Verboticisms

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: sirk u lay shun ist

Sentence: Leonard was a true circulationist. He had subscriptions to every known magazine women read, in an effort to find ways to date them and exploit them. If had read Field & Stream, instead of Soap Opera Digest, he would have been able to identify the weapon that one of his scorned conquests was about to use on him...

Etymology: Circultation (the spread or transmission of something (as news or money) to a wider group or area;the dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines)& Circulating (a person who ets around and meets others, especially at social gatherings)

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Created by: Rehlit

Pronunciation: kreep-RE-hen-shun

Sentence: Chris walks into a local 711 and goes down the magazine aisle, he spots Susie reading a Seventeen. He picks up a Vogue and tries to spark some insightful conversation. Susie picks up on his attempts to start conversation, though knowledgeable as he might be, his creeprehension is unmistakeable.

Etymology: Creep: to be frightening or repellent; cause one to experience uneasiness + Comprehension: capacity of the mind to perceive and understand; power to grasp ideas; ability to know.

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COMMENTS:

Gives me shivers! good word! - bananabender, 2008-01-17: 22:45:00

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Created by: Maxine

Pronunciation: Cawz moh 'saw jih nist

Sentence: Nancy could tell that Jerry (a Cosmosogynist who, in the hope of deeper understanding, had studiously memorized every tip and trick encountered in his meticulous reading of women's magazines) wanted desperately to get laid.

Etymology: Cosmo, misogyny

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COMMENTS:

Very Interesting word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-17: 22:30:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: cross/moe/pall/i/tan

Sentence: Dick was a hardened crossmopolitan. He kept the latest issues of Cosmopolitan, Glamour and Allure in a stack under his bed to get the ladies in the mood.

Etymology: cross ( as in crossing over) + Cosmopolitan (magazine)

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COMMENTS:

Nice word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-17: 22:29:00

clever combination! - bananabender, 2008-01-17: 22:37:00

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Created by: metro1

Pronunciation: gen -der-man

Sentence: She was a real genderman, having spent weeks studying the Superbowl playlist...

Etymology: gender + man

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: har bers ba zar

Sentence: Kenny hung around the drugstore magazine rack in the faint hope that he could show off his harboursbizarre to unsuspecting females!

Etymology: harper's bazaar

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Created by: Nimbulan

Pronunciation: /sur*voy*llance/

Sentence: This was Fred's first covert operation, women had always been a mystery to him and Mindy was no exception, but he'd be damned if Vouge didnt have the answers.

Etymology: Surveillance: Close observation of a person or group, especially one under suspicion. And voyeur: however slightly less perverted and more a healthy interest in the opposite sex.

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COMMENTS:

Excellent! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-17: 09:01:00

Good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-17: 22:27:00

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Created by: bananabender

Pronunciation: heff a runtz

Sentence: The stash of heference mags in her wardrobe was breeding at an alarming rate in accordance with Marla's heightening desperation to breed too.

Etymology: Blend of reference (book), consulted for specific information, and Hugh Hefner of Playboy fame.

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COMMENTS:

you could add heifer (a young cow that has not had a calf)to your etymology - good word - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-17: 11:33:00

Very clever! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-17: 22:28:00

Ta Jabberwocky, I like it! Thanks to all for the comments lately. I'm having fun! - bananabender, 2008-01-17: 22:34:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: zeen o feel

Sentence: When Phil started reading all the chick magazines, Xena knew he was fast becoming a zineophile. He was pretending to have philings and was last zine philing pain, when Xena philed his eye socket with her phist for trying to phile her up.

Etymology: Zine (a small magazine that is produced cheaply by one person or a small group of people, and is about a subject they are interested in, also a shortcut for the word Magazine) & Xenophile (A person attracted to that which is foreign, especially to foreign peoples, manners, or cultures...from 2 Greek words: Xeno (foreign) & Phile (love of)

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