Verboticisms

Created by: queeny

Pronunciation: spin-eh-toe-sus

Sentence: He thinks he's charming all the girls with his smile, but really it's the spinachtosis talking. I just can't take my EYES off of that green chunk!!

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Created by: Jabberwocky

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Sentence: You often smeal in appreciation after having a spinach salad for lunch

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Created by: readerwriter

Pronunciation: grim-a-grin

Sentence: Hamish had no oral sensitivity. He was totally clueless, especially, when he ate spinach, brie or soft rolls, his favorites. Of course, he couldn't keep that grimagrin off his silly face. And if you happened to tell him, his standard reply (which he promptly forgot) was, "I'm saving it for dessert."

Etymology: From the French/Spanish, grima, for fright (the word grime could also be considered) + grin, as in a big smile

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Created by: jrogan

Pronunciation: foot moot

Sentence: He didn;t need ot put his fooit inot his mouth, the food was already doing the job.

Etymology: food foot mouth

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Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: chomp/chump - just as it sounds

Sentence: When the last lingering bits of brussel sprouts and morsels of meat hung precipitously from his beautifully brushed bicuspids, he surmised that his date with Princess Pomegranates was a dismal failure, a doomed escapade, quite simply a dud.

Etymology: "chompchump": associated with an obscure U.S. dialect often heard in Lizard Lick, North Carolina and Bugtussle, Kentucky

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Created by: alecstevenson

Pronunciation: Meal-us-strate

Sentence: My worst fear is showing up at an important event only to mealustrate some spinach on my teeth.

Etymology: Meal + Illustrate

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Created by: bjorn

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Sentence: Her greengrin kinda ruined the mood of the up-to-that-point romantic dinner.

Etymology: green + grin

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Created by: wordmeister

Pronunciation: munch-grin

Sentence: His boss told him to wipe that munchgrin off his face. He needed dental floss to do it

Etymology: munch and grin

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Created by: franke

Pronunciation: salad-sch-mile

Sentence: Even under the subdued candlelight Rodney's saladschmile was so disgusting I pulled some dental floss out of my purse and proceeded to floss his teeth.

Etymology: salad schmo smile

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Created by: mancalledsun

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Sentence: You often smeal in appreciation after having a spinach salad for lunch

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