Verboticisms

Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: prof-i-tār

Sentence: Working to the detriment of one’s home life is the classic sign of a profittear.

Etymology: Profit (gain resulting from use of capital) + tear (to cause pain, bitterness)

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: sold-out

Sentence: no-one was returning his calls, he had nowhere to sleep and his liver was beyond repair...if only he hadn't completely souldout

Etymology: soul, sold out

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Created by: paintergrl1313

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Sentence: That econwhore won't stop hitting on my money... I mean me.

Etymology: Enon: economy, whore: do I really need to explain that?

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Created by: nicora

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Created by: Carla

Pronunciation: buks-flat

Sentence: The enjoyment he derived from each successful investment appeared to be negatively correlated with his increasing wealth. By the time he realised this, his wife had already left, unable to compete with the FTSE 100 for his affections. The vastest magnum of champagne could not disguise the fact he had a serious case of bucksflat.

Etymology: bucks fizz + flat

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /"m&k-'beth-&n/

Sentence: After MacBethening his way from Thane of Glamis to Thane of Cawdor to King of Scotland, MacBeth was killed by a man who wasn't born and a forest.

Etymology: From Shakespeare's play _MacBeth_

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Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: diss-myze

Sentence: Miss Ebenezer dismised her father completely, after his last will and testament had been suitably altered in her favour.

Etymology: Dismiss + miser. Has a similar meaning to dismiss - "to dismiss because of the priority of money in one's life".

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NB Americans may feel that the spelling should be 'dismize', but I couldn't do that without losing the reference to 'miser'. - Discoveria, 2007-02-02: 04:36:00

Don't worry, Americans aren't miserly with letters... Use as many as you want! - wordmeister, 2007-02-02: 11:07:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: pro fay tchur

Sentence: Buck Chaser had always gone after Dame Fortune and sacrificed everything to be her Real love. He risked profeiture to spend the rest of his days with the lovely Ms. Money. He always had a Yen to have her and he was so Rand-y,he would Lira after her. Finally she had to confront him: "Buck, Let me be Franc with you...Euro becoming a Zloty and a Drachma and I want to Krone you with so many Pounds they will leave a Mark on you. Can't you see Cents? In my opinion, we have a Peso-mistic future together. If you don't Peseta off soon, I will have Robert Dinero take your neck and Ringgit and have you Guildered, before he throws you on the Ruble heap! Yuan to know the Buck stops here!"

Etymology: Profit (the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) & Forfeiture (the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.)

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Created by: paperhoard

Pronunciation: dis-clamis-faction

Sentence: Even though Jim won the lottery he still suffered from disclamisfaction because money couldn't buy him cleavage. Can also be found in the famous song "I Can't Get No Disclamisfaction" by the Appalachian Mountain Boys.

Etymology: Clams - Slang A dollar: set me back 75 clams PLUS Dissatisfaction - The condition or feeling of being displeased or unsatisfied; discontent.

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Poor Jim. He's always so discomboobulated. - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-02: 07:20:00

Jim can't get no! - wordmeister, 2007-02-02: 10:35:00

Poor Jim.... - paperhoard, 2007-02-02: 11:11:00

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Created by: coffeeman885

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