Verboticisms

Created by: grammatically

Pronunciation: in-TER-pod-ize

Sentence: The school banned all music players for fear of students trying to interpodize.

Etymology: "inter" from root INTERNAL; "pod" from root iPOD

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: ahy-void

Sentence: Mary loves her music. Once she sticks her earbuds in she can ivoid anything unpleasant or bothersome.

Etymology: i (from iPod/iPad) + avoid (to keep away from; keep clear of; shun)

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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: 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: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /I-'t&r-n&-"lIz/

Sentence: Iternalizing is a good way to avoid annoying small talk with the person sitting next to you on the bus.

Etymology: From i- (as in iPod, iTunes, and iMac) and internalize

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: nahr/ses/i/pod

Sentence: Narcissipodding is the only time I can get away from it all and deal with ME!

Etymology: narcissistic + ipod

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: pod-ee-brain-ing

Sentence: You could always tell when Bob's wife had been nagging, as you'd find him poddybraining afterwards.

Etymology: ipod, brain

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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: Fenners

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I'm going to ipodicate, I may be sometime.

Etymology:

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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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