Verboticisms

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: clok - struh - fo - bee - ya

Sentence: Arlene both feared and hated the twice yearly time changes and suffered severe clockstraphobia resulting in crabbiness and irritability.

Etymology: Clock plus phobia

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COMMENTS:

Good one, Mustang, even a broken clock is right twice a day! - Nosila, 2008-03-12: 02:01:00

Terrific! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-12: 10:09:00

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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: 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: 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: 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: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: miz ow ryy

Sentence: Her mizhoury was compounded by the fact that the song the students living next door had eventually blown their speakers playing (at 4.15am) was bouncing around in her head like a hot steel ball. (any suggestions?)

Etymology: misery hour

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COMMENTS:

Rock Around the Clock? Time keeps on slippin, slippin, slippin, into the future? Wake Up, Little Snoozy? - purpleartichokes, 2008-03-12: 07:25:00

Great embedding! Good pun! Meaning full! Outstanding! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-12: 09:57:00

In-a-gadda-da-vida would do it for me - impossible to sleep through that! - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-12: 15:54:00

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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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COMMENTS:

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: FreakyDeak

Pronunciation: Sir-Ca-tass-troe-fee

Sentence:

Etymology: Circadian Rhythm + Catastrophe

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Created by: maloycsp

Pronunciation: un-sa-tis-leep-tion

Sentence: Janie was woken an hour too early by dogs barking next door. As a result of this, throughout the day she experienced unsatisleeption at being woken too early.

Etymology: Unsatisfaction + sleep

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COMMENTS:

nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-12: 15:58:00

Unique! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-13: 00:05:00

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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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