Verboticisms

Created by: treehous

Pronunciation: \ˈa-mȯr-ə-ˈtȯr-ē-əm/ (ah-more-ah-tore-ee-yum)

Sentence: He was just about to get down to business when he felt an amoratorium in the form of his dog's wet nose pressed against his rear.

Etymology: amor- from L. amorosum, from amor "love." moratorium- from Latin morari "to delay," from mora "pause, delay"

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: inter/twine

Sentence: There's nothing like constant intertwhining from a third party to spoil a moment - whine whine whine

Etymology: intertwine + whine

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COMMENTS:

Creative! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-10: 17:00:00

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: missed - trist

Sentence: Due to the fact that the kids came home unexpectedly from school, Bonnie suffered another missedtryst with her neighbor. Too bad that he got caught in the tree as he quickly exited through her bedroom window.

Etymology: missed (skipped, not having, go wrong or err, longed for) + tryst (liaison, date, rendezvous or assignation) + a play on the word mistrust....

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COMMENTS:

Good one...is she still the neighbour's missedtryst? - Nosila, 2008-11-07: 20:42:00

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Created by: Nuwanda

Pronunciation: rent-ass-under

Sentence: After several failed attempts at conjugal relations, we began to suspect our two-year-old of ulterior motives. Why did she only toddle into our room after a bad dream when we were about to embark on Operation Sibling? Did she know? Her ability to rentassunder our passionate moments was diabolically effective in keeping her position as the youngest in the family.

Etymology: "let no man rent asunder" from the standard wedding service changed to include ass.

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Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Ki-ss-rup-t

Sentence: Everytime Henry went in for THE snog with Sue someone would always kissrupt them. If it wasn't the kids calling out for a bedtime story , it was his parents ringing to see if things were okay while his wife was away for the week!

Etymology: Kiss(a touch or caress with the lips) + Disrupt(to interrupt or disturb) ORIGIN Latin disrumpere 'break apart'

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COMMENTS:

nice word - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-07: 11:55:00

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Created by: milorush

Pronunciation: (n.) stop-u-la-shun (v.) stop-u-late

Sentence: Bob and Mary slide the bedside table in front of their bedroom door each time they get intimate out of fear of being stopulated by their three young children.

Etymology: stop + [cop]ulation

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COMMENTS:

interesting tri-combo compilation! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-10: 21:10:00

I have a Verbotomy widget on my classroom website, and one of my students suggested "romantischism" - milorush, 2008-01-11: 07:45:00

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Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /kid-ee-STRAK-shun/

Sentence: When little Katie suddenly asked, "Mommy, why are you and the postman wrestling on the bed with no clothes on?" that one moment of kiddistraction totally killed the mood.

Etymology: kiddie - child (from Old Norse, kidh, orig. kið "young goat") + distraction - a disturbance (from Latin, distractus)

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COMMENTS:

Perhaps the postie had just delivered mommy's correspondence course in "Self Defence", and was helping her gain some practical experience! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-10: 17:07:00

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Created by: bluenutria

Pronunciation: Coy-tur-ruption

Sentence: James and Midge experienced major coituruption when Midge's father bust in on them.

Etymology: Coitus + Interruption

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Created by: mugmesh

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Everything was going really well until an act of entercoarse occurred.

Etymology: enter (to make an entrance) + coarse (without finesse)

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: lust/bust

Sentence: The lustbust took place when Jim's wife walked in on him and her best friend making out in the bedroom.

Etymology: lust + bust

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COMMENTS:

who ya gonna call - lustbusters - Jabberwocky, 2008-01-10: 10:28:00

Great word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-01-10: 17:09:00

Enjoy the way you, Jabberwocky, and Ozziebob keep me chuckling. This is not only a great word ... it's such a fun word! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-11: 13:52:00

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