Verboticisms

Created by: Mobelia

Pronunciation:

Sentence: They chatted briefly in front of their colleagues about the temperature of the coffee, but it was mere jabberstraction from the rising heat between them.

Etymology: From: Jabber meaning to chat Distraction meaning to confuse and divert attention

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COMMENTS:

Good! I wonder what jabberwocky thinks about this? - wordmeister, 2007-02-16: 00:18:00

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: for-ni-crip-tic

Sentence: Fred and Ethel's fornicryptic explanation of their impromptu mailroom meeting fooled no one, especially after we saw the huge love bite on Ethel's neck. She blushed and said that a package fell off the shelf and darn near killed her. Good thing Fred was there to give her mouth to mouth recusitation.

Etymology: fornicate: unmarried sex + cryptic: having a hidden meaning; put into a secret language or code

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COMMENTS:

It was an unforntunate accident... - Nosila, 2009-09-08: 16:42:00

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: am - or - thus - sor - us

Sentence: When Jenny and Clyde were around, I had to consult the amorthesaurus in order to understand their language. Their conversation was rife with hidden amorous meaning.

Etymology: amorous (Inclined to love; having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment), thesaurus (A publication, usually in the form of a book, that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms) for the words of a given language)

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COMMENTS:

Love amorthesaurus...sounds like a love-lorn dinosaur! - Nosila, 2009-09-08: 16:41:00

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Created by: bailandi

Pronunciation:

Sentence: "Oh man, did you hear Tom and Mary at the office yesterday, I thought they were talking about work but when I listened closely, it was more obfuscationshipspeak than anything else!"

Etymology: Using the word Obfuscate, meaning to make unclear and relationship, to indicate it's between two people. adding "speak" to indicate a new type of language comes from Orwell's 1984.

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Created by: wordnerd

Pronunciation: snee-ki-tee-us

Sentence: Those two are suffering from sneakitius!

Etymology:

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Created by: sodium

Pronunciation: boof-uhm-iz-uhm

Sentence: Karen and Walter said that they were just coworkers on very good terms with each other, but the way that they touched each other's derrières suggested that they were giving me boofemisms.

Etymology: euphemism (a word used in place of a more vulgar word) + boof (a certain kinky sexual act)

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COMMENTS:

- purpleartichokes, 2007-02-13: 14:14:00

Nice sounding word. (running to dictionary to look up "boof") - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-13: 14:21:00

try the urban dictionary (urbandictionary.com) - sodium, 2007-02-14: 11:45:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: seks i kon

Sentence: Barry & Meredith had fallen in love at work. Since fraternization was frowned upon,and they were both partnered with others, they had to develop their own "Code of Conduct", to allow themselves stolen moments at work. It was their sexicon. "Catching up with my filing", in the filing room had a whole new meeting. As did "getting supplies" and "doing a donut run". But their greatest fears were realized when "going to the reproduction centre" became true.

Etymology: Sex (all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses; activities associated with sexual intercourse)& Lexicon (a language user's knowledge of words; a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them)

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Created by: babel

Pronunciation: flur-tiv

Sentence: Anna knew John only wore his pink glasses when he was feeling particularly flurtive

Etymology: flirt+furtive

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: sinyoōendō

Sentence: They had only been dating for a couple of days but they already have developed an entire vocabulary of sinnuendo. They can get each other charged up with the most common of phrases. It’s gotten to the point that that many in the office are uncomfortable if they speak to each other at all.

Etymology: sin (an immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law) + innuendo (an allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one)

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COMMENTS:

in you end? Oh! great word - galwaywegian, 2011-02-09: 07:31:00

Beats youth in Asia... - artr, 2011-02-10: 12:09:00

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /'trist-"sI-f&r/

Sentence: Despite their careful trystcipher, all of Peter's friends knew he was sleeping with Thelma.

Etymology: From tryst + cipher

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COMMENTS:

I could do better, but I'm tired and the late bird catches no votes. - ErWenn, 2007-02-13: 08:14:00

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