Verboticisms

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: SWET-brag

Sentence: Always after a good, insudated workout, Bob's sweatbrag left a bad smell throughout the office.

Etymology: Conflation of SWEAT: to perspire & BRAG: brisk; full of spirits; flaunt.

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COMMENTS:

simple but right on - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-02: 05:59:00

on the money! - galwaywegian, 2008-09-02: 07:11:00

Sweatbrag gulag onrag ratbag.... - metrohumanx, 2008-09-02: 12:24:00

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Created by: emdeejay

Pronunciation: ab scent mind ed

Sentence: Nobody doubted the sweat Jim was putting into his new health kick. Indeed, they could smell it from one end of the office to the other. He was an abscentminded sole

Etymology: absentminded, punned as scent. I've forgotten precisely what it means

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COMMENTS:

I love what you've done with this... um oh, never mind. - petaj, 2010-02-02: 07:13:00

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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: rikboyee

Pronunciation: bee-oh-day-shuss

Sentence: as he walked in the room with a stinky swagger, it was clear just how b.o.dacious he had become

Etymology: b.o. [body odour], bodacious

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COMMENTS:

b.o.dourful word - petaj, 2007-10-02: 08:24:00

Creative and clever! - Scrumpy, 2007-10-02: 08:59:00

A good and clever word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-02: 18:04:00

A good and clever word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-02: 18:04:00

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Created by: tizher

Pronunciation:

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: astorey

Pronunciation: a/noy/sum

Sentence: After his divorce, Brian was back on the market and ready to let everyone in the office know it. Not that they had any doubt, as you could smell his Drakkar Noir from several offices away. No one was brave enough to confront Brian and his annoysome grooming habits, for fear that he would lapse back into his self-pitying wallow.

Etymology: Combination of annoy and noisome: offensively malodorous

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COMMENTS:

Wow. You pull no punches. I like it, astorey! - metrohumanx, 2008-09-02: 12:17:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: CON-fi-stench

Sentence: Co-workers' eyes watered. Dogs ran away. Nothing seemed to deter Wesley from one-man effort to show the world that people don't need to shower more than once a week. His confistench was overwelming. Even though he claimed that he was being "green", Wesley's friends were finding him less than eco-friendly.

Etymology: confidence: the state of feeling certain about the truth of something + Stench: a strong and very unpleasant smell

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Created by: frenchprof

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: flāgrəns

Sentence: Tim has decided to take a stand against the chemicals used in personal grooming products. His flagrance can make a statement for him before he enters a room.

Etymology: flagrant (conspicuously or obviously offensive) + fragrance (a pleasant, sweet smell)

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Created by: MrDave2176

Pronunciation: IG-nore-eek

Sentence: Larry was ignoreek of the dumbfunk pouring out of his clothing.

Etymology: Ignorant + reek. dumbfunk = an odor of which you are blissfully unaware.

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COMMENTS:

very good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-02: 18:06:00

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