Verboticisms

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: Im-a-jen

Sentence: Cheryl was caught once again, imegining herself in the change room.

Etymology: I (myself) + me (myself) + imaging (creating images). With help from imagining (visualising) and mega (prefix used for describing pixels and bytes using in digital imaging)

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: salf-ah-door-trit

Sentence: He tried to invent a see-through camera so that his selfadortraits wouldn't seem so obvious

Etymology: self-portrait, adore

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Created by: twodigs

Pronunciation: nar-SIS-i-fi

Sentence: I like to narcissify before a date; it builds my confidence.

Etymology: from the Greek myth of Narcissus

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Created by: Guthlaf1

Pronunciation: nar-SISS-O-graff

Sentence: No week was complete without Janet taking at least three narcissographs in her room.

Etymology: From - Narcissus, a man from Greek mythology who fell in love with his own reflection in a pool of water Also - '-graph': the measurement, display or portrayal of a subject

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COMMENTS:

A vote from me - we thought very much alike on this one. - Stump, 2006-12-25: 05:13:00

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Created by: adobrodt

Pronunciation: POR-tra-FLECK-ting

Sentence: Bob began to understand the story of Narcissus during one of his hours-long sessions of portraflecting.

Etymology: From portrait and reflecting.

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Created by: tinydancer

Pronunciation: ee-goh-tis-toe-graf-ee

Sentence: A MySpace is not complete without a well-angled egotistograph.

Etymology: egotistical + photography

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Created by: Javeson1

Pronunciation: vayn-oh-graf

Sentence: When you make a myspace or facebook you put up your vainograph if you are any self-respecting emo kid.

Etymology: vain+photograph

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Created by: johnnyrockett

Pronunciation: eye-fo-to

Sentence: With her new digital camera, she ifotoed all Christmas day.

Etymology: Ifoto - As in Ipod, and the rest of the I phenomenon. It's all about me.

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COMMENTS:

Love the etymology. Good stuff. - fonka99, 2006-12-25: 18:33:00

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Created by: Psychicsi

Pronunciation: who-s-the-fair-est-ing

Sentence: Jill spent so long in the bathroom whosthefairesting, that her date gave up and went home.

Etymology: From the wicked stepmother in the fairytale Snow White, who spent much time admiring herself in her magic mirror while asking "mirror mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?"

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Created by: Flixst

Pronunciation: nar'si,ʃu:t

Sentence: The new phenomenon on the photosharing websites is the narcishooting

Etymology: narcisism + shoot(photography)

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