Verboticisms

Created by: scrabbelicious

Pronunciation: haʊ:strɒŋ:am:eeee

Sentence: After 10 years in grad school and countless blows to the head, Gerard finally got his degree in HowstrongamI from the Dept of "High to Middling Energy Howstro-Physics". Now all he needed was a bang on the ear and some beans to count.

Etymology: Pun on Astronomy : The "science" of how the sky was cooked up - a highly technical form of bean counting and stamp collecting.

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Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: or-bit-a-hit

Sentence: When things got slow and boring at 'Smart Aide', Mr. Teetotaller Trippy and Miss Bingbang Buffy enjoyed the orbitahit to their noggins, because it reminded them of their younger days at the clubs with all the lights spinning around and stars flashing.

Etymology: Orbit- The path of a celestial body or an artificial satellite as it revolves around another body. A Hit- To come into contact with forcefully; strike.

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: kon kus stel lay shun

Sentence: When the craniologists were experimentinmg with head blows, they were surrounded by a concusstellation.

Etymology: Concussion (an injury to the brain caused by a blow) & Constellation (a configuration of stars)

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Created by: rogueybear

Pronunciation: Par - kah - king

Sentence: "Hey dude, I'm really parcarking over here, I think I like it"

Etymology: From the common spoonerism of 'car park', especially the confusion that one feels after saying it.

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Created by: Meganja

Pronunciation: Diz-gay-zing

Sentence: After the line drive hit me in the forehead, I was dizzgazing for hours afterwards.

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: star/ry/fright

Sentence: When he fell and banged his head he had a starryfright, seeing blips of light in front of his eyes and a swirling dizzying sensation in his brain.

Etymology: STARRYFRIGHT - from 'Starry Night'

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Starry, starry night. Paint your black eye blue and grey, Look out on a winter's day, And watch out for the tree trunk in the snow Shadows on the hills, Sketch the trees and the daffodils, Catch the breeze and the winter chills, In colors on the snowy linen land. - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-19: 10:37:00

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Created by: DnBrown

Pronunciation: Milky-Haze

Sentence: Jim was getting sick of his wife telling him what to do, so he finally lost it and gave her a good yelling. Not pleased with the tone Jim was giving her, she reached in the cupboard, grabbed a frying pan and gave Jim a piece of her mind. It took almost a whole day for Jim to loose the Milkyhaze surrounding his vision.

Etymology: a mix of Milky, from the Milky Way (It is a barred spiral galaxy that is part of the Local Group of galaxies. Also where our solar system resides) and Haze (vagueness or obscurity, as of the mind or perception; confused or vague thoughts, feelings, etc.)

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COMMENTS:

Excellent. Cold and concise sentence, too! - metrohumanx, 2009-02-23: 00:42:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: stoōpərnōvə

Sentence: Ralph’s baseball team drafted him to fill in as catcher. He didn’t completely understand the need to wear a hard helmet along with the mask. He also didn’t understand that you shouldn’t lean forward as a pitch comes in. He now understands, or he will as soon as he comes out of his state of stupornova.

Etymology: supernova (a star that suddenly increases greatly in brightness because of a catastrophic explosion that ejects most of its mass) + stupor (a state of near-unconsciousness or insensibility)

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COMMENTS:

:) - galwaywegian, 2010-09-02: 09:55:00

stupornovel word - Nosila, 2010-09-02: 19:17:00

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Created by: kapnmurphy

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: kongk-stuh-ley-shuhn

Sentence: When the catcher stood up as the batter was taking a swing he found himself in the middle of a conkstellation.

Etymology: conk (to hit or strike on the head) + constellation (any of various groups of stars)

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