Verboticisms

Created by: Hjason

Pronunciation: ig-noi-ser

Sentence: They are such an ignoiser that unless we are talking about how wonderful they are, they simply ignoise us.

Etymology: ignore+noise+poser

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: nar sis stat tis tik

Sentence: No wonder there are so many distracted driving laws and lawsuits against people too stupid to concentrate on what they are doing and act safely. Take Penny, who merrily walked into the path of a car on the street, oblivious due to her wearing her earpads, listening to fluffy pop music. The driver of the car lost control to avoid her, flipped over and went to Heaven. Penny herself narrowly avoided becoming another narcisstatistic and still doesn't know it!

Etymology: Narcississtic (characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance) & Statistic (a datum that can be represented numerically)

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Created by: microwavedboy

Pronunciation: Ob-live-i-pod

Sentence: She didn't notice the traffic swarming around her - she was a complete oblivipod.

Etymology: Oblivious. Ipod.

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: ītoōnd

Sentence: Joyce is completely iTuned. If anything does not effect her directly or is not about her, she isn\\\'t interested. If any of her few friends try to tell her about their lives, she just iTunes them out. She refuses to use FaceBook because postings by others show up there and wastes her time. She preferrs to Tweet even though she has trouble understanding why more people haven\'t subscribed to her account.

Etymology: I (pronoun: first person singular) + tuned (adjust a receiver circuit such as a radio or television to the frequency of the required signal) + itunes (iTunes is a proprietary digital media player application, used for playing and organizing digital music and video files)

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Created by: ce0brb

Pronunciation: Zomb-i-plod

Sentence: Mildred was zombiplodding around without a care in the world

Etymology: Zombie & Plodding & an "i" for good measure.

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Created by: ahwinters

Pronunciation: "eye-toon-owt"

Sentence: On stressful Subway rides, Glenda would often ituneout.

Etymology: iTunes, tune out

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Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: ob li vee meuse

Sentence: florence had a moment of complete oblivimuse until frank tapped her on the shoulder because she was singing out of key

Etymology: from being oblivious and amused by something

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: obb-SESS-eh-brayt

Sentence: Melanie is a totally self absorbed person who will ignore the needs or feelings of others and her worst annoying habit it obsessebrating when her favorite tunes are playing and will have the volume turned as high as it will go.

Etymology: Blend of 'obsessed' (To preoccupy the mind of excessively) and 'celebrate' (publicly acknowledge (a significant or happy day or event) with a social gathering or enjoyable activity)

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Created by: EonaFrae

Pronunciation: in-two-nent

Sentence: With the music blaring and her arms shaking, Rebecca's intunent energy was contagious.

Etymology: In [prefix: in, into] + Tune [a succession of musical sounds forming a melody] + Ent [suffix: full of]

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Created by: highwireart

Pronunciation: O-bli-va-pod-ing

Sentence: The spreadsheet was due by the end of the day and oblivapoding was the only way it was going to get done.

Etymology: Oblivious=The only existance is you and your world. Viva=To live IPod=Preserves sanity in a cubicle office environment

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