Verboticisms

Created by: Fenners

Pronunciation:

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

Etymology:

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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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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: 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: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: toon-hed

Sentence: "Wow, Rachel is a real tunehead. She walked right past that old woman who fell down without so much as a glance"

Etymology: tune + head

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Created by: johnnyrockett

Pronunciation: E-go-nor

Sentence: While the clerk was robbed, I egonored her while listening to the new song from Justin Timberlake.

Etymology: Ego - an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others Ignore - to refrain from noticing or recognizing

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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: mickey666

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Sentence: to autoaudiosensualise is the perfect method of making oneself extreaneous to sonal diversions

Etymology: auto = self audio = sound sensualise = you all know what that means

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Created by: Marli

Pronunciation: O-bilv-a-sorb

Sentence: Charolette had not a care in the world as she oblivasorbed her way through the day!

Etymology: oblivious + self-absorbed

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Created by: Bulletchewer

Pronunciation: eye-pod-yoo-late

Sentence: Sometimes it helps to ipodulate and escape the trivialities and trials of life.

Etymology: Very obvious. From "ipod" and "isolate". Also note the "u" as a reference to the notion of making time for yourself.

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