Verboticisms

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: 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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Created by: kapnmurphy

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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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COMMENTS:

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: 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: Mustang

Pronunciation: star-spangld-BANG-ehr

Sentence: When the stars were whirling around his head and he heard the 'music' playing after rapping his head very hard on a low overhang Arnold said aloud to no one in particular, "Whoa...that was really a starspangledbanger."

Etymology: Substituted 'banger' for 'banner' of Star Spangled Banner.

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COMMENTS:

love it - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-19: 10:53:00

outstanding! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-19: 12:36:00

Bang On! - Nosila, 2009-02-19: 20:57:00

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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: 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: feltcap

Pronunciation: stär'gāz'

Sentence: As he clambered to his feet after taking the blow he wondered briefly it she was worth it, a dizzy feeling overtaking him from head to toe as he began stardazing, his vision blurring and limbs going numb.

Etymology: stargazing- observation of the stars, daze - to stun, as with a heavy blow or shock

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COMMENTS:

Welcome. Puntastic creation! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-20: 00:46:00

CLEVER! Promise him anything, but give him a CLOUT! - metrohumanx, 2009-02-23: 00:43:00

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