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: 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: 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: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: conk fet ee

Sentence: Mother Hubbard woke up to hear the kids in the kitchen. She went running and smacked her head on the open cupboard door. Instead of seeing what was going on, all she could see was conkfetti.

Etymology: CONK, CONFETTI Conk - a blow to the head. Confetti - small pieces of colored paper, often in the shapes of stars, birds, flowers, et cetera, that are thrown over people's heads, usually at celebrations.

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COMMENTS:

Song of the day: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - silveryaspen, 2009-02-19: 01:02:00

terrific word - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-19: 10:52:00

I must Conkfess I love it! - Nosila, 2009-02-19: 20:59:00

Good one, SA! I must say! - metrohumanx, 2009-02-23: 00:38:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: kon kust el ay shun

Sentence: the concusstellation wasn't the only thing that was out tonight

Etymology: concussion, constellation

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Created by: simoneshin

Pronunciation: smack-track-u-lar

Sentence: holy that was one smacktrackular beat down

Etymology: smack; to strike sharply and with a loud noise track; path, route, or course indicated by such marks spectacular; impressive or sensational

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COMMENTS:

A VERY worthy word! - metrohumanx, 2009-02-23: 00:39:00

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Created by: kateinkorea

Pronunciation: ha LOO si GIE rate

Sentence: After getting hit on the head several times by the burglar, I had halucigyrates going around and around and around me circling. There is a little bird hallucigyrate, a bell hallucigyrate, and something that looks like the burglar standing in front of me again.

Etymology: HALUCINATE: see things that aren't there GYRATE: circle around

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COMMENTS:

senternce so good I cringed. admire the originality of your verbotomy. - silveryaspen, 2009-02-19: 12:32:00

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Created by: yellowbird

Pronunciation: bawnk-mose

Sentence: Just as Newton was inspired to study gravity by being bombarded with apples, and Einstein encouraged to investigate the relativity of time by being forced to fill out dreary piles of paperwork in an office, so too was the the young Carl Sagan influenced by an outside event. After banging his head on a low shelf, he saw a personal 'bonkmos' of amazing brightness and detail, which led him to a career in science and experimentation with certain herbal supplements, all in an effort to recreate the 'little twittery cosmos' he saw on that long ago day.

Etymology: bonk + cosmos

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COMMENTS:

Brilliant and lyrical! - metrohumanx, 2009-02-23: 00:37:00

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Created by: Gadgetmo

Pronunciation:

Sentence: He's hit his head so hard that he sees stars.

Etymology:

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COMMENTS:

Welcome. You get points for filling in all three. See scoring under News/Help. - silveryaspen, 2009-02-19: 12:34:00

That's EXACTLY what happened to me. Good word, G-mo! I hope to see more. - metrohumanx, 2009-02-23: 00:48:00

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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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