Verboticisms

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: on te pren owe pen eyed

Sentence: he lay entreprenopeneyed, replaying marketing pitches for his ear divot pillows.

Etymology: entrepreneur, open eyed.

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Created by: moltentim

Pronunciation: rest/less/sep/shun

Sentence: Bob had a restlessception and couldn't fall asleep for the rest of the night.

Etymology: restless + conception (idea)

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: for/tee/th/inks

Sentence: He was restless, sleep deprived and in the state of fortythinks, filled with the brilliant ideas on how he was going to become a partner in the firm at 29 years of age.

Etymology: fortywinks + thinks

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COMMENTS:

clever - Jabberwocky, 2007-04-09: 12:16:00

Very clever indeed. - ErWenn, 2007-04-09: 22:47:00

Oh, that's so very clever. - jedijawa, 2007-04-09: 23:46:00

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Created by: josje

Pronunciation: eureka thought

Sentence: i dont want to go to sleep i´ve just got an eurekathought.

Etymology: thinking and eureka.

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Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: thought o lepsy

Sentence: thoughtolepsy struck Edward like 3 shots of espresso taken intravenously.

Etymology: from narcolepsy a sleep disorder and thought.

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Created by: Ellemorpheus

Pronunciation: Hi-poth-el-ogg

Sentence: Her hypothelogue caused her to wake up late the next morning and miss her big meeting.

Etymology: Hypothe-hypothesis logue- monologue (conversation with oneself)

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Created by: TheMagnetik

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Created by: PythianHabenero

Pronunciation: in-som-ni-pi-fa-nee

Sentence: Annette suffered an insomnipiphany and was unable to sleep the rest of the night.

Etymology: insomnia + epiphany

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Created by: suzanne

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Lasr night I had a somnabullshit bout how to solve global warming using papaya

Etymology: Somna meaning sleep (Lat) bullshit meaning something that sounds good but has no basis in reality.

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: in som nee a ha

Sentence: It's like Wayne's brain was frozen all day, but when he did get brilliant ideas, it was just before he was getting ready to sleep. Then he would get his insomniaha moment. He finally learned to write these brain revolutions down, as inevitably he would be so tired the next day that he would forget his inspirations. That's when he would get amnesiaohnooooo!

Etymology: Insomnia (an inability to sleep) & Aha (expression used to describe triumph, surprise or "I get it!")

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