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: 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: artr

Pronunciation: trouməəsträləjē

Sentence: Sidney (aka Lumpy) is working on a new field of study, traumastrology. It is the study of how a person is effected by the alignment of the stars that occur just after a blow to the head. He has worked for years to perfect just the right whack to the noggin. Too little and there are no stars, too much and the ability to gather data is lost. His theory is that a Pisces would react differently than a Taurus to the same concussive event. He may never know. He just can't seem to recruit test subjects. Friends think he has studied a bit too much on his own.

Etymology: trauma (physical injury) + astrology (the study of the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies interpreted as having an influence on human affairs and the natural world)

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COMMENTS:

like it - galwaywegian, 2009-02-19: 05:47:00

The science of the 2X4. Love it! - wayoffcenter, 2009-02-19: 06:46:00

Good one. - Mustang, 2009-02-19: 20:51:00

Deja vu all over again...where do you get your inspiration??? - Nosila, 2009-02-20: 01:40:00

nice... - mweinmann, 2009-02-20: 08:00:00

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Created by: Ryan0

Pronunciation: hit-tom-izers

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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: 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: Negatrev

Pronunciation: Star-Daze-ing

Sentence: After running head first into the low beam, Albert was left Stardazing.

Etymology: From Stargazing, to watch stars, altered with the state to be dazed.

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Created by: splendiction

Pronunciation: cos mic head ache

Sentence: Galloping at full speed down the steps to the basement of the chalelet, Garth didn’t know what hit him! BANG! His body twitched and twisted to the stone floor. After a few seconds, he realised he had a cosmicheadache, one with personal fireworks that explode luminously on terrific head impacts! He would have to make a note of that sudden ceiling drop...in the meantime, ahhh thosse terrifi romaan candlezzzzzzzzzzz

Etymology: cosmicheadache n. Compound word from the two words: cosmic (of planetary travel) and headache.

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Created by: Yerolin

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Created by: ctman56

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Sentence: After a friend hit Bob on the head with a basketball, he saw smackstars for a few minutes.

Etymology: Comes from the words smack and stars.....duh!

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