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: 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: 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: 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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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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Created by: kapnmurphy

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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: 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: xxmel

Pronunciation: per-plex-ee-an

Sentence: John's eyes lingered over Judy's beautiful facial structure until she caught his stare, and bashed his head with a hard wooden bat, causing him to fall over in perplexian.

Etymology: perplex - to confuse or trouble ian - belonging or relating to

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Created by: Yerolin

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