Verboticisms

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: fo pree shee ay shun

Sentence: Rhoda was bowled over when her new suitor, Clive, brought her a lovely, fancily wrapped Christmas gift. She had to hold her smile, even though it turned fake, when she opened the box and discovered assorted electrical tools. Clive figured that since she lived in such an old house, she could use the tools. She had to show her fauxpreciation and try not to kill Clive on Christmas morning.

Etymology: Faux (not real or genuine) & Appreciation (gratitude)

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Fo - glee

Sentence: Clarabella's exaggerated enthusiasm for the mysterious gift was the result of her often used and well rehearsed fauxglee technique.

Etymology: Faux (False) + glee (joy)

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COMMENTS:

Nice word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-20: 16:16:00

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Created by: monkeywithamonocle

Pronunciation: Fo-lay-shun

Sentence: To show false elation. Becky was fauxlated with the gift she received. She had never felt such fauxlation in all her life.

Etymology: Faux (false) elation (joy)

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COMMENTS:

Very good! - Mustang, 2008-12-23: 23:56:00

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Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: great fool

Sentence: A sister and sister-in-law had a Christmas contest every year, to see which one could give the other, the ugliest pair of earrings. To show they were gratefool for them, they were required to wear them Christmas day, as the ultimate act of wreckognition. Everyone else in the family got to vote on which pair was the ugliest.

Etymology: GRATEFUL, FOOL

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COMMENTS:

nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-12-23: 11:01:00

With Christmas all but upon us, I'm fearing the onset of the Gratefool Dread! Terrific word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-12-23: 23:48:00

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: en-throo-zee-az-em

Sentence: as i opened the gift and found a 'best of the pipe organ classics' c.d., i accepted it with enthruseiasm

Etymology: enthusiasm, ruse

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COMMENTS:

excellent - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-20: 10:45:00

Great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-20: 16:05:00

Very clever, rikboyee! - Tigger, 2007-12-20: 21:19:00

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Created by: yellowbird

Pronunciation: foe-la-la-ing

Sentence: Grandma didn't really like that weight set you gave her; she was only fauxlalaing.

Etymology: faux (fake) and fa la la, a Christmas song chorus and ah! the sound someone makes when startled or surprised

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: gratt-i-frawd

Sentence: Melina had gratifraud down to such fine art, that it started to backfire. But she hadn't figured out why she kept receiving the ugliest, unfashionable, rude or offensive gifts from all her relatives.

Etymology: gratitude + fraud

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Created by: Korinne

Pronunciation: Fak-it-tude

Sentence: I had to show some fakitude when Frank gave me a Michael Bolton CD.

Etymology: Fake + It + Gratitude

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: pres en tens

Sentence: Sabrina hated being picked by Dan as a secret Santa for the office party. It put her in the presentense. For three years in a row she got stuck with tools. Little did she know her husband Lenny and Dan had engineered the gift choice so that he could benefit...

Etymology: Present (gift) & Tense (physical/nervous tension)

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: igzilərāsham

Sentence: When Denise opened a present of season tickets to the local hockey team Christmas morning her response was exhilerasham. Later, away from the children, she told him what she really thought. He has promised to exchange the gift as soon as he treats his blistered ears.

Etymology: exhilaration (to feel very happy) + sham (pretense)

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