Verboticisms

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: nob liv ee yon

Sentence: When Olivia hit the volume button on her ipod, she managed to enter her own little world, unaware of anything around her. She created a world of knoblivion, where nothing else existed but her. It was during this state of knoblivion that she failed to notice the red sports car that barely missed her and had to swerve into a big tree, flipping over the vehicle and trapping the driver. Calamities to others followed her until one day, she ignored the warning bells and the 4:15 downtown bus punched her ticket permanently.

Etymology: Knob (dial;button that controls volume) & Oblivion (forgetfulness;a state of being unaware)

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: empēfrē

Sentence: Brenda listens to music to the exclusion of all else. Her friends call her oblivious. She prefers MPfree.

Etymology: A play on MP3 music players

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Created by: Chistinalove

Pronunciation: mc hill ton

Sentence: She was too busy being michilton that she didn't see her boyfriend and me leaving the restaurant.

Etymology: to mimic paris hilton

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Created by: durananrananran

Pronunciation: Din-SOO-late

Sentence: So she could focus on her yoga, Jane dinsulated herself from the traffic accident outside with a bit of Bon Jovi. Jane never joins in the conversation, she's always dinsulating.

Etymology: portmanteau of din and insulate

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Created by: vishalrix

Pronunciation:

Sentence: From the day she got her first ipod, her parents knew she was a ipodigy.

Etymology: ipod + prodigy

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: oh bliv eego

Sentence: Melody had shortened her name to MeMe and it suited her well. She could not pass a window or mirror without gazing adoringly at herself. It was always all about her. Until that day when she strapped on her i-pod and went running, dancing down the busy street oblivego to all else around her. Too bad the loud rendition of "I did it my way" prevented her from hearing that Greyhound Bus heading her way...oops!

Etymology: Oblivious (Unaware of anything else;forgetful;unmindful)& Ego (an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others;your consciousness of your own identity;vanity;self-importance)

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Created by: Wriiight

Pronunciation: Eye-Gawn

Sentence: Don't even try and talk to her, she's iGone.

Etymology: iPod + Gone

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Created by: Carla

Pronunciation: Verb: ob-mUs-i-kait Noun: ob-mUs-i-kuht

Sentence: Verb: Travellers on the London Underground frequently obmusicate. Noun: (Usually teenager) "Please turn off your music at the dinner table - you're such an obmusicate".

Etymology: From 'ob' (against).

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: tran+send+ip+od

Sentence: Teenagers are famous for transcendipoding in the presence of their parents

Etymology: Transcend (ental meditation) + ipod

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: i - sellf - pod - sessed

Sentence: Julia became iselfpodsessed the very day she purchased her new ipod. Her new joy in life was to "plug-in" and tune out to the world around her. It enabled her to escape all worries, responsibilities and concern for other people. She now focused on what was important, her own musical happiness.

Etymology: ipod, self-possessed (having control of one's emotions or behaviour)

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