Verboticisms

Created by: tizher

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Sentence: Because Roger was always upfunky in the afternoon his colleagues used the stairs.

Etymology: "Up" from close up and from (on a)high "funky" - not smelling quite right.

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Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /fungk-on-shuss/

Sentence: Carlos thought of himself as the office 'Romeo,' stopping to try to speak to all the young ladies who worked there. Unfortunately, he was completely funkonscious — totally unaware of his strong body odor, not to mention his bad breath. None of his conversations lasted very long, but he was blissfully ignorant of why.

Etymology: Funk - a strong smell; stench (from dial. French, funkière "smoke") + Unconscious - without awareness, sensation, or cognition (from Latin, un- "not" & conscius "knowing, aware")

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Created by: Scrumpy

Pronunciation: slob-iv-ee-oh-der-us

Sentence: Ken was so slobliviodorous that he thought the women who were holding their breath and squinting when near him were just holding in a sigh and winking at him with both eyes. He never did understand that the airsickness bags strategically placed around the office were there because of him.

Etymology: slob + oblivious + odorous

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COMMENTS:

A real mouthful - or should I say noseful! Like the word; good sentence,too. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-02: 18:17:00

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Created by: ajnemajrje

Pronunciation: Pronounced exactly as you woudl arrogant but with the a hand gesture of waving a smell away

Sentence: That John sure is airogant

Etymology: replace the arr in the word arrogant with AIR

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: ree-kog-nih-shun

Sentence: He was strong in body, mind, and odor - yes, his reekognition could use a little work.

Etymology: reek, recognition

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: nohz-zee-ey-ting

Sentence: Harry doesn't believe in deodorant. He says that people should smell like people. People around him tend to disagree. Unless he has just come from a shower, his mere presence can be noseating.

Etymology: nose (the organ of smell) + nauseating (causing sickness of the stomach)

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Created by: mchristof

Pronunciation: far-tiv-ee-us

Sentence: You know, at some point you have to ask: is it me? Am I being fartivious?

Etymology: Fart - to expel internal gas through the anus. Oblivious - Not aware of or concerned about what is happening around one.

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Created by: ScrabbledEgg

Pronunciation: self-suh-FISH-SENT

Sentence: When he boldly asked her out, she found him to be completely self-sufishscent. Being aromatose (comatose + aroma), he just assumed her eyes were watering from joy, which made him all the more insulfurable. (insufferable + sulfur)

Etymology: self-sufficient + fish + scent

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COMMENTS:

I had kippers for breakfast so this word hits home. Great word and funny sentence! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-02: 09:03:00

Aromatose- great word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-02: 18:18:00

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Created by: kerryb

Pronunciation: pom pous stank

Sentence: That dude was a pompoustanking bore who made me nautious physically and emotionally.

Etymology: pompous-narcissistically over confident Stank-Stink or offensive smelling

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: in-cog-ni-sent

Sentence: Jeff seemed totally incogniscent of how odorous he was. He believed that the girls thought he was adorable; unfortunately, he was only odorable.

Etymology: incognizant: to lack knowledge of or to be unaware or conscious of + scent: distinctive odor

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