Verboticisms

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: Yerolin

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Created by: TheFourth

Pronunciation: ass-tro-nok-uhl

Sentence: n: Astroknockles are a sign of severe head trauma. v: Are you just going sit there and astroknockle all day or are you going hit me back?

Etymology: A hybrid of two words. Astro represents the common celestial anomalies seen when experiencing severe head trauma. The second part of the word, knockle, is a spin off the word knock, the action that normally causes the said celestial anomalies.

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: kon kus stel lay shun

Sentence: Brain Injury researchers,Dr. Gene Yuss and his assistant, Dr.Sara Bellum had been working on their thesis that the more often you bonked someone's cranium, the more stars that they could see. They had even gotten grants from NASA to pursue their concusstellation theory. They worked very hard at hitting each other on the head to test their theory. The only problem with their work was that you could only do it so long before you died or got permanent damage, so we'll never know what their final findings actually were. No wonder NASA also looks for evidence of intelligent life forms on other planets...

Etymology: Concussion (injury to the brain caused by a blow) & Constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)

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COMMENTS:

like them all today ! - galwaywegian, 2010-09-02: 09:55:00

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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: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: gal ake see

Sentence: She was a very strong gal, one punch from her would take him to another galachesy.

Etymology: galaxy, ache (sorry about the gal pun as well!)

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there's a gal in your name as well - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-19: 10:40:00

great fun sentence and word! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-19: 12:30:00

Yeah, she was a KNOCKOUT! - metrohumanx, 2009-02-23: 00:50:00

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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: Gadgetmo

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

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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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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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