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DEFINITION: n. A personality quirk or habit, which at first blush seems "cute", but which can quickly become so annoying that it undermines personal relationships. v. To be habitually irksome.
Verboticisms
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Dearthquirk
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation: derth-kwirk
Sentence: I really will have to leave him, she thought, as he scratchd his arse for the third time in as many minutes
Etymology: dearth = lack of appeal (my definition, so there!) and quirk.
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COMMENTS:
ummm, could you use it in a sentence? - Alchemist, 2007-02-15: 22:41:00
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Damnerism
Created by: w5lf9s
Pronunciation: dam.e.rism
Sentence: A few months and a few damnerisms later they decided to quit trying and got a divorce
Etymology: damn+mannerism
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COMMENTS:
Hey W5, I think you're the best! I'm voting for your word today! - wordmeister, 2007-02-15: 23:50:00
thanks meister, I liked that word myself, actually - w5lf9s, 2007-02-16: 02:05:00
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Intimesstation
Created by: alphabetapolothology
Pronunciation:
Sentence: His intimesstation of uncontrollable gas had become a black cloud in their relationship.
Etymology: intimate + mess + irritation
Vexitating
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: vex-i-ta-ting
Sentence: Sam was the most vexitating man I ever knew. He had more bad habits than an alcoholic nun.
Etymology: vex: to cause annoyance by minor irritations + irritating: chafe; aggravating
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COMMENTS:
Lol. I\'ve known a few Sams too. - artr, 2009-09-09: 12:21:00
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Conpeeve
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: Con-Pee-Ve
Sentence: His combination of snoring and sleepwalking quickly went from cute to conpeeving after the fourth night of watching him snore walk his way into the wall.
Etymology: Con - Peeve (what used to be a propreeve is now a con)
Vexappeal
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: vex ap peel
Sentence: Rodney's bad habits were finally starting to grate on Stephanie. His sex appeal had long since become a vexappeal for her. She should have known when he told her that his family motto was, "You can pick your nose, but n ot your relatives..."
Etymology: Vex (irk, annoy) & Appeal (attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates) Wordplay on Sex appeal (attractiveness to the opposite sex)
Pignobility
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: pig/no/bil/it/ee
Sentence: His pattern of pignobility left her with a fetid feeling that their relationship would not survive a week.
Etymology: pig (metaphor for dirty) + ignobility (offensive behavior)
Quabit
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: kwaa bit
Sentence: Diane always had the quabit of finishing of your...
Etymology: from quirk and habit, bit obvious but I'm not feeling that original today.
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COMMENTS:
Reminds me of a quantum computing qubit. It's like a habit that is only annoying depending on your point of view. On an only slightly related point, I once used "qubyte" in a round of Scrabble! - ErWenn, 2007-02-16: 10:43:00
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Nasdi
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: nes-di
Sentence: you never take a shower, you'r a nasdi
Etymology: nasty en dirty
Relationbug
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: re-lei-sjon- bug
Sentence: Sandra was in debug-mode; It was time to remove Jack's relationbug's or terminate the program!
Etymology: relationship - a strange interface between java.human.man() and java.human.woman() ************ bug - undocumented feature in a microsoft-application.
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COMMENTS:
I like it. It even works without the CS reference, as in "to bug someone." It'd be better as two words, but we don't really have that option here. Gets my vote anyway. - ErWenn, 2007-02-16: 10:46:00
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Comments:
wordmeister - 2007-02-15: 23:50:00
It was tricky to come up with right word for this one...
ErWenn - 2007-02-16: 10:44:00
Lots of good words for annoying habits today. It seems to be much harder to come up with a good word for an annoying habit that starts out as endearing.