ow-err-zaw-st-shun

Sentence: It was clear to everyone in Sunday mass that Gina not only slept in to make up daylight saving time, but her ensemble of last nights curlers and her church dress were telling signs of her hourxaustion.

Etymology: hour + exhaustion

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COMMENTS:

Good one! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-12: 10:15:00

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Created by: FreakyDeak

Pronunciation: Sir-Ca-tass-troe-fee

Sentence:

Etymology: Circadian Rhythm + Catastrophe

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: nap/end/ek/tomy

Sentence: To have one hour of sleep ripped heartlessly out of your schedule is to have a nappendectomy.

Etymology: nap + appendectomy

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COMMENTS:

Love it! - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-12: 08:28:00

Such a wide spread condition! I feel the same as you do in your sentence! Great create! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-12: 10:13:00

Stop cutting into my sleep. Nice wor...zzzz. ! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-03-12: 16:43:00

ouch. - stache, 2008-03-12: 21:20:00

so funny! - diyan627, 2008-03-15: 11:21:00

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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: Tigger

Pronunciation: /NAP-ee-ou-er/

Sentence: Every year, after the Daylight Savings Time shift, Barbara would experience a bout of nappyhour, the lethargy brought on by missing an hour of 'sleepy time.' It was more of a psychological factor, and combined with the longer hours of sunlight, she never felt fully rested until she got that hour back once Daylight Savings Time ended, several months later.

Etymology: Play on the term 'Happy hour': Nappy - baby speak for 'nap' (from Middle High German, napfen "to sleep") + hour - sixty minutes (from Greek, hōrā "time")

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COMMENTS:

Great word Tigger! Sincerely, "Barbara" - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-12: 08:37:00

So appealing to the child in our hearts! Darling creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-12: 10:02:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: owr buck el

Sentence: Ode to the Hourbuckle... The inventor should be rapped on the knuckle, If not so sad, it would make you chuckle, Every year at this time, life is in a muckle, Thanks to Daylight Savings we all get Hourbuckle! Alarms and computers and your clock radio phone, Time clocks, cuckoos and watches are changed with a moan, It even affects our sleep and the Dow Jones, But my car clock stays stuck in another time zone!

Etymology: hour (clock time equal to 1/24th of a day) & buckle (fold or collapse)

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COMMENTS:

Ha! We must drive the same model car. - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-12: 07:27:00

Perfect blend of nonsense and great sense in your fine rhyme! Meaning full word! Wonderful won! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-12: 10:08:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: hin der som nee yah

Sentence: Tyred Banks was someone who needed her full 8 hours per night of sleep. When deprived her personality changed. Many things gave her hindersomnia: stress;DST;Nick at Nite;cute dates;what happens to bugs in winter;economic worries. She was a Worrier Woman. But Tyred would probably have been the same early morning grouch no matter what until she got her first caffeine blitz, then life would be sweet...for everyone.

Etymology: Hinder (hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of) & (IN)somnia (an inability to sleep; chronic sleeplessness;assuming somnia means ability to sleep)

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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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