Verboticisms

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: 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: 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: bigveg

Pronunciation: bug-ou-rd

Sentence: boss: why do you have little square imprints all over your face? have you been sleeping on your keyboard again? employee: sorry boss, but a tree fell through my roof at 6am and i'm bugghoured!

Etymology: buggered: exhausted; worn out - hour

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COMMENTS:

Witty! Funny! Clever! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-12: 12:03:00

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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: 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: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: hi-b'-RITH-uh m

Sentence: I can’t help it - it must be imprinted in my DNA- for at the end of winter each year my hiberhythms swing hourly. My dossitude, my workmates say, is tiresome and my wife tells me that, because of my zedginess, she will no longer sleep with me. I've tried to put the matter "to bed", but my shrink tells me that I'm only getting 37.5 winks.

Etymology: HIBERHYTHM: blend of HIBERnation:sleep, slumber, drowse esp in winter& RHYTHM, as in bio-rhythm - cycle, flow, movement, both negatively& postively. DOSSITUDE: doss, lassitude & attitude.ZEDGINESS: Zeds as sleep & edginess; nervous & irritability.

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COMMENTS:

Great last line in your sentence! Excellent triplets again! - silveryaspen, 2008-03-12: 09:47:00

very nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-03-12: 15:56:00

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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: 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: 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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