Verboticisms

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

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Created by: IrishAmerican

Pronunciation: nar-KAM-bu-lisum

Sentence: The survivors of the all night party stumbled into the streets, walking shades of narcambulism, off to spill coffee, drop files, and blink slowly.

Etymology: The shamble of the living undead.

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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: 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: 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: 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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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: FreakyDeak

Pronunciation: Sir-Ca-tass-troe-fee

Sentence:

Etymology: Circadian Rhythm + Catastrophe

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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: 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: 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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