Verboticisms

Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Grimm-proov-mant

Sentence: Since taking the home improvement course at her local college, Jenny couldn't wait to try out her new found skills in her own home, but when her husband saw the new lime green paint job in the lounge he thought it was more like a grimprovement.

Etymology: Grim(depressing, unappealing) + Improvement(The action of improving or improved, to make something better than it was) =Grimprovement

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COMMENTS:

good word..grimpressive - Nosila, 2008-05-15: 01:54:00

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: bad-er-ment

Sentence: The government's social engineering activities were well intentioned but ended up for the badderment of all. It was really more like woeful engineering.

Etymology: bad + betterment

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COMMENTS:

Good one! - Mustang, 2008-05-15: 21:47:00

Oh, this word works nicely! Good job. - Tigger, 2008-05-15: 23:33:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: fal/tur/cay/shun

Sentence: The alteration quickly became a faltercation once the bandages came off in the doctor's office.

Etymology: alter + falter + the ensuing altercation

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COMMENTS:

Sounds like some of my home improvement projects. lol - Mustang, 2008-05-15: 21:46:00

Excellent blend! - Tigger, 2008-05-15: 23:31:00

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Created by: youmustvotenato

Pronunciation: miss-repair

Sentence: With clippers in hand, I began cutting my hair. I kept having to "fix" my mistakes and soon enough, my hair was in misrepair.

Etymology: mistaken; repair

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Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: Ad/wurs/itee

Sentence: They suffered further adworsity when the contractor hung the windows upsidedown.

Etymology: add + worse + adversity

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: ree - MUDL

Sentence: Wilford had set out to completely redesign and redo the interior of his home but lacking proper skills and experience his effort turned out to be a hideous remuddle rather than the upgrade he had envisioned.

Etymology: Blend of remodel and muddle...to mix up in a confused or bungling manner

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COMMENTS:

excellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-15: 11:41:00

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Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /bad-VANS-mehnt/

Sentence: It seems that each new elected politician is a badvancement on the last one. Although they promise improvement after improvement, and all sorts of advancements, things keep going from bad to worse.

Etymology: Bad - of poor or inferior quality; defective (of uncertain origin; meaning of "defective or inferior" first recorded around 1300 AD) + Advancement - a forward step; an improvement (from Old French, avancer "move forward")

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: wim proov ment

Sentence: When Cathy met Todd in High School, he was a brawny fellow, but lacking in refinement. Ten years later, they were wed, had 2 kids and Todd was now a big pudding of a man who was so whipped and broken by the demanding Cathy. She considered Todd her greatest wimprovement.

Etymology: Wimp (a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy) & Improvement (betterment;change;progress)

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: re-MUD-l

Sentence: Simpson had set out to completely redesign and redo the interior of his home but lacking proper skills and experience his effort turned out to be a hideous remuddle rather than the upgrade he had envisioned.

Etymology: Blend of 'remodel' (redo or makeover) and 'muddle' (to mix up in a confused or bungling manner)

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Created by: scissorlips

Pronunciation: roo in stall a shun

Sentence: Everyone hopes that they are bettering themselves by working out, but it is often the case that the habit becomes a ruinstallation of muscles and inflexibility.

Etymology: ruin: a disintegration, either physical, moral, social, or economic. + installation: to equip something or someone

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