Verboticisms

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: krip/toe/lust

Sentence: Their cryptolust comments raised suspicions among the secretaries, leading to rumours that the two were definitely "involved".

Etymology: cryptic + lust

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Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: lib/ee/do/lex/i/con

Sentence: His low-profile libidolexicon didn't fool his colleagues one iota since they had just finished decoding his first version better known as the "goo-goo glossary".

Etymology: libido + lexicon

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: what us eeee

Sentence: their use of whatusi was wearing thin, he had already allegedly helped her remove something from her eye twelve times that week.

Etymology: wha us? watusi

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Created by: dancemonkey

Pronunciation: In-FAT-Chew-Speak

Sentence: Katie and Arnold's infatuspeak got annoying, especially since the entire office knew what they'd done in the break room.

Etymology: From the noun infatuation and the verb to speak. Like you needed that explanation.

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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: artr

Pronunciation: sek-spluh-ney-shuhn

Sentence: When the Marketing Director and the Sales Director were caught in the supply closet together they had to come up with a quick sexplanation. Nobody really believed that they were looking for white-board markers.

Etymology: sex (coitus) + explanation (a mutual declaration of the meaning of words spoken, actions, motives, etc)

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Created by: josje

Pronunciation: no fase

Sentence: We will be together but now we are in a nofase.

Etymology: no and fase.

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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: Alchemist

Pronunciation: BANG-slang

Sentence: "I gotta go help Marie with her costume," said Trent, nervously edging toward the stage door. "Man, don't give me that bangslang stuff. Everyone in the cast knows you been boinking her since opening night."

Etymology: Bang (euphimism for sex) + slang (Language peculiar to a group; figures of speech that are deliberately used in place of standard terms)

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COMMENTS:

HA! Funny sentence too! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-13: 06:58:00

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: luv-er-cuv-er

Sentence: in order to organise where they were going to hook up after the work function they needed to apply some lovercover

Etymology: from the italian 'loverco' and the french 'ver'...both of which mean 'to attempt to build a sand castle with dry sand'... so clearly this word is inappropriate

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COMMENTS:

I LOVE the etymology! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-13: 19:09:00

super etymology, and bonus for rhyming!! - Alchemist, 2007-02-13: 19:13:00

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