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DEFINITION: A personality quirk or habit, which at first blush seems "cute", but which can quickly become so annoying that it undermines personal relationships.

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Idiotsyncrasy

Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: ihd-ee-uht-SIHNGK-ruh-see

Sentence: Alex's idiotsyncrasy of ending every sentence with "um, but, yeah..." drove his date off very fast.

Etymology: idiot + idiosyncrasy

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COMMENTS:

Good word- pretty much the one I was looking for! I used "hideosyncrasy" in my sentence but also consider odiosyncrasy, whimsiosyncrasy, insidiocrasy. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-08-15: 09:04:00

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Unattractic

Created by: Metalflower

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Sentence: The fact that Susan was tapping her fingernails on her teeth when she was bored was such an unattractic to Frank, that he ended the relationship after 5 happy years.

Etymology: unattractive, tic

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Disghabustitsing

Created by: pwincess9430

Pronunciation: disc-hab-ust-it-sing

Sentence: basically discusting + habit in one really long word

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Breakfastcharms

Created by: Paradox

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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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Automatetic

Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: Aww-toe-MATE-tick

Sentence: Sylvia knew that Dewayne's personal scratching was an involutary habitual response to sitting in one place too long, but the sheer repetitiveness of his automatetic was beginning to inspire her to sharpen all the knives, scissors, and axes in the house.

Etymology: Auto (prefix meaning "without thought or effort") + mate (significant other) + tic (muscle twitch)

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COMMENTS:

ha, got my vote...great sentence - remistram, 2007-08-15: 09:40:00

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Spammettique

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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Mannerschism

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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Pickassdillo

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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COMMENTS:

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

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