Verboticisms

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: rap/day/vu

Sentence: Whenever he wanted to let her know that they should sneak away he would rapdezvous

Etymology: rap + rendezvous

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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: allwise

Pronunciation: ko-deit

Sentence: They said they were just a team, but everybody could sense Dave and Ann was codating; the way they snickered when they talked, how they appeared at work at the same time every day and of course the strange sounds from the locked copying-room.

Etymology: code + dating/ co-working

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Created by: ekath

Pronunciation: ah-sew-see-ah-mitt-al

Sentence: The boss doesn't know they're associamittal. If he finds out, they'll be in... separate doghouses.

Etymology: from associates + committal

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: seks purr an toh

Sentence: Their thinly coded sexperanto fooled no one and caused many colleagues to vomit, especially when they arranged for their friends Peter and Ginnie to meet for lunch

Etymology: sex esperanto

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COMMENTS:

A language one could be fluid in... - Nosila, 2011-02-10: 01:09:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: ədôrəbabəl

Sentence: John and Jill (she apparently dumped Jack) are just the cutest couple. They are slightly embarrassed to talk about their intimacy so they speak in adorababble sounding ever so much like a couple of toddlers.

Etymology: adorable (inspiring great affection) + babble (talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way)

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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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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: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: li/bee/doh/voe/cal

Sentence: Colleagues thought Ricky and Martin were involved in heavy financial negotiations when they were really 'livin' libidovocal.

Etymology: libido + vocal + La Vida Loca

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COMMENTS:

Buena! - Nosila, 2011-02-09: 22:33:00

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Created by: paintergrl1313

Pronunciation:

Sentence: that couples langualove doesn't cover their relationship very well.

Etymology: Language + love = Langualove

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