Verboticisms

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: baff-el-grin

Sentence: Gordon was bafflegrinned by the clueless twit who had no idea what he was talking about.

Etymology: baffle (confuse) + grin (smile)

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: deff-con-cur

Sentence: he'd used up all his small talk and the conversation had moved on to the nuclear capabilities of some country he'd never heard of... it was time to upgrade his responses to defconcur

Etymology: deaf, concur, DEFCON [defense condition]

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COMMENTS:

George Bush might consider this approach... Or maybe he already does! - wordmeister, 2007-02-01: 04:48:00

Yeah, I've noticed that vapid look of wonderstanding on his face on several occasions. - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-01: 08:11:00

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: con + pre + hend

Sentence: He seemed to conprehend what I was saying, at least, he made encouraging noises.

Etymology: Like "comprehend," but with "con" instead of "com."

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COMMENTS:

Nice word. (Nods and smiles politely.) - Discoveria, 2007-02-01: 18:18:00

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Created by: sodium

Pronunciation: duh-bul-you-tee-ef-fur-muh-tiv

Sentence: She seemed intrigued at first, but later her eyes glazed over, casting a WTFfirmative look on her face.

Etymology: WTF = "what the f***" + affirmative

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COMMENTS:

Hehe!! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-01: 09:17:00

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Created by: zappalove

Pronunciation:

Sentence: At the Taser-developers' convention,you catatoniced or became catatonic.

Etymology: From cat·a·to·ni·a (kăt'ə-tō'nē-ə)n., a mental state generally characterized by statuesque posturing, muscular immobility, mutism, and apparent stupor. and Nice,(nēs), city SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea, a French Riviera resort that urges

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Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: YES-man-uh-kin

Sentence: Did you see how Smithers was agreeing with everything the boss said in the meeting? He doesn't know a CMT from a hole in the ground! He's SUCH a yesmannequin!

Etymology: yes-man (one who agrees without question) + mannequin (storefront dummy)

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Created by: Computergeek

Pronunciation: blonde-diction

Sentence: Jane experienced blondiction when speaking with an activist

Etymology:

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /"va-kwE-'es/

Sentence: The professor wondered which was worse: the half of the class blatantly ignoring him with their phones and ipods or the other half, full of vacquiescent stares.

Etymology: From vac- (as in "vacuous," "vacant," and "vacuum") and acquiesce

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COMMENTS:

This is an excellent word - chris, 2007-02-01: 11:12:00

Thanks. - ErWenn, 2007-02-01: 17:42:00

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Created by: smokey

Pronunciation: Duhn-durr-stand

Sentence: It was obvious to everyone in the room that the President duhnderstood everything that was being said.

Etymology: From "duh" and "understand". Duh.

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COMMENTS:

Very funny!! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-01: 10:21:00

It also makes me think of the word dunderhead - a dunce; blockhead; numbskull. - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-01: 11:14:00

You have my vote. I just love the sound of this one. - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-01: 19:39:00

Hey Smokey. Join Verb Room One. Apparently, people don't duhnderstand that they have to go to the Open room too see all the words. - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-01: 19:53:00

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Created by: jrogan

Pronunciation: mEnk

Sentence: The waiter meenked at us when we gave her our order. Thank goodness we weren't hungry...

Etymology: blink+meek

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