Verboticisms

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: man-ner-skiz-im

Sentence: Joyce originally thought it quite intriguing that Bob could lick his nose, but when he did it in front of her grandmother, it caused a mannerschism.

Etymology: mannerism, schism

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: pick-ass-dill-o

Sentence: Gordon's wriggling had gone from a peccadillo to a pickassdillo evidenced by continuous bum scratching by the time Jemma stormed out the door.

Etymology: peccadillo + a disgusting habit

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grrrrreat! - galwaywegian, 2007-08-15: 05:29:00

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Created by: KristinA

Pronunciation: id-E-O-sin-craze-E

Sentence: After dating only 2 months, it soon became apparent that his incessant need to separate M&Ms by color before eating them would soon be the idiosnycrazy that would end their relationship.

Etymology: idiosyncrasy (a peculiar characteristic) + crazy (for the odd behavior and also, how the habit drives other people crazy)

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Good word Pretty much the word I was looking for! I used hideosyncrasy in my sentence, but also considered "odiosyncrasy, whimsiosyncrasy, insidiosyncrasy - OZZIEBOB, 2007-08-15: 09:07:00

...also "idioticsyncrasy." - KristinA, 2007-08-15: 09:12:00

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Created by: Paradox

Pronunciation:

Sentence: His soft snoring while sleeping very rapidly turned out to be a breakfastcharm.

Etymology: A combination of "break" (as in "breaking the news"), fast and charms, so not to be confused with breakfast (as in, food) and charms put together.

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: stew pid it ick

Sentence: In or around the third month of thwe relationship, she realised that what seemed at first like an endearing gesture, winking at her whenever he finished a sentence, was a stupiditic. she realsied now that the only reason he wore platform bootswas to stop his knuckles scraping off the ground as he walked.

Etymology: stupidity, tic

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Created by: administraitor

Pronunciation: must + you + ness

Sentence: They were a team – they thought and spoke as one. Whenever she started a sentence he would finish it. Until one day, when his mustuness finally drove her to a break up, he kissed himself off before he realized it.

Etymology: "must you!" + an ending

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Created by: GreenTara

Pronunciation: Nast-ih-kwism

Sentence: After two years, she couldn't take his finger nail biting anymore - his nastiquism was out of control.

Etymology: Nasti-nasty, qui-quirky, ism-a suffix indicating an act

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kool word - pwincess9430, 2007-08-15: 18:51:00

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: hab-i-TRU-de

Sentence: Among his new-founded friends Bob was looked upon as a quirky, loveable eccentric with a huge helping of idiosyncrasy. Often he would be seen lecturing tourists at the airport on the value of learning to speak Volapuk, or as a habitue sipping coffee at a sidewalk cafe declaring to passers-by his intention to stand for parliament. However his friends soon came to realize that his strange behavior was nothing more than a hideosyncrasy, hammed-up to avoid getting a job. And it didn't take long for them to weary of this pestering plethborer with habitrude.

Etymology: Blending of habit, intrude, rude & attitude

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Created by: lvinning

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Created by: mythman

Pronunciation: spamm-eh-TEEK

Sentence: His excessive morning gas became a spametique blockout her morning-urge.

Etymology: Monty Python's Flying Circus featured a soundtrack "SPAM-SPAM-SPAM-SPAM ..." that blocked out the desired dialogue.

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