Verboticisms

Created by: kateinkorea

Pronunciation: MAH mah MEN teum

Sentence: The mamamentum was gaining as the president presented his ideas to his mother and she gave them her enthusiastic approval.

Etymology: MAMA: mother MOMENTUM: impetus of a non-physical process such as an idea

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: ma/teer/ee/al/i/tee

Sentence: The materealality of having a mother in law co habiting is to be forced into a perpetual state of teenage angst.

Etymology: mater (mother) + real + reality + materiality

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COMMENTS:

Interesting sentence. Your verbotomy would be a great name for a new reality show! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-21: 16:57:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: doŏrkēpər

Sentence: At first Judy saw her mother in-law as a live-in babysitter. Before too long it became clear that the role of dourkeeper was more the case. Nothing the family did escaped scrutiny.

Etymology: dour (relentlessly severe, stern, or gloomy in manner or appearance) + doorkeeper (a person on duty at the entrance to a building)

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COMMENTS:

Brings to mind the 'dower' mother in England history that was built a 'dower house' to prevent her living in their house. Good word. - silveryaspen, 2009-01-21: 17:15:00

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Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: spuh-DUE-kee (spadookied)

Sentence: It seemed like the generous and humane thing to do when Rocky let his mom-in-law move in. Although he had completely refurbished the chicken coop out back and obtained a certificate of occupancy, "Mom" was somewhat less than pleased with her new accomodations and showed NO appreciation for the high-tech Japanese mulching toilet Rocky had installed at great expense. She turned out to be a real SPADOOKIE- a perpetually present ingrate with a pathological tendency to interfere and influence events out of all proportion to her real or imagined importance. Rocky had been SPADOOKIED and the only solution to his problem was to bequeath the house to "Mom" and move far, far away..... possibly to that cozy little cottage in Tierra Del Fuego.

Etymology: SPADulous+reDOOKIE=SPADOOKIE.....SPADULOUS: prone to inflict unfortunate or negative maternal influences,to live in a totalitarian martriarchy; Middle English spaedelis, derived from Latin spudolerous-"fatally wombed", akin to Lithuanian Spaedliski "beast mother" or Middle Basque Spaedaerisk "to loathe".....REDOOKIE :to dwell with or to be perpetually afflicted, to be doomed with certainty, to relish repeated blows to the head with a blunt object; origin uncertain- probably from Sanskrit RADOEUKEE "nailed to the floor" or a corruption of Patagonian Patois DOOKEESTERE "to surrender one's tools".

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COMMENTS:

I am striving to capture the five lowest rankings in the "weekly results"....please help me. - metrohumanx, 2009-01-21: 14:49:00

woa - what an etymology!! - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-21: 16:11:00

The etymology wasn't what I expected ... it was so much better! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-21: 17:03:00

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: atum - mom

Sentence: Josie's mom was like an atombmom. Since she had lived with them, Jeff felt like he was sealed in a tomb; she questioned every move they made and wanted to know where they were at all times. If they confronted her with her smothering, bossy behavior, the "bomb" went off and she turned into a raging lunatic.....He did not know if he would survive!

Etymology: Atom Bomb + Tomb + Mom --- Atom Bomb (an explosive device in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission) Tomb (any structurally enclosed interment space or burial chamber) Mom (informal terms for a mother)

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COMMENTS:

Interesting combination of words in your etymology. Like the way you incorporated them into your sentence. - silveryaspen, 2009-01-21: 17:05:00

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Created by: readerwriter

Pronunciation: nan-uh-tek-nih-shun

Sentence: The whole country breathed a sigh of relief when they realized Malia and Sasha Obama had such a great Nannatechnician in Michelle's mother.

Etymology: A combination of Nanna, an affectionate term for a Grandmother and Technician, a person highly skilled in a field or operation. Also having fun playing with "nanotechnology."

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COMMENTS:

Sweet Create. Very nice verbotomy. - silveryaspen, 2009-01-21: 17:24:00

Great etymology, too! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-21: 17:25:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: SMUTHE-uhr-nay-tor

Sentence: Barry did his best to keep the peace in his family by not wrangling with his bossy mother in law since she provided free live in child care but under his breath he often referred to her as the 'Smothernator'.

Etymology: Blend of smother, mother with 'nator' suffix, a word play based on movie character the 'terminator'.

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COMMENTS:

Cracked me up with laughter again ... can you picture your mom-in-law with Arnold's body! Or his body with her face! Can't wait to see who you pair him with tomorrow! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-21: 17:20:00

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Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: smuh thur in law

Sentence: Shelly's mother taught her, from the time she was born, that she could not succeed at anything, without her mother's help. Even after Shelly married, Shelly was convinced she could not care for her children properly, without her mother's help, so she invited her mother to live with her and her husband. Her husband acquisced, often admitting "If mommy ain't happy, nobody ain't happy." It was his way of coping with his wife and smother-in-law.

Etymology: Smother, Mother-in-law. Smother - stifle another with to much attention and interference. Mother-in-law - the mother of your spouse.

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COMMENTS:

Some people will do anything to win! Hah! Got my vote. - readerwriter, 2009-01-21: 14:10:00

What would a Smothers Brother's mother in law be called? Left a song on Tjayzz' word - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-21: 16:13:00

Great word! Has a nice "wring" to it! - Nosila, 2009-01-22: 00:41:00

Mom always liked you best! - metrohumanx, 2009-01-22: 06:25:00

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Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Mamma-mea-near

Sentence: When Jim suggested that his mother came to live with them, Maria let out a cry of mamamianear and imagined the the chaos this would cause. Now that she had finally moved in, Maria knew that she had been right to worry as her Mother-in-law had completely taken over from day one.

Etymology: Mamamia(an Italian cry of despair) + near(close by) = Mamamianear

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funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-21: 16:06:00

Mammamianear, here I go again My my, how can I resist you? - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-21: 16:09:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: koh krabby tayt

Sentence: In fairness, the judge when passing sentence said that having cocrabbytated himself for a number of years after his marriage, he felt that matrinlawcide in these circumstances should carry A lesser sentence

Etymology: cohabitation, crabby

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COMMENTS:

nice - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-21: 16:06:00

Going to remember this one when coccrabbytating with crabby kids or spouse, too. Very useful word! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-21: 16:50:00

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