Verboticisms

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: 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: Tigger

Pronunciation: /kun-temp'-tris/ Masculine: Contempter /kun-temp'-ter/

Sentence: Virginia would always ask to see the football scores, even though she hated football — but most guys dig sports — so, being the contemptress that she is, she used her knowledge like a tool, to bewitch and enchant men.

Etymology: contempt / context - feelings of scorn and aversion / the circumstances surrounding situation (from Latin, contemnere "to scorn") + temptress/tempter - one who entices, or seduces (Latin, temptātor, tempter "to sin")

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COMMENTS:

Glad she's not in my circle of friends! Beguiling word! - bananabender, 2008-01-17: 09:29:00

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Created by: Biscotti

Pronunciation: mag uh net

Sentence: Tony went overboard on his maganet schemes when he tried browsing Victoria's Secret catalogs to get women's attention.

Etymology: Magazine (tabloid, catalog, etc) + Net (something used to catch something else) An intentional play on the word magnet.

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: stuh dee

Sentence: His studdy made him an expert on feng shui, the g spot, the enneagram, the GI diet and many other topics.

Etymology: stud, study

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COMMENTS:

I guess he's a Bachelor then! Great word! - bananabender, 2008-01-17: 09:36:00

so simple yet so good - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-17: 11:38:00

Yep. I agree. Very good! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-17: 22:26:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: seksploit

Sentence: Willy reads many women’s magazines. He has subscriptions to Cosmo, Better Homes and Garden, and Redbook. Is this because he is in touch with his feminine side? Not really, though he enjoys having a female by his side. He uses this reading matter as reconnaissance to sexploit women. He envisions himself as stiff competition for any available female.

Etymology: sex (either of the two main categories, male and female into which humans and most other living things are divided) + exploit (make full use of and derive benefit from)

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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: 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: 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: artr

Pronunciation: koz-moh-nip-yuh-ley-shuhn

Sentence: "What women really want", "How to tell he cares just for you"... The articles in women's magazines read like an instruction manual for men with one thought in mind. Jimmy's Cosmonipulation involves reading through these magazines to glean the best techniques to put that one thought into action.

Etymology: Cosmo (shortened name of a popular women's magazine) manipulation (to negotiate, control, or influence (something or someone) cleverly, skilfully, or deviously)

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