Verboticisms

Created by: phonematode

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Etymology: marinate + narration

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Created by: Pseudonym

Pronunciation: low-kal-lo-kew-shun

Sentence: "Thirty minutes in a departure lounge, and I'm already doing localocution!"

Etymology: locality + locution

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: like conversation, but with a t in it

Sentence: Callum often found himself convertsing when he tried to help lost tourists. It was embarrassing the way he spoke his own language with all the linguistic stylings of tongues he did not even know.

Etymology: convert + conversation

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COMMENTS:

A great collocalism for Verbotsnia! - purpleartichokes, 2007-09-12: 04:48:00

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: hack + sent

Sentence: I found myself speaking in a brogue when I visited Ireland, luckily nobody beat me up for having such a painfully obvious haccent.

Etymology: Hack + accent

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Created by: Nettle

Pronunciation: sim-i-tay-shun

Sentence: Austin found himself simitating a Northumbrian accent while touring the area, attempting to sell vacuum cleaners to people who already own one.

Etymology: imitation + simulation with a dash of simian, because it's an instinctive behaviour and a little monkey-like.

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Created by: graypenguin

Pronunciation: lawl-er-ize

Sentence: He became so lolerized that nobody knows what he's saying except 16 year old girls.

Etymology: lol + ized (as in "to become")

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Created by: loofarama

Pronunciation: a-dapped-terr-prett-ashun

Sentence: his adapterpretation was going too far. it was like he was that little voice in my head: saying what i wanted to, but couldn't

Etymology: adapt + interpretation

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COMMENTS:

COLON: - loofarama, 2007-09-12: 16:25:00

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Created by: sparkles510

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Sentence: Ami's new attitude was definitely influenced by palingo from Jess.

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Created by: Scrumpy

Pronunciation: voh-kuh-lahyz

Sentence: John spent a weekend in Brooklyn and began to vocallies by saying "fugetaboudit" all the time.

Etymology: vocal + lies

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Created by: cmcesq

Pronunciation: Ver-nack-a-meel-eon

Sentence: No matter where she travelled, she spoke like a native -- a true vernachameleon.

Etymology: Vernacular + chameleon

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