Verboticisms

Created by: niko23

Pronunciation: suckah-flirt

Sentence: A dud trying to get the girl hes been waiting to mary in his little fantasy world, sucks at love & dating.

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Created by: marnee4nothin

Pronunciation: a-vaer-ies-er-shon

Sentence: though Penny attended the debs ball she found that her new wealth didn't protect her from the avaricersion of the other debs.

Etymology: avarice + aversion

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Created by: elron

Pronunciation: cash-stra-shun

Sentence: Lew had given up everything to win the lottery, but cashstration set in and he ended up homeless.

Etymology: cash + castration

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: spon-FOO-lee

Sentence: Bob could think of, and talk about, nothing other than money. He kneaded the "dough", chased the "buck" and laundered the filthy lucre. But by-and-by this singleminded sponfoolie finished up a kinless and kithless crock, without enough "moolah" to buy a muesli bar.

Etymology: Blending based on "spondulie" and "spondulicks". A slang term(s)possibly from Gk "spondulicks", the adjectival form of "spondulox", a type of shell used as early "money" and fool.

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Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: BEN-juh-miss-take-en

Sentence: Eric spent his whole life in pursuit of the almighty buck, thinking it would make him popular with the ladies and respected among his peers, but in the end he was simply benjamistaken and died alone, even though he was buried in the finest casket money could buy.

Etymology: Benjamins ($100 bills) + mistaken

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: greed-gret

Sentence: Bob had a split second to feel greedgret when his 200 lb. collection of rare coins fell off the shelf and hit him soundly on the head.

Etymology: greed, regret

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Created by: coolkids58

Pronunciation:

Sentence: why did you nicmac,your so mean you just broke my heart

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Created by: BellaRina

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Created by: pwincess9430

Pronunciation: dunno how it sounds?!?

Sentence: people with nothing

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Created by: mythman

Pronunciation: pair-iss-hil-TAHL-ih-tee

Sentence: The gossip-mags are searching for the next celeb to commit a ParisHiltalty.

Etymology: "Paris Hilton" (who's cut herself and her siblings from the family fortune), and "fatality"

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Created by: jesster

Pronunciation: con - tem - tation

Sentence: Arnold decided to leave the monastery to pursue a life of contemptation.

Etymology: Contempt + temptation

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COMMENTS:

Great word, I've thought of it, too, a few months ago and as Erin McKean told me in her TechTalk video, that I ought to tell the other inventors about this mysterious mental connection, I googled this page, so greetings from Germany. (I think we also feel contemptation then drinking contemptatious alcoholic stuff, or when smoking, though I don't.) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7548057564471419291 - entryfee, 2007-11-03: 19:35:00

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: debt-mag-net

Sentence: Friendless Fred was a debtmagnet despite (or because of) his unwavering quest for riches.

Etymology: chickmagnet + debt

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Created by: Paradox

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Sentence: "Well, I liked him until he started suffering from extreme billaria."

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Created by: KristinA

Pronunciation: cap-eh-ton-ul-ish-ment

Sentence: After years of gambling, Larry finally hit the jackpot. Unfortunately for him, the winnings came just one week before his divorce was to be finalized. The next day, he recieved a call from his attorney saying his wife had read about Larry's good fortune in the newspaper, and seeing that they were still techniacally husband and wife (and according to section EE5432A: Capitunalishment), half of the money would be hers.

Etymology: A merge of "capital punishment." Capital for money. Punishment for the distreatment of others and money's distreatment of you.

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: mahr-ter-doh-m

Sentence: Stan's martyrdoughm not only humiliated his cat, he was left with a sizeable debt from the cat castle he lovingly bought for him. Marbles decided to use the ugly thing as his fur ball depository instead.

Etymology: martyrdom + dough ($)

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Clever word. Looks like Stan let the cat out of the bag. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-08-09: 18:02:00

Marbles couldn't Stan - d it any longer.. - remistram, 2007-08-13: 16:18:00

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Created by: tubeyes

Pronunciation: maw-en-est-ray-teh

Sentence: If Jim spends a few more years in the rat race of corporate America, he'll monstruate his life away!

Etymology: Money, Menstruate

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: buk-wit

Sentence: it had suddenly become obvious to everyone that Travis was a total buckwit

Etymology: buck[as in cash], f*ckwit

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COMMENTS:

snigger! - galwaywegian, 2007-08-09: 04:14:00

ha, wish I'd thought of it! got my vote! - remistram, 2007-08-09: 09:08:00

i think i'll be using this one in conversation! Nice one...though i may have to reserve my voting if you keep going so well! xo - marnee4nothin, 2007-08-09: 23:39:00

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Created by: kellii3

Pronunciation: mon sac dis

Sentence: he gave up every thing only to discover that monsacdis was goin to happen and there was no way out of it .

Etymology: mon - money sac - sacrifice dis - discovery

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